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THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
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by Mohammad Rasoulof
(THERE IS NO EVIL, A MAN OF INTEGRITY)
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2024 - Germany/France/Iran - Drama - 166 min
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Iman, an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears. Suspecting the involvement of his wife Najmeh and his daughters Rezvan and Sana, he imposes drastic measures at home, causing tensions to rise. Step by step, social norms and the rules of family life are being suspended.
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AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE
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by Albert Serra
(PACIFICTION, THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV)
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2024 - Spain/France/Portugal - Non-fiction - 125 min
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GOLDEN SHELL
FEROZ ZINEMALDIA PRESS AWARD
SAN SEBASTIAN IFF 2024
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Portrait of an active bullfighting star, Andrés Roca Rey, which allows us to reflect on the intimate experience of the bullfighter who assumes the risk of facing the bull as a personal duty out of respect for tradition and as an aesthetic challenge. This challenge creates a form of ephemeral beauty through the material and violent confrontation between human rationality and the brutality of the wild animal.
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TARIKA
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by Milko Lazarov
(ÁGA)
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2024 - Bulgaria/Germany/Luxembourg - Drama - 86 min
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with Vesela Valcheva, Zachary Baharov, Ivan Savov
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Tarika lives with her father and her grandmother in a small hut near the border far away from the local village. Marked by her “butterfly wings”, a rare bone condition she inherited from her mother, the girl has been the source of the community’s superstition forever. When the local cattle is struck down by a mysterious disease, fear starts spreading among the villagers...
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WISHING ON A STAR
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by Peter Kerekes
(107 MOTHERS)
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2024 - Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia - Documentary/Non Fiction - 99 min
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Luciana, a Neapolitan astrologer, has a method to make her clients’ wishes come true. All they need to do is take a trip on their birthday to a precise destination to be reborn under a new sky. Whether it’s Taipei, Beirut, or a nearby village, during these birthday journeys, the protagonists will go through unexpected transformations to help them discover what they truly desire.
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JANUARY 2
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by Zsófia Szilágyi
(ONE DAY)
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2024 - Hungary - Drama - 86 min
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with Csenge Jóvári, Zsuzsanna Konrád
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Klára moves out from her husband. Her friend, Ági, helps her. They make a total of seven turns by car. Although they take the same route there and back every time, each round is different. “January 2” is a realist story about a separation from the wife's perspective with all the challenges she faces following this tough decision.
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ELEMENTARY
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by Claire Simon
(OUR BODY, GOD’S OFFICES)
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2024 - France - Documentary - 105 min
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In the Makarenko public elementary school in the Paris outskirts, children want to learn and to be cheered while teachers know they do not only teach, they also educate. With care, tenacity and efforts, children are trained to become not only responsible citizens but also human beings.
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ALL SHALL BE WELL
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by Ray Yeung
(SUK SUK)
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2024 - Hong Kong - Drama - 93 min
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with Patra AU Ga Man, Maggie LI Lin Lin, Tai Bo
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Angie and Pat are a couple living in Hong Kong who have been together for over four decades. After Pat's unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the mercy of her extended family as she struggles to retain both her dignity and the home that they shared for over thirty years.
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BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY
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by Jianjie Lin
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2024 - China/France/Denmark/Qatar - Thriller - 99 min
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with Zu Feng, Guo Keyu, Sun Xilun
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A middle-class family’s fate becomes intertwined with their only son’s enigmatic new friend in post one-child policy China, putting unspoken secrets, unmet expectations, and untended emotions under the microscope.
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PATERNEL
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by Ronan Tronchot
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2024 - France - Drama - 93 min
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with Grégory Gadebois (AN OFFICER AND A SPY, DELICIOUS), Géraldine Nakache (ALL THAT GLITTERS), Lyes Salem (ABOU LEILA)
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In a small French town, Simon is an inspiring Catholic priest wholeheartedly dedicated to his parish. During a service, he encounters Louise, whom he had known years before he became a priest. She introduces him to her 11-year-old son, Aloé, revealing that he is his biological father. This revelation shatters Simon's daily life, prompting him to question all the certainties that have guided his existence. Can he still be a devout priest for the churchgoers, and can he effectively fulfill the role of a father to his son? Amidst an institution in crisis, Simon decides to engage in a battle to convince the Church representatives that his vow is compatible with the profound love of being a father.
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BITTEN
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by Romain de Saint-Blanquat
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2023 - France - Thriller/Giallo - 1.85 - 90 min
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with Léonie Dahan-Lamort, Lilith Grasmug, Cyril Metzger, Maxime Rohart & Fred Blin
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1967, Mardi Gras. Françoise is a seventeen-year-old boarder in an all-girls Catholic high school. Convinced that she has only one night left before her death, she sneaks out with her friend Delphine to attend a costume party and live the night as if it was her last.
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