Films

A French doctor who treats Alzheimer’s patients and a Japanese theater director form a bond that is intellectual, creative, and spiritual in Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s humorous, painful, and constantly surprising drama.

In Florian Zeller’s elegant psychological drama, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz are successful professionals (architect and editor, respectively) married to their work, and to each other. Paul Dano, Stephen Graham, and Patrick Schwarzenegger co-star.

Masters of creative nonfiction with their melancholic tales on one-of-a-kind traditions and communities, Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw beautifully portray the layered aromas and aftertastes of the Burgundy region with sophisticated finesse.

Through intimate camerawork shaped with the narrative tension of a crime thriller, Michał Marczak’s award-winning film follows a father’s relentless pursuit along Poland’s Vistula River to find his missing son.

Two soldiers fall in love amidst World War I in celebrated Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont’s (Close) latest work. Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne shared Best Actor at Cannes for this tender drama that mixes sensual sex scenes with stark combat sequences.

A Bulgarian archaeologist investigates the disappearance of a former lover in this absorbing Cannes prizewinner. German director Valeska Grisebach works with a nonprofessional cast to create a slow-burn thriller with the grit of a Western and the scope of Chinatown.

In the forests of southern Nepal, a mother searches for her missing daughter as wild elephants roam the night, in a haunting and tender story of chosen family, belonging, and survival.

An unforgettable study of identity, family, and generational remorse, the stunning Fatherland traces the relationship between renowned writer Thomas Mann and his accomplished actress-writer daughter Erika amidst the ruins of postwar Germany.

Norway’s inflexible child protection laws disrupt the lives of a devout immigrant family in Cristian Mungiu’s atmospheric Palme d’Or-winning family drama and legal thriller, starring superstars Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan.

The lives of a musician and a police detective unexpectedly dovetail in Marie Kreutzer’s (Corsage, MVFF45) latest provocative drama when a search warrant for a filmmaker’s hard drives upends the life of his wife.

Born in the wake of China’s controversial one-child policy, six-year-old Juan is suddenly uprooted from her family when her mom becomes pregnant in this achingly poignant coming-of-age story from first-time feature director Zou Jing.

Some things arrive in waves: sunlight, joy, but also grief and loss. Director Phuong Mai Nguyen’s animated adaptation of AJ Dungo’s 2019 graphic novel is an indelible story of love between two teenagers and their passion for each other and the sea.

Director Danny Boyle charts the rise and fall of Sir Albert “Larry” Lamb, infamous Rupert Murdoch acolyte and creator of the titillating bits that rocketed The Sun to British tabloid superstardom in the 1970s.

A young boy navigates life from inside an iron corset in Wall-E and Up animator Louis Clichy’s tender, funny rite-of-passage story that honestly confronts the distress that every adolescent endures.

A determined sommelier dreams of opening her own wine bar, but life has other plans. Gabe Klinger's charming São Paulo story is a witty, bittersweet toast to reinvention and second chances.

Three eras, one buried story. La bola negra is a mesmerizing cinematic journey through love, memory, persecution, and the quiet wounds passed from one generation to the next, told with haunting beauty.

French teenagers take a summer class trip to Naples, Italy, in this marvelous coming-of-age film that is subtle, mysterious, and intelligent. Marine Atlan’s feature debut garnered the Cannes Critics Week Best Picture award.

Andrey Zvyagintsev’s first feature in a decade, this chilling reimagining of La femme infidèle and Unfaithful masterfully explores the depths of corruption in Putin’s Russia through a story of crime and infidelity.

While preparing for an upcoming swimming trip to Brazil, best friends La Maestra and Paula see their bright futures upended one fateful night. First-time feature director Fernanda Tovar crafts a moving coming-of-age drama in this Berlinale award winner.

A Korean expatriate doctor must confront his mixed feelings about his former home when he meets a very special patient.

Along the picturesque coastline of Brittany, France, bright orange novelty Garfield phones wash ashore in Zack Grant’s eccentric short.