Only the River Flows 🇨🇳

1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman’s body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, chief of the criminal police, heads up the murder investigation that quickly leads to an obvious arrest.

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Director
Wei Shujun 

WithZhu Yilong, Chloé Maayan, Kang Chunlei, Tianlai Hou

2024


Paradise is Burning 🇸🇪

In a working-class area of Sweden, three sisters get by on their own, left to their own devices by an absent mother. With summer on the way and no parents around, life is wild and carefree, vivacious and anarchic.

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Director
Mika Gustafson

With
Bianca Delbravo, Dilvin Asaad, Safira Mossberg, Ida Engvoll
2024


Kalak 🇩🇰🇬🇱

Jan is on the run from himself after being abused by his father. He lives in Greenland with his family, where he works as a nurse and yearns to be part of the local culture he admires and yet, sets ablaze.

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Director
Isabella Eklöf

With Emil Johnsen, Asta Kamma August, Berda Larsen, Soren Hellerup

2024


Eat the Night 🇫🇷

Pablo, a small-time dealer, and his teenage sister Apolline have forged an unbreakable bond through their shared obsession with the online video game Darknoon. When Pablo falls for the mysterious Night, he gets swept up in their liaison, abandoning his sister to deal with the impending shutdown of their digital haven alone.

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Director
Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel
With

Théo Cholbi, Erwan Kepoa Falé, Lila Gueneau

21–02–25 



Fragments of Ice 🇺🇦

Personal, political and social developments unfold in Fragments of Ice, edited together from fifteen VHS tapes covering the period 1986 to 1994. As we follow director Maria Stoianova growing up, we witness the parallel collapse of the Soviet Union and Ukraine’s journey towards regaining its independence.

Director
Maria Stoianova

Photography
Mykhailo Stoianov
28-02-25


Super Happy Forever 🇯🇵

Along with his friend Miyata, Sano returns to Izu, a seaside town once vibrant and cherished. Five years ago, it was here that he met Nagi, who would become his wife.

Director
Kohei Igarashi

WithHiroki Sano, Yoshinori Miyata, Nairu Yamamoto, Hoang Nhu Quynh

2025



Kyuka: Before Summer’s End 🇬🇷🇲🇰

Summertime. A family of three, a single father, Babis, and his twin children on the verge of adulthood, Konstantinos and Elsa, sail to the island of Poros on the family boat for their holidays.

Director
Kostis Charamountanis

With
Elsa Lekakou, Konstantinos Georgopoulos, Afroditi Kapokaki, Simeon Tsakiri

2025



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