HEAT
Heat is a cinematic exploration of heat as a borderline condition and an intense physical experience. Focusing on the Persian Gulf, one of the hottest regions on Earth, the film captures a vivid panorama of human stories, moods, and survival strategies, offering a powerful glimpse into a possible future for all of us.We meet Sophy, […]
BIG BOYS DON’T CRY
SCHEHERAZADE, TELL ME A STORY
HOPE
Reinforcements have been diverted to battle wildfires and all communication has been cut off. Hope’s police outpost chief Bum-seok and officer Sung-ae struggle to defend a village of the elderly, while in the mountains, Sung-ki and the locals who set out to track the beast find themselves hunted instead. What begins as ignorance plants the […]
A WAR ON WOMEN
A War on Women tells fifty years of female resistance through private footage, testimonies, and clandestinely filmed images in Iran.Four generations of women have challenged the regime of the Ayatollahs and the control imposed over their bodies and lives, transforming oppression into a movement capable of enduring revolution, repression, and exile.Activists, mothers, actresses, prisoners, and […]
DATE FOR DINNER
THE GUEST
A joyful family celebration begins to unravel the moment Karl’s estranged mother, Vibeke, arrives uninvited. At a luxury seaside hotel, Karl and his wife Emilie are preparing to celebrate their baby son when Vibeke’s sudden reappearance reopens years of anger, guilt and resentment. As the weekend unfolds, old family roles snap back into place and […]
WHAT REMAINS
A poet breaks free from a life that has become suffocating to reconnect with her inner voice and conscience and allow her creativity to flow again. As she begins to question the conventions of family, identity and the meaning of life, her journey towards self-discovery challenges those around her to reconsider their own lives — […]
THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN KABONGA
Ashraf “Kabonga” is the founder of Egypt’s first wrestling entertainment team and the driving force behind a dream that most people considered impossible. For more than a decade, he has transformed a modest town on the outskirts of Ismailia into an unlikely stage for homemade wrestling spectacles, where children cheer, families gather, and ordinary life […]
THE ECHO CHAMBER
Leo and Anne are caught in an intense relationship where presence and absence, care and dependence, desire and control blur as they endlessly chase and lose each other without finding release. Based on a final screenplay by Bernardo Bertolucci, director Andrea Pallaoro shapes a thoughtful meditation on artistic creation, memory, and the fragile conditions of […]