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Genre: Religion

Three men and one woman, all older, gather on the floor in a Thai temple, flowers placed before them.

9 Temples to Heaven

DirSompot Chidgasornpongse

Receiving a disturbing prophecy regarding his elderly mother, Sakol piles the family into a van and sets out on a pilgrimage to reverse the bad karma.

Four women in traditional patterned clothing walk through a village courtyard, pensive, as a gathered crowd watches.

Elephants in the Fog

DirAbinash Bikram Shah

A Kinnar matriarch is torn between duty and a secret love when one of the daughters from her community disappears under suspicious circumstances.

A woman looks up, melancholy, she is wrapped in blankets seated inside a rustic thatched shelter in black-and-white, surrounded by woven palm walls and bamboo flooring. With her are an unlit lantern, cups, and a book.

Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors Makikiraan Po

DirLav Diaz

A 17th century Spanish priest brutally colonizing the Philippines orders his converts to transport a cartload of marble through a marauder-filled jungle.

A woman sits in the back of a truck smoking a cigarette with her eyes closed, she has bright red hair and wears a light pink tank in the early evening framed by a tree and a stone wall.

Black Perspectives New Directors Competition

Marie Madeleine

DirGessica Généus

In coastal Haiti, a fiercely independent sex worker and an evangelical preacher’s son navigate desire, Vodou roots, and rigid religious dogma.

Outside among moss and rocks in a dim blue light two men lie together shirtless, one man wearing a leather wrist cuff and a silver chain neckless kisses the other man;s chest as blood drips down his body.

After Dark OutLook

No Rest for the Wicked

DirKasper Kalle

Gothic romance meets folk horror and Christian repression in this beautiful yet tragic gay vampire film set in the 19th century Faroe Islands.

A multigenerational family sit together on the floor indoors to pose for a picture, the seven people include three children of various ages, an older woman and man, and an adult man and woman. They smile softly in simple dress clothes, bright light comes in from windows behind them.

Rehearsals for a Revolution

DirPegah Ahangarani

Iranian filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani traces over 40 years of her country’s tumultuous history through five personal portraits of resistance.

Two men stand in a dark jungle at night, one standing in front of the other. A shirtless man stands in front looking ahead while the man behind him in red watches over his shoulder.

New Directors Competition OutLook

The Riverbank A Margem do Rio

DirEnock Carvalho, Matheus Farias

When Izaquiel falls for the mysterious fisherman Jeremias, the two journey into the heart of the mangroves to seek justice for encroaching violence.

A woman with dark hair and bangs in a leather jacket holds a figurine of a saint with a grin on her face. She faces a man, his shoulders and back of head are visible, behind them a stone building with many windows.

New Directors Competition

Saints Sants

DirMikel Gurrea

While reluctantly caring for her dying mother, Lali finds a new purpose when she joins a band of misfit thieves who steal religious artifacts.