DES PREUVES D'AMOUR (LOVE LETTERS) by ALICE DOUARD at 9:00 (runtime 1h37)
Expecting her firstborn from her wife Nadia, Celine searches for a sense of legitimacy under the lens of her mother, friends, and the law.
INVITATION AU FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE MORELIA at 14:30 (runtime 1h10)
PRIX DÉCOUVERTE LEITZ CINE DU COURT MÉTRAGE & GRAND PRIX at 16:30
ROMERÍA by CARLA SIMÓN at 8:45 (runtime 1h55)
Marina, 18, orphaned at a young age, must travel to Spain’s Atlantic coast to obtain a signature for a scholarship application from the paternal grandparents she has never met. She navigates a sea of new aunts, uncles, and cousins, uncertain whether she will be embraced or met with resistance. Stirring long-buried emotions, reviving tenderness, and uncovering unspoken wounds tied to the past, Marina pieces together the fragmented and often contradictory memories of the parents she barely remembers.
FUORI by MARIO MARTONE at 8:45 (runtime 1h55)
Rome, 1980. After the magnum opus The Art of Joy she has been working on for a decade is rejected by the Italian publishing world, writer Goliarda Sapienza ends up in prison for stealing jewelry, but the encounter with some young inmates turns out to be a life-changing experience. After their release and over the course of a sweltering summer, the women continue to meet, and Goliarda forms a deep bond with Roberta, a repeat offender and political activist. A connection no one on the outside can truly understand, but through which Goliarda rediscovers the joy of living and the drive to write again.
LE CITTÀ DI PIANURA (UN DERNIER POUR LA ROUTE / THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD) by FRANCESCO SOSSAI at 9:15 (runtime 1h40)
Carlobianchi and Doriano, two broke fiftysomethings with a “never skip the last drink” philosophy, meet Giulio, a shy architecture student adrift in life. What starts as a chance encounter turns into a chaotic road trip through the Venetian plains — where bad advice, hangovers, and unexpected friendship redraw Giulio’s plans for life and love.
AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by MORAD MOSTAFA at 9:15 (runtime 2h03)
Aisha is a 26-year-old Sudanese caregiver living in a neighbourhood in the heart of Cairo where she witnesses the tension between her fellow African migrants and local gangs. Stuck between an undefined relationship with a young Egyptian cook, a gangster that blackmails her into an unethical deal in exchange for safety, and a new house she’s assigned to work in, Aisha struggles to cope with her fears and lost battles, causing her dreams to cross with reality and leading her to an impasse.
THE HISTORY OF SOUND by OLIVER HERMANUS at 19:00 (runtime 2h07)
Lionel is a talented singer from rural Kentucky raised on the songs his father would sing on the front porch. In 1917, he leaves his family farm to attend the Boston Music Conservatory. There he meets David, a charming music composing student who is soon drafted into the end of the war. In 1920, the two spend a winter walking through the forests and islands of Maine, collecting folk songs in order to preserve them for future generations. Lionel drifts through Europe in his twenties and thirties, building a new life of profound success and happiness, and experiencing new loves. Yet he is constantly drawn back to memories of his brief time with David, trying to understand the impact of their relationship. Eventually, a reminder of their work together reveals why their connection rang loud
UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT by JAFAR PANAHI at 11:30 (runtime 1h45)
What begins as a minor accident sets in motion a series of escalating consequences.
EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC (LES AIGLES DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE) by TARIK SALEH at 11:30 (runtime 2h07)
ELEANOR THE GREAT by SCARLETT JOHANSSON at 11:45 (runtime 1h38)
In Eleanor The Great, June Squibb brings to vivid life the witty and proudly troublesome 94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein, who after a devastating loss, tells a tale that takes on a dangerous life of its own. Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut is a comically poignant exploration of how the stories we hear become the stories we tell.
LOVE ME TENDER by ANNA CAZENAVE CAMBET at 13:30 (runtime 2h)
One late summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s having romantic relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he takes custody of her son. Clémence must fight to remain a mother, a woman and a free woman.
AFFEKSJONSVERDI (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) by JOACHIM TRIER at 14:00 (runtime 2h15)
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father — and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.
ALPHA by JULIA DUCOURNAU at 14:00 (runtime 2h08)
Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.
ORWELL : 2+2=5 by RAOUL PECK at 14:00 (runtime 1h59)
1949. George Orwell finishes what will be his last but most important novel, 1984. ORWELL: 2+2=5 delves deep into Orwell’s final months and visionary works to explore the roots of the vital and troubling concepts he revealed to the world in his dystopian masterpiece… Doublethink, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak, the omnipresent spectre of Big Brother… disturbing socio-political truths which resonate ever-more powerfully today.
HOMEBOUND by NEERAJ GHAYWAN at 16:15 (runtime 1h59)
Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.
ÁSTIN SEM EFTIR ER by HLYNUR PÁLMASON at 16:30 (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.
MAGALHÃES by LAV DIAZ CI-I at 16:30 (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?
CONNEMARA by ALEX LUTZ at 16:45 (runtime 1h52)
Born into a modest family, Hélène left the Vosges a long time ago. Today, a sudden burn-out forces her to leave Paris and return to the place where she grew up. One evening, in the parking lot of a franchised restaurant, she spots Christophe Marchal, the charismatic field hockey prodigy from her high school days. An unexpected love affair begins between these two people, who are now at odds with each other. In their embrace, two France’s, two worlds that are now strangers, dream of loving each other. Will this idyll, this island, be possible for them?