Spain's official submission to the 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film. Having tended their Catalonian peach farm for generations, the Solé family are informed that they must vacate by the end of summer, threatening the very fabric of their family in this lyrical second feature from Carla Simón, winner of the Golden Bear Award at the 2022 Berlinale.

After a life of towing the line as a bourgeois housewife in 70’s Chile, Carmen’s world is rocked when she’s asked to nurse a wounded rebel back to health, opening her up to certain danger in this tense and unforgettable thriller from director Manuela Martelli.

Director Celina Escher Attending

After serving ten years behind bars for her miscarriage, considered by her government to be an act of aggravated murder, Teodora Vásquez becomes a spokesperson for the other 16 Salvadoran women behind bars for the same “crime” in this story of sorority, resilience, and solidarity.

Actress Arcelia Ramírez Attending 10/16 Screening

When a young woman goes missing and a paid ransom fails to bring her back, single mother Cielo sets out to retrieve her daughter by any means necessary, taking her into a nightmarish world in this powerful indictment directed by Teodora Ana Mihai.

Composer Arán Calleja Attending

A lively, buoyant portrait of legendary singer/songwriter Heloïsa Buarque de Hollanda, a.k.a. Miúcha, who was taught to sing by the legendary Vinicius de Moraes, was Chico Buarque’s sister, the longtime partner of fellow legend Joao Gilberto and forever the self-made Voice of Bossa Nova.

International Premiere

Screens before My Imaginary Country

Socorro do Burajuba is a community leader and president of the Association of Caboclos, Indigenous and Quilombolas of the Amazon. Since 2016, she has been denouncing the contamination of rivers in the quilombola community Burajuba, a region considered an environmental and social "sacrifice zone" due to the intensity and violence of mineral exploration.

Screens before Sublime

In the Amazon, Sol faces loneliness and neediness after the end of an abusive relationship, while in the Atacama Desert a Shadow seeks independence but slowly starts to disappear.