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Film Country: U.K.
September 17, 2026
Tender Loving Care
In what he’s described as his last film, legendary British filmmaker Mike Leigh—the award-winning auteur known for his deeply humanistic and authentic tales of working-class life— returns with another insightful and compassionate exploration of family, friendship, and social woes. But unlike 2024...
September 17, 2026
SUMO: Spirit Weighs Nothing
The Japanese sport of sumo goes back centuries, and its wrestlers (rikishi) are more than just athletes. Marked by their heavyweight physique, topknot hairstyle, and traditional garb (mawashi), they epitomize aspects of Japan’s premodern culture and Shinto beliefs and rituals. This exquisitely cr...
September 17, 2026
Black Perspectives Shorts: Love with No Place to Go
Crashing into the Montreal jazz scene, newly immigrated Koffi must navigate a new city and his father’s legacy in Jazz Infernal. In Speechless, a man spirals over his place in the family after his best-man speech gets stolen. Tell Me When You Get Home unearths poignant family lore using bold, col...
September 17, 2026
Speechless
Already feeling like a fish out of water among his straight, British-Jamaican clan, Drew’s anxiety spikes when someone steals the speech he’s meant to give at his sister’s wedding. With encouragement from his loved ones and elders, he’s able to take the microphone and step into the familial spotl...
September 17, 2026
Animation Shorts: Altered States
The End of the End’s striking style, reminiscent of paper cutouts and puppet shows, mythologizes the journey of a recently deceased woman through her final moments with the five senses she used in life. In two ice creams please, inky 2D animation bleeds into stop motion as two increasingly fever...
