The pageantry and brutality of bullfighting are drawn in stark relief in Albert Serra’s sublime portrait of the charismatic Peruvian-born torero, Andrés Roca Rey. 

Sophie, a photographer, comes to Marseille from Berlin by simple and spontaneous coincidence in an apartment swap with a French student. What could premise the beginning of a single coherent story ripples instead in the swirl of overlapping narratives.

In Paris, beloved sex worker Rosa meets working-class Julien, sparking a romance that challenges her carefree life. Paul Vecchiali’s overlooked gem explores class and female sexuality, anchored by Marianne Basler’s magnetic performance.

22 extraordinary stories, from 22 Palestinian filmmakers, living through the unimaginable. 

Set in a dystopian near-future Tokyo, Neo Sora’s striking debut feature follows a group of teenagers challenging the rigid expectations of society.

A gay man takes up a multitude of personas: an actor, a scientist, a teacher, an architect. His identity is constantly evolving - all impersonations, as he becomes his previous lover in the next casual encounter. He reimagines the lives of these intimate strangers, stringing together a new version of himself from their homes, spaces, and brief stories, wondering if this is the only way he can truly be himself.  

Women wander in search of adventure in Pia Frankenberg’s first and final films. Characters board a night train and drive into a newly reunified Berlin, as the writer-director finds forms of romance in female friendship. 

Hamid is part of a secret group pursuing the Syrian regime’s fugitive leaders. His mission takes him to France, on the trail of his former torturer, whom he must confront.