4-12 April 2025
A CLOSE UP OF CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA

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All We Imagine as Light

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Payal Kapadia

115' 
• 2024
  • France • India • Netherlands • Luxembourg

In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.

Selected Awards

  • Nominated for Best Film not in the English Language, BAFTA Film Awards, 2025.
  • Nominated for Best Motion Picture and Best Director Awards, Golden Globes, USA, 2025.
  • Grand Prize of the Festival, Cannes Film Festival, France, 2024.
  • Best Screenplay Award, Silver Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival, USA, 2024.
  • RTVE Otra Mirada Award, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain, 2024.

Faruk

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Aslı Özge

97' 
• 2024
  • Germany • Turkey • France

Faruk, a man in his 90s, becomes the central character of his daughter’s film about the impending demolition of his block of flats. Simultaneously, Faruk attends building management meetings, hoping to delay the demolition process of the building he has been living in for decades. Gradually, reality and fiction intertwine and the line between the two starts to blur.

Awards

  • FIPRESCI Prize, Berlin International Film Festival, Germany, 2024.

Queer

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Luca Guadagnino

137' 
• 2024
  • Italy • United States

In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

Selected Awards

  • Best Adapted Screenplay, Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, USA, 2024.
  • NBR Awards for Best Actor & Top Ten Films, National Board of Review, USA, 2024.
  • BOFA Award for Best Actor, Brazil Online Film Award, 2024.

Souleymane’s Story

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Boris Lojkine

93' 
• 2024
  • France

As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane repeats his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers. But Souleymane is not ready.

 Selected Awards

  • Best Performance Award & Jury Prize, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival, France, 2024.
  • European Film Award for Best Actor, EFA, 2024.
  • Best Supporting Actress Award, Cesar Awards, France, 2025.
  • Bridging the Borders Award, Palm Springs IFF, USA, 2025.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

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MOHAMMAD RASOULOF

168' 
• 2024
  • Iran • Germany • France

The celebration of Iman’s latest promotion as investigating judge in the Revolutionary Guard Court coincide with widespread public protests after the death of a young woman in the streets of Teheran. The demonstrations and the heavy-handed government response upset the dynamics within his family. While Iman is struggling with the psychological burden of his new job, his daughters, Rezvan and Sana, are shocked and electrified by the events, while his wife Najmeh is trying to hold the family together. When Iman discovers that his service weapon has gone missing, he suspects his family. Frightened to lose his reputation and his job, he becomes more and more paranoid, starting an investigation in his own home in which all borders are crossed one by one.

Selected Awards

  • Nominated for Best International Feature Film, Academy Awards, USA, 2025.
  • Nominated for Best Film not in the English Language, BAFTA Film Awards, 2025.
  • Jury Special Prize, Cannes Film Festival, France, 2024.
  • Best Screenplay Award, Silver Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival, USA, 2024.
  • Best European Film – Audience Award, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain, 2024.
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