A deadbeat dad is trapped with his family waiting out a typhoon. There, the fractured clan reckons with their past as they look to an uncertain future.

A father and son’s reunion in the Swiss Alps turns from tense to perilous when they embark on a backcountry ski day.

Lucid, poetic, and chilling, Oscar nominee Petra Costa’s latest exposé investigates the increasing power of evangelicals in Brazilian politics.

A mother (Renate Reinsve) is called to school to account for her six-year-old’s behavior. But who can say with certainty what really happened?

An actress delves into the life of Suzanne Césaire, merging reality and memory to reveal the complexities of the pioneering writer and activist.

As her family and friend group slide into chaos around her, teenaged Bailey finds solace in an improbable stranger in this tough but tender fairy tale.

A group of Egyptian girls form a street theater troupe as both a creative outlet and an act of defiance. But dreams eventually collide with reality.

A retired director is hired by a local university to direct a short play in this wistful meditation on regret, connection, and the creative process.

Two young queer Moroccans seek refuge and human connection as they wait at a luxury villa for a wealthy American who is nowhere to be found.

In a career-spanning odyssey, Jia Zhang-Ke delivers an epic look at the romantic destiny of his perennial heroine, Qiaoquio (Zhao Tao).

An imaginative, surreal chronicle of the return of 26 stolen artifacts from Paris to their rightful home in Benin. How should they be received?

Using diverse methods of observation, animation, and essay, the filmmakers in this program showcase the flexibility of documentary form. Each zeroes in on a unique point of view, eliciting intimate first-person portraits about the broad spectrum of human experience and emotion.

From unforgettable chance encounters to complex lifelong relationships, these powerful films from visionary auteurs explore the depth of human connections, the transcendent nature of shared language, and the ways life’s twists and turns can strengthen — or challenge — those bonds.

A powerful reclamation of pioneering South African photographer Ernest Cole, whose astute, vivid portraits of racial injustice have been largely forgotten – until now.

The seven short films in this program radically push towards new and singular forms of expression. Through the use of archival footage, historical recreation, and dreamlike narratives, these films grapple with the past and the future of cinema — and the world.

An elderly widower tries to fight the urban redevelopment scheme threatening his Istanbul condo building. With nostalgia, he navigates a changing world.

A Syrian exile in France hunts the man responsible for torturing him — and countless other political prisoners — in a tension-filled game of cat and mouse.

1917. A British civil servant flees his post in Burma to avoid his fiancee. Undeterred, she embarks on a journey across Asia to find him.

A minor car accident triggers a cascading chain of events exposing lies and unspoken truths in this panoramic portrait of a patriarchal society.

Iconoclastic French filmmaker Leos Carax reflects on his work, life, and filmography in this playful, personal cinematic essay.

A teenager’s bond with her outlaw father is tested during a hot Coriscan summer in this heart-pounding coming-of-age thriller.

The killing of a giraffe in a Copenhagen Zoo is the launching pad for this wry, provocative essay film about life, death, biology, and human and animal consciousness.

A couple learns that, due to a hospital mix-up years ago, they must welcome their unknown biological son — and bid farewell to the boy they’ve long loved.

Melrick, 13, summers with his grandmother in French Guiana. After discovering his family’s tragic past, he searches for ways to connect to his history.

In this unique stop-motion animation, a melancholy misfit recounts the tragic but beautiful tale of her life to her pet snails.

Widowed Mahin, 70, lives alone in Tehran. Out to tea one afternoon, she’s inspired to break from her routine and revitalize her love life.

Director Sharifi shares her own story alongside images of Iranian women, past and present, to form a vivid and collective act of resistance.

Palestinian activist Adra and idealistic Israeli journalist Yuval join together to chronicle the assaults on Adra’s community in this compelling portrait of resilience.

When their mother disappears, a young boy and his three siblings must figure out how to get by on their own in this at once heartfelt and heartbreaking drama.

When a famous novelist returns to his rural Illinois hometown, he receives a mixed welcome that’s equal parts admiration and resentment.

In need of a “cultured boyfriend”? A “perfect son”? Matthias is available for rent in this incisive comedy that levels up the “rent-a” genre.

Relocated from his African home to Pablo Escobar’s Colombian compound, Pepe the hippo reflects on his chaotic life in this inventive cinematic essay.

A filmmaker pieces together a picture of her mother, a renowned Chicago-born photojournalist, attempting to close the gap between herself and the woman she never knew.

In rural Azerbaijan, an aging projectionist teams up with an aspiring young filmmaker to bring movies back to their small town.

A tight-knit unit of petty thieves and outsiders comes together to shelter an abandoned child, but an unforeseen incident threatens to tear apart their newfound family.

This playful ode to early cinema features a widower casting off his worldly possessions, moonshiners and their pig, and a space-bound lighthouse keeper.

A heartbroken Sano returns to the seaside resort where he fell in love with his wife five years earlier in this unconventional, affecting romance.

Stranded in Athens, displaced Palestinian cousins devise a dark scheme in order to reach Germany and start a new life.

Sandra Hüller leads a stellar cast in this heist comedy about a group of East Germans who steal a fortune in soon-to-be-obsolete currency.

A group of art students reckon with a sudden, inexplicable loss over the course of a long Icelandic summer day.

An isolated village in northern Tunisia is beset by strange events when matriarch Aicha’s son returns from war with a mysterious pregnant bride.