Old Guy: Directed by Simon West. With Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu, Cooper Hoffman, Karishma Navekar. Follows a contract killer facing the end of his career who is thrilled when The Company pulls him back into the field training Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg, a prodigy assassin with an attitude.
From Within: Directed by Matías Xavier Rispau. With Magui Bravi, Matías Desiderio, Alejandro Fiore, Germán Baudino. Sofia is an ex-professional runner who ends up working as a mule for a drug cartel. When she and her best friend are ambushed by two corrupt cops who want to kill them and take the drugs, hell will break lose when they find out what they were carrying is not of this world. Now it’s up to Doc, a cartel sicario and Sofia’s lover, to save their lives.
Nouvelle Vague: Directed by Richard Linklater. With Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin, Adrien Rouyard. After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, young Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He gets Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, creating a treatment with Truffaut about a gangster couple.
Wolfgang (extraordinari): Directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera. With Miki Esparbé, Jordi Catalán, Àngels Gonyalons, Anna Castillo. Wolfgang, a ten-year-old boy with an IQ of 152 and autism spectrum disorder, is forced to live with his father Carles, whom he has never seen, after the sudden death of his mother.
Train Dreams: Directed by Clint Bentley. With Joel Edgerton, Clifton Collins Jr., Felicity Jones, Alfred Hsing. Based on Denis Johnson’s beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.
Kiss: Directed by Sathish Krishnan, PA Shanmugam. With Vijay Sethupathi, Mysskin, Kavin, Preethi Asrani.
There Was, There Was Not: Directed by Emily Mkrtichian. Four women of Artsakh face war’s aftermath, build lives amid uncertainty until another war interrupts; some take arms, others flee as homeland faces ethnic cleansing and erasure.
Agak Laen: Menyala Pantiku!: Directed by Muhadkly Acho. With Tissa Biani Azzahra, Tika Panggabean, Kristo Immanuel, Bene Dion Rajagukguk.
Pfau – Bin ich echt?: Directed by Bernhard Wenger. With Albrecht Schuch, Anton Noori, Julia Franz Richter, Salka Weber. Matthias masters impersonating roles for hire: cultured boyfriend, perfect son, sparring partner. Professionally adept at pretending daily, his true challenge lies in being himself.
