Cinematic Era: 2025 Vintage

A downpour, a taxi, a ride through forgotten pasts and lost futures and a decision: which of these do we want to keep?

A laidback Mediterranean man discovers a mute mermaid while fishing and, enchanted by her otherworldliness, brings her to his backyard pool, unaware that she sacrificed her voice to be with him. As he puts her on display, seeing her as little more than a peculiar catch, she reluctantly has to accept the enormous price of her naivëte and blind desire

36-year-old Stela has higher education but unable to keep a job. Since she was 12, she's been in love with a Serbian musician from the former Yugoslavia. One of the musician's alleged mistresses promises Stela that she will help her meet her idol.

A couple recording a video audition for a reality television show unearths more reality than they anticipated

Surviving childhood abuse during his upbringing in Baltimore, Archbishop Carl Bean forged a path to New York and Hollywood to do the one thing he knew he was put on earth to do: sing. Making his mark first as a gospel singer, Bean got the break of his life when Motown tapped him in 1977 to record the disco song “I Was Born This Way,” which quickly became the first gay anthem at a time when it was uncommon to be out and proud. When the AIDS crisis hit, however, Bean soon found himself drawn to a different calling: compassionate activism. Instead of pursuing the momentum of his promising music career, he founded the Minority AIDS Project and the Unity Fellowship Church — the first LGBTQ+ church for people of color.

Lis, a 10-year-old boy, whose father is a missing person from the Kosovo war, lives cramped in a small apartment with his family during early 2000. Trying to forget a secret only he knows, Lis joins a French trio of clowns who are in Kosovo to entertain the children of the land. Soon enough Lis will learn that reality will catch up with everyone, and he will have to face his suppressed emotions.

Between historic achievements, injuries, doubts and personal challenges, She Who Flies delves into the heart of the journey of an athlete who has become one of the most creative and accomplished figures in world freeskiing.

Passion of Fear features the life of a financially successful screenwriter, Myron Samuels, (Roy Kirkland) who has fallen for a younger aspiring Polish man, Jarek Kowalski (Tomasz Drankowski). Jarek is a playboy wannabe actor who eventually marries Myron. However, Jarek is entangled in a past relationship with Claire Watts (Jenna Maloney) a very conniving woman who has come back into his life in hopes of reaping the benefits of Jarek's marriage. Claire is also presently and deceivingly involved with Michael Dixon, (Domenick DeFrank) Myron's Attorney, who himself had a very bad past relationship with Myron and is now unknowingly involved with the wrong woman.

Tragedy strikes when, during a sacred ritual, Chai suffers a horrifying death. Rumour spreads among his mor lam troupe that his death was caused by a violation of the sacred rite known as Khai Aor.

Eight-Time Super Bowl champion, Bill Belichick, takes the 'Madden Cruiser' on an unforgettable road trip through Louisiana's football country, celebrating it's rich history and culture.

At a New Year's Eve party, wealthy businessman Bajwa bets $30 million that idealist Ahesaan Randhawa can't endure 15 years in a self-made jail. Ahesaan accepts, facing intense trials while Bajwa's life falls apart.

Shahnon Ahmad's novel Terdedah (1965) has not been reprinted in decades. This rambunctious satire is about a young widow with two lovers. Why hasn't the book been seen for so long? Did it "dedah" (reveal or expose) too much? Amir Muhammad asks seven artists how they would design a cover of Terdedah if it were reprinted today. Through Zoom, they discuss how the novel can be presented visually. In an unfortunate twist, one of the artists disappeared after agreeing. So this artist is replaced by ChatGPT. The six human artists are Anderson Ee, Fahmi Mustaffa, Hannah, Mark Lee See Teck, Syuq Tone and Yante Ismail.

Living in a van on the outskirts of Barcelona, Bear (Pol López) does everything he can to give his six-year-old daughter a life filled with joy, even when there's little to hold onto. Between unsteady routines and fragile hopes, their bond becomes a quiet act of resistance. A heartfelt story about love, dignity, and the small miracles that can bloom in the hardest places.

Country music legend Trace Adkins joins the U.S. Army Field Band to host "Salute to Service 2025: A Veterans Day Celebration." Featuring unforgettable performances by opera superstar Angel Blue, jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, and Trace Adkins himself.

In recent years, Hollywood productions have turned away from sensuality. Is the sex scene on the verge of extinction or reinvention? Alongside film professionals and researchers, this documentary deciphers a trend that speaks volumes about the evolution of the industry and our societies.

In the small town of Huntsville, Texas, there is an unsolved murder of a nine-year-old girl. A convicted ex-con, Jack, has been released from prison after new DNA evidence proved he was not present at the scene of the crime. But when another little girl is brutally murdered after Jack's release, the town points their fingers at the ex-con. As Jack works to free his name, new suspects emerge in a town trying hard to keep secrets buried.

Set during the turbulent Republic of China era, forensic pathologist Fang Tianyi ventures into the forests of Northeast China to uncover the truth behind a series of mysterious murders.

The tale of an amnesiac clown lost in the Ireland of the 1960s. A silent historical fantasy that utilises elements of fact and conjecture and mixes them in a hybrid of expressionism, surrealism and pantomime.

Mexico's response to the French film Emilia Pérez. The real life of French people in a musical made by people in Mexico. It tells the epic tale of baguettes, croissants, stinky cheese, and the difficulties of not taking daily showers.

MEAT-THING is a absurdist comedy about Jo, a quiet butcher whose routine unravels when a slab of meat begins to speak to her. As the meat—strangely alive and deeply self-aware—forces Jo to confront questions of existence, shame, and meaning, she spirals through a city that continues without noticing. Haunted but unwilling to accept what’s happening, Jo carries the talking flesh to a friend’s ramen shop, where, under the weight of his own denial, he gives it up. The meat is chopped and served without protest. A deadpan exploration of guilt, disconnection, and the absurd comfort of pretending nothing’s wrong.

A feature documentary about ultra-marathon runner William Corlett who ran 500km in 7 days through the Blue Mountains, Australia.

During a Gershwin recording session, Ella Fitzgerald sings her love songs, scatting through her darkest notes.

The Sweet Science meets the Borscht Belt. Ringside in the Mountains, tells the story of this idyllic area in Upstate New York that just happened to be the training ground for some of the greatest fighters of the 20th Century.

In the moment of her murder, a woman travels through the infinite deaths inside her soul. Shot in stunning black and white with a beautifully haunting original score.

At the beginning of the 1990s the state of Yugoslavia collapsed, and resistance to the madness of war was strongest in Belgrade, where anti-war actions and movements opposing the Serbian nationalist regime brought together intellectuals, artists, and anti-regime individuals—most notably in a nonpartisan group called the Belgrade Circle. This is a documentary film that portrays the struggle to keep alive the fight for truth and dignity by bravely confronting the crimes committed in the name of the nation.

When their favorite lunch spot hikes its prices, three middle-aged women, Mary, Sue, and Esther, scheme to get fake IDs to score a senior discount at a new restaurant.

On the outskirts of a dying frontier town, a desperate miner seeks refuge in a church as a windstorm rages outside. Consumed by panic, the man recounts his troubles to a reluctant priest. What starts as a plea for protection soon unravels into a chilling confession of violence.

This thought-provoking documentary reveals the consequences of selling and exposing your identity online and explores how virtual relationships impact real-life ones.

From the French nation of Caminelle to a winery in Maine, a defiant prince and orphaned girl take parallel paths to find each other but must first unravel a plot filled with twists.

When kind-hearted but clumsy Tiatr dreamer Joe finally gets his big break at the 100th show, a kidnapping gone wrong plunges him into comic chaos forcing him to save the performance and his only chance to shine.

When director Isabella Kolb learned that her great-great-uncle was imprisoned in Stutthof, the first German concentration camp established on Polish soil during the Second World War, she begins an investigation into his story and the camp's little-known history. Despite its significance, Stutthof remains one of the least documented sites of Nazi persecution, leaving families of its victims with lingering questions. Through witness testimonies and archival traces, the film follows Kolb's search for Uncle Edmund and the lives of those who endured Stutthof, offering a quiet reflection on memory, loss, and the lasting echoes of trauma that continue to shape the generations that followed.

Story of six interwoven narratives in Mexico City, exploring the human condition against intermittent rain. With each encounter, the characters experience a moment of absurdity, brightness, or strangeness that reveals their true selves.

A film about doctor Vaclovas Inta, whose unique worldview, willpower, and persistence saved thousands of years old glacial boulders from brutal destruction, preserving not only their aesthetic value, but also their historical and scientific significance as natural monuments, and preventing them from being turned into construction rubble.

Lokkhikantopur Local movie deals with the life ordeals of house helps Kalyani, Maloti and Saraswati, visiting three different families in Kolkata.

Mansi, an architect haunted by nightmares of a brutal murder in a mysterious haveli, falls in love with industrialist Aditya Deshmukh as they collaborate for a prestigious project in Nainital. When she discovers the haveli from her dreams is real, dark secrets from the past threaten to destroy their present, forcing her to choose between love and a terrifying truth.

On a young waitress’s birthday, the perplexing appearance of one of her deceased mother’s homemade cakes deeply troubles her. Over her shift that evening, surrounded by happy families in the little restaurant where she works, memories of her mother crowd in, and her attempts to repress her emotions grow ever more difficult.

Romantically fearful Norbert believes he is meeting his online girlfriend for the first time, instead he meets a member of her morally dubious OnlyFans pimping team.

Fanny lives with her father, Hubert, an academic obsessed with his research who has never recovered from the death of his wife twelve years earlier. Everything changes the day a mysterious family secret resurfaces. Fanny then embarks on a frantic quest to uncover the truth surrounding her mother's death.

An embarrassing problem emerges in a quiet household somewhere in a province of Sri Lanka. The patriarch of a lovely family suddenly dies in front of the TV one fateful night. He experienced something soulfully romantic before his last breath and the most sensitive part of his deceased body still functions without pulse or blood pressure. His two grown sons and a mourning mother are eager to bend down the standing organ to avoid shameful reactions at the funeral.

an angel is sent to hell on a mission from god

At 98, Hollywood's barrier-breaking Chinese American icon tells her own story—from James Stewart's leading lady to Golden Horse triumph, revealing how one woman transformed cinema across continents.

Following their wedding, Purushu struggles to take an antique-style bangle off Sarla's wrist, as it leads to significant conflict and misunderstanding.

A misanthropic young man discovers his father is holding onto a family secret on Christmas Eve.

In the dark days following the 1840 Opium War, a local gentry member, He Yucheng, strives to defend Guangzhou after being entrusted by Guan Tianpei, a mission that intersects with local martial arts figures' initial attempts to resist the British by burning foreign ships.

A feature documentary profiling the most revered screenwriter in movie history, Paddy Chayefsky stands alone as the only writer to win three solo Academy Awards for Best Screenplay: for Marty (1955), The Hospital (1971) and Network (1976).

A frustrated filmmaker meets God in person and goes on a transformative journey. When the deity appears to Jijo, they embark on an extraordinary road trip together.

Inspired by a true story, "Second Life" follows a woman determined to swim across Taiwan's Sun Moon Lake before she loses her sight completely. She's joined by a group of visually impaired swimmers, all guided by a once-celebrated coach haunted by his past. As they train together, they battle fear, doubt, and old wounds—transforming pain into strength, and strangers into a family. More than a swim, it becomes a journey of healing, redemption, and proving that even in darkness, the human spirit shines brightest.

The life of a schoolboy Filipp Dinozavrov is full of failures, but one day he opens a portal to the Mesozoic era.

The movie narrates the tale of Hamirji Gohil, a brave warrior who fought against the Tughlaq Empire to protect the Somnath Temple and the Hindu faith.

An artificial intelligence, created from the mind of a rogue hacker, unleashes an apocalyptic plan to destroy the world and save the only person he ever loved: his daughter, Emma. Facing humanity's collapse and the haunting echoes of a broken past, Emma embarks on a race against time to save the world.

21-year-old skater Reza thrives in his carefree lifestyle. However, he has no idea what to do with his future, much to the frustration of his mother and two sisters. With no better plan in mind, he books a trip to Thailand. But when a motorcycle accident leaves him with a spinal chord injury, his entire world is turned upside down. What does the future hold for him now?

The kidnapping of a little girl creates tension and suspicion in Algiers. Only Dounia, a brilliant psychiatrist, and Sami, a police inspector, can unearth the demons of the past.

Darma is a visceral and unflinching short film that confronts the dark realities of abuse and power. With its brutal and blood-soaked sequences, the film delivers gripping action that heightens adrenaline, supported by dynamic and precise camera movements. At its core, Darma explores sexual abuse committed by those in positions of authority, individuals who not only perpetrate violence but also manipulate systems to conceal their crimes. The narrative also reflects on the power of media in shaping public opinion, and how such coverage can deeply affect the psychological state of survivors. With a runtime of 14 minutes, Darma is both urgent and impactful, pulling the audience into an uncomfortable yet necessary confrontation with truth, silence, and justice.

A hardworking and loyal OFW, a chef from Dubai, returns home hoping to pursue his dream of owning his restaurant and starting his own life. However, he finds himself at odds with his family and their toxic tendencies, making him question “Where does sacrifice end and selfishness begin?"

Marissa and Eric encourage their young son with autism, who is determined to set a Guinness World Record — and has the chance to do so on Christmas Eve.

Eighteen-year-old Tanya starts dating an older family friend who had an affair with her mother Laura years ago. Secrets are revealed, changing Tanya and Laura's relationship.

Kiran lives in a quiet Canadian neighborhood with her family until some fun-loving international students move in next door.