Wild with the elemental powers of water, fire, and air, Léa Mysius’s witchy second feature inventively folds a queer love story—featuring a magnetic Adèle Exarchopoulos—in a girl’s time-hopping coming-of-age fantasy. Magic is afoot in this genre-defying family tale of desire, prejudice, and revenge.

Heddy Honigmann’s humanist documentary is a joyful and moving portrait of the bond between people and their service dogs. Moving beyond surface-level sentimentalism, Buddy unravels the emotional complexity of the relationships at its center by approaching its subjects with candor and curiosity.