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Black Dog and To Kill A Mongolian Horse
Arcadia
(Country: Greece, Bulgaria, US; Year: 2023; Director: Yorgos Zois; Writer: Konstantina Kotzamani, Yorgos Zois; Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Angeliki Papoulia, Elena Topalidou, Nikolas Papagiannis, Vangelis Evangelinos)
Neurologist Katerina accompanies Yannis, a retired doctor, to identify the victim of a car accident. Once there, she sees her worst suspicions confirmed.
Auction (Le tableau volé)
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Pascal Bonitzer; Writer: Pascal Bonitzer; Stars: Alex Lutz, Léa Drucker, Alain Chamfort, Louise Chevillotte, Laurence Côte, Nora Hamzawi, Matthieu Lucci, Vincent Nemeth, Christophe Paou, Olivier Rabourdin, Arcadi Radeff, Alexandre Steiger, Jesse Guttridge)
A modern art appraiser's routine is unexpectedly disrupted by the discovery of a long-lost painting.
Audrey
(Country: Australia; Year: 2024; Director: Natalie Bailey; Writer: Lou Sanz; Stars: Jackie Van Beek, Josephine Blazier, Hannah Diviney, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor)
Self-appointed Mother of the Year Ronnie has given her daughter Audrey everything, so when Audrey selfishly falls into a coma, Ronnie has no choice but to keep their dreams alive by assuming her identity.
Black Dog
(Country: China; Year: 2024; Director: Guan Hu; Writer: Ge Rui , Guan Hu; Stars: Jia Zhangke, Eddie Peng, Liya Tong, Little Xin)
A man forges a bond with a dog after returning to his hometown following a spell in prison.
Bushido
(Country: Japan; Year: 2024; Director: Kazuya Shiraishi; Stars: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kaya Kiyohara, Taishi Nakagawa, Kyoko Koizumi, Takumi Saitoh)
An Edo-period drama following a wandering ronin as he faces betrayal and revenge.
The Shameless and On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
The Correspondent
(Country: Australia; Year: 2024; Director: Kriv Stenders; Writer: Peter Duncan; Stars: Richard Roxburgh, Julian Maroun, Rahel Romahn, Yael Stone, Mojean Aria)
An Australian war correspondent is arrested and imprisoned in Egypt while covering the 2013 political unrest. Accused of terrorism, he becomes ensnared in a ruthless crackdown on truth, exposing the dangerous reality faced by journalists worldwide.
From Hilde, With Love
(Country: Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Andreas Dresen; Writer: Laila Stieler; Stars: Liv Lisa Fries, Johannes Hegemann, Sina Martens)
In Berlin 1942, Hilde finds her place within an anti-Nazi resistance group as gradually as she falls in love with one of its members. The two spend an unforgettable summer until they get caught by the Gestapo and Hilde is imprisoned, eight months pregnant.
Ghost Trail (Les Fantômes)
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Jonathan Millet; Writer: Jonathan Millet; Stars: Adam Bessa, Tawfeek Barhom, Julia Franz Richter)
Hamid, is part of a secret group pursuing the Syrian regime’s fugitive leaders. His mission takes him to France, on the trail of his former torturer whom he must confront. Based on true events.
Happy Holidays
(Country: Germany, France, Italy, Qatar, Palestine; Year: 2024; Director: Scandar Copti; Writer: Scandar Copti; Stars: Manar Shehab, Wafaa Aoun, Merav Mamorsky, Toufic Danial, Raed Burbara, Neomi Memorsky, Shani Dahari, Sophie Awaad, Imad Hourani, Rana Matar, Michal Dasberg, Juhaina Habib Kandalaft, Issam Hadad, Amal Harb, Riyad Houssari)
Four interconnected characters share their unique realities, highlighting the complexities between genders, generations, and cultures.
John Cranko
(Country: Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Joachim Lang; Writer: Joachim Lang; Stars: Sam Riley, Elisa Badenes, Max Schimmelpfennig, Hanns Zischler)
Driven by a quest for perfection, John Cranko is the toast of 1950s London until he's prosecuted for homosexuality. Recruited by the Stuttgart Ballet, the manic workaholic revitalises the company and builds a world-renowned ensemble while grappling with destructive urges.
Maldoror and Pink Lady
Maldoror
(Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2024; Director: Fabrice du Welz; Writer: Domenico La Porta, Fabrice du Welz; Stars: Anthony Bajon, Alba Gaïa Bellugi, Alexis Manenti, Sergi López, Laurent Lucas, David Murgia, Béatrice Dalle, Lubna Azabal, Jackie Berroyer, Mélanie Doutey, Félix Maritaud)
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.
Manas
(Country: Brazil, Portugal; Year: 2024; Director: Marianna Brennand; Writer: Felipe Sholl, Marcelo Grabowsky, Marianna Brennand, Antonia Pellegrino, Camila Agustini, Carolina Benevides; Stars: Jamili Correa, Fátima Macedo, Rômulo Braga, Dira Paes, Emily Pantoja, Samira Eloá, Gabriel Rodrigues, Enzo Maia)
Set in a remote corner of Brazil largely untouched by the modern world, this earnest and moving drama centers on 13-year-old Marcielle, who yearns to escape her hostile home and a village that has resisted change for generations.
Maria
(Country: Germany, US, United Arab Emirates, Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Pablo Larraín; Writer: Steven Knight; Stars: Angelina Jolie, Valeria Golino, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Haluk Bilginer, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Zora Gerda Fejes, Jeremy Wheeler, Rebecka Johnston, Alessandro Bressanello, Toma Hrisztov, Stephen Ashfield, Christiana Aloneftis, Philipp Droste, Marcell Lengyel)
Dramatisation of the life of the opera singer Maria Callas.
My Favourite Cake (Keyke mahboobe man)
(Country: Iran, France, Sweden, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha; Writer: Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha; Stars: Lili Farhadpour, Esmaeel Mehrabi)
A 70-year-old decides to break her solitary routine and revitalise her love life.
Odd Fish (Ljósvikingar)
(Country: Iceland, Finland, Czech Republic; Year: 2024; Director: Snævar Sölvason; Writer: Snævar Sölvason; Stars: Björn Jörundur, Arna Magnea Danks)
Two childhood friends receive an opportunity to keep their seafood restaurant in the picturesque Westfjords open year-round. When one comes out as a trans woman, their long-standing friendship is tested.
Souleymane's Story and Sons
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
(Country: UK, Zambia, Ireland; Year: 2024; Director: Rungano Nyoni; Writer: Rungano Nyoni; Stars: Susan Chardy, Roy Chisha, Blessings Bhamjee, Chungu Bwalya, Maggie Mulubwa, Benson Mumba, Henry B.J. Phiri, Elizabeth Chisela, Doris Naulapwa, Mary Mulabo, Norah Mwansa, Hildah Mwanza, Febby Lungu, Gillian Sakala, Carol Natasha Mwale)
Absurdist drama sees family secrets gradually revealed during the preparations for a funeral.
Pink Lady
(Country: Israel; Year: 2024; Director: Nir Bergman; Writer: Mindi Ehrlich; Stars: Nur Fibak, Uri Blufarb, Gal Malka, Sara von Schwarze, Michal Weinberg)
An ultra-Orthodox couple try to save their marriage after the husband is blackmailed for being gay.
The Quiet Ones
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2024; Director: Frederik Louis Hviid; Writer: Anders Frithiof August; Stars: Gustav Giese, Reda Kateb, Amanda Collin, Christopher Wagelin, Jens Hultén, Granit Rushiti, Amin Ahmed)
A group of criminals aim to pull off the biggest heist ever committed on Danish soil.
Quisling - The Final Days
(Country: Norway; Year: 2024; Director: Erik Poppe; Writer: Siv Rajendram Eliassen, Anna Bache-Wiig, Ravn Lanesskog; Stars: Gard B Eidsvold, Anders Danielsen Lie, Lisa Carlehed)
A drama about Germany’s occupation of Norway and its aftermath, explored through the story of wartime puppet leader and Nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling.
Sex
(Country: Norway; Year: 2024; Director: Dag Johan Haugerud; Stars: Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr, Siri Forberg, Birgitte Larsen)
Two chimney sweeps living in monogamous, heterosexual marriages both end up in situations that challenge their views on sexuality and gender roles.
Through Rocks And Clouds and My Favourite Cake
The Shameless
(Country: India, Bulgaria; Year: 2024; Director: Konstantin Bojanov; Writer: Konstantin Bojanov; Stars: Anasuya Sengupta, Omara Shetty, Auroshikha Dey, Rohit Kokate, Koran Bhivagade, Tanmay Dhanania, Mita Vasisht)
Love story between two women who face a struggle against a patriarchal society.
Sons (Vogter)
(Country: Denmark, Seden; Year: 2024; Director: Gustav Möller; Writer: Gustav Möller; Stars: Dar Salim, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jacob Lohmann, Sebastian Bull, Marina Bouras, Olaf Johannessen, Siir Tilif, Bashar Al-Saoudi, Thomas Voss, Frantz Dupuis, Rami Zayat)
A prison officer faces a dilemma after a young man from her past is transferred to the jail where she works.
Souleymane's Story (L’Histoire de Souleymane, The Story of Souleymane)
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Boris Lojkine; Writer: Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut; Stars: Abou Sangare, Nina Meurisse, Alpha Oumar Sow
Emmanuel Yovanie, Younoussa Diallo)
Two days in the life of a bike delivery guy who is trying to get asylum.
Sunshine
(Country: Philippines; Year: 2024; Director: Antoinette Jadaone; Writer: Antoinette Jadaone; Stars: Elijah Canlas, Annika Co, Jennica Garcia)
A young gymnast finds out she’s pregnant just before trying out for the national team.
Superboys Of Malegaon
(Country: India; Year: 2024; Director: Reema Kagti; Writer: Varun Grover; Stars: Adarsh Gourav, Vineet Kumar Singh, Shashank Arora)
The true story of Nasir Shaikh, who turned his community into a film industry.
Tatami
(Country: Georgia, US; Year: 2023; Director: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Guy Nattiv; Writer: Elham Erfani, Guy Nattiv; Stars: Jaime Ray Newman, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Nadine Marshall, Arienne Mandi, Ash Goldeh, Sina Parvaneh, Mehdi Bajestani, Lir Katz, Elham Erfani)
An Iranian judo player is on the path to success at a championship with the Islamic Republic tells her to fake an injury leaving her faced with an impossible choice.
There's Still Tomorrow
(Country: Italy, US; Year: 2023; Director: Paola Cortellesi; Writer: Furio Andreotti, Giulia Calenda, Paola Cortellesi; Stars: Paola Cortellesi, Valerio Mastandrea, Romana Maggiora Vergano)
An industrious working-class woman in post-World War Two Rome rises above domestic violence to forge a brighter future for her daughter.
Through Rocks And Clouds (Raíz)
(Country: Peru, Chile; Year: 2024; Director: Franco García Becerra; Writer: Annemarie Gunkel, Alicia Quispe; Stars: José Merma, Albert Merza, Alberth Merma, Rubén Huillca, Nely Huayta Cutipa, Richard Taipe)
Eight-year-old alpaca farmer Feliciano is ecstatic: Peru has the opportunity to qualify for the World Cup. However, the scheming of a mining company is jeopardising the future of his village.
Tina
(Country: New Zealand/Aotearoa; Year: 2024; Director: Miki Magasiva; Writer: Miki Magasiva; Stars: Anapela Polataivao, Antonia Robinson, Dalip Sondhi, Nicole Whippy)
When a grief-stricken woman takes a substitute teaching role at an elite prep school, she forms a choir to unite the privileged yet disconnected students.
To Kill A Mongolian Horse
(Country: Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, US; Year: 2024; Director: Xiaoxuan Jiang; Writer: Xiaoxuan Jiang; Stars: Saina, Undus, Qilemuge, Tonggalag)
Saina, a herdsman by day and horseback performer by night, is torn between two worlds.
Trifole
(Country: Italy, South Africa, US; Year: 2024; Director: Gabriele Fabbro; Writer: Ydalie Turk, Gabriele Fabbro; Stars: Ydalie Turk, Umberto Orsini, Margherita Buy, Birba, Enzo Iacchetti)
A woman travels to Piedmont to care for her aging grandfather, an expert forager. Armed with his field notes and loyal dog, she searches for a prizewinning truffle to save his home.
Waltzing With Brando
(Country: USA, Tahiti, French Polynesia; Year: 2024; Director: Bill Fishman; Writer: Bill Fishman; Stars: Billy Zane, Jon Heder, Camille Razat, Alaina Huffman, James Jagger, Rob Corddry, Tia Carrere, Richard Dreyfuss)
A Los Angeles architect arrives in Tahiti for a new project and finds himself collaborating with none other than counterculture icon Marlon Brando.
The Way, My Way
(Country: Australia; Year: 2024; Director: Bill Bennett; Writer: Bill Bennett; Stars: Chris Haywood, Jennifer Cluff, Laura Lakshmi, Pia Thunderbolt)
A true story about walking the 800-kilometer Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail across northern Spain.
William Tell
(Country: Italy, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Nick Hamm; Writer: Nick Hamm; Stars: Claes Bang, Connor Swindells, Golshifteh Farahani, Jonah Hauer-King, Ellie Bamber, Rafe Spall, Emily Beecham, Jonathan Pryce, Sir Ben Kingsley)
William Tell has returned home weary after fighting with the Knights Templar in the Holy Land. Now he is called upon to help a farmer who is seeking revenge against the villains of the Hapsburg court.
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