The Blue Caftan and Tori And Lokita
Aftersun
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Charlotte Wells; Writer: Charlotte Wells; Stars: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Kayleigh Coleman, Sally Messham, Harry Perdios, Ethan Smith, Ruby Thompson, Brooklyn Toulson)
Sometime in the Nineties, somewhere in a Turkish coastal resort, a young, divorced father is spending the vacation with his daughter pre-teen daughter Sophie.
Blue Bag Life
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Lisa Selby, Rebecca Hirsch Lloyd-Evans, Alex Fry)
Documentary portrait of a life touched by addiction.
The Blue Caftan
(Country: France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark; Year: 2022; Director: Maryam Touzani; Writer: Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch; Stars: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui)
Halim and Mina own a small family tailor shop that specializes in sewing ceremonial caftans. Since traditional hand-crafted work is time-consuming, Halim decides to hire an assistant, Youssef. The presence of the attractive young man arouses long-suppressed feelings in Halim, something that does not go unnoticed by his wife Mina.
Bros
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Nicholas Stoller; Writer: Billy Eichner, Nicholas Stoller; Stars: Luke Macfarlane, Billy Eichner, Kristin Chenoweth)
Two men with commitment problems attempt a relationship.
Close
(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.
One Fine Morning and Aftersun
The Cloud Messenger (Meghdoot)
(Country: India, US; Year: 2022; Director: Rahat Mahajan; Writer: Rahat Mahajan; Stars: Ritvik Tyagi, Ahalya Shetty, Raj Zutshi, Kapila Venu, Peesappilly Rajeevan, Bikramjeet Kanwarpal, Mihir Ahuja, Raghav Lekhi, Bibi Mursal Temuri, Lalita Shivani, Rahat Mahajan, Vinay Pande, Daljit Sean Singh, Sadanand Bhasi, Kundilarambath Lakshmanan)
A 16-year-old boy feels a powerful attraction towards his classmate, soon realises much larger forces are at play.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre; Writer: DH Lawrence, David Magee; Stars: Emma Corrin, Faye Marsay, Joely Richardson, Jack O'Connell, Ella Hunt, Nicholas Bishop, Eugene O'Hare, Sandra Huggett, Rachel Andrews, Marianne McIvor, Grant Crookes, Matthew Duckett, Rachel Pedley, Scott Knighton)
Classic tale of a woman who falls for the gamekeeper on her estate.
Last Flight Home
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Ondi Timoner)
An examination of Eli Timoner's intentional death and his family's emotional turmoil as they grapple with his decision to end his own life. The family journeys back through Eli's remarkable, painful life to discover what true love looks like and help him shed shame he’s carried for 40 years.
Love Life
(Country: Japan, France; Year: 2022; Director: Kôji Fukada; Writer: Kôji Fukada; Stars: Fumino Kimura, Kento Nagayama, Atom Sunada)
Taeko and her husband, Jiro, are living a peaceful existence with son, Keita. A tragic accident brings the boys' father, Park, back into her life, Taeko throws herself into helping this deaf and homeless man to cope with pain and guilt.
Malintzin 17
(Country: Mexico, Switzerland; Year: 2022; Director: Eugenio Polgovsky, Mara Polgovsky)
A bird nesting on the tangled power cables in front of their home in Mexico City, leads documentary filmmaker Eugenio Polgovsky and his five-year-old daughter Milena to enter a dialogue.
Pretty Red Dress and Blue Bag Life
Maya Nilo (Laura)
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2022; Director: Lovisa Sirén; Writer: Lovisa Sirén, Peter Modestij; Stars: Bahar Pars, Zhala, Nadja Rosenberg)
What makes a family? Two sisters and a teenage daughter travelling in a Volvo from Stockholm to Sagres find out.
More Than Ever (Plus Que Jamais)
(Country: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway; Year: 2022; Director: Emily Atef; Writer: Emily Atef, Lars Hubrich; Stars: Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Bjørn Floberg)
A terminally ill woman decides to take her life back into her own hands.
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.
Pretty Red Dress
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Dionne Edwards; Writer: Dionne Edwards; Stars: Natey Jones, Alexandra Burke, Eliot Sumner, Ben Caplan, Nicholas Bishop, James McNicholas, Thomas Grant, Edwin De La Renta, Lee Byford, Michael Junior Onafowokan, Basit Ayanwusi, Maria Almeida, Emeka Sesay, Divarni A Groce-Balogun, Baba Oyejide)
Trouble brews for a man on his release from jail and only worsens after he buys his girlfriend a dream dress.
A Room Of My Own
(Country: Georgia; Year: 2022; Director: Ioseb 'Soso' Bliadze; Writer: Ioseb 'Soso' Bliadze, Taki Mumladze; Stars: Taki Mumladze, Mariam Khundadze, Sophio Zeragia, Lasha Gabunia, Ioseb 'Soso' Bliadze, Giorgi Tsereteli, Giorgi Grdzelidze, Ophelia Bliadze, Mariam Tsutskiridze, Beka Ungiadze, Lika Maisuradze, Eka Chavleishvili, Mariam Tsikarishvili, Mariam Khundadze)
Tina, a young woman who has lost her way in life, rents a room from the vibrant Megi, thanks to whom she gradually starts to discover what it’s like to be free and to be able to make her own decisions without being reliant on men…
She Is Love and Winter Boy
She Is Love
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Jamie Adams; Writer: Jamie Adams; Stars: Haley Bennett, Sam Riley, Marisa Abela)
Estranged lovers meet a decade after their split.
Tori And Lokita
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2022; Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne; Writer: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne; Stars: Marc Zinga, Claire Bodson, Baptiste Sornin, Schils Pablo, Mbundu Joely)
In Belgium today, a young boy and an adolescent girl who have travelled alone from Africa pit their invincible friendship against the difficult conditions of their exile.
Winter Boy (La Lyceen)
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Christophe Honoré; Writer: Christophe Honoré; Stars: Paul Kircher, Vincent Lacoste, Juliette Binoche, Erwan Kepoa Falé, Christophe Honoré, Xavier Giannoli, Wilfried Capet, Jean-Philippe Salerio, Isabelle Thevenoux)
Set over the course of one winter, a 17-year-old high school student struggles with grief.