In addition to the features here there are a number of short films in the line-up
Nino and A Useful Ghost
Adam's Sake
(L'intérêt d'Adam)
(Country: Belgium; Year: 2025; Director: Laura Wandel; Writer: Laura Wandel; Stars: Léa Drucker, Anamaria Vartolomei, Alex Descas, Jules Delsart, Léo Delsart, Claire Bodson, Laurent Capelluto, Timur Magomedgadzhiev, Charlotte De Bruyne, Monia Douieb, Sonia Bekam, May Uhoda)
Following a court ruling, four-year-old Adam is hospitalised for malnutrition. Lucy, he head nurse, allows Adam’s mother to stay past the court-mandated visiting hours. Complications ensue when the mother, once again, refuses to leave her son’s bedside. For the sake of the child, Lucy will do anything to help this mother in distress.
Opening Film
Baise-en-ville
(Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Martin Jauvat; Writer: Martin Jauvat; Stars: Michel Hazanavicius, Emmanuelle Bercot, Géraldine Pailhas, Jérôme Niel, Sébastien Chassagne, Annabelle Lengronne, William Lebghil, Anaïde Rozam, Martin Jauvat, Mahaut Adam, Mahamadou Sangaré)
Sprite, 25, is desperate to find a job. To work, he needs a driver’s licence; and to pay for his driver’s licence, he needs a job. He is hired by a startup that cleans villas after parties; but how can he possibly commute late at night? He signs up for a dating app to charm young women living close to the houses he has to clean. One small problem: Sprite is not much of a seducer.
Special Screening
Dandelion's Odyssey
(Planètes)
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2025; Director: Momoko Seto; Writer: Mariette Désert, Alain Layrac, Momoko Seto)
Dendelion, Baraban, Léonto and Taraxa - four dandelion achenes that survive from a series of nuclear explosions destroying Earth - are propelled into the cosmos. After crash-landing on an unknown planet, they set out in search of soil where their species might survive.
Closing Film
Imago
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2025; Director: Déni Oumar Pitsaev)
After the director receives some land in Georgia by the Chechnyan border, he contemplates building a house but asks - 'How could I live in such a place?'
Kika
(Country: Belgium; Year: 2025; Director: Alexe Poukine; Writer: Alexe Poukine, Thomas van Zuylen; Stars: Manon Clavel, Makita Samba, Thomas Coumans, Suzanne Elbaz, Ethelle Gonzalez Lardued, Bernard Blancan, Kadija Leclere, Anaël Snoek, Thierry Hellin, Elodie Barthels)
While pregnant with her second child, Kika faces the sudden death of her partner. Totally heartbroken, and broke, she sets her priorities straight : 1. make money fast 2. stay strong. Dirty underwear, dildos and neurotic parents will unexpectedly help.
Sleepless City and Dandelion's Odyssey
Left-Handed Girl
(Country: Taiwan, France; Year: 2025; Director: Tsou Shih-Ching; Writer: Sean Baker, Tsou Shih-Ching; Stars: Janel Tsai, Nina Ye, Huang Teng-Hui, Ma Shi-Yuan, Akio Chen, Chao Xin-Yan)
A single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei to open a night market stand. Three generations of family secrets begin to unravel after the youngest daughter who’s left-handed is told by her traditional grandfather to never use her "devil hand”.
Love Letters
(Des preuves d'amour)
(Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Alice Douard; Writer: Alice Douard, Laurette Polmanss; Stars: Ella Rumpf, Félix Kysyl, Monia Chokri, Anne Le Ny, Noémie Lvovsky, Édouard Sulpice, Eva Huault, Julien Gaspar-Oliveri)
Céline is expecting her firstborn. But she’s not the one who’s pregnant. In three months, her wife Nadia will give birth to their daughter. Under the gaze of her friends, her mother, and the law, Céline looks for her place and sense of legitimacy.
Special Screening
Nino
(Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Pauline Loquès; Writer: Pauline Loquès; Stars: Théodore Pellerin, Salomé Dewaels, Jeanne Balibar, Camille Rutherford, Victoire Du Bois, William Lebghil, Mounir Belhidaoui, Estelle Meyer, Mathieu Amalric)
In three days, Nino will face a major challenge. But first, his doctors have assigned him two vital tasks. Two missions that will lead the young man on a journey through Paris, compelling him to reconnect with the world - and himself.
Reedland
(Rietland)
(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2025; Director: Sven Bresser; Writer: Sven Bresser; Stars: Gerrit Knobbe, Loïs Reinders)
When reed cutter Johan discovers the lifeless body of a girl on his land, he is overcome by an ambiguous sense of guilt. While taking care of his granddaughter, he sets out on a quest to track down evil. But darkness can thrive in unexpected places.
Sleepless City
(Ciudad Sin Sueño)
(Year: 2025; Director: Guillermo García López)
Toni, a 15-year-old Roma boy, lives in the largest illegal slum in Europe, on the outskirts of Madrid. Proud to belong to his family of scrap dealers, he follows his grandfather everywhere. But when demolition companies start closing in on their land, the family is divided and choices must be made.
Love Letters and Imago
A Useful Ghost
(Pee Chai Dai Ka)
(Country: Thailand; Year: 2025; Director: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke; Writer: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke; Stars: Wanlop Rungkumjad, Wisarut Himmarat, Apasiri Nitibhon, Wisarut Homhuan)
March is mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing the vacuum cleaner. But to become a useful ghost, she first needs to get rid of the useless ones.
