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Santosh and Souleymane's Story
Addition
(Country: Australia; Year: 2024; Director: Marcelle Lunam; Writer: Becca Johnstone, Toni Jordan; Stars: Teresa Palmer, Joe Dempsie, Eamon Farren, Sarah Peirse, Adrienne Pickering, Zahra Newman, Lou Baxter)
Anywhere Anytime
(Country: Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Milad Tangshir; Writer: Giaime Alonge, Daniele Gaglianone, Milad Tangshir; Stars: Ibrahima Sambou, Moussa Dicko Diango, Max Liotta, Success Edemakhiota)
An undocumented migrant in Italy finds himself on the brink after the bike he uses as a delivery rider is stolen.
An Unfinished Film
(Year: 2024; Director: Lou Ye)
Hybrid docufiction recalls the days of the Chinese Covid lockdown.
April
(Country: Georgia, Italy, France; Year: 2024; Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili; Writer: Dea Kulumbegashvili; Stars: Merab Ninidze, Ia Sukhitashvili, Kakha Kintsurashvili)
After a newborn dies during delivery, the morals and professionalism of an ob-gyn, Nina, come under scrutiny amid rumors that she performs illegal abortions for those in need.
Beloved Tropic
(Country: Panama, Colombia; Year: 2024; Director: Ana Endara Mislov; Writer: Ana Endara Mislov, Pilar Moreno; Stars: Paulina García, Juliette Roy, Jenny Navarrete)
A tropical garden provides the setting for the meeting between two lonely souls who accompany one another for a time: that of an upper-class woman with dementia and that of her carer.
When The Light Breaks and Fanatical: The Catfishing Of Tegan And Sara
Bound In Heaven
(Country: China; Year: 2024; Director: Xin Huo; Writer: Yu Pan; Stars: Ni Ni, You Zhou, Fan Liao)
This film narrates the poignant tale of a terminally ill man and a woman caught in violence, weaving through their fugitive journey after an unforeseen incident.
By The Stream
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2024; Director: Hong Sang-soo; Writer: Hong Sang-soo; Stars: Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Min-hee, Cho Young)
Tale of loneliness, connection, and creativity that transpires during an annual skit festival at a women’s university.
Cloud (Kuraudo)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2024; Director: Kurosawa Kiyoshi; Writer: Kurosawa Kiyoshi; Stars: Masaki Suda, Kotone Furukawa, Masataka Kubota)
An online scammer, reselling faulty products at preposterously high rates, is on the run after some of his customers decide to hit back.
Crocodile Tears
(Country: Indonesia, France, Singapore, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Tumpal Tampubolon; Writer: Tumpal Tampubolon; Stars: Marissa Anita, Yusuf Mahardika, Zulfa Maharani)
A young man and his overbearing mother's lives on their isolated crocodile farm are turned upside down with the appearance of a young woman.
Don't Cry, Butterfly
(Country: Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines; Year: 2024; Director: Duong Dieu Linh; Writer: Duong Dieu Linh; Stars: Nguyen Nam Linh, Bui Thac Phong, Le Vu Long, Le Tu Oanh)
Surreal portrait of a middle-aged woman who finds out her husband is cheating on her.
Julie Keeps Quiet and Cloud
Edge Of Night
(Country: Turkey, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Türker Süer; Writer: Türker Süer; Stars: Eda Akalin, Baran Akbulut, Hasan Arik, Mert Aygül, Deniz Benol, Hüseyin Canburdurluoglu, Hasan Gaffar Dalgali, Mehmet Dindar, Zeki Eker, Poyraz Aras Etik, Yilmaz Gökgöz, Sencan Güleryüz, Emir Güven, Berk Hakman, Bülent Haykir)
Two brothers travel together as one takes the other to be handed over to a military court trial.
The Exiles (Los Tortuga)
(Country: Spain, Chile; Year: 2024; Director: Belén Funes; Writer: Marçal Cebrian, Belén Funes; Stars: Antonia Zegers, Elvira Lara, Lorena Aceituno, Guillem Barbosa, Mamen Camacho, Pedro Castellano, Sara Gómez, Sebastián Haro, Bianca Kovacs, Padi Padilla, Nora Sala-Patau)
A taxi driver and her daughter try to reconnect.
Fanatical: The Catfishing Of Tegan And Sara
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Erin Lee Carr; Stars: Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Erin Lee Carr, Jenny Eliscu)
The story of how indie rock star Tegan's identity was stolen and weaponised in a complex catfishing scheme.
Flow
(Year: 2024; Director: Gints Zilbalodis)
Animated adventure about a group of animals who must work together to survive.
Front Row
(Country: Algeria, France, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2024; Director: Merzak Allouache; Stars: Nabil Asli, Bouchra Roy, Fatiha Ouared)
Two feuding matriarchs behave badly at the beach
Presence and To A Land Unknown
Happyend
(Country: Japan, US; Year: 2024; Director: Neo Sora; Writer: Neo Sora; Stars: Makiko Watanabe, Ayumu Nakajima, Shirô Sano, Yukito Hidaka, Hayato Kurihara, Shina Peng, Kilala Inori, Arazi, Yûta Hayashi, Pushim)
Best friends Yuta and Kou are on the brink of graduating from high school in a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake casts a shadow over daily life.
Happy Holidays
(Country: Germany, France, Italy, Qatar, Palestine; Year: 2024; Director: Scandar Copti; Writer: Scandar Copti; Stars: Manar Shehab, Wafaa Aoun, Merav Mamorsky, Toufic Danial, Raed Burbara, Neomi Memorsky, Shani Dahari, Sophie Awaad, Imad Hourani, Rana Matar, Michal Dasberg, Juhaina Habib Kandalaft, Issam Hadad, Amal Harb, Riyad Houssari)
Four interconnected characters share their unique realities, highlighting the complexities between genders, generations, and cultures.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Laura Piani; Writer: Laura Piani; Stars: Charlie Anson, Liz Crowther, Annabelle Lengronne, Pablo Pauly, Camille Rutherford)
An aspiring author looking to get more out of life takes up a writing residency and finds herself in the sort of romantic entanglements that could come from the pages of a Jane Austen novel.
Julie Keeps Quiet (Julie zwijgt)
(Country: Belgium, Sweden; Year: 2024; Director: Leonardo van Dijl; Writer: Ruth Becquart, Leonardo van Dijl; Stars: Tessa Van den Broeck, Grace Biot, Alyssa Lorette, Ruth Becquart, Koen De Bouw, Pierre Gervais, Claire Bodson, Laurent Caron)
As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club's players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet…
Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle Without End
(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2024; Director: Mike Jonathan; Writer: Tim Worrall; Stars: Cliff Curtis, Jason Flemyng, Temuera Morrison, Miriama Smith, Jack Barry, Ria Paki, Paku Fernandez, Matariki Whatarau, Te Rawhitiroa Bosch, Te Wakaunua Te Kurapa, Matia Mitai, Tuwhanauroa Rangihau, Naatana Mika, Kataraina Howden-Borell, Hinerangi Harawira-Nicholas)
A teenage boy born of two cultures must navigate a brutal war between the Māori and colonial British forces.
The Village Next To Paradise and Bound In Heaven
Kill The Jockey (El Jockey)
(Country: Argentina, Spain, United States, Mexico, Denmark; Year: 2024; Director: Luis Ortega; Writer: Fabian Casas, Luis Ortega, Rodolfo Palacios; Stars: Úrsula Corberó, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Mariana Di Girólamo, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Roly Serrano, Luis Ziembrowski, Daniel Fanego, Roberto Carnaghi, Osmar Núñez, Adriana Aguirre)
A jockey embarks on a new identity after an accident but a mobster is on his tail.
The Legend Of The Vagabond Queen Of Lagos
(Country: Nigeria, South Africa; Year: 2024; Director: Bisola Akinmuyiwa, Elijah Atinkpo, Mathew Cerf, Tina Edukpo, Temitope Ogungbamila, Samuel Okechukwu, James Tayler; Stars: Temiloluwa Ami-Williams, Adebowale Adedayo, Gerard Avlessi, Kachi Okechukwu, Teniola Aladese)
A woman striving for a better life for herself and her son finds herself fighting for their home.
Matt And Mara
(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Kazik Radwanski; Writer: Kazik Radwanski; Stars: Matt Johnson, Simon Reynolds, Deragh Campbell, Georgia Tannis, Jim Phu, Alejandra Zapico, Cristina Paoletta, Kinshuk Dhingra, Linda Theresa Young, Jack Nguyen)
Mara, a young professor, is struggling with marital problems when she suddenly meets Matt, a man from her past, who wanders onto her university campus.
Measures For A Funeral
(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Sofia Bohdanowicz; Stars: Kieran Adams, Julia Beyer, Deragh Campbell, Eileen Davies, María Dueñas, Eve Duranceau, Heidi Galvez, Priscilla Galvez, Maxim Gaudette, Grace Glowicki, Melanie Scheiner, Anni Spadafora, Rosa-Johan Uddoh, Marianne Vargas, Fan Wu)
Biopic of Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow.
A Missing Part
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2024; Director: Guillaume Senez; Writer: Jean Denizot, Guillaume Senez; Stars: Romain Duris, Judith Chemla, Yumi Narita)
Drama charts a father's desperate quest to reunite with his daughter.
Kill The Jockey and The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
The Mother And The Bear
(Country: Canada, Chile; Year: 2024; Director: Johnny Ma; Writer: Johnny Ma; Stars: Kim Ho-jung, Lee Won-jae, Jonathan Kim, Amara Pedroso, Kalyn Bomback, Susan Hanson, Samantha Kendrick, Leere Park)
When a mother flies from Seoul to be at her sick daughter's bedside she sparks trouble when she meddles with the younger woman's dating app.
The Mountain
(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2024; Director: Rachel House)
A young girl determined to climb a mountain in the belief it can heal her meets two other young misfits on the adventure.
My First Film
(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Zia Anger; Writer: Zia Anger)
Autofiction about a director's attempt to make her first film
My Sunshine (Boku No Ohisama)
(Year: 2024; Director: Hiroshi Okuyama)
Drama centring on two kids with opposing personalities who become a figure-skating pair.
Pimpinero: Blood And Oil
(Country: Colombia; Year: 2024; Director: Andrés Baiz; Writer: Maria Camila Arias, Andrés Baiz; Stars: David Noreña, Emilia Ceballos, Luis Eduardo Durán Galindo, Junior González, Alberto Guerra, Juanes, Yull Núñez, Laura Osma, Norberto Rivera, Judith Segura, Alejandro Speitzer, Hillary Vergara)
Beloved Tropic and My Sunshine
Presence
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Steven Soderbergh; Writer: David Koepp; Stars: Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan, West Mulholland, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday)
A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone.
Santosh
(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Sandhya Suri; Writer: Sandhya Suri; Stars: Shahana Goswami, Sanjay Bishnoi)
Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
(Year: 2024; Director: Mohammad Rasoulof)
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
Seven Days (Haft Rooz)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Ali Samadi Ahadi; Writer: Ali Samadi Ahadi)
When imprisoned human rights activist Maryam is granted a rare medical leave, she has the chance to escape Iran but at the expense of her battle for equality and democracy.
Souleymane's Story (L’Histoire de Souleymane, The Story of Souleymane)
(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Boris Lojkine; Writer: Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut; Stars: Abou Sangare, Nina Meurisse, Alpha Oumar Sow
Emmanuel Yovanie, Younoussa Diallo)
Two days in the life of a bike delivery guy who is trying to get asylum.
Sunshine
(Country: Philippines; Year: 2024; Director: Antoinette Jadaone; Writer: Antoinette Jadaone; Stars: Elijah Canlas, Annika Co, Jennica Garcia)
A young gymnast finds out she’s pregnant just before trying out for the national team.
The Swedish Torpedo
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2024; Director: Frida Kempff; Writer: Frida Kempff, Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten; Stars: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Lisa Carlehed, Gunnel Fred, Josefin Neldén, Emilie Kroyer Koppel, Henning Valin Jakobsen, Seidi Haarla, Hanna Ullerstam, Claes Ljungmark, Ivar Forsling, Cecilia Milocco, Gary Whitaker, Claes Hartelius, Jonathon Sawdon, Magnus Af Sandeberg)
The story of Sally Bauer, a Swedish mother who pursues her dream of swimming the English Channel before the Second World War envelops Europe.
Sweet Angel Baby
(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Melanie Oates; Writer: Melanie Oates; Stars: Michaela Kurimsky, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Peter Mooney, Emily Bridger, Patricia Andrews, Colin Furlong, Rhiannon Morgan)
A young woman faces relationship problems after her secret social media identity is exposed.
To A Land Unknown
(Country: Greece, Denmark, United Kingdom, Netherlands; Year: 2024; Director: Mahdi Fleifel; Writer: Fyzal Boulifa, Mahdi Fleifel, Jason McColgan; Stars: Angeliki Papoulia, Mahmood Bakri, Manal Awad, Mohammad Ghassan, Monzer Reyahnah, Aram Sabbah, Mouataz Alshaltouh, Mohammad Alsurafa)
Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. When Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan, which involves them posing as smugglers and taking hostages.
Under The Volcano
(Country: Poland; Year: 2024; Director: Damian Kocur; Writer: Damian Kocur, Marta Konarzewska; Stars: Sofia Berezovska, Roman Lutskyi, Anastasiya Karpenko, Fedir Pugachov, Anthony Rathbone, Alba Victoria Quintana Garcia, Ignacy Perchel, Aron Alejandro Gascon Raga, Clara Ileana Rivera Barreto, Paula Jordi de la Rosa, Brendan Lund, Marlene Fernandez Diaz, Isaac Awuah, Guillermo Marmol Lynch, Marcos Burgio Lloret)
A Ukrainian family on holiday in Tenerife find themselves in exile after their homeland is invaded.
Universal Language
(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Matthew Rankin; Writer: Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Nemati, Matthew Rankin; Stars: Matthew Rankin, Mani Soleymanlou, Danielle Fichaud, Pirouz Nemati, Sobhan Javadi, Saba Vahedyousefi, Rojina Esmaeili)
Multilayered film that interweaves a story about a group of people trying to get frozen money out of the ice, a tale of a tour guide and a man who quits his job to visit his mother.
The Village Next To Paradise
(Country: France, Austria; Year: 2024; Director: Mo Harawe; Writer: Mo Harawe; Stars: Axmen Cali Faarax, Canab Axmed Ibraahin, Ahmed Mohamoud Salleban)
In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them.
When The Light Breaks
(Country: Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France; Year: 2024; Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson; Writer: Rúnar Rúnarsson; Stars: Elín Hall, Katla Njálsdóttir, Mikael Kaaber, Ágúst Wigum, Gunnar Hrafn Kristjánsson, Baldur Einarsson)
From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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