A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, Nouvelle Vague reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration of the youthful rebellion and creative chaos that shaped the French New Wave.

A moment of defiance in the West Bank opens a quiet reflection on inherited resilience, as one Palestinian family’s past—from the Nakba to today—casts a long shadow over the present. 

A young woman finds her voice through the written word and her salvation as a swimmer — ultimately becoming a triumphant teacher, mother and a singular modern writer.

In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake Saddam Hussein's birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.

Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city’s magnitude and their father’s daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home.

Schroeter’s first feature unfolds like a fevered collage of opera and cinematic dream, as performers move, lip-syncing tragically, in drag, through industrial and domestic spaces. 

Lana Daher’s archival essay film is a personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory that spans 70 years of film, television, home movies and photography.