Small Things Like These
Dir. Tim Mielants
Small Things Like These is the kind of film that doesn’t have a grand resolution, a dramatic climax, or a…
The Peasants
Dir. DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman
After Loving Vincent, DK and Hugh Welchman’s iconic oil paint animation initially seems like old hat, but this time the…
Beautiful Beings
Dir. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
There are many ways through which a friendship can form, but sometimes, it’s due to compassion for someone who needs…
The Road Dance
Dir. Richie Adams
One of the worst aspects of war in general is that it always interferes with the hopes and dreams of…
Close
Dir. Lukas Dhont
Leo and Remi are close. They play, eat, and sleep together, and in between those moments, they share every thought…
The Truffle Hunters
Dir. Gregory Kershaw & Michael Dweck
With truffle being so expensive, you would think that the world would eventually figure out how to get this tasty…
Compartment Number 6
Dir. Juho Kuosmanen
In Compartment Number 6, two different people strike an unlikely friendship during a train ride from Moscow to Murmansk. One…
The Innocents
Dir. Eskil Vogt
The Innocents is a Norweigan thriller that follows four kids who discover they have supernatural powers over the summer. They…
Welcome to Chechnya
Dir. David France
Featuring real, in-the-moment footage of operations to rescue young queer individuals from the continuing anti-gay purges in the Chechen Republic,…
Monster
Dir. Tomás Ó Súilleabháin
Irish period drama Monster is downright depressing. Of course, for some viewers, that’s just part and parcel of any period…
Held for Ransom
Dir. Niels Arden Oplev
The real life situation behind this harrowing drama is quite extraordinary, so adapting Daniel Rye’s captivity straightforwardly would already intrigue…
The Eight Mountains
Dir. Charlotte Vandermeersch & Felix Van Groeningen
Spanning over decades and continents, The Eight Mountains depicts the kind of childhood friendship that remains central to one’s whole…
A Regular Woman
Dir. Sherry Hormann
Dramatizing the murder of Hatun “Aynur” Sürücü, A Regular Woman frames her story from her dispassionate narration after she’s passed.…
Only the Animals
Dir. Dominik Moll
The four chapters of Only the Animals could make separate films on their own, but the combination that forms this…
303
Dir. Hans Weingartner
A sweet and romantic German movie about two Berliners who meet randomly and go on a road trip to the…
The Collini Case
Dir. Marco Kreuzpaintner
A young lawyer has to defend a murderer after passing the bar only three months prior in this satisfying German…
Heavy Trip
Dir. Jukka Vidgren & Juuso Laatio
Heavy Trip is a comedy about a heavy metal band, but unlike many mainstream portrayals, it doesn’t dismiss the genre…
Listen
Dir. Ana Rocha de Sousa & Female director
Sincere and direct, Ana Rocha de Sousa’s debut feature is a tragic portrayal of an immigrant family in the United…
Mario
Dir. Marcel Gisler
When striving towards your life goal, some concessions have to be made in order to get there, e.g. you would…
Wild Rose
Dir. Tom Harper
A simple movie about a Scottish country singer with a dream to go to Nashville, U.S.A and reach stardom. It…
Those Who Remained
Dir. Barnabás Tóth
Let’s get this out of the way: Those Who Remained isn’t Lolita. Aldo and Klára connect only because of shared…
You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack
Dir. Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar
After the La Manada rape case in 2016, it was necessary to document this event, especially since the widespread national…
