O AGENTE SECRETO (L’AGENT SECRET / THE SECRET AGENT)\by KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHO at 8:45 (runtime 2h38)
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son but soon realizes that the city is far from being the non-violent refuge he seeks.
NOUVELLE VAGUE (NEW WAVE) by RICHARD LINKLATER at 8:45 (runtime 1h45)
This is the story of Godard making “Breathless”, told in the style and spirit in which Godard made “Breathless”.
MY FATHER’S SHADOW by AKINOLA DAVIES JR at 09:15 (runtime 1h34)
A semi-autobiographical tale set over the course of a single day in the Nigerian capital Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis. The story follows a father, estranged from his two young sons, as they travel through the massive city while political unrest threatens their journey home.
LA PETITE DERNIÈRE by HAFSIA HERZI at 9:15 (runtime 1h46)
Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. Starting university in Paris, she dates, makes friends, and explores a whole new world, all while confronting a timeless and heartrending dilemma: How can one stay true to oneself when reconciling different parts of one’s identity feels impossible?
DIE MY LOVE by LYNNE RAMSAY at 11:00 (runtime 2h)
Love Madness Madness Love
ÁSTIN SEM EFTIR ER (THE LOVE THAT REMAINS) by HLYNUR PÁLMASON at 11:15 (runtime 1h49)
A year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through both playful and heartfelt moments, the film portrays the bittersweet essence of faded love and shared memories amidst the changing seasons.
EDDINGTON by ARI ASTER at 11:30 (runtime 2h25)
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico. LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO by DIEGO CÉSPEDES at 11:15 (runtime 1h44)
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME by WES ANDERSON at 11:45 (runtime 1h45)
The story of a family and a family business.
MAGALHÃES (MAGELLAN) by LAV DIAZ at 13:30 (runtime 2h36)
Magellan is a navigator rebelling against the power of the King, due to his humanism and belief in justice. But once he is finally in command of the Spice Fleet, in which he will make the first circumnavigation of the Earth, what will his journey unravel about himself?
URCHIN by HARRIS DICKINSON at 13:30 (runtime 1h39)
The story follows Mike, a rough sleeper in London, trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Raw and absurd, the film is a story about the strange patterns that keep pulling us back.
LA FEMME LA PLUS RICHE DU MONDE by THIERRY KLIFA at 14:00 (runtime 2h01)
The richest woman in the world: her beauty, her intelligence, her power. A photographer: his ambition, his insolence, his folly.It’s love at first sight. A distrustful heiress fighting to be loved. A watchful butler who knows more than it appears. Family secrets. Astronomical donations. A war where no holds are barrel.
O RISO E A FACA (LE REPOS SOUS L’ORAGE / I ONLY REST IN THE STORM) by PEDRO PINHO at 14:30 (runtime 3h31)
Sergio, a Portuguese environmental engineer, travels to Guinea Bissau to conduct an impact report for a road-building project. As he grapples with heat and isolation, he meets Diara and Guillermhe—two locals equally yearning to find their own way. But as tensions arise within their ambiguous relationship and as Sergio understands the capitalist and post-colonial dynamics at play around his mission, they each have to confront how their identities shape them in a globalized world.
PILLION by HARRY LIGHTON at 15:45 (runtime 1h46)
A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.
EXIT 8 by KAWAMURA GENK at 16:30 (runtime 1h35)
A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything
out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?
MAMA by OR SINAI at 16:30 (runtime 1h31)
After many years working far from home, Mila is forced to temporarily leave her seaside mansion—and her secret romance—to return to her family in a remote Polish village. But the long-awaited reunion is far from what she imagined. As tensions surface, Mila struggles to repair what was lost, confronting the cost of her choices and the woman she has become.
LE ROI SOLEIL by VINCENT MAËL CARDONA at 17:45 (runtime 1h55)
In a shabby bar outside Paris, in the early hours of the morning, a few customers are having a last drink or a first coffee, when out of nowhere one of the regulars wins the €294 million lottery. But another customer decides otherwise: a gun is drawn, shots are fired and the winner collapses, leaving the ticket ownerless. The remaining customers lock themselves behind closed doors, and see an opportunity to concoct the perfect story to cover up the crime, then all walk away millionaires. But as unforeseen events conspire against them, their temptation sends them all on a bloody downward spiral.