Director: Rusudan Glurjidze

Screenplay: Anonymus & Rusudan Glurijdze

Producer: Zurab Magalashvili, Manana Shevardnadze,Andrey Epifanov, Tanya Petrik, Jussi Myllyniemi, Uschi Feldges

DOP: Gorka Gomez Andreu

Music: Gia Kancheli

Country: Georgia, Finland, Switzerland, Germany

Year: 2024

Cast: Salome Demuria, Sergey Dreiden, Vladimir Daushvili.

Synopsis: In Russia, at the time of the cruel and illegal mass deportation campaign of Georgians. A young Georgian woman, Medea, whorecently sold her house in Georgia, goes to view an apartment in St. Petersburg’s historic center. It is on sale for a very lowprice, but it comes together with its owner, an old man named Vadim Vadimich. Medea is pleased with everything, even theprospect of having an old man as a flatmate doesn’t scare her. She is ready to move in immediately and start a new life butshould have a month-long probation period.

Director: Matthias Glasner

Screenplay: Matthias Glasner

Producer: Jan Krüger, Ulf Israel, Matthias Glasner

DOP: Jakub Bejnarowicz

Music: Lorenz Dangel

Country: Germany

Year: 2024

Cast: Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Lilith Stangenberg, Ronald Zehrfeld, Robert Gwisdek, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Saskia Rosendahl, Anna Bederke.

Synopsis: The Lunies family hasn’t been a family for a long time. Lissy is quietly relieved that her husband Gerd is in a care home, but her own health is failing. Their son Tom, a conductor, works on a composition called Dying, while his sister Ellen begins an affair with a married man. As death enters their lives, the estranged family is forced to come together again.

Director: Leonardo Mouramateus

Screenplay: Leonardo Mouramateus

Producer: Mayra Lucas, Paulo Serpa, Andy Malafaia, Caroline Louise, Pandora da Cunha Telles, Pablo Iraola

DOP: Leonardo Simões

Music: Fernando Pereira Lopes

Country: Brazil, Portugal

Year: 2024

Cast: Amandyra, Dipas, Mauro Soares, Anna Leticya Gomes, Faela Maya, Isabél Zuaa, Luara Learth, Lucas Galvino

Synopsis: Greice is a young Brazilian woman studying and working in Lisbon. One day, while at work, she meets Alfonso, sparking a series of events that ultimately lead her back to her native Ceará. In his third feature film, Leonardo Mouramateus skillfully intertwines themes of fabulation and mirrors, all set against the backdrop of the imaginary border that both unites (and separates) Brazil and Portugal. With sharp dialogue delivered by a captivating cast, the film navigates complex themes of identity with a sense of lightness and charm, particularly regarding social and gender relations. (E.V.)

Director: Lilja Ingolfsdottir

Screenplay: Lilja Ingolfsdottir

Producer: Thomas Robsahm

DOP: Øystein Mamen

Country: Norway

Year: 2024

Cast: Helga Guren, Oddgeir Thune, Heidi Gjermundsen Broch, Marte Solem

Synopsis: Maria struggles to balance motherhood and a demanding career while her husband, Sigmund, frequently travels for work. As their marriage begins to unravel, Sigmund asks for a divorce, forcing Maria to confront her deepest fears, past experiences, and destructive patterns. Through this crisis, she begins a journey of self-discovery and a deeper understanding of herself.

Director: George Sikharulidze

Screenplay: George Sikharulidze

Producer: Vladimer Katcharava, Olivier Chantriaux, Luca Cabriolu, Anamaria Antoci, Andrea Di Blasio

DOP: Oleg Mutu

Music: Chiara Costanza

Country: Georgia, France, Italy, Romania

Year: 2024

Cast: Data Chichua, Ia Sukhitashvili, Malkhas Abuladze, Vakhtang Kedeladze

Synopsis: When Sandro’s father decides to devote his existence to God and leaves for a monastery, the teenage introvert finds himself deprived of the fundamental certainties of life. Abandoned by his father and his mother, who is working abroad, the young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery, opening up both to a new friendship with the radical Lasha, who has ties with an ultra-right organization, and also to the chance to explore his own sexuality.

Director: Roman Bondarchuk

Screenplay: Dar’ya Averchenko, Alla Tyutyunnyk, Roman Bondarchuk

Producer: Dar’ya Averchenko, Darya Bassel

DOP: Vadym Ilkov

Music: Anton Baibakov

Country: Ukraine, Germany, Slovakia, Czechia

Year: 2024

Cast: Dmytro Bahnenko, Zhanna Ozirna, Rymma Ziubina, Andrii Kyrylchu, Oleksandr Shmal, Vasyl Kukharskyi, Maksym Kurochkin, Oleksandr Hannochenko, Serhii Ivanov, Serhiy Stepansky

Synopsis: Young biologist Yura actually leads a quiet provincial life with his job at the Natural History Museum. He’s still living at home with his mother – if only her pompous admirer wouldn’t annoy him with his readings from “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”. In search of the marmot, a creature thought extinct on the Southern Ukrainian steppe, Yura is witness to arson. Trying to draw public attention to the injustice, he unexpectedly ends up on a sensationalist local news portal, and is drawn ever deeper into the absurd entanglements of a network that no one is really interested in unravelling.

Director: Robert Glinski

Screenplay: Andrzej Gołda

Producer: Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych producers: Zbigniew Domagalski, Włodzimierz Niderhaus

DOP: Adam Bajerski PSC

Music: Zygmunt Konieczny

Country: Poland

Year: 2023

Cast: Marianna Zydek, Mateusz Więcławek, Zuzanna Lit, Zbigniew Stryj, Adrian Brząkała

Synopsis: A psychological portrait of Budny, a Security Service officer who was keeping Karol Wojtyła under surveillance for twenty years. A particular bond starts to form between Budny and the bishop, unaware of his existence (they never met face to face): a one-sided, obsessive and pathological bond.

Director: Manijeh Hekma

Screenplay: Manijeh Hekmat, Mehrave Ferdosi

Producer: Manijeh Hekmat, Mahshid Ahangarani Farahani

DOP: Mohammad Reza Janpanah

Music: Heydar Sajedi

Country: Iran

Year: 2023

Cast: Behdokht Valian, Mohammad Valizadegan, Reza Koolagahni, Raja Jafari, Jahan Yaghoubi, Yamna Hosseinzadeh

Synopsis: A couple is destined to build up their life in the heart of a waste depot in the heart of Iranian north forests. They begin todo different things with the objects they find and to make friends with the other people… but what remains of the peoplewho are determined to fight their nature? Despite their obstacles – they share a deep love and caring for each other.

Director: Vuslat Saraçoğlu

Screenplay: Vuslat Saraçoğlu

Producer: Vuslat Saraçoğlu, Production Co. - Streç Film Yapım

DOP: Meryem Yavuz

Music: İbrahim Erkal

Country: Turkey

Year: 2023

Cast: Serdar Orçin, Alican Yücesoy, Hazal Türesan, Ozan Çelik, Ünal Yeter, Elif Neva Özhan, Ahmet Sarp Keşkek

Synopsis: Three siblings, different in mentality and lifestyle: Tahsin, Yasin and Remziye. The mysterious death of their father brings them together in Tokat, the town where they were born. During their time in Tokat, they grow close to each other, sometimes in a warm relationship, sometimes in a tense one. Sometimes one to two alliances are formed. The intricate structure of sibling relationships is experienced in all aspects. They realize that they remember their shared past differently. Nothing is as any of them knows it to be.

Director: Lukas Moodysson

Screenplay: Lukas Moodysson

Producer: Lars Jönsson, Anna Carlsten

DOP: Ellinor Hallin

Country: Sweden, Denmark

Year: 2023

Cast: Gustaf Hammarsten, Shanti Roney, Anja Lundqvist, Jessica Liedberg, Olle Sarri, Cecilia Frode, Lars Frode, Lisa Lindgren, David Dencik, Jonas Karlsson…

Director: Elene Tavadze

Screenplay: Sofio Chincharauli, Elene Tavadze

Producer: Sofio Chincharauli

DOP: Bakar Sharashenidze

Music: Irakli Margishvili

Country: Georgia

Year: 2024

Cast: Ana Khopheria, Irakli Margishvili

Synopsis: The film is based on a real story of poetic love. Who is Elene Dariani, a mystification by poet Paolo Iashvili or a woman who found herself in his shadow? Even today, this question remains a topic of discussion in Georgia.

Director: Levan Birkadze, Tanne Sommer

Screenplay: Levan Birkadze, Tanne Sommer

Producer: Levan Birkadze

DOP: Nikita Aniskin

Country: Georgia

Year: 2024

Cast: Taso Ugulava, Ivane Gvaradzde, Ruben Rojas Cuauhtemoc

Synopsis: The shoemaker mixes up the client's shoe bags and rushes to the real owner - the girl he falls in love with

Director: Goga Antidze

Screenplay: Goga Antidze, Mari Beqauri

Producer: Nika Abramishvili

DOP: Lomer Akhvlediani

Music: Hamatsuki, Betkho(title music)

Country: Georgia

Year: 2023

Cast: Temo Goginava, Rezo Koghoshvili,Nika Antadze, Mzia Gvasalia, Shalva Kaishauri, Sese Miqava,Givi Gulbatashvili,Vakho Davitashvili.

Synopsis: In a cramped apartment, a lifeless figure sprawls in the living room—the woman who was more than just a mother, but a maternal force, an unwavering anchor for Dato and Soso. Her sudden departure leaves the brothers adrift, They have no idea how to live.

Director: Matteo Garrone

Screenplay: Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini, Andrea Tagliaferri

Producer: Dimitri Capuani

DOP: Paolo Carnera

Music: Andrea Farri

Country: Italy, Belgium, France

Year: 2023

Cast: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawagodo,Hichem Yacoubi, Doodou Sagna, Khady Sy, Bamar Kane, Cheick Oumar Diaw

Synopsis: Io Capitano tells the story of the adventurous journey of Seydou and Moussa, two young men who leave Dakar tomake their way to Europe. A contemporary Odyssey through the dangers of the desert, the horrors of thedetention centers in Libya and the perils of the sea.

Director: Alice Rohrwacher

Screenplay: Alice Rohrwacher

Producer: Production manager - Alessandro Stella, Companies: tempesta, Ad Vitam, Amka Films Production, RAI CINEMA

DOP: Hélène Louvart

Country: Italy, France, Switzerland

Year: 2023

Cast: Josh O'Connor, Isabella Rossellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato

Synopsis: Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For the band of tombaroli, thieves of ancient grave goods and archaeological wonders, the Chimera means redemption from work and the dream of easy wealth. For Arthur, the Chimera looks like the woman he lost, Beniamina. To find her, Arthur challenges the invisible, searches everywhere, goes inside the earth – in search of the door to the afterlife of which myths speak. In an adventurous journey between the living and the dead, between forests and cities, between celebrations and solitudes, the intertwined destinies of these characters unfold, all in search of the Chimera.

Director: DK Welchman (aka Kobiela), Hugh Welchman

Screenplay: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman

Producer: Breakthru Films

DOP: Radosław Ładczuk, Kamil Polak, Szymon Kuriata

Music: Łukasz „L.U.C.” Rostkowski

Country: Poland, Serbia, Lithuania

Year: 2023

Cast: Kamila Urzędowska, Robert Gulaczyk, Mirosław Baka, Sonia Mietielica, Ewa Kasprzyk, Cezary Łukaszewicz, Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Dorota Stalińska, Andrzej Konopka, Mateusz Rusin, and Maciej Musiał.

Synopsis: The Peasants tells the story of Jagna, a young woman determined to forge her own path within the confines of a late 19th century Polish village – a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by pride in their land, adherence to colourful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy. When Jagna finds herself caught between the conflicting desires of the village’s richest farmer, his eldest son, and other leading men of the community, her resistance puts her on a tragic collision course with the community around her.

Director: Sergei Parajanov

Screenplay: Daniel Chonqadze, Vaja Gigashvili

Producer: Khuta Gogiladze, M. Simksayev

DOP: Yury Klimenko, Sergo Sikharulidze

Country: Georgia

Year: 1985

Cast: Veriko Andjaparidze Dudukhana Tserodze Dodo Abashidze Sofiko Chiaureli Zura Kipshidze Levan Uchaneishvili Tamari Tsitsishvili Leila Alibegashvili Mzia Arabuli Paata Baratashvili Gia Burjanadze Maia Abaishvili G. Ambartsumov L. Arzhanov T. Arzhanov

Synopsis: Based on a legend that tells of the repeated efforts of the Georgian people to construct a fortress against invaders. The fortress continues to collapse until a fortune-teller recalls a prophecy: a handsome young man must be walled inside alive in order for the building to stand.

Director: Tengiz Abuladze

Screenplay: Tengiz Abuladze Tevaz Inanishvili

Producer: Rezo Kveselava, Nino Natroshvili

DOP: Lomer Akhvlediani, Kukuri Gvasalia

Music: Yakov Bobokhidze, Bidzina Kvernadze

Country: Georgia

Year: 1976

Cast: Lika Kavzharadze, Soso Jachvliani, Zaza Kolelishvili, Sesilia Takaishvili, Sofiko Chiaureli, Erosi Manjgaladze, Otar Megvinetukhutsesi, Ramaz Chkhikvadze etc.

Synopsis: Marita arrives at a small village in Georgia to live with her aunt. She meets a poor young lad, Gedia, and falls in love with him. But her relatives are determined to marry the girl off to a local rich man…

Director: Otar Iosseliani

Screenplay: Otar Iosseliani, Dimitri Erista,i Ilya Nusinov Sh. Kakichashvili, Otar Mekhrishvili

DOP: Abessalom Maisuradze

Music: Temur Bakuradze

Country: Georgia

Year: 1970

Cast: Gela Kandelak, Gogi Chkheidze, Jansug Kakhidze, Irine Jandieri, Chito Landia, Robert Sturua, Gogi Margvelashvili, Zurab Nizharadze, Kakhi Kavsadze, Boris Tsifuria, Merab Kokochashvili, Gogi Kharabadze, etc.

Synopsis: Gia, the orchestra player of the opera house, is, at first glance, a talented, charming and business man - he knows a lot of people, tries to help everyone, is always in a hurry somewhere, promises something to someone - brothers, girls, old people, guests, strangers or acquaintances, but he leaves no trace anywhere. It does not create anything important. The life of a frivolous young man is wasted in trifles, neither benefiting himself nor others. Gia's death is as senseless as every minute she spends.