Dir: Tia Kouvo | Cast: Ria Kataja, Elina Knihtila, Leena Uotila, Tom Wentzel, Jarkko Pajunen, Sakari Topi, Elli Paajanen, Toomas Talikka; Finland/Sweden 2023, 114 min. Three generations come together during the...

Dir.: Heba Khaled, Talal Derki, Ali Wajeeh; Documentary with Eliana Saad, Inana Rashed, Souhir Saleh, Sabah Al Salem; Denmark/USA/Germany 2023, 88 min. Men are outnumbered by women in the Syrian capital...

Dir: TIAN Xiaopeng | China I 2023 I 112 min I Animation I An absolutely ravishing Chinese anime that needs to be seen on the big screen is this enchanting story...

Dir: Kumakiri Kazuyoshi | Cast: Nakajima Yuto, Nao, Nagayama Kento, Okada Michitaka | Japan: 99' Another nail-biting psychological drama along the lines of 127 Hours this time sees a man trapped down...

Dir: Alvaro Gago | Spain, drama. 99' The Spanish coastal region of Galicia is viewed as a rain-swept, hostile place and very much a character in this feature debut from Alvaro...

Dir.: Amr Gamal; Cast: Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, Samah Alamrani, Awsam Abdulrahman; South Yemen/Sudan 2023, 91 min. Polish-born Yemenite director Amr Gamal follows his 2018 feature debut Ten Days before the Wedding –...

Dir.: Sonja Heiss; Cast: Camille Loup Moltzen, Arsseni Bultmann, Merlin Rose, Kolja Koddenbrock, Leevi Tjelle Hohlein, Pola Geiger, Laura Tonke, Devid Striesow; Germany 2023, 116min. In her expansive drama focusing on the development...

Dir.: Martin Benchimol; Cast: Justine Olivo, Alexia Caminos Olivo; Argentina/France 2022, 77 min. The first solo feature film from Argentine director Marin Benchimol, whose short films have garnered prizes on the...

Dir: Bas Devos | Cast: Liyo Gong, Stefan Goat | Drama, 82 A serendipitous relationship between a Romanian construction worker and a Belgian-Chinese woman slowly ignites in this subtle yet luminous...