Abiding Nowhere
A solitary monk slowly paces through bustling streets and tranquil parks. Across town, a curious young man explores an abandoned building.
All We Imagine As Light
Triptych explores the lives of three women in Mumbai.
Architecton
A documentary meditation on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveals our destruction - and offers hope for survival.
Bird
12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids and Bailey who is approaching puberty seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.

D

Dahomey
Documentary about the return of artworks to Benin that were looted by French colonisers.
Emilia Perez
A lawyer gets an offer to help a cartel boss start a new life.
Families Like Ours
When it becomes impossible to keep repairing the sea barriers in low-lying Denmark, the country is evacuated and once affluent Danes become refugees, with families torn apart in the process.
Formosa Beach
An African woman forced into servitude in 19th-century Brazil, is suddenly transported into present-day Rio de Janeiro.
Fréwaka
A troubled home carer finds her grip on reality starts to slip after she goes to help an elderly agoraphobic.

I

The Invasion
Life in Ukraine under the shadow of war.
Julie Keeps Quiet
As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club's players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet…
Kamay
A sorrow-stricken family from rural Afghanistan seeks justice following the tragic death of their daughter, Zahra, a student at Kabul University.

M

María Candelaria
A young woman faces prejudice because her mother was a prostitute.
Maldoror
Two girls vanish. Police recruit Paul Chartier joins a covert unit tracking a sex offender. After the operation falters, Chartier pursues the perpetrators independently, disillusioned with legal constraints.
Misericordia
A stranger’s appearance exposes the weird behaviour and the secret desires of a village's residents.
Mother Vera
An Orthodox nun in a Belarussian convent considers her past and her future.
My Stolen Planet
Farah, an Iranian woman, is forced to migrate to her private planet to be free. She buys other people’s memories in the form of Super 8 films and records and archives her own to create an alternative history of Iran.
The Nights Still Smell Of Gunpowder
A filmmaker tries to revive his memories of the war raging in a Mozambique village through soundscape exploration and interviews with the villagers.

R

Rumours
World leaders become stranded in the woods during a G7 summit.
Santosh
Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
Sujo
When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved four-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable.
A Traveler's Needs
Iris, a wandering woman teaching French to Koreans, navigates her life with few concerns.

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When The Light Breaks
From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
Who Do I Belong To
Aïcha longs for the return of her oldest sons, Mehdi and Amine, who abandoned the household in search of war. Upon Mehdi's return, a looming darkness surfaces.
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