debut tradition

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov

Late Spring
1949 · Yasujiro Ozu

Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau

Wadjda
2012 · Haifaa al-Mansour

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Ang Lee

Four Daughters
2023 · Kaouther Ben Hania

The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti

Ixcanul
2015 · Jayro Bustamante

Casino Royale
2006 · Martin Campbell

Tulpan
2008 · Sergei Dvortsevoy

Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki

Restoration
2011 · Yossi Madmoni

The Croods
2013 · Chris Sanders & Kirk DeMicco

Undertow
2009 · Javier Fuentes-León

Taipei Story
1985 · Edward Yang

Afternoons of Solitude
2026 · Albert Serra

Dracula
2026 · Radu Jude

The Last Dance
2026 · Anselm Chan Mau-Yin

Athiradi
2026 · Arun Anirudhan

The Little Sister
2026 · Hafsia Herzi

Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
1976 · Jean Rouch

A Time and a Place

A Time and a Place
1977 · Gillian Armstrong

Death to the Invader
1961 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

Idea di un’isola
1967 · Roberto Rossellini

Moolaadé
2004 · Ousmane Sembène

Tilaï
1990 · Idrissa Ouedraogo

Tokyo-ga
1985 · Wim Wenders

Ustad Alauddin Khan
1963 · Ritwik Ghatak

California Dreamin'
2007 · Cristian Nemescu

Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti
2001 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Pueblo en vilo
1995 · Patricio Guzmán

Seyyit Han
1968 · Yílmaz Güney

The Lady is the Boss
1983 · Kar-leung Lau

18th Rose
2026 · Dolly Dulu

Ballad of Tara
1979 · Bahram Beyzai

Reunited at Christmas
2018 · Steven R. Monroe