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Illustration of a woman in a colorful headwrap using a vintage poloroid camera to take a picture in an outdoor city scape.

September 17, 2026

Ana, en passant

Ana, a third-generation Afro-Brazilian in Paris, must navigate the aftermath of her grandmother’s death. Guided by fragmented clues, Ana journeys to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where she unexpectedly encounters Alice—a woman who appears to be her exact double, living in her late grandmother’s apartme...

A woman with dark hair wearing earbuds watchfully glances over her shoulder towards the viewer beside a mirror in a dim hallway.

September 17, 2026

Ana the Cleaner

Ana, a Ukrainian immigrant and true crime junkie, spends her days cleaning the homes of Chicago's elite, while listening to her favorite podcasts about unsolved killings. When one of her clients' wives suddenly disappears, Ana becomes convinced she's uncovered the perfect murder. As she embarks o...

A man lounges in bed at home in headphones and sweatpants as he works on editing sheet music by hand.

September 17, 2026

Behemoth!

A gifted cellist, Alex Serian (a phenomenal Pedro Pascal), returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road. Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, begins to carry Alex on an adventure that will change him forever. As he works on a series of film projects, the ...

Protesters stand in a crosswalk with their arms raised to stop traffic on a city street, as a woman in a wheelchair leads them in their protest.

September 17, 2026

Being Heumann

They wouldn’t take Judy Heumann’s phone calls, so she took their building. In 1977, a young disabled woman (Ruth Madeley) and a scrappy coalition of outsiders decide they’ve had enough. What begins as one impulsive act becomes the longest occupation of a federal building in American history, as h...

A man and a woman walk through a sprawling rocky desert. The woman wears a red dress and has short brown hair, the man wears sunglasses, a black windbreaker and gray pants. They both have serious expressions as they walk.

September 17, 2026

The Beloved

When legendary filmmaker Esteban (Javier Bardem) offers his estranged actress daughter Emilia (Victoria Luengo) a part in his upcoming historical epic, she hesitantly agrees despite her misgivings. The two haven’t seen one another in more than a decade, and she knows that any potential collaborat...

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