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Los Angeles, February 1974. Elis Regina & Tom Jobim meet to record an album. The musical documentary shows the backstage of the recording that would change their lives and become an emblematic work of Brazilian music.

A young filmmaker who currently works in a hospital takes a mental patient out for a short ride to find out who she really is.

Argentina, 1985, at the trial of the last dictatorship's military juntas. On the stand, the six judges; on one side, the prosecution, and on the other, the military personnel accused of genocide.

An ode to movie culture and its beguiling hold on our imagination, modeled on an actual legal deposition, and accompanied by a procession of 35mm publicity stills from studio press kits.

In Rome, during a January weekend a sudden heatwave arrives. The sun is initially pleasant, but the heat quickly escalates to a frightening degree, resulting in people and animals losing self-control.

In 1970, Salvador Allende came to power in Chile as the first socialist president. In his first year in office, Patricio Guzmán films the consequences of this political earthquake and its impact on the population. Allende nationalizes the mines in defiance of their very wealthy owners; his supporters are delighted, but the stock market plummets and the wealthy upper class leaves the country. Guzmán takes to the road for his first feature-length documentary: interviewing original owners who demand their land back, and miners, fishermen and factory workers who talk forthrightly about their working conditions, and shows the renewed hope for a better life. The First Year was the first part in a trilogy (with October's Response and The Battle of Chile) about Allende's government, ending with the 1973 coup. Guzmán shot the film on a very modest budget, on 16mm without synchronous sound. His unique recordings shot from close by reach a climax with footage of the visit of the Cuban leader Fidel Castro, whom we see casually chatting, and of the enthusiastic reactions of the Chileans who flock to see him.

Fleeing from a totalitarian country devastated by the excess of population and scarcity of resources, Mia, a pregnant woman, must fight for her life when a violent storm throws to the sea the container she was traveling in. Trapped in the metal coffin, Mia gives birth to her daughter and must survive to save the child.

Wearing snapback caps and Air Jordans, the Reality Poets don't look like typical nursing home residents. In Fire Through Dry Grass, these Black and brown disabled artists document their lives on lockdown during Covid, using their poetry and art to underscore the danger and imprisonment they feel in the face of institutional neglect, they refuse to be abused, confined, and erased.

A man and a woman meet by chance and stroll through Seoul's changing streets.

SRI ASIH: THE WARRIOR follows Alana (Pearce), a young woman trying to find her own identity amidst a world of crime and corruption. She also happens to be the reincarnated Goddess Asih, protector of the masses, and is tasked with preventing a demon spirit commander from releasing the Fire Goddess from captivity inside a volcano.

A secret club draws a haunted, young soldier into the orbit of a beautiful, reckless woman. But as they are falling in love, a life-threatening challenge forces them to make the most of every moment they have together.

Oana Pfifer, a young therapist visibly distracted by some unknown reasons, is slipping little by little inside the net of the questionnaire she is supposed to submit to her patient. Mihai Dumitru, Oana's younger brother, worrying about the preparations of his anniversary and not realizing how inappropriate his demands are, is stuck in a story far bigger than what he can handle. Septimiu Pfifer, Oana's husband, concerned about his health regarding a possible Covid-19 contamination, is vaguely listening to a strange story his ambulance colleague was caught inside long ago, while waiting for the next emergency call. Narcis Patranescu, an organized crime inspector, perturbed by the recent death of one of his colleagues, is on the grip of an unsettling dark story while interrogating a young woman during a funeral. Four short moments in time that are capturing the wanderings of a bunch of errant souls stuck at the crossroads of history.

A group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion for primitive hunting. As the night fills with violence and terror, the teenagers find themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.

A year after saving her town from a psychotic killer, Winnie Carruthers finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe where without her, things are much, much worse.

After the Syrian Revolution, Al-Assad's regime besieges the district of Yarmouk, largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world. Yarmouk is cut off. The director records the daily deprivations while celebrating the people's courage.

A traumatized man is convinced someone is trying to poison him, so his skeptical wife forces him to face his nightmares head-on with exposure therapy.

Bombay fishermen Rakesh and Ganesh are inheritors of the Koli knowledge system of harvesting the sea following the moon and the tides. Rakesh has kept faith in the traditional fishing methods; Ganesh has instead embraced technology.

After lying to her new eccentric coworker Larry about a company party, an ambitious corporate flunky must deal with the unexpected consequences.

The inhabitants of a tower wake up one morning to find that their building is shrouded in an opaque fog, obstructing doors and windows - a strange dark matter that devours anything that tries to pass through it. Trapped, the residents try to organize themselves, but to ensure their survival, they gradually succumb to their most primitive instincts, until they sink into horror.

Duran Duran's live show becomes immortalized on the big screen. Featuring exclusive new interviews, behind-the-scenes video and unseen archival footage, the film celebrates the band's four-decade-long career.

Under the hot Greek sun, the animators at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy touristic season. Kalia is the group leader. As summer intensifies and the work pressure builds up, their nights become violent and Kalia's struggle is revealed in the darkness. But when the spotlights turn on again, the show must go on.

Iranian female judoka Leila and her coach Maryam, who travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran's first gold medal. Midway through the competition, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose. With her own and her family's freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: feign injury and comply with the Iranian regime as Maryam implores her to do, or defy them both and fight on, for the gold.

Set in winter of 1990, Northeast region of China,state-own factories are laying off employees, streaks of theft cases are happening, a veteran is sharpshooter, who becomes a security guard at factory, finds his lover's son is a thief