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Leviticus and The Best Summer
The Best Summer (Country: US, Austria, Indonesia, Thailand; Year: 2026; Director: Tamra Davis)
Immersive POV camera footage reveals electric performances, candid interviews, and intimate backstage life with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, Beck, The Amps, and Bikini Kill — an all-access view inside an era-defining moment in music.
World premiere
Buddy (Country: US, Israel, Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Casper Kelly; Writer: Casper Kelly, Jamie King; Stars: Cristin Milioti, Topher Grace, Delaney Quinn, Keegan-Michael Key, Michael Shannon, Patton Oswalt, Seamus Flynn, Madison Polan, Bryson JonSteele, Bennie Taylor, Mark Aaron Buerkle)
A brave girl and her friends must escape a kids television show.
World premiere
Leviticus (Country: Australia, US; Year: 2026; Director: Adrian Chiarella; Writer: Adrian Chiarella; Stars: Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Jeremy Blewitt, Ewen Leslie, Davida McKenzie)
Two star-crossed teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other.
World premiere
Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant (Country: New Zealand; Year: 2026; Director: Jordan Mark Windsor, Sean Wallace; Stars: Hannah Lynch, Yvette Parsons, Arlo Green, Jackie van Beek, Jonny Brugh, Karen O'Leary, Ariadne Baltazar, Angella Dravid, Renee Lyons, Ian Mune, Donogh Rees, Brenda Kendall, Fasitua Amosa, Rashmi Pilapitiya, Barry Te Hira)
When a messy millennial underachiever accidentally gets alien-pregnant, she must overcome skeptical doctors, a useless baby daddy, and her oversharing mum in order to survive and reclaim her life.
World premiere
Rock Springs (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Vera Miao; Writer: Vera Miao; Stars: Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong, Jimmy O. Yang, Aria Kim, Fiona Fu)
After the death of her father, a grieving young girl moves to an isolated house in a new town with her mother and grandmother, only to discover there is something monstrous hidden in the town’s history and the woods behind their new home.
World premiere
Buddy Buddy
Buddy and Undertone
Saccharine (Country: Australia, Finland, US; Year: 2026; Director: Natalie Erika James; Writer: Natalie Erika James; Stars: Midori Francis, Danielle Macdonald, Madeleine Madden, Joseph Baldwin, Anna Adams, Annie Shapero, Emily Milledge, Daniela Rene Fink, Andre Ong Carlesso, Conny Fong)
Hana, a lovelorn medical student, becomes terrorized by a hungry ghost after taking part in an obscure weight loss craze: eating human ashes.
World premiere
Undertone (Country: Canada, US; Year: 2026; Director: Ian Tuason; Writer: Ian Tuason; Stars: Nina Kiri, Kristen Holden-Ried, Michèle Duquet, Keana Bastidas, Jeff Yung, Sarah Beaudin, Brian Quintero, Christina Notto, Ryan Turner)
The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
World premiere
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