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All the films of the festival, from A to Z

Neither Day nor Night

Dir: Phinehas Veuillet
| 90 minutes

Raphael, a brilliant student, is denied entry to a top Ashkenazi yeshiva. His French Sephardic parents challenge his rejection, sparking a dramatic event that changes their family's fate and impacts the Haredi community.

A Normal Family

Dir.: Hur Jin-ho
| 116 minutes

Jae-wan’s occupation as a lawyer includes defending killers. His brother is a religious doctor who constantly puts his patients ahead of his own interests. A circumstance involving their teenage children tests the brothers’ consciences.

Not A Word

Dir.: Hanna Antonina Wojcik Slak
| 87 minutes

When Nina finds out that her son Lars has been injured in an accident at school, some troubling thoughts are awakened. Was Lars only a witness to a gruesome crime? Or did he actually participate in it? When a winter storm cuts the last connection to the mainland, a dangerous confrontation ensues.

Out of Season

Dir.: Stéphane Brizé
| 115 minutes

Mathieu lives in Paris, Alice in a small seaside resort in Western France. He is a famous actor. She is a piano teacher. They were in love fifteen years ago, then separated. Time has passed. When Mathieu tries to overcome his melancholia in a thermal spa, he stumbles upon Alice.

Parallels

Dir.: Itamar Lubanov
| 16 minutes

Ari and Aline’s breakup sparks a rift in space and time, leading to the arrival of different versions of themselves from parallel universes. While their other versions try to avert their breakup, the couple is torn apart.

Pines

Dir.: Gil Peled
| 15 minutes

Two years after his brother's death, Amnon returns to the burnt forest where they last met in order to deal with his own guilt.

Pisces

Dir.: Lee Dror
| 12 minutes

After Rona cuts ties with her family in Israel, she relocates to Japan to work as a rented family member. A call about her sister’s death shakes her world and reveals her deepest wounds.

Planet of Luck

Dir.: Roy Menachem Markovich
| 6 minutes

A video tutorial showing how to use a DIY lottery stand, made from materials within reach: jars, salt shakers, cans, boards, and pieces of furniture. In one key point of the video, the lottery booth turns into a secured unit that can protect its user from any threat.

Plastic Guns

Dir.: Jean-Christophe Meurisse
| 100 minutes

A man in his forties is arrested during his trip to Denmark. The police suspect him of being a wanted murderer accused of killing his wife and three children a few years ago. Meanwhile, two amateur detectives set out to conduct their own investigation.

The Promised Land

Dir.: Nikolaj Arcel
| 127 minutes

In 1755, the impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer the harsh, uninhabitable Danish heath. But the sole ruler of the area, the merciless Frederik de Schinkel, believes this land belongs to him. Kahlen will not be intimidated and engages in an unequal battle.

The Return of the Projectionist

Dir.: Orkhan Aghazadeh
| 87 minutes

There may be a 50-year age gap between Samid and Ayaz, but they share a passion for film. Both are brimming with ideas to revive the cinema in their village. Once the long-awaited light bulb arrives after many months, the cinema is packed out with locals... But will the magic work?

Runway Freefall

Dir.: Alona Rodeh
| 4 minutes

Runway Freefall is a born-digital animation film about an impossible love story set in a deserted nocturnal cityscape. It depicts an imaginary takeover of two e-scooters dancing the night away.  16:9 4K Single Channel Computer-Generated Video with Sound.

Rustle

Dir.: Yasmin Davis
| 15 minutes

I began filming Rustle shortly after the birth of my daughter. The fear of forgetting and missing moments in her life led me to try to document the time, wishing that maybe this way I could gain its control.

Santosh

Dir.: Sandhya Suri
| 120 minutes

A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit 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 Shrouds

Dir.: David Cronenberg
| 119 minutes

Inconsolable since his wife’s death, Karsh invents GraveTech, a revolutionary and controversial technology that allows the living to monitor their dearly departed ones in their shrouds. When multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, Karsh sets out to track down the perpetrators.

Sidonie in Japan

Dir.: Élise Girard
| 95 minutes

French writer Sidonie Perceval is invited to Japan for the republication of her first book. She is welcomed by her local editor. As they travel together, she slowly opens up. But the ghost of her husband follows Sidonie: She will have to finally let go of the past to let herself love again.

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Sing Sing

Dir.: Greg Kwedar
| 105 minutes

Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men. A story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.

The Smile of the Lamb

Dir.: Shimon Dotan
| 97 minutes

Hilmi’s adopted son turns to terrorism and is subsequently shot by Israeli security forces. He takes his physician friend hostage and threatens to execute him unless Israel immediately withdraws from the Occupied Territories.

Some Rain Must Fall

Dir.: Qiu Yang
| 98 minutes

Forty-year-old Cai has lost track of who she is and who she wants to be. During one of her daughter’s basketball matches, she accidently injures an elderly woman. This trivial event becomes a catalyst for a life spinning out of control, as past events resurface while she moves into an unknown future.

The Story of Souleymane

Dir.: Boris Lojkine
| 93 minutes

As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane repeats his story. In two days, he has his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers. But Souleymane is not ready.

Strange Birds

Dir.: Shakked Auerbach
| 65 minutes

My older brother got in trouble. Again. I can no longer ignore his issues that seem to take over my life. As silence breaks, I discover the relationships  in my family, mainly with my mom, have been shaped by an unspoken word - Autism.

 

The Sugarland Express

Dir.: Steven Spielberg
| 110 minutes

A woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape from prison and together kidnap their son. But things don't go as planned when they are forced to take a police hostage on the road.

Sujo

Dir.: Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez
| 125 minutes

When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable.