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Genre: Film on Film


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, United Arab Emirates
Russian, Tajiki  
Drama, Film on Film, Social Commentary, Thriller

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.

A young girl in a swimsuit sits on the lawn of a backyard, holding a video camera.

Blue Heron

Sophy Romvari  |   Canada, Hungary
English, Hungarian  
Drama, Family Affairs, Film on Film, Women-Centered

A filmmaker explores childhood memories of her family’s move to Vancouver Island to make sense of her older brother’s increasingly troubled behavior.

The profile of an animated coyote holding an umbrella and standing in the rain, illuminated by streetlights.

Bouchra

Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani  |   Italy, Morocco, United States
Arabic, English, French  
Animation, Family Affairs, Film on Film, LGBTQ

In this animated docu-fiction hybrid, queer coyote Bouchra sets out to make a film, hoping to make sense of her mother’s struggle to accept her sexuality,

An elderly man in a feathered headband stands in front of a mirror, putting in vampire teeth.

Dracula

Radu Jude  |   Romania, Austria, Luxembourg, Brazil
Romanian  
Comedy, Film on Film, Literary Adaptation, Social Commentary

A vampire hunt, an AI-generated Vlad the Impaler, a vulgar folktale, and much more collide in this unforgettable retelling of the Dracula myth.

The Eyes of Ghana

Ben Proudfoot  |   United States
English, Ga, Twi  
Film on Film, Historical, Political

This inspirational story of reclamation follows a ninety-year-old film pioneer on a mission to restore his images of Ghana’s journey to independence.

Nouvelle Vague

Richard Linklater  |   France
French  
Drama, Film on Film, Historical

This playful love letter to cinema reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration of the forces that shaped the French New Wave.

Resurrection

Bi Gan  |   China, France
Chinese  
Action, Fantasy, Film on Film, Science Fiction

In a future society that has lost the desire to dream, a curious creature catalogues the fantasies of rebel “Fantasmers,” creating a wild cinematic tapestry.

Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)

Joachim Trier  |   Norway, France, Denmark, Germany
English, Norwegian  
Drama, Family Affairs, Film on Film, Women-Centered

Two sisters reunited with their estranged filmmaker father must confront their family’s complex past when he returns to direct a very personal film.

Two Times João Liberada (Duas Vezes João Liberada)

Paula Tomás Marques  |   Portugal
Portuguese  
Film on Film, Historical, LGBTQ, Women-Centered

An actress playing a gender-nonconforming historical figure fights to empower their legacy in this enchanting film on filmmaking.

We Are Pat

Rowan Haber  |   United States
English  
Comedy, Film on Film, LGBTQ, Social Commentary

A whimsical and complex interrogation of “Pat,” the famously awkward, androgynous SNL character created by comedian Julia Sweeney in the early 1990s.

Wind, Talk to Me (Vetre, pričaj sa mnom)

Stefan Djordjevic  |   Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia
Serbian  
Drama, Family Affairs, Film on Film

A filmmaker, enlisting the help of his winsome family, blends fiction and reality to create an intimate, tender monument to his late mother.