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New York Film Festival · 2025

New York Film Festival 2025

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6 films · 3 reviews

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Barrio Triste

Teenagers steal a camera to record their lives.

(Country: Colombia, US; Year: 2025; Director: Stillz; Writer: Stillz; Stars: Juan Pablo Baena, Samuel Velázquez, Tomás Tinoco Higuita, Samuel Andrés Celis, Brahian Acevedo, Estiven Salazar,Brayan Erlín García, José Arley Marín González, Samuel Ruiz)

Dracula

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Somewhere between the low brow cock jokes and the high stakes – by which, I mean the sharp wooden pointy ones – Radu Jude serves up a sharp edged critique of populism, capitalism and the modern world.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Gonzo exploration of the Vlad the Impaler mythos.

(Country: Romania, Austria, Luxembourg; Year: 2025; Director: Radu Jude; Writer: Radu Jude; Stars: Adonis Tanța, Oana Maria Zaharia, Gabriel Spahiu, Ilinca Manolache, Alexandru Dabija, Andrada Balea, Doru Talos, Serban Pavlu, Lukas Miko, Neil Young. Alexandra .Harapu.)

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Dry Leaf

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The blurry, hazy images recorded entirely on a discontinued Sony Ericsson cellphone – frequently in long takes – make it a hardly digestible slow cinema challenge, yet rewarding as an aesthetic experience.

Lucija Furac · 3.5 out of 5
A father goes looking for his missing photographer daughter across rural Georgia.

(Country: Germany, Georgia; Year: 2025; Director: Alexandre Koberidze; Writer: Alexandre Koberidze; Stars: David Koberidze, Irina Chelidze, Giorgi Bochorishvili, Otar Nijaradze, Vakhtang Panchulidze)

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Mare's Nest

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Rivers' dreamlike approach has the quality of memory in places, full of figments and fragments, although that inevitably means some episodes are more engaging than others.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A child's adventures in an adult-free world.

(Country: UK, France; Year: 2025; Director: Ben Rivers; Writer: Ben Rivers, based on play The Word for Snow by Don DeLillo; Stars: Aonan Yang, Andreas Mendritzki, Fabrizio Polpettini, François Bonenfant)

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Pin de fartie

Drama revolving around a little girl and a blind man staring at a lake.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2025; Director: Alejo Moguillansky; Writer: Luciana Acuña, Alejo Moguillansky, Mariano Llinás; Stars: Santiago Gobernori, Cleo Moguillansky, Laura Paredes, Marcos Ferrante, Luciana Acuña, Maxi Prietto, Laura López Moyano, Fernando Tur, Margarita Fernández, Alejo Moguillansky)

With Hasan In Gaza

What began as a search for a former prison mate from 1989 - a man lost to time and war - led to an unexpected road trip from the north to the south of Gaza, accompanied by Hasan, a local guide whose fate remains unknown. Documentary made from footage shot by the documentarian 21 years ago.

(Country: Palestine, Germany, France, Switzerland; Year: 2025; Director: Kamal Aljafari)