Feature
Past Event
Behind the Mountains
A downtrodden father literally takes flight from the strictures of society in this supernaturally tinged, Tunisia-set odyssey.
Dir.
Mohamed Ben Attia
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2023
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98 mins
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France, Tunisia, Belgium, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
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Tunisian Dialect
Feature
Past Event
Brief History of a Family
This taut, visually inventive Chinese thriller has drawn comparisons to buzzy social-class parables Saltburn and Parasite.
Dir.
Jianjie Lin
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2023
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99 mins
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France, Denmark, Qatar, China
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Mandarin
Feature
Past Event
East of Noon
This dreamlike tale of youth and resistance set in a surreal modern-day Egypt is also a stirringly beautiful ode to creative expression.
Dir.
Hala Elkoussy
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2024
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109 mins
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Netherlands, Qatar, Egypt
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Arabic
Feature
Past Event
Shambhala
The first Nepalese film to screen in competition at Berlin follows the physical and spiritual Himalayan journey of a woman on a truth-seeking mission.
Dir.
Min Bahadur Bham
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2024
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150 mins
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USA, France, Norway, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Qatar, Türkiye, Nepal
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Tibetan, Nepalese
Feature
Past Event
To a Land Unknown
Acclaimed documentarian Mahdi Fleifel makes his fiction debut with a Midnight Cowboy–inspired Palestinian refugee story.
Dir.
Mahdi Fleifel
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2024
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105 mins
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Germany, Netherlands, UK, France, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Palestine
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English, Greek, Arabic