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A Useful Ghost
Directed by
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
World Premiere in Cannes Critics' Week!

"Cannes’ Thai Movie ‘A Useful Ghost’ Boarded by Best Friend Forever Ahead of Critics’ Week Premiere."

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Sleepless City
Directed by
Guillermo Galoe
World Premiere in Cannes Critics Week!

"Best Friend Forever acquires ‘Ciudad sin Sueño’ by Screen Star Guillermo García López."

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Death Does Not Exist
Directed by
Félix Dufour-Laperrière
World Premiere in Cannes Directors' Fortnight!

"Annecy’s Work-in-Progress Title ‘Death Does Not Exist’ Boarded by Best Friend Forever."

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L’Aventura
Directed by
Sophie Letourneur
World Premiere as Opening title of ACID Cannes 2025!

Can’t wait for everyone to discover Sophie’s unique cinema!

Drifting Laurent
Directed by
Mattéo Eustachon, Léo Couture & Anton Balekdjian
World Premiere in ACID Cannes!

A surprising and unexpected debut starring Béatrice Dalle and Baptiste Perusat.

Timestamp
Directed by
Kateryna Gornostai
World Premiere in Berlinale Competition.

"Best Friend Forever scoops Ukrainian school doc ‘Timestamp’ ahead of Berlin competition bow."

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Queerpanorama
Directed by
Jun Li
World Premiere in Berlinale Panorama.

"Sexy Drama ‘Queerpanorama’ Set in Hong Kong Boarded by Best Friend Forever Ahead of Berlin Film Festival Premiere."

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The Things You Kill
Directed by
Alireza Khatami
Awarded Best Director Award at Sundance!

"Best Friend Forever Acquires Alireza Khatami’s Thriller ‘The Things You Kill’"

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Universal Language
Directed by
Matthew Rankin
Shortlisted for Best International Feature at Acadamy Awards 2025!

‘Universal Language' Wins Cannes Directors' Fortnight Audience Award! North American Premiere in TIFF & NYFF!

Rankin's follow-up to cult 'The Twentieth Century'!
Be ready for this surrealistic comedy.

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“CRITIC’S PICK. Like ‘Lost Highway’ Directed by Kiarostami… leaves you dazed and feverish. Rated A-.”

The Things You Kill
“There can’t possibly be a more timely film in the Berlinale lineup this year than Kateryna Gornostai’s Timestamp… Gornostai paints a surprisingly optimistic portrait.”

Timestamp
“The best movie at Cannes this year is an oddball Canadian comedy. Universal Language is a magnificent film.”

Universal Language
“Intimate and epic… Some of the more breathtaking scenery recently captured on screen… It’s as if Bham were conditioning the viewer for the type of patient, trance-like experience needed to reach a deeper level of being.”

Shambhala
“A brilliantly depraved family affair. “The Visitor’s” retelling makes the original look positively tame by comparison.”

The Visitor
"Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s Debut Film Is Striking And Sophisticated. It’s as a performance piece that it really gets under your skin."

Banel & Adama
“The film’s cool vibes and stylish visuals, accompanied by an eclectic, mainly electronic soundtrack, are striking. Louise Leroy, making a vivid impact in her screen debut. Dollops of deadpan humour in the Coens’ vein.”

The Other Laurens
"Gorgeous Senegalese debut, the combination of ethereal voiceover with nature at its most breathtaking evokes our cinema’s philosophical high priest, Terrence Malick.”

Banel & Adama
“Featuring a pitch-perfect performance from Lío Mehiel, Mutt feels like an important film in the history of LGBTQ+ cinema. Quietly emotional… rings soft and true without ever tugging at the heartstrings.”

Mutt
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