Bugboy and American Doctor
American Doctor
(Country: US, Palestinian Territory, Malaysia, Qatar, Denmark, Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Poh Si Teng)
When three American doctors — Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian — enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.
UK premiere
Bugboy
(Country: Greece, Denmark, France; Year: 2026; Director: Lucas Paleocrassas)
George, a shy teenager with an eye disorder, struggles to connect with others after his parents’ divorce and finds refuge in the world of insects.
UK premiere
A Child Of My Own
(Un hijo propio)
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2026; Director: Maite Alberdi; Writer: Julian Loyola, Esteban Student; Stars: Ana Celeste, Armando Espitia, Ángeles Cruz, Mayra Sérbulo, Luisa Guzmán, Casio figueroa, Alejandro Porter)
When a Mexican nurse fakes a pregnancy to satisfy her husband's family, a lie that was never meant to last takes on a life of its own.
UK premiere
Derek Vs Derek
(Year: 2026; Director: James Dawson)
On a country road in Devon, England, live two implacably opposed neighboring farmers, both called Derek. One believes in intensive farming of his land so that food can be produced in abundance; the other is creating an oasis for nature on his land, driven by an entirely different perception of agriculture and a farmer‘s duties.
UK premiere
Heals
(Country: Thailand, US; Year: 2026; Director: Pailin Wedel; Stars: Pangina Heals)
Behind the lashes and laughter of Pangina Heals, Asia's most iconic drag queen, lies a story of childhood pain, family fracture and fierce reinvention.
International premiere
Kikuyu Land
(Country: Kenya; Year: 2026; Director: Andrew H. Brown, Bea Wangondu)
As a Nairobi journalist probes a land battle entangling the local government and a powerful multinational corporation, covered wounds are revealed and family secrets are exposed.
UK premiere
Life Support
(Year: 2026; Director: Daniele Rugo)
A group of international doctors breach the blockade of Gaza. What they find is the calculated dismantling of life itself.
World premiere
TheyDream
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: William D. Caballero)
After 20 years of chronicling his Puerto Rican family, a director and his mother face devastating losses. Through tears and laughter, they craft animations that bring their loved ones back to life, discovering that every act of creation is also an act of letting go.
UK premiere
Try!
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2026; Director: Oisín Mistéil)
Four Irish Rugby teams who defy stereotypes tackle their way to the Mixed Ability Rugby World Cup, where full-contact sport meets joyful belonging.
World premiere
