Sergei Loznitsa, one of the most significant contemporary figures in Ukrainian cinema, presents a timely portrait of the deceitful, hypocritical, and above all ruthless workings of totalitarian regimes.

Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine tells the story of the rise and fall of wrestler Mark Kerr, brought to life by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson , whose fiercest battle is not in the ring but against himself.

Starting out from a dorm room in a little Hungarian town, Marci—known as Pogány Induló—becomes one of the country’s most popular rappers within just a few months.

Starting out from a dorm room in a little Hungarian town, Marci—known as Pogány Induló—becomes one of the country’s most popular rappers within just a few months.

Starting out from a dorm room in a little Hungarian town, Marci—known as Pogány Induló—becomes one of the country’s most popular rappers within just a few months.

Sophy Romvari's Locarno-awarded debut film takes us back to the 1990s. A Canadian-Hungarian family moves to Vancouver Island, but their new beginning is disrupted by the increasingly dangerous behavior of Jeremy, the family's oldest child.

Ildikó Enyedi, the Golden Bear-winning and Oscar-nominated director of On Body and Soul, sensitively and philosophically explores the longing for connection between humans and plants through three stories in her new film.

Academy Award–winning director Chloé Zhao’s new film, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, tells the story of the passionate relationship between William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes — the love that inspired Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

This year’s surprise film at BIFF was selected by one of the most influential and internationally acclaimed figures of Hungarian cinema, the director of Sátántangó and The Turin Horse, Béla Tarr, who will personally introduce the screening.

In Gábor Holtai's tense thriller, a woman is kidnapped and wakes up in a family's apartment's empty room, where she is told that she is Szilvi, the long-lost daughter of them.

Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine tells the story of the rise and fall of wrestler Mark Kerr, brought to life by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson , whose fiercest battle is not in the ring but against himself.

Academy Award–winning director Chloé Zhao’s new film, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, tells the story of the passionate relationship between William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes — the love that inspired Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

One of Scotland’s most distinctive cinematic voices, Lynne Ramsay brings the raw, almost tangible madness of existence on the edge of postpartum depression and disintegration to life, with Jennifer Lawrence delivering a haunting central performance. Alongside Robert Pattinson, they form one of the year’s most intense on-screen duos, portraying a relationship charged with passion and tension.