Desert of Namibia by Japanese director Yoko Yamanaka made its world premiere at the 2024 Directors Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival where Yamanaka became the youngest female director to win the FIPRESCI award.
Foreign Language Films
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Yoko Yamanaka’s Japanese Drama Film ‘Desert of Namibia’ Opens in US Cinemas | Trailer
Desert of Namibia directed by Yoko Yamanaka (Kani Releasing)
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Snapshot – International Film Festival Rotterdam, Palm Springs Film Festival + Film Awards Announce 2026 Dates
German Heist Comedy ‘Two To One’ Starring Sandra Hüller Opens in UK Cinemas in May | Trailer
Two To One (Zwei Zu Eins) directed by Natja Brunckhorst (courtesy Tull Stories)
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Alexis Langlois’ Queer Musical Film ‘Queens of Drama’ Satirize 2000s Pop Divas | Trailer
Queens of Drama (Les reines du drame) (Altered Innocence) Set against the backdrop of the early 2000s music scene, the lesbian pop musical satire film Queens of Drama (Les reines du drame), directed by Alexis Langlois, stars Louiza Aura, Gio Ventura, Bilal Hassani (France’s Eurovision Song Contest 2019 singer), Alma Jodorowsky (Blue Is the Warmest Colour), Nana Benamer (Langlois’ shorts The Demons of Dorothy and Terror, Sisters!), Asia Argento (XXX, Land of the Dead, Marie Antoinette), Thomas Poitevin, Dustin Muchuvitz, Raya Martigny.
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‘Most People Die on Sundays’ Trailer – Iair Said’s Argentine Funeral Dramedy Film Opens in US Cinemas
Most People Die on Sundays (Big World Pictures) Iair Said wrote and stars in his feature film directorial debut, Most People Die on Sundays (Los domingos mueren más personas), the Argentine comedy-drama film loosely based on his real-life experiences when his own father died.
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‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Trailer – Cinderella Story Gets a Horror Film Twist in Emilie Blichfeldt’s Directorial Debut
The Ugly Stepsister (Marcel Zyskind) IFC Films and Shudder debtued the official trailer for The Ugly Stepsister (Den stygge stesøsteren), the Norwegian fairy tale horror from writer and director Emilie Blichfeldt that takes a sinister twist on the classic Cinderella story. Starring in the movie are Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, and Flo Fagerli,
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Shinji Somai’s Pinku Classic ‘Love Hotel’ Gets First Ever US Theatrical Release | Trailer
Love Hotel directed by Shinji Somai (Cinema Guild) Love Hotel, a pinku classic from Shinji Somai newly restored by the Nikkatsu Corporation will get its first-ever North American theatrical release, opening for an exclusive one-week theatrical run beginning Friday, April 4, at Metrograph In Theater in New York.
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Alejandro Zuno Tackles Intersexuality in ‘Newborn’ Film Premiering at Cinequest | Trailer
Newborn (Un mundo para mí) directed by Alejandro Zuno (Screenshot ) Alejandro Zuno, director of the hit Netflix series The Secret of the River, makes his feature directorial debut with Newborn (Un mundo para mí), the first known Mexican film to address intersexuality.
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‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Trailer – Camille Rutherford Stars in French Romantic Comedy Film
Camille Rutherford in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (Sony Pictures Classics) Sony Pictures Classics debuted the official trailer and release date for Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, the French romantic comedy starring Camille Rutherford (Anatomy of a Fall), Pablo Pauly (Three Nights a Week), Charlie Anson (Downton Abbey) and Annabelle Lengronne (Mother and Son).
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‘The Teacher’ Trailer – Saleh Bakri and Imogen Poots Star in Farah Nabulsi’s Palestinian West Bank Drama Film
The Teacher (Watermelon Pictures) Watermlon Pictures shared the official trailer The Teacher, Farah Nabulsi’s drama set (and filmed) in the present-day West Bank in the occupied Palestinian Territories, starring Saleh Bakri (The Band’s Visit) and Imogen Poots (The Father).
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‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ Trailer – Tessa Van den Broeck Stars in Tennis Drama and Belgian Oscar Entry
Julie Keeps Quiet (Film Movement) Opening in US cinemas this month, here is the official trailer for Julie Keeps Quiet, the drama starring Tessa Van den Broeck, Ruth Becquart, Ken De Bouw, Claire Bodson, and Laurent Caron. It was chosen as the Belgian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
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‘You Burn Me’ Trailer – Matías Piñeiro’s Playful Adaptation of ‘Sea Foam’ Sets US Release Date
You Burn Me (Tú me abrasas) (courtesy Cinema Tropical) Cinema Guild has revealed the official trailer for You Burn Me (Tú me abrasas), the ‘reverie on love and mortality’ from Argentinian filmmaker Matías Piñeiro.
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‘An Unfinished Film’ Trailer – Lou Ye’s Docufiction Recalls Early Days of COVID in Wuhan, China
An Unfinished Film (Film Movement) Set amid the early COVID pandemic lockdown in January 2020, in An Unfinished Film, filmmaker Lou Ye (Suzhou River) and his film crew reunite near Wuhan, China to resume the shooting of a film halted ten years earlier.