A BIT OF LIGHT
Following the closure of his clinic for treating wounded protestors, Arash decides to end his life and sets out to say goodbye. At first, the premise of a doctor choosing this path, yet visiting his family beforehand to announce his intention, feels entirely counterintuitive. One naturally asks how any family could simply allow such a […]
ALL ABOUT CORINNE
Corinne Maclou (Isabelle Huppert) is a background actor. She dreams of one day being more than an extra and stays confident her breakthrough is right around the corner.When she meets famous actress Sandrine Kiberlain, whom she befriends, Corinne hopes to achieve her goal. But will she be welcomed into the respectable family of French cinema?
HEARING
Hearing follows Ninh, a sound technician installing decibel meters across volatile public spaces and fractured homes while grappling with his own separation from his ex-wife, aging mother, and estranged parents. Bringing depth to this narrative, Lê Bảo describes the film best: “Hearing is an anti-love story about people who love one another yet keep their […]
DREAMS OF HIND AND CAMILIA
ROTATION
HOLY WOOD DUST
Award-winner director Victor Kossakovsky and superstar botanist Stefano Mancuso take uson an unprecedented journey into the life of trees. What happens to a stump the secondafter a tree is cut down? What does that tree think and feel at that very moment? “Holy WoodDust” is an invitation to radically reimagine the plant kingdom from a […]
SUPER AFGHAN GYM
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, […]
BOOMAH
Through the unforced, watchful gaze of its young protagonist, Boomah invites us into an informal world on the edges of Amman. Shaped by an environment that offered little support, Boomah has adopted the rough codes of the streets to get by. As director Zaid Abu Hamdan notes, she is “born into a world where belonging […]