The Faraway Place

Filmed over eight years, Concrete Land follows the Najar family, one of Jordan’s last Afro-Palestinian-Bedouin families, as luxury villas close in on their grazing space outside Amman. Asmahan Bkerat preserves their way of life in the face of erasure.

A forgotten vinyl record from Venezuela becomes Sanaz Sohrabi's guide through interlocking histories of oil, Iran, music, and political memory in An Incomplete Calendar.

Producer Haley Johnson takes us behind the making of one of the year’s most culturally impactful films, Obsession.

This immersive, hypnotic film follows an Indigenous mother and daughter on a journey from the slums of Bogotá to their true home in the jungle, joined by a young gang member with an especially urgent reason to flee.

Kiarostami’s Close-Up blurs documentary and fiction through the story of Hossein Sabzian, who impersonates filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The film questions what “real” means on screen while creating an undeniable feeling of realism.

Having navigated every rite of passage together, five childhood friends now find themselves drifting apart. Clio Barnard conspires with a stellar ensemble to bring these richly detailed, fascinatingly flawed characters to life.

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