Voy! Voy! Voy!
Omar Hilal
Egypt. 2023. 109 min

VOY! VOY! VOY! tells the story of Hassan, a security guard living an impoverished life with his mother in Cairo, who dreams of starting a new life abroad. While plotting his journey to his new life, he stumbles on the sport of blind football and cunningly decides to pose as a visually impaired man to join a team – right before the World Cup Championship finals in Europe.
While disguised as a blind footballer, an attractive young journalist takes an interest in the team, hoping to tell the heartwarming story of Hassan and the team’s victory in Europe.
As Hassan’s despicable plan starts to crack, he and his friend’s go to unimaginable lengths to keep his place on the team and the dream of escaping to Europe alive.

Lost Girl
Ding Ding
China. 2024. 98 min

A young ballet dancer flees her home, finding refuge with San, a street orphan. An unexpected accident changes everything. Fueled by a desire to uncover the girl’s past, San embarks on a quest for vengeance, ultimately finding herself ensnared in a perilous predicament.

Limbo
Ivan Sen
Australia. 2023. 104 min

Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the detective gains a new insight into the unsolved case from the victim’s fractured family, the surviving witnesses and the reclusive brother of the chief suspect. A poignant, intimate journey into the complexities of loss and the impact of the justice system on Aboriginal families in Australia.

Melody
Behrouz Sebt Rasoul
Iran/Tajikistan. 2023. 85 min

Melody teaches music at a centre for cancerous children. The thirty children are having a party at the end of autumn and ask Melody to compose a piece using the sounds of thirty different birds. She goes to her home village to record the birdsong and is helped by the mute caretaker of the family home, Mango. When they find just 20 birds, Mango makes Melody understand that only the old village singer knows where the other birds are, but bird hunters have forced him out of the village. Melody sets out to find both him and the missing birds.

Tamso
Stephen Alexander
India. 2023. 90 min

Prodigal daughter returns home for a family wedding only to discover they are hiding the fact that one of their members is possessed by a demon, and unless he is kept fed he spews a gas that causes one to hallucinate. As things begin to take a turn for the worse people find their thoughts trapped in the bad old days.

Stigma
Chaminda Ilukwela
Sri Lanka. 2023. 96 min

The movie opens up with an accidental death of a 30 years old youth. At the autopsy, investigators find his identity card which belongs to ‘Revatha the Buddhist monk’. It stirs the hornet’s nest in the neighborhood where Revatha used to live, as at the time of his death, he had disrobed. Therefore, parishioners of his temple object to bringing his body to the temple and holding a monk’s funeral.
Then the movie begins to reveal the backstory till his death.

A Match
Jayant Somalkar
India. 2023. 104 min

In rural India, a determined young girl, Savita, yearns for education and a bright future. However, as her farmer parents anxiously struggle to find a suitable match for her, societal expectations place immense pressure on her to prioritize marriage over personal aspirations.
Facing countless rejections from suitors, she must navigate a world where the pursuit of marriage overshadows the very sustenance of life. Shot with non-actors from the village, A Match is the director’s debut feature film.

The Core
Jeo Baby
India. 2023. 114 min

The Core unveils the captivating narrative of Mathew and Omana, a seemingly harmonious couple residing in the serene village of Teekoy in the Kottayam district of Kerala. Mathew Devassy, a retired Co-operative bank secretary with a stellar reputation in the community, reluctantly steps into the realm of politics to contest a Panchayath by-election, upon his party’s request. However, shockingly, just two days after submitting his nomination, Omana files for divorce, plunging their relationship into turmoil.

Kaleidoscope Now
Anjan Dutt
India. 2023. 90 min

A film based on true events. A film made to celebrate the birth anniversary of the legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen. Anjan Dutt, the popular actor, singer and filmmaker started his career with Mrinal Sen. This film is about their first experience and the shooting of Mrinal Sen’s film Chaalchitra. A comedy about a 26 year old Ranjan Dutt (Anjan Dutt) who is selected by a 57-year-old great filmmaker Kunal Sen ( Mrinal Sen) and their friendship. A film about the making of a film and how Ranjan Dutt slowly gets to understand his city Kolkata and through various funny and emotional sequences grows up to realise his future. A story about how a filmmaker changes his hero’s understanding of life. How the filmmaker changes his perception of the city. How an actor finds his roots. A very funny, yet very emotional film.