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• France
• 2024
• 106min

From director Olivier Assayas, the creator behind Personal Shopper (2016) and Clouds of Sils Maria (2014), comes this deeply personal film about his experiences during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, when borders were closed. Broth...

• Berlin Competition

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• Spain
• 2024
• 107min

There are several journeys in The Room Next Door. The first is the journey of Pedro Almodovar, who is now considered synonymous with Spanish culture, to the United States to make his first English-language feature film. The filmma...

• Venice Golden Lion

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• Italy/France/Spain
• 2024
• 133min

Kirill Serebrennikov, director of Leto (2018) and Petrov’s Flu (2021), adapts Emmanuel Carrere’s biographical novel to portray Eduard Limonov, the Russian writer born in 1943 who caused a stir in Russian literature and politics. T...

• Cannes Competition

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• France/Spain/Portugal
• 2024
• 103min

Misericordia is a philosophical film noir by Alain Guiraudie that stands comparison with the works of Claude Chabrol and Robert Bresson. The movie is a prime example of the eccentric and imaginative world of director Alain Guiraud...

• Cannes Premiere, Toronto Special Presentations

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• Germany/France/Iran
• 2024
• 168min

Director Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Iranian government just before completing The Seed of the Sacred Fig and chose to seek asylum during the Cannes Film Festival. While this incident surroundin...

• Cannes Special Prize

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• United States
• 2024
• 140min

Ani is a young Uzbek-American stripper from Brighton Beach, a Russophone enclave in New York City. As she is somewhat conversant in Russian, her boss fixes her up with Russian-speaking clients. After meeting Vanya, the son of a Ru...

• Cannes Palme d′Or

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• France
• 2024
• 118min

There are three friends: Joan, Alice, and Rebecca, each facing love in their own way. Joan feels that her love for her partner Victor has completely ended. Victor tries his best to improve their relationship, but he can’t change h...

• Venice Competition

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• France/United States
• 2024
• 130min

Master of thrillers Jacques Audiard brings women and female actors to the forefront in Emilia Perez, exploring the theme of transgender identity. The story follows a former drug cartel boss from Mexico who decides to undergo gende...

• Cannes Jury Award, Best Actress Award

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• France/Germany/Italy/Belgium/Portugal
• 2024
• 111min

It’s been a full 25 years since BIFF introduced Dumont’s second film, and he has since become an unparalleled auteur. Yet, the dizzying experience of watching Humanity (1999) for the first time remains intact, making him a filmmak...

• Berlin Silver Bear Jury Prize

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• Iran/United Kingdom
• 2024
• 63min

This is the latest work by Iranian master Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who has long been interested in the political issues of Afghanistan. To examine the deteriorating relations between Palestine and Israel following the Hamas attack on Oc...