World Cinema

• Russia
• 2021
• 106min

After winning multiple awards at Venice and Berlin, director Aleksey German Jr. arrived at Cannes with House Arrest, a whistleblower′s drama that is perfectly in sync with the current events around the world. As the saying goes, "...

• Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard

World Cinema

• Austria/Germany
• 2021
• 117min

Great Freedom asks if love and freedom can exist in incarceration. It follows a journey of a man imprisoned for nearly twenty-years (from 1945 to 1969) for being a homosexual. It is a political movie that deals with the oppression...

• Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard

World Cinema

• Spain
• 2021
• 86min

Mohamed is a Moroccan young immigrant looking for a job in Spain. He becomes the assistant of Valero, a plumber, but soon tensions develop between the calm and silent Mohamed and the hot-tempered Valero, who dislikes foreigners. M...

• Best Actor Award in Locarno Film Festival

World Cinema

• Finland
• 2021
• 83min

Jaakko, blind and disabled, is involved in a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend. When she needs him by her side, he takes a step out of his safe haven and crosses into a mysterious and dangerous world. Director Teemu N...

• Armany Beauty Audience Award at Venice International Film Festival

World Cinema

• Australia
• 2021
• 112min

Nitram lives with his mother and father in a suburban Australian town in the 1990s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never being able to fit in?that is, until he unexpectedly finds a close friend in a reclusive heir...

• Best Actor Award at Cannes Film Festival

World Cinema

• Romania/Belgium/France
• 2021
• 85min

Following the success of her award-winning animated films, Crulic: The Path to Beyond (2011), The Magic Mountain (2015) and Marona′s Fantastic Tale (2019), Anca Damian returns with a post-modern re-interpretation of the Robinson C...

World Cinema

• Canada
• 2021
• 101min

On an isolated farm in what appears to be the 1800's, a family is ruled by their tyrannical father who preaches fire and brimstone, and their devout mother who demands obedience. Their father exploits their fear of a punishing ...

World Cinema

• Argentina/Chile/Spain
• 2021
• 88min

Just one year ago, Greta and Bruno′s son mysteriously disappears from the waterfront. The grieving parents are visited by a friend, the news issue warnings of environmental crisis, and rumors of a mysterious creature circulate amo...

• Venice International Film Festival Venice Days

World Cinema

• Estonia/Sweden/Finland
• 2021
• 92min

Kadri Kousaar, whose debut feature Magnus (2007) provoked controversies and garnered critical acclaim around the world, returns to Busan with her latest feature Deserted. A dangerous love story between a Swedish photo journalist ...

World Cinema

• Ukraine
• 2021
• 125min

Surgeon Serhiy is captured by pro-Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine and is exposed to horrific scenes of humiliation, torture and dehumanization. After returning home from the infernal odyssey, Serhiy tries to settle into his comf...

• Venice International Film Festival In Competition