To Kill A Wolf and Lollipop
All The Mountains Give
(Country: Iran; Year: 2024; Director: Arash Rakhsha)
Documentary about the covert goods trade between Kurdish cities and towns and the Iraq borders.
World premiere
The Ceremony
(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Jack King; Writer: Jack King; Stars: Erdal Yildiz, Liam Thomas, Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu, Arnold Baksi, Catalin Vasile, Mo'min Swaitat, Mihai Visan, Mustafa Husseini)
A fight over stolen property and a tragic death bring together two migrant workers as they search for a suitable burial place.
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Fugue (Fuga)
(Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France; Year: 2024; Director: Mary Jimenez, Bénédicte Liénard; Writer: Mary Jimenez, Bénédicte Liénard; Stars: Valentina Linares Gonzalez, Saor Sax)
Drama set in the Peruvian Amazon, where a lover must be laid to rest.
World premiere
Lilies Not For Me
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Will Seefried; Writer: Will Seefried; Stars: Fionn O'Shea, Robert Aramayo, Erin Kellyman, Louis Hofmann, Jodi Balfour, Celeste Loots, Aidan Scott, Alexander Maniatis, Jacques Bessenger, Albert Pretorius, Nicholas Pauling, Gabe Gabriel, Adrienne Pearce, Michael Everson, Marc Pleass)
Two men wrestle with their sexuality in Twenties England.
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Lollipop
(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Daisy-May Hudson; Writer: Daisy-May Hudson; Stars: Posy Sterling, Idil Ahmed, TerriAnn Cousins, Aliyah Abdi, Tegan-Mia Stanley Rhoads, Luke Howitt, Johanna Allitt, Brenda Birungi, Mandy Ogunmokun, Andrea Lowe, Melanie Wilder, Kasha Bajor, Chloe Driver, Alannah Southerton, Oriana White)
A mum is desperate to regain custody of her children after release from jail.
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A Shrine
(Country: Canada, France, Iran; Director: Abdolreza Kahani; Writer: Abdolreza Kahani; Stars: Nima Sadr, Farhad Zarei, Kamelia Simab, Shahrooz Rezania, Mojan Safari, Keyvan Safari, Sholeh Lajevardi, Masoud Motehaver)
Comedy drama centred on a mobile religious shrine.
World premiere
Smiles And Kisses You
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Bryan Carberry)
Drama about a man and his lifesize AI-animated doll.
World premiere
Sunlight
(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Nina Conti; Writer: Shenoah Allen, Nina Conti; Stars: Nina Conti, Melissa Chambers, Bill Wise, Rachel Kylian, William Sterchi, Shenoah Allen, Asha Bee, William Troy Ford, Dyron C Thompson)
A woman in a monkey suit strives to break free from a toxic relationship.
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To Kill A Wolf
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Kelsey Taylor; Writer: Kelsey Taylor; Stars: Kaitlin Doubleday, Michael Esper, David Knell, Maddison Brown, Dana Millican, Ivan Martin, Jessica Catalano, Annika Cowles, Grant Jay, Julie Elizabeth Knell)
A reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood, set in present day Oregon.
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Xibalba Monster (Monstruo De Xibalba)
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2024; Director: Manuela Irene; Writer: Manuela Irene; Stars: Gibran Alonzo, Leonel Pat Yeh, Manuel Irene, Rogelio Ojeda, Socorro Loeza, Teresa Sanchez)
A young boy forms an unlikely friendship with an ageing hermit while coming to terms with the death of his parents.
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