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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.

September 17, 2026

Saints

Lali, a woman adrift, reluctantly returns to Barcelona to care for her estranged, dying mother. When she discovers a penchant for petty theft as a means of lashing out, she encounters Rosario, the magnetic leader of a ring of thieves who steal and sell religious artifacts. Lali finds not only thr...

In a warm home with colorful framed pictures a young boy in faint blue eyeshadow and blush smiles wide, he wears a bright muticolored collared shirt and beaded necklace. Around him are other children with facepaint and an older woman with red hair, they all share happy smiles.

September 17, 2026

Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building

It’s the early 1990s in Mexico City, and Bruno is turning 11. Amid the exuberant celebrations, the sudden revelation that Bruno’s father has HIV throws the family into limbo. The boy's blossoming feelings for his best friend Vladimir and the confusion around his father’s diagnosis collide with th...

A person in black-and-white wears a large hat and a burlap collared shirt, they have their necklace in their mouth as they stare into the distance, tall grasses and an empty sky behind them.

September 17, 2026

Rose

Early 17th century, rural Germany: a mysterious soldier, soft-spoken and marred by a battle scar across his face, arrives in a Protestant village. The odd stranger claims to be the heir to an abandoned farmstead, yet the document he provides to support his claim doesn’t quite convince the suspici...

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.

September 17, 2026

The Riverbank

Izaquiel works as a disillusioned cleaner by day, and by night he explores Recife’s mangrove forests in search of secret encounters in the receding tides. There he meets the mysterious Jeremias, a handsome and magnetic fisherman, whose mysticism clashes against the fervent Evangelism that surroun...

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.

September 17, 2026

Rehearsals for a Revolution

Over five chapters, each focusing on a relative or friend, Iranian filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani sketches her life story defined by expressions of resistance. Drawing from personal archives, home videos, footage from gripping street protests, and recorded voices, she retraces more than 40 years of I...

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