Welcome to America: Where dreams come true … ish. A provocative spin on the traditional romantic comedy, “…
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Schoolteacher Emi (Katia Pascariu) finds her career and reputation under threat by her peers and the…
In this gripping revenge thriller — executive-produced by Darren Aronofsky (“The Wrestler,” “Black Swan…
How far would a mother go to change her child’s fate? When Lan (Zhu Zhu, “Cloud Atlas”) learns that her 9-…
Daphne Wilco, actor and self-empowered social-justice warrior, wreaks havoc on a production of Euripides…
“A Fire Within” documents a U.S. court case brought by a trio of Ethiopian women against the man who…
Set in contemporary Paris, “France” — the latest from SLIFF alum Bruno Dumont (“Slack Bay,” “The Life of…
As her roommate Lisa prepares to move out of their apartment, Mara contemplates the end of an era.…
When Roxanne (Lidia Vitale), a gruff, middle-age pipe-organ restorer, begins working with her new 20-year-…
In the searing drama “Hive,” Fahrije lives with fading hope and burgeoning grief since her husband went…
Based on real events, ‘Huda’s Salon’ — directed by two-time SLIFF alum Hany Abbu-Assad (“Omar,” “Rana’s…
With “In Front of Your Face,” prolific South Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo suggests that perhaps the most…
“Julia” — directed by Julie Cohen and Betty West, who also helmed the Oscar-nominated “RBG” — brings to…
In “My So-Called Selfish Life,” filmmaker Therese Shechter examines an oft-undiscussed social taboo: women…
When Alex Dall (Isabelle Fuhrman, “Orphan”), a queer college freshman, joins her university’s rowing team…
Although set in McAllen, at Texas’ southern tip in the Rio Grande Valley, the film doesn’t deal with…
In “Paris, 13th District” — which debuted at Cannes — three girls and a boy become friends, sometimes…
In the lively French comedy “Perfumes,” Anne Walberg (Emmanuelle Devos) is a celebrity in the world of…
In “Petite Maman,” Céline Sciamma’s follow-up to her critically lauded “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” 8-…
In 2017, the Vocal Vidas, an all-female Cuban quartet, were invited to perform their first show in America…
In “Twenty Pearls” — deftly narrated by Phylicia Rashad — two-time SLIFF alum Deborah Riley Draper (“…
As Amber (Devin Dunne Cannon) braves life after divorce, the young mother must challenge herself to take…
Spin the “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” and discover an unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction, and…
The 24th feature from Hong Sangsoo, “The Woman Who Ran” follows Gamhee (Kim Minhee), who has three…
The third film (with “Reprise” and “Oslo, August 31st”) in Joachim Trier’s unofficial Oslo trilogy, the…