Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
152 min
When Samuel (Samuel Theis) falls to his death in a remote town in the French Alps, his wife Sandra (Sandra Hüller, 2006 HIFF Rising Star) becomes the main suspect and their young son Daniel (Milo Machado Graner) is the only witness.
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Directed By Justine Triet
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
101 min
US Premiere
Nestled amongst the falling feathers of a chicken factory in industrial North Wales—and featuring the perennially uplifting music of Neil Diamond, Janis Ian, and Minnie Riperton—CHUCK CHUCK BABY follows Helen (Louise Brealey), a thirty-something woman packaging poultry by night and caring for her dying ex-mother-in-law by day.…
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Directed By Janis Pugh
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
105 min
Directed by Academy Award® winner Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (DRIVE MY CAR, HIFF 2021), EVIL DOES NOT EXIST is an empathetic, simmering slow burn. In the rural Japanese village where Takumi (Hitoshi Omika) and his young daughter live, tensions rise when two agents arrive with plans to build a glamping site for tourists. As villagers…
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Directed By Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
81 min
Masterful Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (LE HAVRE, THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE) returns with a timeless and hopeful love story about two lonely souls who meet by chance and find a path to happiness. Their journey is filled with life's natural obstacles big and small, including alcoholism, lost phone numbers, and not knowing each…
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Directed By Aki Kaurismäki
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
90 min
Native American hustler Jax (Lily Gladstone, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON) searches tirelessly for her missing sister while caring for her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson). When child services places Roki under the care of her white grandparents (Shea Whigham, Audrey Wasilewski), Jax and Roki run away together in hopes of…
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Directed By Erica Tremblay
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
147 min
Three-time Academy Award® nominee Agnieszka Holland's (THE SECRET GARDEN, EUROPA EUROPA) eye-opening new feature immerses audiences in the dangers faced by asylum seekers along European borders while reflecting the moral choices that fall to ordinary people every day. Set in the treacherous forests that make up the so-called…
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Directed By Agnieszka Holland
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
133 min
In 1980s Tuscany, Arthur (Emmy Award® winner Josh O’Connor, ''The Crown'') leads a band of tombaroli, thieves of ancient Etruscan relics and archaeological wonders, while also searching for Beniamina (Yile Yara Vianello), the woman he has lost. To find her, he must go inside the earth in search of the door to the mythological…
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Directed By Alice Rohrwacher
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
126 min
US Premiere
When young Minato (Kurokawa Soya) starts to behave strangely, his mother Saori (Ando Sakura) searches for an explanation. She demands answers from her son’s school, and in the process unwittingly discovers an unexpected dynamic between the teachers and their students. Winner of the Award for Best Screenplay at this year’s…
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Directed By Kore-eda Hirokazu
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
125 min
Legendary Academy Award®-nominated director Wim Wenders (PARIS, TEXAS; WINGS OF DESIRE) returns to HIFF with his latest poetic meditation on everyday beauty, following Hirayama (Koji Yakusho), a toilet cleaner living a restrained, structured life in Tokyo. His quiet routine—guided by his appreciation for music, books, and the…
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Directed By Wim Wenders
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
127 min
In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, frustrated teacher Sergio (Eugenio Derbez, CODA) experiments with inventive new methods to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity and potential. Based on a true story, RADICAL is a playful and honest look at how children can discover…
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Directed By Christopher Zalla
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
103 min
In the bright and bustling world of 1980s New York City, a lonely dog living in Manhattan builds himself a robot as a companion. Their bond soon grows into a beautiful friendship, until one summer night when they become separated at the beach. In his animation debut, award-winning Spanish director Pablo Berger tells a…
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Directed By Pablo Berger
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
144 min
North American Premiere
In 1972, an Uruguayan rugby team’s charter flight to a tournament in Chile crashes into the heart of the Andes. Trapped in one of the most hostile and inaccessible environments on the planet, and forced to resort to extreme measures, those who survive the crash itself are faced with agonizing decisions...
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Directed By J.A. Bayona
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
114 min
US Premiere
Simultaneously lush and harrowing, THE PEASANTS is the latest accomplishment from DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman, the visionary directors of the Academy Award®-nominated LOVING VINCENT. Through meticulously hand-painted animation, the film introduces Jagna (Kamila Urzędowska), a young Polish woman determined to forge her path…
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Directed By DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
106 min
East Coast Premiere
Punctuated by a bright color palette, snappy comedic relief, and vibrant dance numbers, Sundance award-winner THE PERSIAN VERSION tells the story of Iranian-American Leila (Layla Mohammadi), who navigates her relationships at arm’s length in an effort to balance her opposing cultures. When her family reunites for her father’s…
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Directed By Maryam Keshavarz
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
127 min
East Coast Premiere
In 1755 Denmark, the impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen (a formidable Mads Mikkelsen) receives a seemingly impossible assignment from the King: cultivate valuable crops in a vast, uninhabitable land in exchange for a royal name he desperately desires. Upon his arrival, he finds a merciless adversary in Frederik De Schinkel…
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Directed By Nikolaj Arcel
