Kohei Igarashi’s Venice Days opener is a gentle, unassuming love story told in retrospect, where recently widowed Sano and best friend Miyata return to Atami, Japan, to reminisce on a fateful vacation five years prior.

Chris Smith’s fascinating documentary about legendary new wave provocateurs Devo will delight not only longtime “spuds” – the band's endearing moniker for Devo-tees – but those too young to have experienced the heyday of the band’s singularly strange career.

The traditional way of life of rural Argentinian cowboys called gauchos is captured in this impeccably composed documentary featuring sumptuous black-and-white photography and an eclectic soundtrack of South American folk classics.

Mati Diop (ATLANTICS, AFI FEST 2019) returns with a dreamlike exploration of complex questions surrounding the repatriation of cultural artifacts. Winner of the Golden Bear award for the best film at the Berlin Film Festival.

Leos Carax, the visionary auteur of ANNETTE, HOLY MOTORS and THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE, playfully and provocatively revisits his own oeuvre and the history of cinema itself, interrogating its imagery and its power.

MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS is a comprehensive look at the prolific life and career of legendary Oscar®-winning composer John Williams and his indelible impact on popular culture.

Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Amanda Zurawski’s impassioned plea to the Texas Supreme Court becomes a rallying cry for others with similar horror stories.

Mohammad Rasoulof’s daring drama about two daughters defying their conservative father courted controversy in Iran for both its allegorical, regime-critical implications, and for its depiction of real-life street protests and women without headscarves in defiance of local censors.

Albert Serra enters the bullfighting arena with torero Andrés Roca Rey, to document the primitive, brutal and highly ritualized custom, in a thrilling and unforgettable examination of human skill against animal nature.

Chris Smith’s fascinating documentary about legendary new wave provocateurs Devo will delight not only longtime “spuds” – the band's endearing moniker for Devo-tees – but those too young to have experienced the heyday of the band’s singularly strange career.