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Brave New Love
(Country: Denmark, Sweden, Greece; Year: 2026; Director: Maria Bäck; Writer: Maria Bäck; Stars: Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Anders Danielsen Lie, Simon Sears, Noemi Carbone Mannov, Angeliki Papoulia)
Hypnotherapist Kate lives happily with her husband, Orla, and their daughter, Athena,
while simultaneously maintaining a deeply romantic relationship with Andreas. After
years of secrecy, contradictions and forbidden feelings, the fragile balance of her choices
begins to collapse and she is forced to confront her double life.
D'ici là
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Sarah Leonor; Writer: Sarah Leonor; Stars: Frank Beauvais, Dinara Drukarova, Louiza Aura, Dimitri Doré, Laetitia Dosch, Jean-Louis Scheidecker, Fatou Dicko, Adrien Michaux, David Faivre)
High up in a valley in the Vosges, Lucien seeks peace in utter solitude; Aline
tracks a wolf and confronts her innermost fears; Jade explores her true nature.
Their destinies echo in the heart of the same territory.
Donkey Princess
(Princessa Burro)
(Country: Chile, Uruguay, France, Netherlands, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña; Writer: Alejandra Moffat, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León; Stars: Antonia Giesen, Andrew Bargsted, Francisco Melo)
Diana is the princess of an ancient kingdom. Her father, King Arthur, forbids love. When Diana falls in love with Lalo, he banishes him. Using a magical bracelet, Diana travels to other worlds in search of her love. Discovering that her father manipulates her decisions, she must face her fears and change her destiny.
Far From The Trees
(Country: Spain, Peru, Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Meritxell Colell Aparicio; Writer: Meritxell Colell Aparicio; Stars: Angélica Castelló, Jose Luis López Cama, Teresita Sánchez, Caterina Ramirez Guallar)
Adela, a Mexican sound artist and heir to her family's Catalan exile, embarks on a journey through
Peru to record endangered languages. As altitude and distance awaken visions of the past, she
must reconcile love, memory and belonging before the legacy she pursues vanishes.
Hearing
(Thính Giác)
(Country: Vietnam, Singapore, Norway, France, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan; Year: 2026; Director: Lê Bảo; Writer: Lê Bảo; Stars: Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn, Ngọc Tản, Hà Vân, Linh Chi, Khánh Huyền)
In his work as a mechanic who installs decibel meters in public spaces and homes, Ninh observes the silence that haunts relationships. Wishing for his parents, who live apart and do not speak to each other, to reconcile, his fear of losing connection to his loved ones forces Ninh to face life’s unpredictable rhythms.
The House On The Moon
(Country: Taiwan, Singapore, Germany, Indonesia; Year: 2026; Director: Nelson Yeo; Writer: Nelson Yeo, Vicki Yang; Stars: Lim Shi-An, Dominick Rustam-Chartrand, Akira Huang, Harry Chang, Lee Kang-sheng, Doreen Toh)
Chang Er embarks on a journey to the dark side of the Moon to search for her lover, together with an astronaut from Earth.
I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming
(Country: Germany, Ukraine; Year: 2026; Director: Isabelle Stever; Writer: Anna Melikova; Stars: Tania Myronyshena, Markus Bright, Iryna Mak, Viktor Zhdanov, Maiia Sobolevska, Maria Myronyshena, Oleksandr Rudynskyi)
The love of Olya and Oleh, a young queer Ukrainian couple, is put to the test when one partner’s
gender transition collides with Russia's full-scale invasion.
Ketticè
(Country: Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Giovanni Tortorici; Writer: Giovanni Tortorici; Stars: Salvatore Gallina, Rachele Testagrossa, Monica Bellucci)
Explores the dynamics between two teens who build an exclusive friendship, a shared refuge in their search for freedom, away from the judging eye of the adult world.
Manhunt
(Country: Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Wayne Wapeemukwa; Writer: Anna-Lena Theobald, Wayne Wapeemukwa; Stars: Harris Lowe, Landon Tunold, Bianca Foscht, Dilara Foscht)
Two boys vanish into the north, their lives dissolving between simulation and reality, between desire to belong and a hunger to disappear.
Nobody's Violence
(Country: Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Denis Côté; Writer: Denis Côté; Stars: Larissa Corriveau, Philippe Rebbot, Xavier Bergeron, Gabrielle Lazure, Pierrette Robitaille)
Mira is a solitary woman of few words. She travels around meeting desperate people with whom she seems to have forged strange death pacts. When she meets an intriguing man, she is forced to take a break from her mission and begins to question her life choices.
Nowhere To Lay My Eyes
(Nun Dul Dega Eomne)
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2026; Director: Hong Sang-soo; Writer: Hong Sang-soo; Stars: Kim Min-hee, Choi Myung-gil, Kwon Hae-hyo, Shin Seok-ho, Park Mi-so)
With her brother, Sang-hee visits her mother on Jeju Island. It’s been 10 years. Her mother's restaurant has become a hit. Her stepfather is making a film about a "grass tomb". His daughter has just started painting. Previously unknown facts, needless advice and cheap compliments are passed back and forth. On the morning of her departure, the other family members watch one of Sang-hee’s films.
Objet A
(Country: Germany, Luxembourg, Greece; Year: 2026; Director: Ann Oren; Writer: Ann Oren; Stars: Louis Hofmann, Aenne Schwarz, Nico Dinkel, Simone Bucio, Nilton Martins, Georg Friedrich, Dorothée Neff, Dodzi Dougban, Ruby Wilson, Sofia Kokkali, Martina Roth, Kristina van Eyck, Dieter Rita Scholl, Duncan Hodgkinson Legoux, Kristof Van Boven)
Ingeborg and Adam are visionary hand surgeons bound by love, control, and irresistible fixations. She is compelled to steal objects; he longs to become one. When an accident brings the enigmatic Gaia into their lives, unexpected desires begin to take shape.
O Jacaré
(Country: Switzerland, Portugal; Year: 2026; Director: Basil da Cunha; Writer: Basil da Cunha; Stars: Alexandra Sena, Alexandre Fonseca, Paulo César Lima Fonseca, Nelson Carvalho, Pedro Diniz, Heidir Correia, Carlos Fonseca, Pedro Ferreira, Frederico Lopes, Verónica Lii, Maria Santos, Susana Costa, Ivo Bernardo, Carloto Cotta, Filipe Vargas)
Reboleira, a suburb of Lisbon. The haul from a robbery has mysteriously disappeared. Who will be the first to get their hands on it?
Rehmat
(Country: India, France; Year: 2026; Director: Gurvinder Singh; Writer: Gurvinder Singh; Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Mita Vashisht, Suvinder Vicky)
Three interconnected stories in present-day Punjab. A woman secretly shelters a wounded stranger in her home, while his family endures the weight of grief and impossible choices. Meanwhile, a mysterious older man arrives in a village, calling himself God.
The Riverbank
(A Margem do Rio)
(Country: Brazil, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Matheus Farias, Enock Carvalho; Writer: Enock Carvalho, Matheus Farias; Stars: Caique Copque, Ítalo Martins, Artia Lauandah, Renna Costa, Robério Diógenes, Ísis Broken)
Izaquiel works as a cleaner in Recife. At night, he dangerously ventures out in search of secret
encounters in the mangrove forest. His world shifts when he crosses paths with Jeremias, an intriguing and magnetic fisherman.
Wandering Trees
(Alberi Erranti)
(Country: Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Salvatore Mereu; Writer: Salvatore Mereu, Alberto Capitta; Stars: Romeo Alexander Perrone, Giulia Maenza, Lorenzo Richelmy, Lupo Barbiero, Edoardo Raiola)
In a remote yet unmistakable corner of northern Sardinia, the destinies of three families intertwine through love, conflict, and loss.
You Don't Belong Here
(Nu e locul tau aici)
(Country: Romania; Year: 2026; Director: Florin Şerban; Writer: Florin Şerban; Stars: Adrian Văncică, Teodor Butănescu, Christina Richter, Alex Conovaru, Izdrailă Janir)
A chief medical officer's world is shaken by the news his son is suspected of murder.
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