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- DirectorBabak PayamiStarsHamed EsmaelionBabak PayamiChronicles Canadian-Iranian dentist Hamed Esmaelion's quest for justice in the aftermath of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, shot down in 2020 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
- DirectorKaren KnoxStarsEllie MoonRebecca NorthanLeah DozRosy, who aged out of foster care, sets out to find the love of a parent figure online.
- DirectorCharlotte WellsStarsPaul MescalFrankie CorioCelia Rowlson-HallSophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't...
- DirectorMary NighyStarsAnna KendrickKaniehtiio HornCharlie CarrickA young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes the unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.
- DirectorLaura PoitrasStarsNan GoldinDavid VelascoMegan KaplerFollows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.
- DirectorFazila AmiriStarsAryana SayeedZahra ElhamSadiqa MadadgarUnder the mentorship of controversial pop star Aryana Sayeed, two young singers vie to become the first-ever female winners of Afghan Star. As their dreams are within grasp, their lives are changed when the Taliban returns to power.
- DirectorLéa Clermont-DionGuylaine MaroistStarsLaura BoldriniGlen CanningKiah MorrisA look at the effects of online misogyny and hatred directed at women.
- DirectorGuðmundur Arnar GuðmundssonStarsBirgir Dagur BjarkasonÁskell Einar PálmasonViktor Benóný BenediktssonAddi, a gifted boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. Left to their own devices, the boys discover aggression, violence, loyalty, and love.
- DirectorTrevor AndersonStarsVaughan MurraeDominic LippaLacey Oake1987: While the other students wonder if new kid Robin is a boy or a girl, Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in.
- DirectorHubert DavisStarsP.K. SubbanMarcel AlbersBlack Ice exposes a history of racism in hockey through the untold stories of Black hockey players, both past and present, in a predominantly white sport.
- DirectorDel Kathryn BartonStarsSimon BakerMorgan DaviesYael StoneAfter accidentally witnessing a violent crime, a young girl is left catatonic with shock, and struggles to make sense of what she saw, ultimately finding renewal in the inestimable world of her own imagination.
- DirectorMaryam TouzaniStarsLubna AzabalSaleh BakriAyoub MissiouiA middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
- DirectorMarie ClementsStarsGrace DovePhillip Forest LewitskiRémy GirardCree code talker Aline Spears survives her traumatic past in Canada's residential school system to continue her family's generational fight against systemic starvation, racism and sexual abuse.
- DirectorMadison ThomasStarsBuffy Sainte-MarieJayli WolfAn in-depth look at the life of the activist and musician, with archival material never seen before, with present-day footage of Buffy performing and interviews with her bandmates, colleagues and herself.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsSong Kang-hoGang Dong-wonBae DoonaWhen a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption.
- DirectorClement VirgoStarsLamar JohnsonAaron PierreMarsha Stephanie BlakeSons of Caribbean immigrants, Francis and Michael face questions of masculinity, identity and family amid the pulsing beat of Toronto's early hip-hop scene.
- DirectorKim HopkinsStarsColin EgglestoneHarry NichollsJoe OgdenBradford Movie Makers is one of the oldest amateur filmmaking clubs in the world. Once a thriving community, these days the membership is dwindling and the group struggle to keep the wolf from the door.
- DirectorBradford ThomasonBrett WhitcombStarsJamie DuneierAlisa ReyesTom PuckettChronicles the journeys of broadcasters, educators and filmmakers who believed television could inspire a lifelong love of reading.
- DirectorPhyllis NagyStarsElizabeth BanksSigourney WeaverChris MessinaA married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America when she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
- DirectorRicky D'AmbroseStarsMonica BarbaroBrian d'Arcy JamesGeraldine SingerAn only child's meditative, impressionistic account of an American family's rise and fall over two decades.
- DirectorAnthony RussoJoe RussoStarsTom HollandCiara BravoJack ReynorCherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
- DirectorHenry RinconStarsÓscar AtehortúaBryan CordobaHéctor GarcíaTato is an orphan adrift, a young lover of rap, who must find his place outside the violence of his city. The presence of cleaning and social control groups spreads terror and uncertainty in his neighborhood. However, Tato along with his friends Pitu and La Crespa, seek to resist and find a different alternative to death and crime. Organized through the art of hip hop, participating in street jam battles. After clashing with gang members from his neighborhood, Tato has to run, leaving behind what defines him the most. Thus, his only option is to leave the city and live with Octavio, a grandfather, a flower grower, whom he does not know, and who wishes to inherit his countryside cultural tradition. Two generations, two ways of life, and a continuous feeling of loss, death, and loneliness rain over Tato's life in his struggle to survive and find his own identity as he transitions to the adult world.
- DirectorHa Le DiemIn the misty mountains of northern Vietnam, a Hmong teenage girl faces the challenges of growing up. In Di's traditional culture, girls marry as early as 14. But at school she learns there are alternatives.
- DirectorLukas DhontStarsEden DambrineGustav De WaeleÉmilie DequenneThe intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.
- DirectorTim StoryStarsGrace ByersJermaine FowlerMelvin GreggSeven friends go away for the weekend and end up trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. Will their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies help them stay alive? Probably not.