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The Ordinaries and Utama
Alcarràs
(Country: Spain, Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Carla Simón; Writer: Carla Simón; Stars: Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Xènia Roset, Albert Bosch, Ainet Jounou, Josep Abad, Montse Oró, Carles Cabós, Berta Pipó, Isaac Rovira, Joel Rovira)
The Solé family spends the summer picking peaches - but this year’s crop may well be their last as new owners plan to replace the peach trees with solar panels and the family’s livelihood is threatened.
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Laura Poitras; Stars: Nan Goldin)
The story of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty often blamed for the US opioid epidemic.
Autobiography
(Country: Indonesia, Poland, Germany, Singapore, France, Philippines; Year: 2022; Director: Makbul Mubarak; Writer: Makbul Mubarak; Stars: Kevin Ardilova, Yusuf Mahardika, Arswendy Bening Swara, Lukman Sardi, Rukman Rosadi, Haru Sandra, Gunawan Maryanto, Yudi Ahmad Tajudin)
A young man working as a housekeeper sparks a chain of violence after defending his boss's mayoral election campaign.
Burning Days
(Year: 2022; Director: Emin Alper)
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(Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France; Year: 2022; Director: Lukas Dhont; Writer: Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens; Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker, Kevin Janssens, Igor van Dessel, Marc Weiss, Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele)
Two best friends find their bond upset by schoolmates.
Alcarràs and Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Cork (Suro)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Mikel Gurrea; Writer: Mikel Gurrea, Francisco Kosterlitz; Stars: Vicky Luengo, Pol López, Ilyass El Ouahdani)
Helena and Ivan decide to make a new life for themselves among cork trees, but their different points of view on how to live on the land surface, challenging their future as a couple.
Corsage
(Country: Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg; Year: 2022; Director: Marie Kreutzer; Writer: Marie Kreutzer; Stars: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Finnegan Oldfield, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun, Manuel Rubey, Colin Morgan, Rosa Hajjaj, Lilly Marie Tschörtner , Aaron Friesz, Ivana Urban, Raphael von Bargen, Alexander Pschill, Regina Fritsch, Raphael Nicholas)
A period drama about Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi.
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Marie Kreutzer in conversation on Empress Elisabeth of Austria with King Ludwig II of Bavaria, Luchino Visconti, Finnegan Oldfield’s Louis Le Prince and the biographies of Sisi
, Marie Kreutzer in conversation on Corsage, Vicky Krieps as Sisi, singer/songwriter Camille, and the look of the film
, Vicky Krieps in conversation on Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, Romy Schneider, and Margarethe von Trotta’s Bachmann & Frisch
, Marie Kreutzer in conversation on Corsage, Vicky Krieps as Sisi, singer/songwriter Camille, and the look of the film
, Vicky Krieps in conversation on Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, Romy Schneider, and Margarethe von Trotta’s Bachmann & Frisch
The Eight Mountains
(Country: Italy, Belgium, France; Year: 2022; Director: Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch; Writer: Paolo Cognetti, Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix van Groeningen; Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Luca Marinelli, Filippo Timi, Elena Lietti)
The Eight Mountains is the story of a friendship. Of children becoming men who try to erase the footprints of their fathers, but who, through the twists and turns they take, always end up returning home.
EO
(Country: Poland; Year: 2022; Director: Jerzy Skolimowski; Writer: Ewa Piaskowska, Jerzy Skolimowski; Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Sandra Drzymalska, Tomasz Organek)
Tale revolving around an unassuming grey donkey.
The Fabelmans
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Steven Spielberg; Writer: Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg; Stars: Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle)
Growing up in post-World War Two era Arizona, a young man named Sammy Fabelman discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
The Fabelmans and All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
Fogaréu
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2022; Director: Flávia Neves; Writer: Melanie Dimantas, Flávia Neves; Stars: Bárbara Colen, Nena Inoue, Eucir de Souza, Fernanda Vianna, Vilminha Chaves, Kelly Crifer, Timothy Wilson, Fernanda Pimenta, Allan Jacinto Santana, Typyire Ãwa, Márcio Mariante, Samantha Maneschi)
Wxplores Brazil’s brutal colonial past with insidious goings on in Goiás, the director's home town in central Brazil.
Holy Spider (Ankabut-e moqaddas)
(Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France; Year: 2022; Director: Ali Abbasi; Writer: Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami; Stars: Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Sina Parvaneh, Nima Akbarpour, Sara Fazilat, Alice Rahimi, M. Ali Nazarian, Sima Seyed, Firouz Ageli, Farhad Faghih Habibi)
A journalist tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering sex workers.
June Zero
(Country: Israel, US; Year: 2022; Director: Jake Paltrow; Writer: Jake Paltrow, Tom Shoval; Stars: Koby Aderet, Adam Gabay, Tzahi Grad, Tom Hagi, Rotem Keinan, Yoav Levi, Noam Ovadia, Joy Rieger, Ami Smolartchik)
Drama about the trial of Adolf Eichmann.
Kiss My Wounds (Wann kommst du meine Wunden küssen)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Hanna Doose; Writer: Hanna Doose; Stars: Jonas Smulders, Alexander Fehling, Godehard Giese, Bibiana Beglau, Leni Wesselman, Gina Henkel, Katarina Schröter)
Tragicomic drama about three best friends making their way in Berlin's art scene.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
(Country: Ukraine; Year: 2022; Director: Antonio Lukich; Writer: Antonio Lukich; Stars: Anna Alsheva, Lyudmyla Sachenko, Ramil Nasirov, Amil Nasirov)
Twin brothers find their lives disrupted after a phone call about their long-estranged dad.
The Substitute and Cork
No Bears
(Year: 2022; Director: Jafar Panahi; Writer: Jafar Panahi; Stars: Jafar Panahi, Mina Kavani, Bülent Keser, Vahid Mobasheri, Sinan Yusufoglu, Naser Hashemi, Bakhtiyar Panjeei, Reza Heydari, Mina Khosrovani)
The director appears as himself, relocated to a rural border town to remotely oversee the making of a new film in Turkey, the story of which comes to sharply parallel disturbing events that begin to occur around him.
One Fine Morning
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Mia Hansen-Løve; Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve; Stars: Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Nicole Garcia, Pascal Greggory, Kester Lovelace, Ema Zampa)
A woman who is raising her daughter alone and looking after her dad, who has a degenerative disease, embarks on a passionate affair.
The Ordinaries
(Country: Germany; Year: 2021; Director: Sophie Linnenbaum)
Paula is a supporting role aspiring to become a main character. Yet, just before her final exams, her emotive music generator suddenly starts playing up, which presents a major problem for her. No starring role can survive without a heartrending accompaniment from the strings.
The Quiet Girl
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2022; Director: Colm Bairéad; Writer: Colm Bairéad; Stars: Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Michael Patric, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh)
A neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
Return To Seoul
(Country: Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Davy Chou)
A Frenchwoman adopted as a child returns to Korea to try to track down her birth parents.
Rimini and June Zero
Rimini
(Country: Germany, Austria, France, Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Ulrich Seidl; Writer: Veronika Franz, Ulrich Seidl; Stars: Michael Thomas, Tessa Göttlicher, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Inge Maux, Claudia Martini, Georg Friedrich, Silvana Sansoni, Natalya Baranova, Rosa Schmidl)
Rimini in winter. A group of older hotel guests is blissfully enjoying Richie Bravo singing about tears that hurt. But when his daughter holds up a mirror to his pathos, the past catches up with this star of schmaltz.
The Rite Of Spring (La Consagracion de la Primavera)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Fernando Franco; Writer: Bego Arostegui, Fernando Franco; Stars: Telmo Irureta, Valèria Sorolla, Emma Suárez)
Laura has just arrived in Madrid to study at University. One night, she accidentally meets David, who has cerebral palsy. The relationship with the boy and his mother will give Laura the push she needs to overcome her complexes and insecurities and confidently enter a new phase.
Rule 34 (Regra 34)
(Country: Brazil, France; Year: 2022; Director: Júlia Murat; Writer: Gabriel Bortolini, Gabriela Capello, Rafael Lessa; Stars: Lucas Andrade, Julia Bernat, Lorena Comparato, Marcos Damigo)
A young woman studies criminal law and advocates for women's rights and at night she performs in front of a live sex cam. One night watching a film awakens her dark impulses for a more dangerous means of sexual gratification.
Somewhere Over The Chemtrails (Kdyby radsi horelo)
(Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2022; Director: Adam Koloman Rybanský; Writer: Adam Koloman Rybanský; Stars: Michal Isteník, Miroslav Krobot, Anna Polívková, Vladimír Škultéty)
The friendship of two volunteer firefighters who more often quench their thirst than put out fires, is put to the test when, during Easter celebrations, a van crashes into the village fountain and the driver is nowhere to be found.
The Son
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Florian Zeller; Writer: Christopher Hampton, based on the play by Florian Zeller; Stars: Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Quarshie)
Peter's busy life with new wife Beth and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate comes to him with concerns about their teenage son, Nicholas.
The Son and No Bears
The Substitute (El Suplente)
(Country: Argentina, Italy, France, Spain, Mexico; Year: 2022; Director: Diego Lerman; Writer: Diego Lerman, María Meira, Luciana De Mello; Stars: Juan Minujín, Alfredo Castro, Bárbara Lennie, Rita Cortese, María Merlino)
A professor tries to help a student who is being hounded by drug traffickers.
Summerlight... and Then Comes the Night (Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin)
(Country: Iceland; Year: 2022; Director: Elfar Adalsteins; Writer: Elfar Adalsteins; Stars: Heida Reed, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Svandis Dora Einarsdottir, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Siggi Ingvarsson, Ebba Guðný Guðmundsdóttir, Atli Óskar Fjalarsson, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Anna María Pitt, María Dögg Nelson, Hinrik Ólafsson)
The Village is brimming with stories and if you listen carefully it might tell you some.
The Taste Of Apples Is Red
(Country: Israel, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Ehab Tarabieh; Writer: Sol Goodman, Ehab Tarabieh; Stars: Ruba Blal, Soheil Hadad, Shaden Kanboura, Makram Khoury, Tarik Kopty)
A sheikh finds himself in a moral quandary when a face from his past arrives on his doorstep.
Trio
(Country: Mongolia; Year: 2022; Director: Battumur Dorj; Stars: Battumur Dorj, Batnyambuu Enkhtaivan, Bold-Erdene Sugar, Borkhuu Tangad)
Drama about a youngster with Down syndrome in Mongolia.
Utama
(Country: Bolivia, Uruguay, France; Year: 2022; Director: Alejandro Loayza Grisi; Writer: Alejandro Loayza Grisi; Stars: José Calcina, Luisa Quispe, Santos Choque)
In the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily life for years. When an uncommon long drought threatens their entire way of life, Virginio and his wife Sisa face the dilemma of resisting or being defeated by the environment and time itself.
Holy Spider and The Eight Mountains
Valeria Is Getting Married (Valeria Mithatenet)
(Country: Israel, Ukraine; Year: 2022; Director: Michal Vinik; Writer: Michal Vinik; Stars: Lena Fraifeld, Yaakov Zada Daniel, Dasha Tvoronovich, Avraham Shalom Levi)
Christina is a Ukrainian woman who moved to Israel through a ‘bride-to-order’ kind of deal. Things work out well until her sister also arrives as a result of matchmaking.
Victim (Obet)
(Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Michal Blasko; Writer: Jakub Medvecký; Stars: Elizaveta Maximová, Alena Mihulová, Vita Smachelyuk, Igor Chmela, Gleb Kuchuk, Viktor)
A Ukranian immigrant faces racism as she seeks justice.
What's Love Got To Do With It?
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Shekhar Kapur; Writer: Jemima Khan; Stars: Lily James, Emma Thompson, Taj Atwal, Asim Chaudhry, Shazad Latif, Oliver Chris)
A cross-cultural romantic comedy.
The Woman King
(Country: Canada, US; Year: 2022; Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood; Writer: Maria Bello, Dana Stevens; Stars: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, John Boyega, Jordan Bolger, Shaina West, Hero Fiennes Tiffin)
A historical epic inspired by the true events that happened in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
World War III
(Country: Iran; Year: 2022; Director: Houman Seyyedi; Writer: Houman Seyyedi, Arian Vazirdaftari, Azad Jafarian; Stars: Mohsen Tanabandeh, Neda Jebraeili, Mahsa Hejazi, Navid Nosrati)
A labourer who finds himself a job on a movie set. The film being shot is meant to be in condemnation of dictatorships, but the filmmakers themselves turn into dictators.
The Woman King and Close
The Year I Started Masturbating
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2022; Director: Erika Wasserman; Writer: Christin Magdu, Bahar Pars, Erika Wasserman; Stars: Katia Winter, Jesper Zuschlag, Henrik Dorsin, Nour El-Refai, Vera Carlbom, Hannes Fohlin, Siw Erixon, Antonio Di Ponziano, Pablo Leiva Wenger, David Wiberg, Bahar Pars, Sara Shirpey, Albin Grenholm, Disa Östrand, Amadeus Durmaz)
A career woman suddenly finds herself without a home, a job or family.
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