Zhandos, a beloved music teacher in a small Kazakh town, sees his chance to escape when a nostalgic patron unexpectedly comes along. In New Directors Competition.
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‘Mugalim’ San Sebastian Review: A Humanist Tribute To Small-Town Teachers
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‘Krux’ San Sebastian Review: The Terrifying Power of Fear
In the final days of World War II, a German village gripped by fear prepares for an invasion that may be worse than defeat. Screening in TIFF and San Sebastian film festivals.
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‘5 More Minutes’ San Sebastian Review: Javier Ruiz Caldera Sends Berto Romero And Belén Cuesta Into A Repetitive Five-Minute Time Loop
A married couple in crisis decides to spend a weekend at a remote country house. There they meet an agent from the rental agency, who hands over the keys. But before he can leave them on their own, something very strange happens: time rolls back five minutes. Starring Berto Romero, Belén Cuesta and Javier Cámara.
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‘Will You Still Be My Friend’ San Sebastian Review: Lu Po-shun’s Delicate Coming-Of-Age Tale Shows How A Village Land Dispute Strains The Bond Between Two Teenage Boys
In a southern Taiwanese village, a land deal for solar panels pits two families against each other and threatens their sons’ close friendship. In San Sebastian’s New Directors section.
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‘Pedro in the Land’ San Sebastian Review: Benjamín Naishtat And María Alché Trace Argentina’s Peronist Resistance Through A Son’s Memories
Letters and a son’s memories revive the lives of Argentine resistance couple Alicia Eguren and John William Cooke after the 1955 coup. The documentary opens the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section.
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‘Bucking Fastard’ Festival Review: The Mara Sisters Perform A Feat Of Synchronized Acting In Werner Herzog’s Surrealist Fable
Two inseparable Irish sisters who speak in unison stand trial for attacking the man they both loved, then set off searching for paradise. Starring Kate and Rooney Mara.
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‘The World Before’ Festival Review: A Tender Portrait of Adolescence and First Love
A 17-year-old girl spends a summer with her childhood friend, gradually confronting the confusing emotions that emerge when friendship becomes something more. At Toronto and San Sebastian film festivals.
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‘Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?’ MUBI Review: Jarvis Cocker Looks Back as the Band Plays On
Jarvis Cocker narrates Pulp’s history while a 2025 London concert brings classic songs, old memories and the band’s latest chapter together. Streaming on MUBI from September 25.
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‘MobLand – Season 2’ Paramount+ Review: An English Crime Family Battles New Enemies and Old Conflicts
The Harrigans face new enemies and deeper divisions as their violent family empire becomes increasingly difficult for Harry to keep together. On Paramount+ from September 18.
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‘Cathedrals’ Prime Video Review: Two Timelines, One Dead Girl, And A Family Built On Silence
Thirty years after an unsolved murder in Santiago de Chile, a family pieces together the case and uncovers a forbidden relationship and a brutal truth.



