Festival Calendar
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Dir.: Léonor Serraille | 88 min
Forced from home after quitting his teaching position, Ari navigates life's uncertainties. His reunion with childhood friends becomes a catalyst for personal transformation.
Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Sebastián Vidal Campos | 96 min
In the southernmost region of Chile, amidst a natural landscape as unforgiving as it is astonishing, a small handful of villagers, together with their dogs and cattle, survive in an increasingly hostile, yet beautiful, land. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: David Tauber | 104 min
A newly religious woman claims her husband has been replaced. He looks exactly the same—but she knows he is not the man she married. Additional screenings 1 screaning
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Dir.: Károly Makk | 115 min
The story of two elderly sisters who exchange letters. Brief flashbacks reveal glimpses of their younger years. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Lauro Cress | 104 min
Driven by a sense of shame, pity, and a longing for purpose, a young soldier feigns his feelings for a disabled woman, even fueling her hope of walking again. But as her distrust grows and his obsession with her cure deepens, they are driven into a destructive spiral that drags everyone to misfortune. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Dea Kulumbegashvili | 134 min
Nina, an OB-GYN, faces accusations after a newborn's death. Her life undergoes scrutiny during the investigation. She persists in her medical duties, determined to provide care others hesitate to offer, despite risks. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Raoul Peck | 119 min
Orwell: 2+2=5 delves deep into George Orwell’s final months and visionary works to explore the roots of the vital and troubling concepts he revealed to the world in his dystopian masterpiece. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Christine Haroutounian | 105 min
A soldier guides a young woman through Armenia's war-torn landscape, while keeping a secret. Their journey becomes a surreal exploration of national myths and the realities of ongoing conflict. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Kim Bo-sol | 73 min
A Swedish diplomat and North Korean traffic officer share a forbidden romance in Pyongyang. As his diplomatic assignment nears its end, they face a heart-wrenching choice. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Alexandra Makarová | 108 min
In 1980s Vienna, a dissident artist's life is upended when her estranged partner reappears after prison, prompting her on a perilous journey back to Czechoslovakia that threatens her newfound family. Additional screenings 1 screaning
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Dir.: Jing Yi | 96 min
In China's Xinjiang region, a Kazakh boy's magical friendship with a local Han girl blooms amid a world where plants and imagination intertwine. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Alice Douard | 96 min
Céline is expecting her firstborn—but she’s not the one who’s pregnant. In three months, her wife, Nadia, will be giving birth to their daughter. As the due date approaches, Céline navigates the expectations of her mother, her friends, and the law, seeking out her rightful place and a sense of legitimacy. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Valentine Cadic | 77 min
Paris, the 2024 Olympic Games. Thirty-year-old Blandine travels from Normandy to attend the swimming competitions. Overwhelmed by the city’s chaos and a streak of misfortune, she navigates the bustling streets — and an unexpected reunion. Additional screenings 1 screaning
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Dir.: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | 105 min
Five young mothers living in a shelter strive for a better future for them and their kids amidst challenging upbringings. Additional screenings 1 screaning
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Dir.: Bálint Dániel Sós | 85 min
A 12-year-old boy causes a serious accident. The only witness is his father, who must choose between telling the truth or protecting his son from juvenile detention. He chooses to lie, but what are the consequences? Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Snævar Sölvi Sölvason | 104 min
When two childhood friends receive an unexpected opportunity to keep their fish restaurant open year-round, one of them comes out as a trans woman—putting a strain on their friendship, as they navigate their lives in a new light Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Nadav Lapid | 150 min
Israel, in the aftermath of October 7. Y., a jazz musician struggling to make ends meet, and his wife Jasmine, a dancer, sell their art, souls and bodies to the elite, and bring pleasure and consolation to a bleeding nation. Soon, Y. is given a mission of the highest importance: setting to music a new national anthem. Additional screenings 1 screaning
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Dir.: Vincent Maël Cardona | 115 min
Everything begins in a rundown bar on the outskirts of Paris, when an ordinary man discovers he has a winning lottery ticket—only to be shot in a crime that must be swiftly covered up. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Tom Shu-yu Lin | 107 min
Yen returns to her Hakkanese village in Kaohsiung after serving eight years in prison. Amidst her attempt to reconcile with her widowed mother, the enigmatic and urban Ai-Lee appears. As their fates intertwine, how will they inevitably confront their truths? Additional screenings 1 screaning
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Dir.: Urska Djukic | 89 min
Sixteen-year-old Lucia joins her Catholic school choir and befriends senior student Ana-Maria. During a choir retreat at a convent, Lucia's attraction to a restoration worker creates tension with Ana-Maria and challenges her faith. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Sergei Loznitsa | 117 min
1937: When a prisoner's letter escapes destruction, idealistic prosecutor Kornev uncovers corruption within the NKVD. His pursuit of justice in Stalin's USSR becomes a dangerous journey into the heart of a system devouring its own. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Lav Diaz | 185 min
Magellan is a navigator rebelling against the power of the King, due to his humanism and belief in justice. But once he is finally in command of the Spice Fleet, which will make the first circumnavigation of the Earth, what will the journey reveal about himself? Additional screenings 1 screaning
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Dir.: Hubert Charuel | 107 min
In rural France, Mika and Dan's dreams keep hitting dead ends. After Dan's latest mistake, they're forced to work for their successful friend Tony in construction, desperately seeking an escape from their situation. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Hafsia Herzi | 106 min
When Fatima leaves her close-knit suburban family to study philosophy in Paris, she finds herself caught between her religious upbringing and the freedom of student life in the city. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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Dir.: Romane Bohringer | 92 min
A filmmaker adapts a book about mother-daughter relationships, stirring up memories of her own childhood trauma and the mother who left her as an infant. Additional screenings 1 screaning
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Dir.: Teemu Nikki | 88 min
Two middle-aged sisters in a Finnish village promise to brew beer for a wedding but drink the entire batch. In a hilarious race against time, they struggle with hangovers while trying to make more beer and save their reputation. Additional screenings 2 screaning
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