Allegro Pastell
(Country: Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Anna Roller; Stars: Sylvaine Faligant, Jannis Niewöhner, Vera Flück, Luna Wedler, Wolfram Koch, Haley Louise Jones, Martina Gedeck, Nico Ehrenteit, Steven Preisner, Riccardo Campione, Fabian Baumgarten, Jakob Schreier, Manuel Zschunke, Claudia Kozma, Davide Jakubowski)
Novelist Tanja and web designer Jerome, both in their thirties, have perfected a balance of intimacy and separation in their long-distance relationship. When Tanja catches a glimpse of a settled future together, she wonders if it is really what she wants.
World premiere
Enough is Enough
(Trop c'est Trop)
(Country: France, Congo; Director: Elisé Sawasawa)
Thirty years of war, seven million displaced, ten million dead. A plunge into the chaos of the city of Goma, capital of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
World premiere
Jaripeo
(Country: Mexico, US, France; Year: 2026; Director: Rebecca Zweig, Efraín Mojica)
A journey to Michoacán’s hypermasculine rodeos descends into the subconscious of memory, queer desire, and longing, leading to a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind.
World premiere
Only Rebels Win
(Country: France, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2026; Director: Danielle Arbid; Writer: Danielle Arbid; Stars: Hiam Abbass, Mahamat Amine Benrachid, Sami Dekhissi)
Suzanne and Osmane meet in crisis-ridden Beirut. Osmane is a young Sudanese man without papers, searching for a better future; Suzanne is a widow with Palestinian roots more than twice his age. Against all odds, they fall in love.
World premiere
Prosecution
(Staatsschutz)
(Country: Germany; Director: Faraz Shariat)
After surviving a racist attack, state prosecutor Seyo Kim takes her own case to court – confronting both the perpetrators and a justice system that turns a blind eye to right-wing extremism.
World premiere
A Russian Winter
(Un Hiver Russe)
(Country: France; Director: Patric Chiha; Writer: Patric Chiha)
After the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Margarita, Yuri and their friends are pushed into exile from Russia as they refuse to comply with the regime. Suspended between countries, they have nowhere to return, and nowhere they feel truly welcome.
World premiere
Shibire
(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Takuya Uchiyama; Writer: Takuya Uchiyama; Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Rie Miyazawa, Tsukasa Enomoto, Anji Kato, Haruto Akimoto, Mariko Akama, Masatoshi Nagase)
A boy who no longer speaks, shaped by a tyrannical father and a mother he both resents and loves, grows up on Japan’s northern coast. With nowhere to belong, he returns to seek his father and sets his fate in motion.
International premiere
Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
(Country: Germany, Netherlands; Director: Viv Li; Writer: Viv Li)
A Chinese wannabe artist drifts between Berlin’s overwhelming alternative scene and her traditional family in Beijing. With wit and insight, the film follows her search for identity and belonging in a globalised but polarised world.
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