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Wet Monday and Toxic
The Book Of Everything (Het Boek van Alle Dingen)
(Country: Netherlands, Latvia; Year: 2024; Director: Ineke Houtman; Writer: Maarten Lebens, Richard Tulloch, Mieke de Jong; Stars: Sallie Harmsen, Aiko Beemsterboer, Brandon River Coene, Daan Schuurmans, Eva Damen, Margo Dames, Gonny Gaakeer, Carmen van Mulier, Junte te Winkel, Anita Franklin, Luena Zoeter, Emma van Gompel, Thomas Boer, Bert Hana, Margje Wittermans)
With the help of a free-spirited neighbour, his rebellious sister and the Lord Jesus himself, Thomas finds the courage to rebel against his father’s strict religious regime.
Don't Worry
(Country: Luxembourg, Belgium; Year: 2024; Director: Solange Cicurel; Writer: Solange Cicurel; Stars: Lanna de Palmaert, Émilie Dequenne, Stéphane De Groodt, Sonia Bekam, Lisa Du Pré, Lily Dupont, Emmanuelle Galabru, Tania Garbarski, Nlandu Lubansu, Kassim Meesters, Elodie Barthels)
Confident and popular sixteen-year-old Emma is in a coma. Why? What happened to her? To find out, she becomes an invisible “ghost” for a few days.
The Girls At The Station (Las Chicas de la Estación)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2024; Director: Juana Macías; Writer: Juana Macías, Isa Sánchez; Stars: Julieta Tobío, Salua Hadra, María Steelman, Arantxa Aranguren, La Fanny, Xoán Fórneas, Elena Gallardo, Carla Gris, Pepo Llopis, Daniel Mantero, Saida Santana, Elena Sithixay, Asier Tartás)
Drama inspired by real events of three girls who grew up in a juvenile detention centre.
Kontra
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2024; Director: Jonas Risvig; Writer: Jonas Risvig; Stars: Anna Lehrmann, Andrea Hjejle, Safina Coster-Waldau, Ingrid Bjerg-Raft, Signe Ida Poulsen, Kasper Leisner, Sammi Kimathi Aziz Bajuni, Laki Abdi Farah Awale, Amalie Sophie Basse, Emilie Beltran, Ida Bjarkø, Maimona Bruun, Samson Camphausen, Selma Charamba Christensen, Frida De Mylius)
My Father's Daughter
(Country: Norway, Finland, Sweden; Year: 2024; Director: Egil Pedersen; Writer: Egil Pedersen; Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sarah Olaussen Eira, Aslat Mahtte Gaup, Ánne Mággá Wigelius, Amund Lode, Ingá Elisá Påve Idivuoma, Sara Sofia Mienn)
Rolling Papers (Pikad paberid)
(Country: Estonia; Year: 2024; Director: Meel Paliale; Writer: Meel Paliale, Urmet Piiling; Stars: Liis Karlson, Mihkel Kuusk, Juhan Soon, Maria Helena Seppik, Edgar Vunsh, Karl Birnbaum)
Sebastian, working as a store clerk, finds his ordinary workday shaken up when he meets Silo, a free-spirited wanderer. Together they smoke weed and dream of a one-way ticket to Brazil.
Spilt Milk
(Country: Ireland; Director: Brian Durnin; Writer: Cara Loftus; Stars: Danielle Galligan, Laurence O'Fuarain, Pom Boyd, Denise McCormack, Emmet Kirwan, Hilda Fay, Sallay Garnett, John Burke, Jed Murray, Justin Daniels Anene, Charleigh Bailey, Cillian Sullivan, Rory Mullen, Lewis Brophy, Naoise Kelly)
This Too Shall Pass
(Country: Canada, US; Director: Rob Grant; Writer: Michael Simon Baker, Rob Grant; Stars: Michael Ironside, Katie Douglas, Joanne Kelly, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Maxwell Jenkins, Mark McKinney, Robert Longstreet, Munro Chambers, Nikki Roumel, Kaya Coleman, Ben Cockell, Chris Sandiford, Alana Hawley Purvis, Jerod Blake, Mike Kovac)
Toxic
(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2024; Director: Saulė Bliuvaitė; Writer: Saulė Bliuvaitė; Stars: Vesta Matulytė, Eglė Gabrėnaitė, Ieva Rupeikaitė, Giedrius Savickas)
Two teenage girls, eager to escape from the bleakness of their industrial town, form an unexpected bond at a local modelling school that pushes their bodies to the limit.
Violent Butterflies
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2024; Director: Adolfo Davila; Writer: Adolfo Davila; Stars: Diana Laura DI, Alejandro Porter, Germán Bracco, Sophie Alexander-Katz, Norma Pablo, Juan Luis Medina, Yayo Villegas, Leonardo Alonso, Roberto Ríos, Gabriela Mercado, Cecilia De los Santos, Adrian Vazquez, Camila Acosta, Rodolfo Guerrero)
A graffiti artist and the singer of a punk band meet in an atmosphere of profound social crisis and discontent. They seek justice and are willing to fight for it.
Wet Monday
(Country: Poland, Estonia, Czech Republic; Year: 2024; Director: Justyna Mytnik; Writer: Monika Dembinska, Rosanna Hall, Justyna Mytnik; Stars: Julia Polaczek, Nel Kaczmarek, Weronika Kozakowska, Jowita Budnik)
On the day dedicated to the celebration of innocence, a girl is robbed of her own, her ignorant surroundings push her into treating it like a normal event.
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