Synopsis: Matthias masters impersonating roles for hire: cultured boyfriend, perfect son, sparring partner. Professionally adept at pretending daily, his true challenge lies in being himself.

✰ Stockholm Film Festival Winner
✰ Venice Film Festival Winner
✰ New Faces Awards, Germany Winner
✰ Independent Film Festival of Boston Winner
✰ Austrian Film Award, AT Winner
✰ Les Arcs European Film Festival Winner
✰ Chicago International Film Festival Nominee
✰ Hong Kong International Film Festival Nominee
✰ Nashville Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: Five young mothers living in a shelter strive for a better future for themselves and kids amidst challenging upbringings.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner

Synopsis: A father’s love for his gifted daughter puts him at odds with the prejudiced townsfolk in this visually stunning tale with supernatural elements.

Synopsis: Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, a university professor coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance.

✰ Sundance Film Festival Winner
✰ Regina International Film Festival & Awards (RIFFA) Winner
✰ Reims Polar Festival du Film Policier Winner
✰ Hong Kong International Film Festival Nominee
✰ Istanbul Film Festival Nominee
✰ Jerusalem Film Festival Nominee
✰ Tarkovsky Film festival – Zerkalo Nominee
✰ Guanajuato International Film Festival Nominee
✰ MOOOV Film Festival Nominee
✰ SXSW London Nominee

Synopsis: Czech photographer seeks freedom after 1968 Prague Spring suppression. Undertakes long journey to break from repressive regime’s constraints.

✰ Czech Lions Winner
✰ NewFest: New York’s LGBT Film Festival Winner
✰ Online Film Critics Society Awards Winner
✰ Viennale Winner
✰ Camden International Film Festival Winner
✰ Festival du nouveau cinéma Winner
✰ Torino Film Festival Winner
✰ Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston (GCFF) Winner
✰ Berlin International Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: A remote German farm harbors generations of secrets. Four women, separated by decades but united by trauma, uncover the truth behind its weathered walls.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner (Jury Prize)
✰ Jerusalem Film Festival Nominee
✰ Melbourne International Film Festival Nominee
✰ Munich Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: Captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through intimate vignettes and strange occurrences, the film explores the complexities of family, love, and the impact of shared memories.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner (Palm Dog)
✰ San Sebastián International Film Festival Nominee
✰ Sydney Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: At a decaying Soviet-era health resort near Odesa, visitors seek wellness through unconventional treatments, from mud baths to electric therapy, while pursuing personal connections during a quiet summer season.

✰ Krakow Film Festival Winner
✰ CPH:DOX Nominee
✰ Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon Nominee

Synopsis: In post-war Japan’s economic boom, gangster family-born Kikuo Tachibana finds himself adopted by a kabuki actor. Despite life’s challenges, he develops into a gifted performer.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Nominee (Director’s Fortnight Audience Award)

Synopsis: After a Palestinian teen gets swept up into a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the family story of hope, courage and relentless struggle that led to this fateful moment.

✰ Sundance Film Festival World Premiere
✰ San Francisco International Film Festival Winner
✰ Sydney Film Festival Winner
✰ Shanghai International Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: Rotoscoped animation depicts a 17th century witch trial in Livonia that uncovers a werewolf within a devout community.

Synopsis: In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colonial rule, Yusuf navigates between Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire.

Synopsis: Romila, Anand, and guide Papa Buka journey through Papua New Guinea’s remote villages, documenting WWII veterans’ vivid memories of fighting against Japan, facing unexpected challenges along their quest.

*1st every submission from Papua New Guinea

Synopsis: An intimate exploration of family, memories, and the reconciliatory power of art.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner (Grand Prize)
✰ Munich Film Festival Winner
✰ Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF) Winner
✰ Locarno Film Festival Nominee
✰ San Sebastián International Film Festival Nominee
✰ CineFest – Miskolc International Film Festival Nominee

*Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World” (2021) also starring Renate Reinsve was nominated for two Oscars

Synopsis: Egypt’s most adored actor, George Fahmy, falls into disgrace with the authorities overnight. On the verge of losing everything, George is forced to accept an offer he can’t refuse.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Nominee (Palme d’Or)

Synopsis: Floria, a dedicated nurse, tirelessly serves in an understaffed hospital ward. However, today her shift becomes a tense and urgent race against the clock.

✰ German Camera Award Winner

*Leonie Benesch starred in Germany’s Oscar-nominated “The Teacher’s Lounge” (2023)

Synopsis: A single mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, each navigating the challenges of adapting to their new environment while striving to maintain family unity.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner

*Sean Baker produced (the two worked on “Take Out” (2004) together)

Synopsis: After dying from a respiratory disease, a mother’s spirit possesses a vacuum cleaner to protect her husband when he begins showing the same symptoms.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner (Critics’ Week Grand Prix)
✰ Melbourne International Film Festival Nominee
✰ Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.

✰ London Film Festival Nominee
✰ San Sebastián International Film Festival Nominee
✰ Venice Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: After going bankrupt, Eyüp leaves Izmir to work at a tomato field. Unpaid wages frustrate Eyüp, leading to a confrontation with his foreman Hemme. He decides to kill him but is unwittingly diverted in town, cooling his anger.

✰ Ankara International Film Festival Winner
✰ Uruguay International Film Festival Winner
✰ Venice Film Festival Winner
✰ Las Palmas Film Festival Winner
✰ Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Award Winner
✰ Duhok International Film Festival Winner
✰ Adana Film Festival Winner
✰ Eurasia International Film Festival Winner
✰ Marrakech International Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: A Ukrainian platoon’s mission: traverse a heavily fortified mile of forest to liberate a strategic village from Russian forces. A journalist accompanies them, witnessing the ravages of war and the growing uncertainty about its conclusion.

✰ Sundance Film Festival Winner
✰ CPH:DOX Winner
✰ Docudays UA Int. Doc. Human Rights Film Festival Winner
✰ DocAviv Film Festival Winner
✰ It’s All True – International Documentary Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: A soldier guides a young woman through Armenia’s war-torn landscape, keeping a secret from her. Their journey becomes a surreal exploration of national myths and the realities of ongoing conflict.

✰ Jerusalem Film Festival Nominee

Armenia’s other finalists:
“My Armenian Phantoms” by Tamara Stepanyan
“There Was, There Was Not” by Emily Mkrtichian

Synopsis: In 1977, a technology expert flees from a mysterious past and returns to his hometown of Recife in search of peace. He soon realizes that the city is far from being the refuge he seeks.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner (Actor & Directing)
✰ Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP Winner
✰ Jerusalem Film Festival Nominee
✰ San Sebastián International Film Festival Nominee
✰ Sydney Film Festival Nominee
✰ CineFest – Miskolc International Film Festival Nominee

Brazil’s other finalists:
“Baby” by Marcelo Caetano
“The Beach at the End of the World” by Petrus Cariry
“The Best Mother in the World” by Anna Muylaert
“The Blue Trail” by Gabriel Mascaro
“Carnival Is Over” by Fernando Coimbra
“Homem com H” by Esmir Filho
“Malu” by Pedro Freire
“Manas” by Marianna Brennand
“Milton Bituca Nascimento” by Flávia Moraes
“Portrait of a Certain Orient” by Marcelo Gomes
“Same Old West” by Érico Rassi
“The Son of a Thousand Men” by Daniel Rezende
“Vitória” by Andrucha Waddington & Breno Silveira
“White House” by Luciano Vidigal
“A Wolf Among the Swans” by Marcos Schechtman & Helena Varvaki

Synopsis: As an unknown disease begins to spread in a small mining town in the Chilean desert, gay men are accused of transmitting it through their eyes. Twelve-year-old Lidia, the only girl in the community, sets out in search of the truth.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner (Un Certain Regard)
✰ San Sebastián International Film Festival Winner
✰ Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP Winner
✰ Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF) Winner
✰ Melbourne International Film Festival Nominee

Chile’s other finalists:
“Bitter Gold” by Juan Francisco Olea
“Designation of Origin” by Tomás Alzamora
“The Hyperboreans by Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña
“The Wave” by Sebastián Lelio
“A Yard of Jackals” by Diego Figueroa

Synopsis: A woman’s consciousness falls into an eternal time zone during a surgical procedure. Trapped in many dreams, she finds the corpse of an android and tries to wake him up by telling endless stories.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner (Jury Special Prize)

Synopsis: An aging poet finds purpose mentoring Yurlady, a talented teen, though exposing her to the poetry scene might be unwise. His own poetic pursuits led nowhere, leaving him a stereotypical obscure writer.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner (Un Certain Regard Jury Prize)
✰ Munich Film Festival Winner
✰ Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP Winner
✰ Melbourne International Film Festival Nominee
✰ San Sebastián International Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: A bank robber released from jail must unlock his traumatised brother’s memory to recover stolen loot.

*SAnders Thomas Jensen won an Oscar for Best Short Film (Live Action) in 1999

Denmark’s other finalists:
“Beginnings” by Jeanette Nordahl
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” by David Borenstein (premiered at Sundance)

Synopsis: Romantic Bionico struggles to find a job and home to provide for fiancée La Flaca after rehab. He tries to quit drugs with help from his partner Calvita.

Dominican Republic’s other finalists:
“Olivia & the Clouds” by Tomás Pichardo Espaillat
“Pepe” by Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias
“The Silence of Marcos Tremmer” by Miguel García de la Calera
“Sueños Dorados” by Mariano Pichardo
“Sugar Island” by Johanné Gómez Terrero
“El Tiburón” by Félix Germán

Synopsis: Case 137 is seemingly just another case for Stéphanie, an investigator at the IGPN, the police of the police. But an unexpected element will trouble Stéphanie and transform case 137 into something more than a simple number.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, young Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He gets Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, creating a treatment with Truffaut about a gangster couple.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Nominee
✰ Munich Film Festival Nominee
✰ San Sebastián International Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: A small mishap triggers a chain reaction of ever-growing problems.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner (Palme d’Or)
✰ Sydney Film Festival Winner
✰ Locarno Film Festival Nominee
✰ San Sebastián International Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: A young boy after the Hungarian uprising of 1956, raised by his mother with the tale of an idealized dead father, is confronted with a brutish man who claims to be his real father.

✰ Venice Film Festival Nominee
✰ CineFest – Miskolc International Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: Two friends from a North Indian village pursue police jobs seeking dignity, but their friendship strains as desperation grows in their quest.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake the President’s birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner
✰ San Sebastián International Film Festival
✰ CineFest – Miskolc International Film Festival

Synopsis: A chance encounter leads Aya to pick up a stranger at the airport. When he disappears, he leaves behind a gnawing hunger-one which perhaps only a complete stranger could fulfill.

Israel’s other finalists:
“Nandauri” by Eti Tsicko
“Oxygen” by Netalie Braun
“The Sea” by Shai Carmeli-Pollak
“Yes!” by Nadav Lapid

Synopsis: The legendary Italian stage diva Eleonora Duse, through the latter part of her life and her legendary career is now long over.

✰ Venice Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: A love story set in Italy.

✰ San Sebastián International Film Festival Nominee
✰ Venice Film Festival Nominee

*Paolo Sorrentino’s film “The Great Beauty” won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014

Synopsis: When reed cutter Johan discovers the lifeless body of a girl on his land, he is overcome by an ambiguous sense of guilt. While taking care of his granddaughter, he sets out on a quest to track down evil.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Nominee

Netherland’s other finalists:
“Alpha.” by Jan-Willem van Ewijk
“Fabula” by Michiel ten Horn
“Live for Me” by Mark de Cloe
“Our Girls” by Mike van Diem
“The Propagandist” by Luuk Bouwman
“Reedland” by Sven Bresser
“The System” by Joris Postema
“Three Days of Fish” by Peter Hoogendoorn

Synopsis: Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city’s magnitude and their father’s daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner (Golden Camera Special Mention)
✰ Sydney Film Festival Nominee

Synopsis: After fighting for their love to conquer the time, distance and a global shutdown that kept them apart, Joy and Ethan meet again in Canada but realize that they have also changed a lot, individually.

✰ FAMAS Award Nominee
✰ Entertainment Editors’ Choice Award Nominee

Philippines’ other finalists:
“Food Delivery” by Baby Ruth Villarama
“Green Bones” by Zig Dulay
“Magellan” by Lav Diaz
“Sunshine” by Antoinette Jadaone
“Some Nights I Feel Like Walking” by Petersen Vargas
“Song of the Fireflies” by King Palisoc

Synopsis: A surreal dark comedy about love and euthanasia.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner
✰ Munich Film Festival Nominee

Portugal’s other finalists:
“Banzo” by Margarida Cardoso
“The Englishman’s Papers” by Sérgio Graciano
“Hanami” by Denise Fernandes
“The Survivors” by José Barahona

Synopsis: After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.

✰ Venice Film Festival Nominee

South Korea’s other finalists:
“About Family” by Yang Woo-suk
“Dark Nuns” by Kwon Hyeok-jae
“Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning” by Kim Dong-chul
“Harbin by Woo Min-ho
“Hi-Five” by Kang Hyeong-cheol
“The Killers” by Kim Jong-kwan, Lee Myung-se, Jang Hang-jun & Roh Deok
“Love in the Big City” by E.oni
“Mimang” by Kim Tae-yang
“My Daughter Is a Zombie” by Pil Kam-sung
“A Normal Family” by Hur Jin-ho
“The Old Woman with the Knife” by Min Kyu-dong
“Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy” by Kim Byung-woo
“Secret: Untold Melody” by Seo Yoo-min
“Somebody” by Kim Yeo-jeong and Lee Jeong-chan
“Spring Night” by Mi-ja Kang
“The Ugly” by Yeon Sang-ho
“When This Summer Is Over” by Byungki Jang
“Yadang: The Snitch” by Hwang Byeong-guk

Synopsis: A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.

✰ Cannes Film Festival Winner
✰ Munich Film Festival Nominee

Spain’s other finalists:
“Afternoons of Solitude” by Albert Serra
“Away” by Gerard Oms
“Barren Land” by Albert Pintó
“Black Butterflies” by David Baute
“The Captive” by Alejandro Amenábar
“Deaf” by Eva Libertad
“The Delights of the Garden” by Fernando Colomo
“Dolores Ibárruri. Pasionaria” by Amparo Climent
“Enemies” by David Valero
“The Exiles” by Belén Funes
“A Free Man” by Laura Hojman
“The Good Handwriting” by Celia Rico Clavellino
“Maspalomas” by Jose Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi
“My Friend Eva” by Cesc Gay
“The Portuguese House” by Avelina Prat
“The Remnants of You” by Gala Gracia
“Romería” by Carla Simón
“She Walks in Darkness” by Agustín Díaz Yanes
“Sleepless City” by Guillermo Galoe
“The Talent” by Polo Menárguez
“Los Tigres” by Alberto Rodríguez
“The Treasure of Barracuda” by Adrià García