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New Cinema, New Stories
12th Edition
Four days of new films from South Asia, West Asia, and North Africa — with the filmmakers right there in the room
Director: Ali Asgari
Running Time: 87’
Country: Iran, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Türkiye
Main Cast: Misagh Zareh, Sadaf Asgari, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Ramtin Daghigh, Mina Rahimzadeh
Log line:After being arrested and having his medical practice shut down, an Iranian doctor loses faith in the future and resolves to end his life - but one final day among his family begins to unsettle his decision.
Title: The Difficult Bride
Director: Rubaiyat Hossain (Made in Bangladesh)
Production: François D’Artemare / Les Films de l’Après-Midi (FR)
Co-production: Khona Talkies (BD), Midas Filmes (PT), Tandem Production (DE), Barentsfilm (NO)
Phase: Post-production
In Dhaka, Zaineen prepares for her wedding following beauty rituals and family expectations. However, her body reacts in an unexpected and disturbing way. Amongst home remedies, social pressures, and haunting visions, the path to marriage becomes a physical and psychological struggle against what is imposed on her, until her body itself seems to take its own direction.
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Director: Sarmad Ali Sultan
Pakistan
In Lali, a couple caught between love and destiny navigates desires, superstitions, and fears as the living and the dead coexist in a restless world filled with dark humour.
2023
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