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Call Me Dancer follows Manish Chauhan, a street dancer from Mumbai who defies his parents' wishes to pursue dance as a career. When he meets Yehuda Maor, a 75-year-old Israeli teacher, an unlikely friendship forms. Together, they chase a dream from the streets of India to stages in New York in this inspiring story of grit, hope, and the power of dance.

Gergo and Lenard are a young gay male couple living in a remote Roma community, where being gay is considered an unforgivable sin. They move to Budapest with a dream to make a musical film about their lives and become famous. But when a death in the family who disowned them takes them back home, they seek another chance for acceptance.

From the Oscar-nominated short comes the full-length feature The Making of a Japanese, an intimate portrait of childhood inside a Tokyo public school. Over the course of a year, 1st and 6th graders navigate daily routines and small dramas while learning discipline, empathy, and community, finding the balance between individualism and being respectful toward others.

What begins as a young aspiring journalist’s search for answers to his father’s death becomes a powerful coming-of-age story. Set in a Kenyan conservancy facing extreme drought, Searching for Amani follows a 13-year-old’s pursuit of truth as he uncovers the invisible forces of climate change threatening his home and future.

Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can transform barren soil, challenge gender norms, and inspire her village to fight hunger and climate change. But as worsening weather threatens her home in Malawi, she sets out on a journey across the United States to meet with farmers, activists, and lawmakers, exchanging ideas amid a shifting landscape.

Someone Lives Here follows a Toronto carpenter Khaleel Seivwright, who builds tiny shelters for unhoused people during the pandemic. As his work gains global attention, city officials push back, sparking a heated battle over compassion, safety, and the right to shelter.

In Pakistan’s remote mountains, Aniqa Bano gave birth to her deaf daughter, Narjis, unaware of the deep stigma and silence surrounding deaf children. In a society that once kept them in the shadows, Aniqa challenges deep-rooted beliefs and lays a foundation where deaf youth now find not only education and respect, but a world of possibility.

Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed mentors two young women competing on Afghan Star, until their lives are upended when the Taliban returns. As women’s rights collapse, they must escape Kabul and find safety in exile.