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International Competition

Masterful, stylish, and bold, these powerful cinematic visions represent the best in filmmaking from around the globe.


In a hallway of an opulent church, a man holding a gun stands above a group of nuns.

Black Rabbit, White Rabbit

Shahram Mokri  |   Tajikistan, U.A.E.

Surreal visuals and wry humor animate a layered tale of a prop master who worries over a weapon on set and a conspiracy-minded car-crash victim.

Tajiki, Russian
Drama, Film on Film, Social Commentary, Thriller
A woman wearing bright red lipstick stands facing a mirror, her reflection staring back at her.

The Currents Las Corrientes

Milagros Mumenthaler  |   Switzerland, Argentina

A woman’s near-death experience unravels her psyche and the perfect life she has built, sending her on a surreal journey through trauma and memory.

Spanish
Drama, Women-Centered
A woman hugs a tree in the woods, a statue of a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the background.

Kontinental ’25

Radu Jude  |   Romania

Plagued with guilt over her role in the suicide of a recently evicted man, court bailiff Orsolya wanders the city of Cluj in search of absolution.

Romanian, Hungarian, German
Drama, Political, Social Commentary, Women-Centered
A man in a black hat and jacket stands on a dirt road, surrounded by bare trees.

La Grazia

Paolo Sorrentino  |   Italy

An Italian president nearing the end of his term ponders his final acts in this thoughtful and elegant meditation on forgiveness and grace.

Italian
Drama, Political
Three children sit in an open and bright room, talking to a woman. The woman stands in the doorway, pushing a stroller.

The Love That Remains Ástin sem eftir er

Hlynur Pálmason  |   Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, France

A dreamy, tragicomic chronicle of one year in the life of an Icelandic family of five as the parents navigate their separation.

Icelandic, English, Swedish, French
Drama, Family Affairs
A man and two children sit in front of a shoe store. The man holds one boy, while the other talks to someone off screen.

My Father’s Shadow

Akinola Davies Jr.  |   U.K., Nigeria

Nigeria 1993. A father takes his sons on a whirlwind day trip to Lagos as the chaos of a changing world threatens to envelop them.

Nigerian Pidgin, Yoruban, English
Drama, Family Affairs, Historical, Political
A group of people dance together outdoors, happy expressions on their faces.

Renoir

Chie Hayakawa  |   Japan, France, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Qatar

In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive eleven-year-old grapples with the fallout from her father’s illness in this impressionistic portrait of coming-of-age.

Japanese, English
Coming of Age, Drama, Family Affairs, Women-Centered
A man with a beard and unbuttoned shirt leans casually against a red pole beside a yellow car. Behind him, fields of tall grass stretch beneath a wide, cloud-filled sky, evoking both restlessness and quiet contemplation.

The Secret Agent O Agente Secreto

Kleber Mendonça Filho  |   Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo (Wagner Moura), a university researcher, is on the lam from the country’s military dictatorship in this timely, entertaining political thriller.

Portuguese
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Political
A man in a suit stands under a large and knotty tree, looking up at it. His hands are clasped.

Silent Friend

Ildikó Enyedi  |   Germany, Hungary, France

A majestic ginkgo tree connects three characters across a century in this thoughtful, winsome meditation on the mysterious power of nature.

German, English
Art, Drama, Environmental
A group of people and a dog sit on a vast, empty beach. They hold bags and luggage, looking tired.

Sirât

Oliver Laxe  |   France, Spain

After a young woman goes missing at a rave, her father and brother brave the arid Moroccan landscape searching for her in a world on the brink of collapse.

Spanish, French
Family Affairs, Music, Road Movie, Thriller
A group of people clad in black walk single file into a room. A young girl glares at the camera.

Sound of Falling In die Sonne schauen

Mascha Schilinski  |   Germany

This eerie, uncommonly powerful collage explores inherited trauma and patriarchal abuses across four generations of farmworking women.

German
Drama, Family Affairs, Historical, Women-Centered
Still from The Stranger: In a black-and-white seaside scene, a young man in a loose button-down shirt and high-waisted trousers stands against a wooden beam, looking out toward the ocean with a solemn, pensive expression.

The Stranger L'Étranger

François Ozon  |   France

Algiers, 1938. A young man shows utter indifference to the events of his life, even as he lands in jail on murder charges in this searing adaptation of Camus’ classic.

French
Crime, Drama, Literary Adaptation
Still from The Voice of Hind Rajab: Three women lean closely over a man seated at a desk, their faces intent as they study the phone he holds. A second phone and a laptop sit before them, glowing in the low light of the room.

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Kaouther Ben Hania  |   Tunisia, France

With a terrified Palestinian girl on the line awaiting help, emergency volunteers scramble to send an ambulance across Gaza to save her in this harrowing true story.

Arabic
Drama, Social Commentary
A woman with dark hair pulled back stands in a forest, wearing a brown jacket, knit sweater, and backpack straps over her shoulders. She looks ahead with a serious, slightly tense expression. The background is blurred trees and soft light.

Whitetail

Nanouk Leopold  |   Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium

As poachers encroach on the wilderness she supervises, Irish park ranger Jen must reconcile past trauma with new threats in this white-knuckle thriller.

English
Crime, Environmental, Thriller, Women-Centered

Program Patron

Jacolyn and John Bucksbaum Family Foundation

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