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The Queen Of My Dreams and Tautuktavuk
Achilles
(Country: Iran; Year: 2023; Director: Farhad Delaram; Writer: Farhad Delaram; Stars: Mirsaeed Molavian, Behdokht Valian, Roya Afshar, Neda Aghighi, Firouz Agheli)
A young filmmaker who currently works in a hospital takes a mental patient out for a short ride to find out who she really is. Now he has to decide whether to run away with her or take her back to the hospital.
After The Fire (Avant Que Les Flammes Ne S'éteignent)
(Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Mehdi Fikri; Writer: Mehdi Fikri; Stars: Sofiane Zermani, Camélia Jordana, Samir Guesmi, Makita Samba)
In the aftermath of a crime, the victim's sister fights to obtain a fair trial and justice for her brother.
Andragogy (Budi Pekerti)
(Country: Indonesia, Singapore; Year: 2023; Director: Wregas Bhanuteja; Writer: Wregas Bhanuteja; Stars: Sha Ine Febriyanti, Angga Yunanda, Prilly Latuconsina, Dwi Sasono)
After a viral altercation, a guidance counsellor faces a backlash, endangering her career and family.
An Endless Sunday (Una Sterminata Domenica)
(Country: Italy, Germany, Ireland; Year: 2023; Director: Alain Parroni; Writer: Alain Parroni, Giulio Pennacchi, Beatrice Puccilli; Stars: Lars Rudolph, Enrico Bassetti, Zackary Delmas, Federica Valentini)
The entwined lives of three millennials are met with the fleetingness of youth in the heart of Rome.
Arthur & Diana
(Country: Germany; Year: 2023; Director: Sara Summa; Writer: Sara Summa; Stars: Sara Summa, Robin Summa, Livia Antonelli)
A playful auto-fictional trip from Berlin to Paris.
Widow Clicquot and I Don't Know Who You Are
Backspot
(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2023; Director: DW Waterson; Writer: Joanne Sarazen, DW Waterson; Stars: Devery Jacobs, Evan Rachel Wood, Shannyn Sossamon, Wendy Crewson, Olunike Adeliyi)
Riley is given the chance to cheer with the all-star squad, Thunderhawks. With a competition looming, Riley must navigate her crippling anxiety, her relationship with her girlfriend, and her desperate need for approval from her new coach.
Frybread Face And Me
(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Billy Luther; Writer: Billy Luther; Stars: Kier Tallman, Charley Hogan, Martin Sensmeier, Kahara Hodges, Sarah Natani)
It’s 1990. A Native American boy growing up in San Diego plays with dolls and listens to Fleetwood Mac. Everything he thinks he knows about himself and his family is turned upside down when his parents force him to spend the summer at his grandmother’s sheep ranch on the reservation in Arizona. There he meets his cousin, known as Frybread Face, a pudgy 11-year-old vagabond, tough-as-nails tomboy.
Gonzo Girl
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Patricia Arquette; Writer: Jessica Caldwell, Cheryl Della Pietra, Rebecca Thomas; Stars: Patricia Arquette, Willem Dafoe, Sean Penn, Camila Morrone)
A struggling young writer takes a job working as an assistant to a novelist with a wild reputation
Hajjan
(Country: Saudi Arabia, Egypt; Year: 2023; Director: Abu Bakr Shawky; Writer: Mufarrij Almajfel, Omar Shama, Abu Bakr Shawky; Stars: Saleh Al Khalaqi, Abdulmohsen Alnemr, Alshaima'a Tayeb, Mohamed Hilal, Ibrahim Al-Hasawi)
A timeless journey across the desert embarked upon by a boy and his camel.
How To Have Sex
(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Molly Manning Walker; Writer: Molly Manning Walker; Stars: Mia McKenna Bruce, Lara Peake, Shaun Thomas, Sam Bottomley, Enva Lewis, Laura Ambler)
Three friends contend with peer pressure in their decision to “do it”.
How To Have Sex and Achilles
I Don't Know Who You Are
(Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: MH Murray; Writer: Writers Mark Clennon, Victoria Long, MH Murray; Stars: Mark Clennon, Anthony Diaz, Nat Patricia Manuel, Deragh Campbell, Victoria Long)
A gay musician spends his weekend trying to find the money for HIV-preventive treatment after being sexually assaulted by a stranger.
Mandoob
(Country: Saudi Arabia; Year: 2023; Director: Ali Kalthami; Stars: Mohammed Aldokhi, Hajar Alshammari, Mohammed Alttowayan, Sarah Taibah)
An overworked delivery app driver in Riyadh tries to branch out into bootlegging, in Ali Kalthami’s dark comedic feature debut set in the rarely seen, ultra-modern world of Saudi nightlife.
A Match (Sthal)
(Country: India; Year: 2023; Director: Jayant Digambar Somalkar; Writer: Jayant Digambar Somalkar; Stars: Nandini Chikte, Taranath Khiratkar, Sangita Sonekar, Suyog Dhawas)
In the patriarchal tradition of a deprived society, a young woman yearns to determine her own future.
Mimang
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2023; Director: Kim Taeyang; Stars: Lee Myungha, Ha Seongguk, Park Bongjun, Baek Seungjin, Jung Suji)
A man and a woman meet by chance and stroll through Seoul’s changing streets.
The Queen Of My Dreams
(Country: Canada, Pakistan; Year: 2023; Director: Fawzia Mirza; Writer: Fawzia Mirza; Stars: Amrit Kaur, Nimra Bucha, Hamza Haq, Charlie Boyle, Trina Corkum)
Against the backdrop of a shared obsession with Bollywood fantasy, Mariam, a Pakistani Muslim woman, and her Canadian-born daughter Azra come of age in two different eras.
Seagrass
(Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: Meredith Hama-Brown; Writer: Meredith Hama-Brown; Stars: Ally Maki, Luke Roberts, Nyha Huang Breitkreuz, Chris Pang, Benjamin Goas, Hannah Bos)
A Japanese-Canadian woman grappling with the death of her mother brings her family to a retreat. When her relationship with her husband begins to affect the children's emotional security, the family is forever changed.
Solitude (Einvera)
(Country: Slovakia, Iceland; Year: 2023; Director: Ninna Pálmadóttir; Writer: Rúnar Rúnarsson; Stars: Anna Gunndís Guðmundsdóttir, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Hermann Samúelsson)
An aging farmer moves to the city for the first time and forms a bond with a paper boy.
La Suprema
(Country: Colombia; Year: 2023; Director: Felipe Holguin; Writer: Felipe Holguin, Andres Sierra; Stars: Elizabeth Martínez, Antonio Jimenez, Ana Victoria Rodríguez, Domingo Zabaleta)
In a remote village without electricity, a teenager convinces a whole town to find a way of watching her estranged uncle compete in a world championship boxing match.
Tautuktavuk (What We See)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2023; Director: Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk; Writer: Norman Cohn, Samuel Cohn-Cousineau, Carol Kunnuk; Stars: Lucy Tulugarjuk, Carol Kunnuk, Benjamin Kunuk, Mark Taqqaugaq)
Two sisters attempt to rebuild their relationship and overcome past trauma during Covid lockdown.
The Teacher
(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Farah Nabulsi; Writer: Farah Nabulsi; Stars: Imogen Poots, Stanley Townsend, Saleh Bakri, Paul Herzberg)
A Palestinian schoolteacher struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with the chance of a new relationship with volunteer-worker and his emotional support for one of his students.
The Tundra Within Me
(Country: Norway; Year: 2023; Director: Sara Margrethe Oskal; Writer: Sara Margrethe Oskal; Stars: Risten Anine Kvernmo Gaup, Nils Ailu Kemi, Anitta Suikkari, Berit Ánne Oskal Kemi)
After living for many years in Oslo, Lena moves back to Sápmi in Northern Norway with her young son to explore Sami gender in an art project. While researching in the wintry tundra, she falls in love with reindeer herder Máhtte - whose mother, the head of the family, disapproves of the relationship.
Valentina Or The Serenity
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2023; Director: Ángeles Cruz; Writer: Ángeles Cruz; Stars: Danae Ahuja Aparicio, Myriam Bravo, Alexander Gadiel Mendoza Sánchez)
Young Valentina puts all her efforts in believing that her late father is alive. It is an intimate look into the depths of loss and the curative power of true love.
Widow Clicquot
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Thomas Napper; Writer: Erin Dignam, Christopher Monger; Stars: Haley Bennett, Ben Miles, Natasha O'Keeffe, Tom Sturridge, Leo Suter, Sam Riley)
The story behind the Veuve Clicquot champagne family and business that began in the late 18th century.
Wild Woman
(Country: Cuba; Year: 2023; Director: Alán González; Writer: Alán González; Stars: Lola Amores. Jean Marcos Fraga Piedra, Isora Morales, Grisell Monzón, Yaité Ruiz, Leandro Sen, Afrodreak, Arnaldo Galbán, Yailín Coppola, Leidys Chiv, Andros Perrugorría, Jorge Perrugorría)
A young Cuban woman, turns from dancing like crazy at a house party to rushing against time to find her son and get out of the city when video of the meeting is circulated and seems to be incriminating.
Without Air (Total Eclipse)
(Country: Hungary; Year: 2023; Director: Katalin Moldovai; Writer: Katalin Moldovai, Zita Palóczi; Stars: Ágnes Krasznahorkai, Tunde Skovran, Soma Sándor)
A high school teacher is charged with endorsing homosexual ideals among her students.
Yellow Bus
(Country: US, UAE, Jordan, India; Year: 2023; Director: Wendy Bednarz; Writer: Wendy Bednarz; Stars: Amit Sial, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Kinda Alloush, Mansoor Al-Fili, Aarushi Laud)
After discovering that her daughter was abandoned to perish in the blistering desert heat on a school bus, an Indian woman residing in the Arabian Gulf sets out on a quest for the truth and justice.
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