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Dancing Queen (Country: Norway; Year: 2023; Director: Aurora Gossé; Writer: Silje Holtet; Stars: Liv Elvira Kippersund Larsson, Cengiz Al, Viljar Knutsen Bjaadal, Anne Marit Jacobsen, Anders Baasmo, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Frida Ånnevik, Mona Berntsen, Sturla Harbitz, Ylva Røsten-Haga, Sil van der Zwan)
Young Mina decides to improve her dance moves when a dreamy internet sensation arrives in her town.
Deep Sea (Shen Hai) (Country: China; Year: 2023; Director: Tian Xiaopeng; Writer: Tian Xiaopeng; Stars: Tingwen Wang, Xin Su, Kuixing Teng, Yang Ting, Jing Ji, Haoran Guo)
A girl strays into the dreamy deep sea world. In the deepest part of the sea, all secrets are hidden.
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Kensuke's Kingdom (Country: UK, Luxembourg, France; Year: 2023; Director: Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry; Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce, based on the book by Michael Morpurgo; Stars: Cillian Murphy, Sally Hawkins, Ken Watanabe, Raffey Cassidy, Aaron MacGregor)
Young Michael and his family leave home to travel the world by boat. During a storm, he is thrown overboard and washed up on an island where he must adapt to life alone.
The Sacred Cave (La Grotte Sacree) (Country: Cameroon; Year: 2023; Director: Cyrille Masso, Daniel Minlo; Writer: Seraphin Kakouang, Cyrille Masso; Stars: Andre' Bang, Diallo Diallo, Gérard Essomba)
When the King of Mabuna is poisoned, his nephew and son journey to a sacred cave where they believe a remedy can be found.
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