Smaragda: I Got Thick Skin And I Can't Jump and The Weeping Walk
Ciao Bambino
(Country: Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Edgardo Pistone; Writer: Edgardo Pistone, Ivan Ferone; Stars: Marco Adamo, Anastasia Kaletchuk, Luciano Pistone, Pasquale Esposito (III), Salvatore Pelliccia, Sergio Minucci, Luciano Gigante, Attilio Peluso, Antonio Cirillo, Rosalia Zinno)
A young man from a working-class neighbourhood in Naples, embarks on a forbidden romance with a street worker he's supposed to be protecting.
Corina
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2024; Director: Urzula Barba Hopfner; Writer: Urzula Barba Hopfner, Samuel Sosa; Stars: Naian González Norvind, Ariana Candela, Carolina Politi, Mariana Giménez, Mónica Bejarano, Elena Gore, Alejandro Mendicuti, Ruth Ramos, Gerardo Trejoluna)
A young woman with a sheltered existence steps out of her comfort zone.
The House With No Address
(Country: Turkey, Greece; Year: 2024; Director: Hatice Askin; Writer: Hatice Askin; Stars: Boran Kuzum, Zeynep Tugçe Bayat, Osman Sonant, Aykut Temel, Janset, Arin Kusaksizoglu, Betül Çolak)
Alper is a young and upcoming prosecutor in a land where anyone found guilty of a major crime is erased from society. But when his mother is convicted, Alper begins to question the rules he once fought to uphold.
Lotus
(Country: Latvia, Lithuania; Year: 2024; Director: Signe Birkova; Writer: Luis Enrique Vanegas; Stars: Severija Janušauskaite, Baiba Broka, Vilis Daudziņš, Mārtiņš Kalita, Rēzija Kalniņa)
A silent film director forms a bond with a woman who has a hidden agenda.
Mongrels
(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Jerome Yoo; Writer: Jerome Yoo; Stars: Sein Jin, Jae-Hyun Kim, Da-Nu Nam, Candyce Weir, Morgan Derera, Jedd Sharp, Sangbum Kang, Cassidy Karin, James Corwin Bryant, Katelyn Vanier, Joliana Francisco, Alan Ramon Ward, Megs Calleja, Duke Murrdodge, Chris Byron)
Skilled hunter and animal-whisperer Sonny arrives in Canada, hoping to build a brighter future for his daughter and son, all the while grappling with deep grief after the loss of his wife.
No Dogs Allowed
(Country: Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Steve Bache; Writer: Stephan Kämpf; Stars: Finlay Deavin, Sean Douglas, Ole Eisfeld, Vera Gallmann, Bineta Hansen, Ralph Hönicke, Richard Kipp, Carlo Krammling, Franz Ferdinand Krause, Katharina Ley, Sithembile Menck, Lisa Riesner, Sammy Schrein, Katharina Marie Schubert, Robin Sondermann)
A teenager with dark fantasies is groomed by an older man.
Smaragda: I Got Thick Skin And I Can't Jump
(Country: Cyprus; Director: Emilios Avraam; Writer: Emilios Avraam; Stars: Niovi Charalambous, Foivos Papakostas, Eleni Sidera, Paris Erotokritou, Patrick Myles, Liana Halkia, Andreas C. Tselepos, Pampos Charalambous, Alexandros Parisis, Dante, Giorgos Sofokleous, Alice Kalopedi, Marlen Hadjimoysi, Michael Pingas, Andreas Raphael)
Portrait of a middle-aged woman facing choices and change.
Sun Never Again
(Country: Serbia; Director: David Jovanovic; Writer: David Jovanovic, Djordje Kosic; Stars: Rastko Racic, Dusan Jovic, Natasa Markovic, Radovan Miljanic, Joakim Tasic, Vidoje Nestorovic, Svetozar Cvetkovic, Milos Milosevic, Ljubisa Nikolic, Petar Mihajlovic, Draza Mihajlovic, Sergej Prvulovic, Sinisa Jovanovic, Tisa Lapadatovic, Miroslav Novakovic)
Vid, considered the world's greatest hero by his son Dule, is deeply troubled by the expansion of a nearby mine, which threatens their home and way of life.
Two Of Me
(Country: Estonia; Director: Raul Esko, Romet Esko; Writer: Raul Esko, Romet Esko; Stars: Amanda Hermiine Künnapas, Priit Pius, Einar Kuusk, Mirtel Pohla, Reimo Sagor, Märt Pius, Markkus Pulk, Tom Olaf Urb, Rain Tolk, Tigran Gevorkjan, Lil Till)
Comedy drama about a pair of twins.
The Weeping Walk
(Country: Belgium; Year: 2024; Director: Dimitri Verhulst; Writer: Dimitri Verhulst; Stars: Peter Van den Begin, Hilde Heijnen, Tom Vermeir, Dominique Van Malder, Tine Roggeman, Marijke Pinoy, Zouzou Ben Chikha, Sieber Marly, Lukas Bulteel, Bert Haelvoet, Emiel Vandenberghe, Klaartje Pedersen, Pieter-Jan De Smet, Amara Reta, Cami Moonen)
A family goes on a pilgrimage to honour a matriarch's last wish.
A Yard Of Jackals
(Country: Chile; Year: 2024; Director: Diego Figueroa; Writer: Diego Figueroa; Stars: Néstor Cantillana, Blanca Lewin, María Jesús Marcone, Pablo Schwarz, Juan Cano, Consuelo Holzapfel, Rodrigo Pérez, Grimanesa Jiménez)
A quiet man’s life is shattered by sinister neighbours.
