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Sujo and Simon Of The Mountain
Beloved Tropic
(Country: Panama, Colombia; Year: 2024; Director: Ana Endara Mislov; Writer: Ana Endara Mislov, Pilar Moreno; Stars: Paulina García, Juliette Roy, Jenny Navarrete)
A tropical garden provides the setting for the meeting between two lonely souls who accompany one another for a time: that of an upper-class woman with dementia and that of her carer.
Cidade; Campo
(Country: Brazil, France, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Juliana Rojas; Writer: Juliana Rojas; Stars: Fernanda Vianna, Mirella Façanha, Bruna Linzmeyer, Kalleb Oliveria, Andrea Marquee, Preta Ferreira, Marcos de Andrade, Nilcéia Vicente, Raquel Ferreira, Maia de Paiva, Rita Niza, Brenda Lígia, Majeca Angelucci, Felipe Kenji, Andréia Pires)
Two tales of migration, memories and ghosts. After a disaster floods her land, Joana moves to São Paulo and tries to restart her life. Following the death of her father, Flavia moves to his farm in the country with her wife Mara.
The Freshly Cut Grass (El aroma del pasto recién cortado)
(Country: Argentina, Germany, Mexico, UK, Uruguay; Year: 2024; Director: Celina Murga; Writer: Gabriela Larralde, Celina Murga, Lucia Osorio, Juan Villegas; Stars: Romina Bentancur, Lucía Blasco, Marina de Tavira, Christian Font, Joaquín Furriel, Ana Carolina García, Verónica Gerez, Luciana Grasso, Ernesto Liotti, Horacio Marassi, Germán Ormaechea, Emanuel Parga, Soledad Pelayo, Romina Peluffo, Alvaro Pozzolo)
Pablo is a university lecturer, married and with two sons. He starts a secret affair with one of his female students, not realising the consequences.
Kill The Jockey (El Jockey)
(Country: Argentina, Spain, United States, Mexico, Denmark; Year: 2024; Director: Luis Ortega; Writer: Fabian Casas, Luis Ortega, Rodolfo Palacios; Stars: Úrsula Corberó, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Mariana Di Girólamo, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Roly Serrano, Luis Ziembrowski, Daniel Fanego, Roberto Carnaghi, Osmar Núñez, Adriana Aguirre)
A jockey embarks on a new identity after an accident but a mobster is on his tail.
Maybe It's True What They Say About Us (Quizás es cierto lo que dicen de nosotras)
(Country: Chile, Argentina; Year: 2024; Director: Camilo Becerra, Sofía Gómez; Writer: Camilo Becerra, Sofía Gómez; Stars: Aline Küppenheim, Julia Lübbert, Alessandra Guerzoni, Camila Milenka, María Paz Collarte)
Inspired by true events. Ximena, a successful psychiatrist, receives an unexpected visit from her eldest daughter, Tamara, back from a long period cut off from the world as the member of a sect. A police investigation is launched as it transpires Tamara's newborn son has vanished.
Reas and When Clouds Hide The Shadow
Most People Die on Sundays (Los domingos mueren más personas)
(Country: Argentina, Italy, Switzerland; Year: 2024; Director: Iair Said; Stars: Antonia Zegers, Iair Said, Rita Cortese)
A young man returns to Buenos Aires only to discover his mum is about to turn off the life support of his father, who has been in a persitent vegetative state for two years.
Ramon y Ramon
(Country: Peru, Spain, Uruguay; Year: 2024; Director: Salvador Del Solar; Stars: Emanuel Soriano, Álvaro Cervantes, Darío Yazbek Bernal)
Having received the ashes of his father, with whom he had no more than a distant relationship, Ramón meets Mateo during lockdown. Despite their differences, a profound connection grows between them.
Reas
(Country: Argentina, Germany, Switzerland; Year: 2023; Director: Lola Arias; Stars: Yoseli Arias, Ignacio Amador Rodriguez, Estefy Harcastle)
A group of prison inmates re-enact their lives and sentences, balancing memories with fantasy.
Simon Of The Mountain (Simon de la montaña)
(Country: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay; Year: 2024; Director: Federico Luis; Writer: Tomas Murphy, Federico Luis, Agustín Toscano; Stars: Lorenzo Ferro, Pehuen Pedre, Kiara Supini)
Simon is 21 years old. He introduces himself as a mover's helper. He claims not to know how to cook or clean the bathroom, but he does know how to make a bed. Recently, he seems to have become a different person…
Skin In Spring (La Piel En Primavera)
(Country: Chile, Colombia; Year: 2024; Director: Yennifer Uribe Alzate; Writer: Yennifer Uribe Alzate)
Medellín. Bus 243 takes Sandra to work. She is a security guard at a mall, takes her job seriously. Her uniform fits, her son is already 15, time to start something new.
Skin In Spring and Zafari
Sleep With Your Eyes Open (Dormir de olhos abertos)
(Country: Brazil, Taiwan, Argentina, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Nele Wohlatz; Writer: Pío Longo, Nele Wohlatz; Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Liao Kai Ro, Shin-Hong Wang, Chen Xiao Xin, Lu Yang Zong)
A coastal city in Brazil. Fu Ang, Kai and Xiao Xin rarely meet in this quiet comedy of misunderstandings. Yet during a hot, slow summer, delicate bonds grow between them.
Sujo
(Country: US, Mexico, France; Year: 2024; Director: Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez; Writer: Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez; Stars: Karla Garrido, Juan Jesús Varela, Kevin Aguilar, Jairo Hernandez, Yadira Pérez, Sandra Lorenzano, Alexis Varela)
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.
When Clouds Hide The Shadow (Cuando las nubes esconden las sombras)
(Country: Chile, Argentina, South Korea; Year: 2024; Director: José Luis Torres Leiva; Stars: María Alché)
María, an actress, heads for Puerto Williams to star in a movie. A bad storm prevents the film crew from arriving on time, leaving her to get by on her own.
Zafari
(Country: Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, France, Chile, Dominican Republic, Brazil; Year: 2024; Director: Mariana Rondón; Writer: Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugas; Stars: Francisco Denis, Daniela Ramírez, Samantha Castillo, Alí Rondón, Varek La Rosa)
In a world without few resources, the arrival of a hippopotamus to the zoo exposes the class divide.
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