New Films

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  Pure Unknown

  Italy, Switzerland, Sweden | 2023 | 52 / 93min

  Every night nameless bodies land in Dr. Cristina Cattaneo’s autopsy room. They are homeless, sex workers, runaway teenagers. Lately, they have mostly been migrants, rejected by the Mediterranean Sea onto the shores of Italy. In the face of this growing multitude, no one seems concerned about their right to dignity. No one but Cristina. Read More

   
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  My Father's Prison

  Venezuela | 2023 | 81min

  When Ivan Simonovis becomes the first and most famous political prisoner in Venezuela, a 15-year period of imprisonment leaves devastating effects on his and his family’s lives. Living in exile as a filmmaker, his son Ivan Andrés crafts a very personal and moving story, using over 25 years of unique family material. Read More

   
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  O Auto das Ánimas

  Spain | 2023 | 73min

  In a small village in Galicia in northern Spain, Pablo's family lives attached to their ancient traditions and beliefs. Feeling that he did not fit into their world, Pablo left 20 years ago to become a filmmaker. Now a restless feeling in him starts to get stronger, urging him to go back home to confront the ghosts of the past. Read More

   

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  Vika!

  Poland, Germany, Finland | 2023 | 72min

  84-year-old Vika is a true star of Warsaw nightclubs. As a charismatic and colorful DJ surrounding herself with young people she seems unstoppable and keeps repeating that age is just a number. But as Vika’s health starts to deteriorate she has to come to terms with the passing of time, finding purpose in bringing joy to other seniors. Read More

   
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  Jackie the Wolf

  Germany, France | 2023 | 93min

  Jackie is a hedonistic and world-weary Parisian. Though not ill, she is terrified of aging. Before seeing her sense of dignity compromised, Jackie wants to end her life in Switzerland. Her son Tuki Jencquel documents their intimate discussionss, at times accepting and at times challenging her unconventional convictions. Read More

   
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  Close to Vermeer

  The Netherlands | 2023 | 75 / 55min

  Close to Vermeer follows Gregor Weber, curator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, working on his last big dream before his retirement: setting up the largest Vermeer exhibition ever. Read More

   

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  Eastern Front

  Latvia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, United States | 2023 | 98min

  Defending their homeland from Russian aggression, the protagonists, along with the whole country, went to the Eastern Front. In 2022 all of Ukraine, from the Donbas to the Carpathians, became the Eastern Front for Europe. Read More

   
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  5 Seasons of Revolution

  Germany, Syria, Norway, The Netherlands, Qatar | 2023 | 95min

  Born in Damascus, Lina starts to report on the events around her but is compelled to become a war reporter and later, the unexpected narrator of her own destiny. Read More

   
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  Against the Tide

  India, France | 2023 | 97min

  Two friends, both indigenous Koli fishermen in Bombay, are driven to desperation by a dying sea. Their friendship begins to fracture as they take very different paths to provide for their struggling families. Read More

   

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  Racist Trees

  United States | 2022 | 85min

  Racial tensions are reignited as a historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs fights for the removal of a wall of trees that many believe were originally planted as a totem of segregation. A film by Sara Newens & Mina T. Son. Read More

   
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  Land of Upright People

  Italy, Burkina Faso | 2022 | 106min

  Director Christian Carmosino Mereu follows the quest for freedom of four Bukinabé citizens, during the revolution of 2014 and its aftermath. A famous raggae artist, a candidate in the upcoming elections, a miner egaged in trade union struggles and a mother with a poor and large family to care for. Read More

   
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  Kristos, the Last Child

  Italy, France, Greece | 2022 | 90 / 52min

  There are one-thousand goats and thirty-one people living on the island of Arki. No mayor. No police. No doctor nor hospital. There is a school though. A school with just one teacher and one child, Kristos. Read More