Wide Angle

• Iran
• 2024
• 13min

The Last Day is the story of a mother whose son is in prison. While they console their grief by sharing the last meal she brought, outside the room, bored prison staff are preparing the execution. (PARK Sungho)

Wide Angle

• United States
• 2024
• 87min

In The Last of the Sea Women, an extraordinary band of feisty grandmother warriors wage a spirited battle against vast oceanic threats. Often called real-life mermaids, the haenyeo divers of South Korea’s Jeju Island have been ren...

• Toronto TIFF Docs

Wide Angle

• Czech Republic/Slovak Republic
• 2024
• 88min

Johana is on the brink of adulthood and plans to leave her hometown and family for college. For many years the family has focused on Johana’s younger sister, a child with special needs. Can Johana overcome the burden of guilt and ...

• Karlovy Vary Special Screenings

World Cinema

• Spain/France
• 2024
• 115min

Only two voices are heard in the darkness. Following the philosophy of Ale’s father, Alex decides to throw a party to celebrate his separation from Ale after 15 years together. Can their breakup be happy? Days pass, and September ...

• Cannes Europa Cinemas Label Award

World Cinema

• France
• 2024
• 118min

Pierre, a railroad worker, is raising his two sons alone. His eldest, Fus, who loves soccer, has become secretive as he starts hanging out with far-right friends, while his younger son, Louis, is about to study at the Sorbonne in ...

• Venice COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor Award

Wide Angle

• Norway
• 2024
• 103min

In the 20th century, people would watch romance movies about online dating such as The Contact (1997) and were astonished by the idea that romantic feelings could develop in a ’contactless’ context. Now, living in the age of artif...

• Sundance World Cinema Documentary Competition Directing Award, Audience Award

Icons

• 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

Icons

• 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

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2024
• 115min

• 2023 ACF AND Fund Recipient

Midnight Passion

• Switzerland/France/Bulgaria/Taiwan
• 2024
• 116min

In the dead of night, Nadira escapes from a brothel in Delhi after fatally stabbing a police superintendent. With the law hot on her heels, she takes temporary shelter in a Northern Indian community of sex workers, assuming the Hi...

• Cannes Un certain regard Best Actress