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Yorgos Lanthimos
A mysterious underground outfit, going by the name of ALPS, offers bereaved individuals a very unusual service: they stand in for their dearly d… 
CastAggeliki Papoulia, Aris Servetalis, Ariane L…
LanguageGreek   CountryGreece
VIS$14A

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Lav Diaz
A grand meditation on the roles of the artist, Filipino director Lav Diaz's Century of Birthing tells two seemingly unrelated tales: one focusin… 
CastAngel Aquino, Joel Torre, Perry Dizon, Hazel…
LanguageFilipino, Tagalog, E…   CountryPhilippines
VIS$PG

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Amir Naderi
An obsessive young filmmaker becomes a human punching bag to pay off the yakuza loans that financed his films. A love poem to cinema classics fr… 
CastHidetoshi Nishijima, Takako Tokiwa,Takashi S…
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
VIS$14A

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Christian Petzold, Dominik G…
A thrilling trio of interlocking films, Dreileben explores the story of an escaped murderer from three different angles, in three different styl… 
CastUnknown
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
VIS$14A

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Christian Petzold
A thrilling trio of interlocking films, Dreileben explores the story of an escaped murderer from three different angles, in three different styl… 
CastJacob Matschenz, Luna Mijovic and Florian Ba…
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
VIS$14A

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Dominik Graf
A thrilling trio of interlocking films, Dreileben explores the story of an escaped murderer from three different angles, in three different styl… 
CastJeanette Hain, Rüdiger Vogler, Misel Maticev…
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
VIS$14A

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Christoph Hochhäusler
A thrilling trio of interlocking films, Dreileben explores the story of an escaped murderer from three different angles, in three different styl… 
CastIsabel Bongard, Holger Doellmann and Parasch…
LanguageGerman   CountryGermany
VIS$14A

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Adolfo Alix Jr.
A couple, Lina and Miguel, move into a dumpsite in Catmon, Malabon. As they adjust to their new abode and surroundings, Lina’s longing to have … 
CastCherry Pie Picache, Bembol Roco, Anita Lind…
LanguageFilipino, Tagalog   CountryPhilippines
VIS$14A

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Bertrand Bonello
The dawn of the XXth century: A brothel in Paris is living its last days. The women live in a state of collective intimacy and fear, baited and… 
CastNoémie Lvovsky, Hafsia Herzi, Jasmine Trinca…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
VIS$18A

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Shinya Tsukamoto
The story of a single mother who suffers from double vision; caring for her baby is a nerve-wrecking task that eventually leads her to a nervous… 
CastCocco, Shinya Tsukamoto
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
VIS$18A

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Matias Meyer
At the end of the 1930s, in the arid mountains of Mexico, a Christero colonel and his last men resist surrender. The men are peasants, poor but… 
CastAlejandro Limón, Antonio García, Jesús Moisé…
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico
VIS$14A

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Julia Loktev
Alex and Nica are a young couple backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. They hire a local guide to lead them on a camping trek, and t… 
CastGael García Bernal, Hani Furstenberg, Bidzin…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
VIS$14A

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Toshiaki Toyoda
Having abandoned modern civilization, Ryoichi lives an isolated, self-sufficient life on a snow-covered mountain and passes the time by sending … 
CastEita, Yosuke Kubozuka, KenKen, Mayuu Kusakar…
LanguageJapanese   CountryJapan
VIS$14A

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Ghassan Salhab
As night falls over Beirut, Fadi, a 40-year-old man, packs his bags and sets out for the airport with a friend. Although he has said that he wil… 
CastFadi Abi Samra
LanguageArabic   CountryLebanon
VIS$18A

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Vimukthi Jayasundara
Rahul, a Bengali architect who had gone off to build a career in Dubai, returns to Kolkata to launch a huge construction site. He is reunited wi… 
CastPaoli Dam, Sudip Mukherjee, Sumeet Thakur, T…
LanguageBengali   CountryIndia/France
VIS$14A

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Ruben Östlund
Play is an astute observation based on real cases of bullying. In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children… 
CastAnas Abdirahman, Sebastian Blyckert, Yannick…
LanguageSwedish   CountrySweden
VIS$14A

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Alejandro Landes
A man disabled by a stray police bullet lives in a world that stretches only from bed to wheelchair in a faraway city on the outskirts of the Co… 
CastPorfirio Ramirez Aldana, Jarlinsson, Ramirez…
LanguageSpanish   CountryColombia | Argentina…
VIS$18A

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Debbie Tucker Green
Kaleidoscopic, monologue-driven portrait of a Black British woman on the day her younger brother is killed in random violence. Set over the cou… 
CastNadine Marshall, Daniel Kaluuya, Jay Byrd, L…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUnited Kingdom
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Jan Zabeil
A young German man travels through an African country. He meets an old fisherman who takes him deep into the wilderness. The next morning, he fi… 
CastAlexander Fehling, Obusentswe Dreamar Manyim…
LanguageEnglish   CountryGermany
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Helvecio Marins Jr., Clariss…
At 81, Bastu still loves a good party and dancing until dawn with her friends. When her husband dies, she is suddenly forced to rethink her life… 
CastMaria Sebastiana Martins Álvaro, Maria da Co…
LanguagePortuguese   CountryBrazil
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Joaquim Sapinho
Questions of religious belief do not concern young Inês, who is more interested in surfing and boyfriends than in God. When her brother Rafael r… 
CastPedro Sousa, Joana Barata, Sofia Grillo, Ped…
LanguagePortuguese   CountryPortugal
VIS$14A