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September 17, 2026

A City in the Forest

In 2021, in the wake of a racial reckoning in America, the city of Atlanta proposed the construction of a massive police training facility, known as “Cop City,” on 300 acres of urban forest southwest of downtown. Community members and activists quickly pushed back. This tense, vivid chronicle of ...

September 17, 2026

Clarissa

Reimagining Virginia Woolf’s classic novel Mrs. Dalloway in modern-day Lagos, Nigeria, Clarissa tracks a high-society woman over the course of a single day as she prepares for an elaborate birthday celebration. But as the hours unfold, unexpected encounters with long-distant friends and former lo...

September 17, 2026

Citizen Osama

In besieged northern Gaza, Osama lives with his parents, wife, and his newborn son, who was miraculously born in the eighth month of the war. Driven by duty and hope, the once aspiring artist transformed himself into a hardened conflict photographer, wearing a bulletproof press vest and helmet, a...

September 17, 2026

It Will Happen Tonight

As with every great love story, this one starts with an unforgettable meet-cute. En route to her own wedding, bridal gown-clad Greta (Jasmine Trinca) darts through Matteo’s (Louis Garrel) tennis match—stopping just long enough to beat him at his own game. Without another thought, Greta runs off t...

September 17, 2026

Isabel

Isabel, a 50-something São Paulo sommelière, is stuck. Feeling stymied by the cutthroat world of fine-dining, she dreams of escaping her demanding boss and owning her own bar dedicated to her beloved off-the-beaten-path natural wines. When an opportunity finally presents itself, she takes a bold ...

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