The new film by the Mexican director of ‘Duck Season’ captures the everyday struggles of a New Mexico family with warmth, irony, and a positive view of human resilience.

Set in Macau, this tale of a compulsive gambler trades emotional truth for operatic visuals, leaving Colin Farrell to carry a film that never quite comes alive.

Zhao Xiaohong plays herself in Qin Xiaoyu’s understated drama about life after prison, motherhood, and survival in modern China.

Mixing real audio recordings with dramatized reconstructions, Kaouther Ben Hania’s film —winner of the Jury Grand Prix in Venice—transforms a child’s desperate calls from Gaza into a haunting cinematic testimony.

A pitch-black comedy where conspiracy theorists and corporate elites collide, «Bugonia» turns a kidnapping plot into a claustrophobic battle for the fate of the planet.

Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu aims for a family thriller, but the result is a credibility-straining mix of weak dialogue and unbearable characters.

Set in a Danish wellness camp, Emilie Thalund’s film portrays a teenager’s awakening with a mix of tenderness and unease, confronting the fragility of adolescence and adult responsibility.

François Ozon takes on the ultimate challenge: translating Meursault’s enigmatic indifference from page to screen, crafting a faithful and unsettling adaptation of Albert Camus’s famous 1942 novel.

At 17, Ainara believes she hears God’s voice and wants to join a cloistered convent. Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s film captures her determination with humor, mystery, and empathy, refusing to judge whether faith is delusion or destiny.

The French director adapts Bernard-Marie Koltès’s ‘Black Battles with Dogs’ into a desert standoff between a foreman (Matt Dillon) and a local man (Isaach de Bankolé) demanding his brother’s body. What might have worked on stage plays out on screen as a repetitive duel that drains rather than deepens the conflict.