Mad Bills To Pay (or Destiny, Dile Que No Soy Malo)
Rico’s summer is a mix of chasing girls and hustling homemade cocktails out of a cooler on Orchard Beach, the Bronx. But when Destiny, his teenage girlfriend, crashes at his place with his family, it’s only a matter of time before his carefree days come spiraling down.
(Country: US, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Joel Alfonso Vargas; Writer: Joel Alfonso Vargas; Stars: Juan Collado, Destiny Checo, Yohanna Florentino, Nathaly Navarro)
My Father's Shadow
Set over the course of a single day in the Nigerian capital Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, it follows a father, estranged from his two young sons, as they travel through the city.
A mother refuses to accept her suspended high school senior son's deteriorating mental health, clinging to belief he only needs direction as warning signs multiply and crisis looms.
(Country: Jordan, Estonia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, France; Year: 2025; Director: Zain Duraie; Writer: Zain Duraie; Stars: Clara Khoury, Mohammad Nizar, Wissam Tobaileh, Tara Al Rifai, Anton Qasir)
Songs Of Forgotten Trees
An actress and part-time sex worker forges an unexpected bond with a migrant call centre employee.
Not only ambitious – a term often used to damn films with faint praise – but successfully so.
March is mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing the vacuum cleaner. But to become a useful ghost, she first needs to get rid of the useless ones.
