Film-Forward

Foreign

Anywhere Anytime | TIFF 2024

Director Milad Tangshir’s feature debut expands upon a certain Italian neorealism classic, Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves.

Chuck Chuck Baby

Life can turn around with an airborne feather, a chicken dance, and an oldie or two.

Only the River Flows

An atmospheric police procedural that doesn’t offer the consolation typical of more routine detective pictures.

Last Summer

A tense, gripping story of an ultra-dangerous liaison, Catherine Breillat’s latest film makes every scene count and keeps you hooked.

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2024

The hit of the series is There’s Still Tomorrow, a sensation and conversation piece in Italy.

Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara

Accompanied by an often swelling orchestral score, director Marco Bellocchio is unafraid to go for broke telling this true story set in the mid-19th century.

Aisha

Letitia Wright stars as a Nigerian seeking asylum in Ireland. Josh O’Connor co-stars.

The Old Oak

Another potent Ken Loach-Paul Laverty collaboration.

Otro Sol, The Rim, The Permanent Picture | New Directors/New Films 2024

Within the wide and varied films at the festival, many of the Hispanic cinema offerings stand out.