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In 2007, filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi first met sisters Mahya and Zahra. The girls grew up in a loving family in Tehran. Over the next eighteen years, Bakhshi repeatedly visited the family and the two girls. Eventually, a third sister, Maleka, joined the family. The film depicts what it is like to grow up as a young woman in a traditional Iranian family.

In 2004, an ad director faces a turbulent Christmas weekend. In 2026, a filmmaker turns her story into a screenplay, blurring the lines between reality, fiction, and the people closest to him.

After a therapist's patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save him.

If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?

Through 70 years of found footage, home movies, and media archives, Beirut's vibrant soul emerges - revealing intimate moments of joy and loss that shaped Lebanon's cultural memory, despite the absence of official records.

A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws. As one by one they transform into deadites, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life - survive even in death.

A man gets lost in an underground passage. He follows the "guide" through the passage, but one after another, strange things happen to him. Is this space real? Or an illusion? Will the man be able to escape the passage?

Six female figures, inspired by historical personalities, guide the audience through a poetic and musical journey. The experimental science fiction film *FIA FABULA* pays tribute to female pioneers who have made significant contributions to the film and technology industries. Traditional techniques, craftsmanship, and storytelling are highlighted as means of communication and knowledge exchange, as well as strategies for overcoming invisibility.

A father fights fiercely against ruthless kidnappers to save his abducted daughter.

In the island owned by a wealthy Marquis, Elena's arrival marks the beginning of a passionate love affair. Soon erotic play unfolds into obsession.

A 19-year-old criminal, Tommy, is kidnapped and forced into a rehabilitation process by a dysfunctional couple, Chris and Kathryn, who try to make him a "good boy." Tommy must find a way to escape.

A "Man From the Future" arrives at a diner in Los Angeles where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence

After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel.

As we follow the adventurous story of a hen desperate to raise a family, a terrible human tragedy unfolds in the background.

John Davidson: diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome at a young age which alienated him from his peers, he struggled with a condition few people had witnessed.

An idyllic summer town descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.

In a poetic exploration, director Regina Schilling invites the audience to witness the creative process: actress Sandra Hüller approaches the life of Ingeborg Bachmann—imagining a single day in her life—and lends a haunting presence to her words. Through an artful tapestry of improvised scenes, archival treasures, interviews, and Bachmann’s own writings, the film traverses the author’s key life stages—from her wartime childhood in Carinthia and her rise to stardom within the "Gruppe 47" to her final days in Rome.

Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.

A high school teacher living with her parents forms a forbidden connection with a troubled student who turns to prostitution to support his mother. Their fragile bond becomes unexpectedly essential to both.

Captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through intimate vignettes and strange occurrences, the film explores the complexities of family, love, and the impact of shared memories.

Weaving blistering performance footage from Europe, Japan, and the U.S. with a sublimely restrained, intimate glimpse into a world-renowned jazz percussionist's singular voice and complex cosmology.

In Finnish forest, Saga and her husband Jon embark on a new chapter as parents. But Saga's joy is overshadowed by a chilling suspicion about their newborn, unbeknownst to Jon, causing a rift as she alone grapples with the disturbing truth.

After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.

Two old friends are walking 600 kilometers through the Scottish highlands, to reconnect with each other, nature and parts of themselves they lost.

A WWII psychiatrist evaluates Nazi leaders before the Nuremberg trials, growing increasingly obsessed with understanding evil as he forms a disturbing bond with Hermann Göring.

After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way.

A family struggling with genetic illnesses lives on a country estate. Personal drama develops amongst them in this intimate portrait.

Across three decades, Nino and Yasmina are bound by a magnetic relationship. Torn between love and survival, they must decide whether to build a family in Lebanon, or leave their home amid the country's unfolding tragedies.

A fascinating walk through Italy: Seven months, two hearts, one goal.

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

As if conquering cancer wasn't hard enough, 17-year-old Ivy's parents sign her up to spend her summer at what she calls "chemo camp", where she manages to find unexpected friends in a group of misfits and has a summer she'll never forget.

A director making a slasher sequel becomes obsessed with casting the original film's 'final girl,' leading both women into psychological and sexual chaos.

A cyborg assassin from the future attempts to find and kill a young woman who is destined to give birth to a warrior that will lead a resistance to save humankind from extinction.

A young Kurdish woman in Syria leads a female unit into battle against ISIS—fighting for freedom and women's rights. Her struggle is underscored by the voice of a Yazidi survivor who was enslaved by ISIS as a child, revealing exactly what is at stake should this fight be lost.

"The forgotten voices of the 90s: Women break the silence!"

In the 1940s, there were pure women's bands who played the best jazz of their time. The "International Sweethearts of Rhythm" mixed vigorously in the jazz business since their inception in 1939 - as a 16-piece women's power orchestra that made it to the biggest clubs of New York and Chicago. Musicians such as trumpeter Tiny Davis or drummer Ruby Lucas not only shared the swing with each other, but also a lifelong relationship. Singers like Maxine Sullivan rose from humble backgrounds to become America's most sought-after jazz stars. Gretra Schiller and Andrea Weiss have met Maxine Sullivan, Tiny and Ruby and the still living "Sweethearts" and questioned about their extraordinary career. Original archival material gives the impression of personality and courage of the musicians and of the fascination of their performances. Exciting biographies come to light and a special female artist scene is celebrated for the first time.

Portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei. A man in his forties, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment.