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The new film by Hong Sangsoo follows a female novelist who takes a long trip to visit a bookstore, run by a younger colleague who has fallen out of touch. She then climbs up a tower and runs into a film director and his wife. They take a walk in a park and meet an actress, after which the novelist tries to convince the actress to make a film.  

Sandra, a young mother who raises her daughter alone, pays regular visits to her sick father. While she and her family struggle to obtain the care he requires, Sandra reconnects with Clément, a friend she hasn’t seen in a while. Although he is in a relationship, the two begin a passionate affair.

De Roller, Tahiti’s High Commissioner of the Republic and French government official, is a calculating man with flawless manners. His somewhat broad perception of his role leads him to navigate the high-end establishment as well as shady venues where he mingles with the locals. 

Left by her husband, Elisabeth (Charlotte Gainsbourg) finds herself alone, responsible for the day-to-day care of her two children. She picks up a job on a night-time radio show, where she meets Talulah, a young woman whom she takes under her wing.

In a Japan of the near future, government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.

Forty-two-year-old Alicia is a grief-stricken woman, a grief that has caused her to be estranged from society. Her world is turned upside down when a 14-year-old boy who looks after people's cars, stumbles into her house, bleeding. The Oscar-shortlisted film by Panamanian filmmaker Abner Benaim.

Serhiy, a Ukrainian surgeon, is captured by Russian forces in the conflict zone of Eastern Ukraine; while in captivity, he is exposed to horrifying violence. After his release, he returns to his middle-class apartment and tries to find a purpose in life by rebuilding his relationship with his daughter and ex-wife. 

In the Mexican countryside, the fates of three women collide when the case of a missing person leads them on a path of pain and redemption. The first feature film by Natalia López Gallardo, recipient of the Jury Prize at the most recent Berlin Film Festival.

Julia finds escape in her passion for motorcycles and the high-octane world of urban rodeos. She finds herself drawn into a clandestine and volatile ultra-masculine clique. Striving to prove herself to the group, she is faced with a series of escalating demands that will make or break her place in the community.

Kochava Levi, a 31-year-old housewife of Yemeni descent, was taken hostage during an attack on the Savoy hotel in Tel Aviv (March 1975). Over the course of one night, she transformed herself into a fearless heroine. However, by dawn, she was left with nothing but shame.

A perfect couple rents a holiday home on a sunny island in Italy. When they discover that the swimming pool has broken down, they request a repairman, but the presence of a stranger threatens the couple’s idea of safety and sets off a dark chain of events.