Helmed by Alexis Spraic (Shadow Billionaire), The World According to Allee Willis is a documentary exploring the life of two-time Grammy-winning songwriter/artist Allee Willis. The documentary which world premiered at this year’s SXSW Festival, explores Willis’ struggle with her identity and societal pressure.
Selected as the UK’s official submission for the 97th Academy Awards, Santosh marks the feature film directorial debut of British-Indian director Sandhya Suri. The film follows a young police officer investigating the murder of a low-caste girl in the rural badlands of India.
Starring Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted) in the leading role, Pablo Larraín’s latest biographical drama, Maria, explores the final days of legendary opera singer Maria Callas. The film continues Larraín’s focus on notable female historical figures, following 2016’s Jackie and 2021’s Spencer.
Based on the real events of the 1972 Munich massacre, September 5 follows the intense experience of a broadcast team covering the live hostage crisis during the Munich Summer Olympics. The film had its world premiere at the 81st Venice Film Festival under the Orizzonti Extra section. The film also screened at the 51st Telluride Film Festival, the 2024 Santa Fe International Film Festival, and the 33rd Heartland International Film Festival where it won the Narrative Special Presentation Audience Choice Award.
Helmed by the Oscar-nominated director of I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found is a documentary telling the story of influential South African photographer Ernest Cole. The documentary features narration from Oscar-nominated actor LaKeith Stanfield as the voice of Cole.
Starring Ke Huy Quan, Oscar-winning actor of Everything Everywhere All at Once, Love Hurts marks the directorial debut of veteran stunt and fight coordinator JoJo Eusebio, known for his work on Black Panther and John Wick. The action-comedy film features Quan as a retired hitman pulled back into his old life by his crime-lord brother.
Following its world premiere at the 81st Venice Film Festival, where director Brady Corbet won the Silver Lion for Best Director, A24 has now unveiled the official trailer for the historical epic film, set for release this December. Shot on 70mm film with a budget of under $10M, the film follows a visionary architect as he aims to rebuild his legacy in 1947 America.
Helmed by investigative journalist Mónica Palomero, 900 Days Without Anabel is a new Netflix true crime documentary series about the longest kidnapping in Spanish history—the abduction of young woman Anabel Segura.
Making his directorial debut, four-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Killers of the Flower Moon, Brokeback Mountain), who has helmed the cinematography for Martin Scorsese’s last four films, presents Pedro Páramo, an adaptation of the groundbreaking 1955 novel by Mexican author Juan Rulfo.
Directed by first-time feature filmmaker Isaiah Saxon, best known for his award-winning music videos like Björk’s Wanderlust (2008), The Legend of Ochi is a fantasy adventure film that follows a young girl as she embarks on a journey to help her new adorable forest creature friend.
Academy Award-winning director Andrea Arnold (American Honey, Fish Tank) helms Bird, the coming of age drama on a young girl, played by newcomer Nykiya Adams, as she navigates her adolescence while dealing with her absent father and an intriguing new friend.
Set in the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas, Nocturnes is an immersive documentary following an ecologist on her quest to study moths in a remote ecological “hot spot” on the border of India and Bhutan.