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April 22, 2026

The Red Tree

When his father dies, Eliécer is left to care for his young half-sister. Unwilling to take her in, he decides to bring her from his seaside home to bustling Bogotá and search for her estranged mother. Joining the pair is Toño, a charming boatman, who dreams of city life. Journeying across Colombi...

April 22, 2026

Portrait of a Certain Orient

Fleeing conflict in their homeland, siblings Emilie and Emir depart Lebanon for Brazil, first by ship crossing the Mediterranean and Atlantic and then river boat up the Amazon. Fellow passenger Omar catches Emilie’s eye and, as the two fall madly in love, Emir grows obsessively jealous. Based on ...

April 22, 2026

On the Wandering Paths

When Pierre (Jean Dujardin, The Artist)—a celebrated writer—drunkenly falls from a balcony, his life begins to spiral downward. Barely able to stand, he decides (against the advice of his loved ones) to hike across France’s stunning, rugged landscape, from Provence to Mont Saint Michel, in hopes ...

April 22, 2026

Alberta Number One

An eccentric documentary crew treks across the vast roadways of Alberta, Canada to document monuments, museums, and other roadside curios. Armed with only a loose idea of the project’s final form, the wayward director struggles to manage a slew of messy personal entanglements and rivalries embroi...

April 22, 2026

The Three Urns

After years living abroad, Mr. O’Connor (Ciarán Hinds, Belfast) sets out on a pilgrimage to his former home in Ireland to fulfill the wishes of his recently passed wife. Aboard various and unusual transports, Mr. O’Connor finds himself on a roundabout journey marked by serendipitous encounters wi...

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