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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 — […]
ALL THE LOVERS IN THE NIGHT
Premiering in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, Yukiko Sode’s adaptation of Mieko Kawakami’s acclaimed novel is a tender, quietly seductive portrait of urban loneliness and the longing for connection. For cinephiles, it may evoke the intimate conversations of Éric Rohmer and the wandering female gaze of Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7, yet its […]
GURIA
Set in western Georgia after the Soviet collapse, Guria follows a hazelnut farmer navigating power cuts, poverty, and everyday struggles while searching for love. Director Levan Koguashvili draws from his own memories of a turbulent era to show how hardship meets warmth and resilience. As the director notes, “Guria is my attempt to capture that […]
ALLIES IN EXILE
For 14 years, Syrian filmmakers Hasan Kattan and Fadi Al-Halabi have journeyed together through war and storytelling. Their bond was forged on the frontlines of revolution where their cameras recorded terror and hope, laughter and heartbreak – moments that defined a generation.Years later, their story takes an unexpected turn. Confined inside a UK asylum hotel, […]
ROME OPEN CITY
AMERICAN DOCTOR
In the heart of the Gaza Strip, the line between a hospital and a battlefield often disappears. American Doctor is a powerful, vérité-style documentary that follows three American physicians, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, and Dr. Thaer Ahmad, as they navigate the harrowing reality of providing medical care during a humanitarian crisis. Representing Jewish, […]
ROSE
How far would you go to live on your own terms?Set in the aftermath of the Thirty Years’ War, Markus Schleinzer’s gripping drama Rose introduces us to an enigmatic soldier who arrives in a tight-knit German village to claim an abandoned estate. Beneath the scarred exterior and rugged clothes lies a monumental secret: Rose is […]
YELLOW LETTERS
Derya and Aziz, a celebrated artist couple from Ankara, lead a fulfilling life with their 13-year-old daughter Ezgi – until an incident at the premiere of their new play changes everything. Overnight, they find themselves targeted by the state and lose their jobs and their home. They move to Istanbul to temporarily stay with Aziz’s […]
HOLD ONTO ME
It’s summer in Cyprus, and 11-year-old Iris is running wild through the streets with her older friend Danae when she learns that her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father’s funeral. Determined to know him, Iris tracks him down to a dilapidated shipyard, where he has been keeping to himself. What […]