Promised Spaces and Rewind Barcelona
Blaise
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Dimitri Planchon, Jean-Paul Guigue; Writer: Dimitri Planchon, Clémence Lebatteux)
The Sauvage family just wants to be loved. Carole is trying to improve her poor reputation among her employees, while Jacques is trying to do the same with his friends. As for their son Blaise, politely, he's about to embark on a revolutionary, violent, and completely impromptu crusade for a girl.
Born Under A Bad Star
(Mauvaise Étoile)
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Yann Berlier, Lola Cambourieu)
Scorching heat in a suburban neighborhood in the South of France. It's the
end-of-year party at the local sports club. Birds are falling from their nests,
wildfires are raging, and Kiki remainsunder the spell of her Bad Star.
Dans La Gueule de L’Ogre
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Masha Karampour)
Director's note: I can't quite grasp the adventurouslife of my brother Siavash, so far from my
own. While I have just become French and he is about to become
American, far from our native Iran, we are searching for common ground.
Detention
(La Détention)
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Guillaume Massart)
Open a door. Handle a crisis. Write an incident report. At France’s prison officer academy, hundreds of men and women learn to become prison guards. Their words begin to mirror the institution. Their movements sharpen. What once felt uncertain becomes routine. Doubt slowly fades from their faces.
Living Twice, Dying Thrice
(Country: Iran; Year: 2026; Director: Karim Lakzadeh; Writer: Karim Lakzadeh)
Three miners who survived the collapse of a mine decide to hide their deaths so that their families can claim compensation. Their clandestine life gradually leads to new crises: family tensions, a desire to start anew, and a search for identity that brings them all the way to Tehran. Meanwhile, Iranian authorities await proof of death…
Living Twice, Dying Thrice and Blaise
Promised Spaces
(Country: Serbia, France, Cambodia, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Ivan Marković; Writer: Ivan Marković; Stars: Vollak Kong, Chea Loch, Vita Vong, Lyer Von, Theara Or, Kanitha Tith)
Sleepless from the heat, Sokun leaves his crowded construction dormitory
and joins a community of fellow workers living in one of many unfinished
high-rises. One such tower offers a long-awaited luxury home for its first
tenant, Seda, who soon feels trapped in the vast gated complex.
Rewind Barcelona
(Barça Zou)
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Paul Nouhet)
On their eighteenth summer, Emile, Paul, Hascoet and Leo head to
Barcelona, the mecca of skateboarding, for their first vacation together.
Ten years later, they catch up and recall those days.
A Secret Heart
(Cœur Secret)
(Year: 2026; Director: Tom Fontenille)
Director's note: Over the last four years, Lilou left her secret life behind, becoming a
64-year-old woman who enjoys DIY, gardening, cycling and looking
after her grandchildren. As I accompanied her through her
transformation, I filmed a family healing its wounds and reinventing
a place for everyone. This is my family, Lilou is my father.
Summer Drift
(Virages)
(Country: Switzerland, France; Year: 2026; Director: Céline Carridroit & Aline Suter)
It's summer in Geneva. Johanna works on the assembly line of a luxury
watch factory and she's not going on vacation. As she considers getting rid
of her old VW Beetle, she decides instead to bring it back to life and
confront the world of mechanics that once rejected her.
