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• Philippe GARREL
• France/Switzerland
• 2022
• 97min

In Philippe Garrel’s previous film, The Salt of Tears (2020), a woman’s question about the plough is met with the man’s dismissive response. This new film is perhaps an answ...

• Berlin Silver Bear for Best Director

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• Anh Hung TRAN
• France
• 2023
• 135min

In nineteenth-century France, gourmet Dodin (Benoit Magimel) and cook Eugenie (Juliette Binoche) have nurtured trust and love over twenty years. The film opens with an over thirty-...

• Cannes Best Director Award

World Cinema

• Nikolaj ARCEL
• Denmark/Sweden/Germany
• 2023
• 127min

After winning the Silver Bear at the Berlinale with A Royal Affair (2012), director Nikolaj Arcel and Mads Mikkelsen have collaborated once again to create another epic hist...

• Venice Competition

Wide Angle

• Rein MAYCHAELSON
• Indonesia
• 2022
• 15min

Frustrated by their parents’ impending divorce, two sisters escape their oppressive home environment and spend time alone to reminisce about their childhood. The choice between mom...

Flash Forward

• Jaione CAMBORDA
• Spain/Portugal/Belgium
• 2023
• 103min

The Rye Horn is set in 1971, on an island off the coasts of Spain. Maria divides her time between work as a midwife, a livestock caretaker, and a part-time worker at the bea...

• Toronto Platform

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Suman GHOSH
• India
• 2023
• 85min

Birju and Shona live in the slums with their daughter Muni. Together they navigate Kolkata’s affluent neighborhoods each very morning, collecting trash on a handcart. They sift thr...

• 2019 APM Project

Special Program in Focus

• Tumpal TAMPUBOLON
• Indonesia
• 2021
• 18min

Sura, an orphaned boy, lives a lonely life in a fishing village, earning a penny for his labor. Wandering the beach in the vague expectation that his father may return, he discover...

• Busan International Film Festival Sonje Award

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• Lu ZHANG
• China
• 2023
• 144min

Is politeness a virtue or a flaw? Is it enough to lead a shadowless life? Zhang Lu has returned with the story of a father and son, who have each come to lead a solitary life due t...

• Berlin Competition

New Currents

• Rajesh S. JALA
• India
• 2023
• 98min

Filmmaker Kabir arrives in Varanasi, the spiritual capital of Hinduism with a history dating back to ancient times. Kabir begins to film Durga, who works at a crematorium by the Ga...

• 2023 ACF Post-Production Fund Recipient

New Currents

• Biplob SARKAR
• Bangladesh
• 2023
• 80min

Kajol lives in a rural village with his mother Kahinoor and his ailing grandmother, who suffers from dementia. He has a secret?he enjoys putting on his mother’s clothes and lipstic...