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  • Sauvage FINAL

    Sauvage

    22-year-old Leo works in Strasbourg as a prostitute. Working mostly on a quiet road in a…

  • Makala FINAL

    Makala

    In his third feature documentary, Emmanuel Gras captures the somber perseverance of Congolese father and makala-maker,…

  • Let the Corpses Tan FINAL

    Let the Corpses Tan

    On a beautiful island in the Medierranean, Rhino and his gang of thieves take refuge at…

  • Daughter of Mine FINAL

    Daughter of Mine

    Vittoria, a ten-year-old Sardinian girl, lives with her loving but overprotective adoptive mother Tina. At a…

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    Dogman

    Private, unassuming Marcello lives a quiet life of dog grooming in the small town of Magliana,…

  • Vore (Eero Milonoff) and Tina (Eva Melander) in BORDER. Courtesy of NEON.

    Border

    Tina, ostracized for her unusual appearance, uses her unique sense of smell to sniff out contraband…

  • Long Day’s Journey Into Night FINAL

    Long Day’s Journey Into Night

    Returning to his hometown of Kaili after over a decade has past, Luo Hongwu cannot escape…

  • 3 FACES FInal

    3 Faces

    Aspiring actress Marziyeh is distraught when her father forbids her from studying at the prestigious Tehran…

  • Un Traductor FINAL

    Un Traductor

    In the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear crisis, Malin, a professor of Russian Literature at the…

  • The Third Murder FINAL

    The Third Murder

    What seems like a clear guilty verdict becomes more complicated when attorney Shigemori accepts the defense…

  • Over the Limit FINAL

    Over the Limit

    Elite rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun nears the end of her competitive career, but has one final…

  • Iceman FINAL

    Iceman

    In the Ötztal Alps, 5,300 years ago, Kelab serves as the leader of a Neolithic clan,…

  • Good Manners FINAL

    Good Manners

    At a fancy apartment in São Paulo, Ana, in search of a nanny for her unborn…

  • The Charmer FINAL

    The Charmer

    Esmail seems to be a successful, charming bachelor frequenting Copenhagen’s high-end nightlife establishments. In reality, however,…

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    El Angel

    Carlitos, a 17-year-old with a baby face and movie star swagger, discovers his true calling: to…

  • Ruben Brandt FINAL

    Ruben Brandt, Collector

    Ruben Brandt, a famous psychotherapist, and four of his patients become the most wanted criminals in…

  • ROMA

    Roma

    As a maid caring for four school-aged children in the middle-class Roma district of Mexico City…

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    Never Look Away

    Amidst the chaos of pre-war Germany, Kurt Barnert—based loosely on one of Germany’s most revered contemporary…

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    Karenina & I

    When Norwegian actor Gørild Mauseth receives an offer from the Primorsky Regional Drama Theater in Russia…

  • An Indian Father FINAL

    An Indian Father (Bir Baba Hindu)

    In this Turkish Bollywood-style musical comedy, Fadil, a fierce and renowned Turkish mobster, falls in love…

  • Last Days of City FINAL

    In the Last Days of the City (Akher Ayem El Madina)

    Khalid, a 35-year-old documentary filmmaker, is struggling to complete a film that captures the spirit of…

  • Happy New Year Tijuana FINAL

    Happy New Year Tijuana

    When Chicano studies professor Alejandro Serna misses his flight to his hometown of Léon, Mexico, he…

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    Capernaum

    Named after the town where Jesus was said to have healed the sick, Capernaum exposes the…

  • Shoplifters FINAL

    Shoplifters

    Osamu Shibata and his son Shota are on a shoplifting expedition trying to make money for…

  • BOB-LE-FLAMBEUR-2

    Bob Le Flambeur

    Former bank robber and acclaimed gangster Bob Montagné (Roger Duchesne) is living in a dreary Parisian…

  • Oblivion Verses FINAL

    Oblivion Verses

    After discovering the body of an unknown woman killed during protest, an elderly caretaker of a…

  • Day Shall Dawn FINAL

    Day Shall Dawn (Jago Hua Savera)

    Restored with the help of the Nauman Taseer Foundation after being lost for decades, Day Shall…

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    Black Kite

    When political turmoil in Afghanistan jeopardizes Arian’s love for kite flying, he is forced to let…

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    América

    When called upon to take care of their 93-year-old grandmother, three brothers from Colima, Mexico, realize…

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    Afghan Cycles

    Following members of the National Cycling Team in Kabul and young riders in the Bamiyan region,…

  • 1945 Image FINAL

    1945 (Reprise Screening)

    In August 1945, a rural town in Hungary is preparing for the wedding of the town…

  • Stalker Image FINAL

    Stalker

    Based on the novel Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, this 1979 science fiction film…

  • Thelma Image FINAL

    Thelma

    Thelma, a shy young student, has just left her religious family in a small town on…

  • White Sun Image FINAL

    White Sun

    After a decade away, anti-regime rebel Chandra returns to his native mountain village in the wake…

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    Woodpeckers

    In the Najayo Prison in the Dominican Republic, inmates communicate with the female prison next door…

  • 1945 Image FINAL

    1945

    In August 1945, a rural town in Hungary is preparing for the wedding of the town…

  • The Wound Image FINAL

    The Wound

    Every year, young men of South Africa’s Xhosa culture venture into the mountains of the country’s…

  • Tehran Taboo Image FINAL

    Tehran Taboo

    In Tehran, prostitution, drugs, and corruption exist underneath the intense religious and social persecution. Pari, a…

  • Shelter Image FINAL

    Shelter

    Mona, a Lebanese woman (Golshifteh Farahani), and Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent (Neta Riskin) are sent…

  • Oh Lucy Image FINAL

    Oh Lucy!

    Middle-aged office worker Setsuko is living a bleak life with few friends and even fewer opportunities. …

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    Beauty and the Dogs

    During a night out with friends, young Tunisian student Mariam is brutally raped by policemen. Forced…

  • Summer 1993 Image FINAL

    Summer 1993

    Frida (Laia Artigas) has lost both of her parents to AIDS and is sent to live…

  • Serenade for Haiti Image FINAL

    Serenade for Haiti

    Capturing a rare look at a country scored by poverty and political strife, Serenade for Haiti…

  • November Image FINAL

    November

    Preceded by the short films Girl Becomes Snow (7 min.) and The Light That Bends (4 min.)…

  • Loveless Image FINAL

    Loveless

    Preceded by the short film Left Undone (17 min.) Zhenya and Boris are in the midst…

  • A Fantastic Woman Image FINAL

    A Fantastic Woman

    Young waitress and aspiring singer Marina is a trans woman who is planning for the future…

  • The Road Movie Image FINAL

    The Road Movie

    Preceded by the short film Solstice (3 min.) Consisting entirely of footage from dashboard cameras in…

  • Django Image FINAL

    Django

    In 1940s Paris, Django Reinhardt electrified audiences with his distinctive style of “hot jazz”. Serving as…

  • The Challenge Image FINAL

    The Challenge

    Amid dune bashing contests, Lamborghinis, and private jets, director Yuri Ancarani treks across the Persian Gulf…

  • Kills on Wheels Image FINAL

    Kills on Wheels

    Zoli and Barba are roommates at an assisted care facility. Zoli relies on a wheelchair because…

  • Ismael’s Ghosts Image FINAL

    Ismael’s Ghosts

    Just as the disheveled and alcoholic filmmaker Ismael (Mathieu Almaric) embarks on a difficult new film…

  • Blade of Immortal Image FINAL

    Blade of the Immortal

    Manji is a legendary samurai who has battled dozens of men throughout his life. After his…

  • In Syria Image FINAL

    In Syria

    The reality of life as a civilian in modern-day Damascus is explored in gripping and visceral…

  • ‌In Between Image FINAL

    In Between

    Nur moves into an apartment in the vibrant heart of Tel Aviv with Lalia and Salma,…

  • Pop Aye Image FINAL

    Pop Aye

    After Thana, a successful architect in Bangkok, reaches a mid-life crisis he encounters Pop Aye, the…

  • Happy End Image FINAL

    Happy End

    Ignorant to the miserable conditions of the refugee camps in a neighboring town of Calais, a…

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