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LuminariesWHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU

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Tensions arise when a struggling, idealistic poet meets his girlfriend’s family at their idyllic, hillside countryside home in Hong Sang-soo’s latest feature — a quietly profound meditation on the complexities of filial love and familial strife.

LuminariesTHE STRANGER (L’ÉTRANGER)

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François Ozon brings Albert Camus’ acclaimed 1942 novel to the big screen as a sun-baked, black-and-white neo-noir, a potent blend of psychological thriller and anti-colonial critique.

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SILENT

Set in neutral Switzerland during World War II, this triumphant debut feature is a feminist coming-of-age drama that weighs the costs of courage on two fronts: the neighboring war and a young woman’s refusal to lead a life she never wanted.

DocumentaryFIUME O MORTE!

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FIUME

Winner of both the Tiger Award and the FIPRESCI prize at this year’s Rotterdam Film Festival, Croatian director Igor Bezinović’s inventive hybrid documentary re-enacts scenes from Gabriele D’Annunzio’s siege and occupation of the Adriatic seaport of Fiume (now Croatia’s Rijeka) in the aftermath of World...

World CinemaDIVINE COMEDY (KOMEDIE ELAHI)

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DIVINE

Notable Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari (TERRESTRIAL VERSES) blurs the lines between fiction and reality in his latest feature, which follows filmmaker Bahram Ark and producer Sadaf Asgari (as thinly veiled versions of themselves) on a mission to screen their banned film for a local audience...

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DocumentaryTHE TALE OF SILYAN

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In a Macedonian village, Nikola, a fledgling middle-aged farmer, is left behind after his family immigrates to Germany, and soon forms a poignant bond with an injured stork. Tamara Kotevska (HONEYLAND) weaves folklore, striking images and intimate observation into a poetic documentary about loss, resilience,...

LuminariesMAGELLAN (MAGALHÃES)

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MAGELLAN

Gael García Bernal stars as infamous navigator Ferdinand Magellan in Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz’s monumental story of colonialism and resistance.

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LuminariesFATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER

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Winner of the Golden Lion at this year’s Venice International Film Festival and starring Tom Waits, Adam Driver and Cate Blanchett, legendary indie auteur Jim Jarmusch’s newest work is a wry gem about the timeworn drift of familial intimacy.

DocumentaryTHE EYES OF GHANA

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Two-time Oscar®-winning director Ben Proudfoot reteams with the Obamas’ Higher Grounds Productions for this documentary spotlighting the remarkable yet under-recognized Ghanaian filmmaker Chris Hesse, who captured essential footage — previously thought to be lost — of the African independence movements as a personal cameraman to...

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World Cinema1001 FRAMES

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1001

Actresses in an audition for Scheherazade in “A Thousand and One Nights” endure increasingly confrontational and innuendo-laden questioning from their male director in Iranian American filmmaker Mehrnoush Alia’s provocative debut feature.

DocumentaryCOVER-UP

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COVER-UP

Oscar® winner Laura Poitras and veteran documentarian Mark Obenhaus explore Pulitzer-winning journalist Seymour Hersh's fearless exposés of U.S. power abuses — from My Lai to Abu Ghraib — blending biography, political thriller and urgent reflection on truth and press freedom.

DiscoveryWE BELIEVE YOU (ON VOUS CROIT)

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Family secrets unravel over the course of a crucial day as a mother fights for her children in a tense custody battle in this astutely layered, gripping debut feature.

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Red Carpet PremieresSPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE

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SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen’s legendary 1982 acoustic album “Nebraska,” written and recorded at a pivotal time in the young musician’s life, on the cusp of global superstardom. Starring Jeremy Allen White as the Boss and Jeremy Strong as...

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Special ScreeningsBUGONIA

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BUGONIA

Yorgos Lanthimos’ remake of the 2003 Korean cult classic SAVE THE GREEN PLANET! stars Jesse Plemons as a conspiracy-obsessed man who kidnaps Emma Stone’s pharmaceutical company CEO, seeking to prove that she is an alien from outer space, one of thousands secretly living among Earth’s...

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Unfolding over seven decades, this deeply moving portrait of a Palestinian family is a poignant meditation on loss, resilience, and the ways in which inherited trauma shapes identity across generations.

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Queer love shines with contradicting exuberance in Diego Céspedes’ audacious Cannes prize-winning debut about a commune of crossdressers set in a reimagined desert town in Chile during the dawn of the AIDS epidemic.

Special ScreeningsREBUILDING

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REBUILDING

Divorced and displaced Colorado rancher Dusty (Josh O'Connor) re-enters the lives of his ex-wife Ruby (Meghann Fahy) and young daughter when he loses his family ranch to a devastating wildfire.

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DiscoveryAMOEBA

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AMOEBA

At an elite all-girls Chinese school in Singapore, 16-year-old Choo and her gang of misfits challenge the authoritarian faculty and the strict doctrines that bind them in this sharp-witted debut from rising filmmaker Siyou Tan (AFI DWW Class of 2019).

After DarkMORTE CUCINA

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MORTE

Deliciously tense with sumptuous cinematography by Christopher Doyle, Thai New Wave writer/director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang's (LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE) latest feature is an innovative, culinary take on the rape-revenge thriller.

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