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Snow White
Beautiful and charismatic dwarf infatuates her online suitor without revealing her disability, in this uplifting and inspiring [Read More...]

Familiar Touch
Energetic elderly woman with dementia moves to the old people's home of her choice, where she movingly picks up fragments of her life - deeply humanistic drama shows at Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Abdo & Saneya
Egyptian peasants desperate for an heir move to New York for fertility treatment, in this tribute to the silent movies of Charlie Chaplin - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Aïcha
The sole survivor of a bus crash assumes a new identity in order to extricate herself from the shackles of the past - powerful social thriller from Tunisia premieres at the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Saify
Backstreet grifter lays his hands on a tape recording that could bring him riches, in this Saudi Arabian mix of comedy, thriller and social drama - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Saba
Young Bangladeshi woman embarks on a quest to save her mother's life, in this honest blend of social realism and melodrama - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Sima’s Song
Two Afghan sisters wrestle with multiple political forces and conflicting sentiments during the 1970s, in Roya Sadat's heartfelt yet muddled political drama - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Red Path (Les Enfants Rouges)
Tunisian teen seeks solace and redemption after witnessing his cousin's brutal murder - soul-stirring, dazzling drama is in cinemas on Friday, June 20th [Read More...]

Superboys of Malegaon
Small-town, amateur filmmakers recreate Bollywood classics with dogged ardour, in this charming tribute to resilience and creativity - in cinemas on Friday, February 28th [Read More...]

Seeking Haven for Mr Rambo
Fiercely loyal mongrel becomes a token of resistance, in this urban tale of survival from Egypt - in the Main Competition of the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Tale of Daye’s Family
Nubian albino boy dreams of making it big on a television singing talent show - Egyptian fable of sorts opens the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Speak Sunlight (La Voz del Sol)
A teenager leaves Paris for Francoist Spain, in this charming fable dotted with contemporary references (such Ernest Hemingway and the Beatles) - from the La Femme International Film Festival [Read More...]

Growing Pains
A string of delicate topics are explored in a coming-of-age story that approaches the teenage years with sensitivity - from the Boston International Film Festival [Read More...]

Porcelain War
Documentary about Ukrainian artists living through Russian attacks is a work of pure defiance - in selected cinemas on Friday, December 6th [Read More...]

Amanda
Charmingly idiosyncratic Italian comedy about a filthy rich and socially inept young woman never fails to delight - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Pink Moon
Iris is startled to find out her father wants to end his life on a particular day in the near future - watch this suicidal tragicomedy from the Netherlands for free this December only with ArteKino [Read More...]

The Worst Man In London
Half-Portuguese, half-English dandy turns to the British capital as his own canvas in order to piece together an artwork of his own: deviance - watch this period drama for free this December only with ArteKino [Read More...]

Agathe, Solange and Me (Agathe, Solange et Moi)
Filmmaker and old friend search through family films and letters, in this sincere ode to memory and loss - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Black Stone
Overprotective mother desperately seeks her troubled son, in this profound and meaningful comedy from Greece - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Do You Love Me?
Ukrainian girl's innocent view of the world collapses alongside the USSR, in this timely Ukrainian-Swedish co-production - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Prince (Le Prince)
In her debut feature, Lisa Bierwirth takes an unflinching look at the complicated implications of love between a white German Woman and a Congolese immigrant - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Somewhere over the Chemtrails (Kdyby Radsi Horelo)
Small town is intoxicated with racism and puffy conspiracy theories, in this satirical comedy from the Czech Republic - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Medium
Captivating observation of sexual awakening beneath the scorching Greek sun unpicks our emotional and intellectual baggage - watch it for free this December only with ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

A Real Pain
Two Americans take a long journey in order to reconnect with their heritage, until a Holocaust tour group throws them off-piste - on all major VoD platforms on Monday, March 17th [Read More...]

Never Too Late
Chinese octogenarian surprises everyone by announcing her intention to divorce in a documentary that balances old with new - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Imminent Age (L’Edat Imminent)
A grandson tries to cling to the only family he knows in this quiet but affecting Spanish drama about ageing - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Brutalist
Image and sound are brilliantly interwoven in the real-life story of architect László Tóth, before the film succumbs to indulgence and hubris - in cinemas on Friday, January 24th [Read More...]

Boys Go to Jupiter
Julian Glander’s musical Day-Glo 3D animation shows a Floridian adolescent boy’s weird rites of passage in an America less materialist than it seems - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

I, the Song
Extraordinary doppelgänger drama from Bhutan blends devices from Hitchcock's Vertigo, Psycho and (possibly fake?) revenge porn - from the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Carole & Grey
TikTok movie challenges the old frame ratio orthodoxy, while also diffusing instant gratification and maximum sensory overload with its black-and-white colour palette - from the 24th edition of REC Tarragona [Read More...]

Sun Never Again (Sunce Nikad Više)
Art, narrative and politics are threaded together in this deeply humanistic and captivating Serbian film - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Lotus
Full-blooded arthouse film about cinema and propaganda revels in the contradictions of what a movie can be - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Weeping Walk (Waarom Wettelen)
A funeral procession takes an unplanned walk across the countryside, in a sensitive and reflective drama evoking the literary form - from Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Corina
Mexican woman breaks away from her tight bubble, in this charming and energetic tale of empathy and compassion - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Dreaming of Lions (Sonhar com Leões)
Terminal cancer patient fails in her repeated attempts at taking her own life, in this dark and yet profound comedy about euthanasia - from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Hani
Fourteen-year-old in a remote Chinese mountain village needs the money for the dowry of his beloved 12-year-old wife-to-be – from the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

All The Men I Met But Never Dated
Closeted queer Pakistani finds tender loving in the gym, in a short movie with a taste of more to come - from the Woodstock Film Festival [Read More...]

Two of Me (Mind on Kaks)
Filmmaking twins from Estonia dare to dream big and to turn their aspirations into reality, in this piece of meta-cinema - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Mousetrap
Ukrainian soldier gets trapped with a mouse inside an underground shaft, in this very lame allegory of war - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Protected Men (Die Geschützten Männer)
Can you imagine a society entirely ruled by women? German filmmaker Irene von Alberti did just that, in her biting satire of gender roles - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Brothers Kitaura
A 40-year-old accidentally kills his father, then enlists his brother to dispose of the body, in this greasy Japanese thriller of sorts - won Best Film in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Memory Boom
Xenia Glen’s experimental film essay traces the cluttered memories of an old man whose mind is in collapse - from the 24th REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Can I Get a Witness?
In the near future, humans must die at the age of 50 in order to help our planet and our people to cope with multiple challenges - arthouse sci-fi is in cinemas on Friday, September 19th [Read More...]

Silent City Driver
Former inmate and hearse driver finds a refreshing sense of purpose in the company of a Buddhist monk and a solitary young woman - Mongolian drama is in the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Moor (Mavr)
Kazakh mercenary returns from war to the big city to in order to rescue his in-laws, in Adilkhan Yerzhanov's new action movie (with a very peculiar genre approach) - from the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Watchman (Le Veilleur)
Chinese parents brace themselves for the next stage of their lives as their only child packs up for a solitary adventure - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

No Dogs Allowed (Koertele Keelatud)
Teen establishes a genuine friendship with a much older paedophile, in this tough German film about judgment errors and self-made prisons - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Southern Chronicles
Aspiring rugby player discovers his writing talent after falling for a literature-loving, middle-class girl - Ignas Miskinis’s impressive feature shows at Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Black Velvet
An aspiring director loses her compass while desperately trying to make her first movie become reality - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Johatsu
A woman checking bodies in the morgue is convinced that one corpse has been registered under a false name - Lithuanian crime thriller is in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]