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Wicker and Give Me The Ball!
The AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell)
World premiere
A father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with the AI insanity, exploring the existential dangers and stunning promise of this technology that humanity has created.
Antiheroine
(Year: 2026; Director: James Hall, Edward Lovelace; Stars: Courtney Love, Michael Stipe, Melissa Auf der Maur, Eric Erlandson, Patty Schemel, Billie Joe Armstrong, Butch Walker)
World premiere
Singer, songwriter, and actor Courtney Love has long had an impact on rock and pop culture. Now sober and set to release new music for the first time in over a decade, Courtney is ready to reveal her story, unfiltered and unapologetic.
The Brittney Griner Story
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Alex Stapleton; Stars: Brittney Griner, Cherelle Griner)
World premiere
Explores the circumstances that led to Brittney Griner playing basketball outside the U.S. despite being one of the best players in the sport, including her harrowing detainment, unwavering determination to secure her freedom, and her advocacy for the release of other wrongful detainees.
Chasing Summer
(Country: US, Israel; Year: 2026; Director: Josephine Decker; Writer: Iliza Shlesinger; Stars: Iliza Shlesinger, Garrett Wareing, Lola Tung, Cassidy Freeman, Tom Welling, Megan Mullally, Jeff Perry, Joe Anselm, Elliott Campbell, Zachary Scott Clark, Samuel P. Espinoza, Aimee Garcia, Alexa Maria Huerta, Lindsey Moore, Jaynelle Veloso)
World premiere
After losing both her job and boyfriend, Jamie retreats to her small Texas hometown, where friends and flings from a fateful high school summer turn her life upside down.
The Disciple
(Country: United Kingdom, US; Year: 2026; Director: Joanna Natasegara)
World premiere
An outsider fuelled by relentless determination works his way into the inner circle of the Wu-Tang Clan, where his ambition and creativity converge in the making of an album poised to ignite global controversy.
Chasing Summer and The History Of Concrete
Frank & Louis
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Petra Biondina; Writer: Esther Bernstorff; Stars: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rob Morgan, René Pérez Joglar, Rosalind Eleazar, Indira Varma)
World premiere
Frank, serving a life sentence, takes a prison job caring for ageing inmates with Alzheimer’s and dementia. What begins as a self-interested bid for parole becomes a profound, transformative bond with fellow inmate Louis, offering Frank a glimpse of redemption in an unforgiving place.
Gail Daughtry And The Celebrity Sex Pass
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: David Wain; Writer: David Wain, Ken Marino)
World premiere
Midwestern bride-to-be Gail Daughtry has a “free celebrity pass” agreement with her fiancé — who uses it. With her relationship in crisis, Gail sets out on an epic journey through Hollywood to even the scales.
The Gallerist
(Country: US, France; Year: 2026; Director: Cathy Yan; Writer: Cathy Yan, James Pedersen; Stars: Natalie Portman, Jenna Ortega, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Sterling K. Brown, Zach Galifianakis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Daniel Brühl, Charli xcx, Paula Puro)
World premiere
A desperate gallerist conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami.
Give Me The Ball!
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Liz Garbus, Elizabeth Wolff)
World premiere
World champion tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King has had a game-changing impact on culture and sports. Rare archive and candid interviews with Billie Jean and those closest to her reveal how one woman put changing the world ahead of saving herself.
The History Of Concrete
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: John Wilson)
World premiere
After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.
Queen Of Chess and Time And Water
The Invite
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Olivia Wilde; Writer: Rashida Jones, Will McCormack; Stars: Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton)
World premiere
Joe and Angela are on thin ice, and tonight might be when it all falls apart. Unfortunately, their upstairs neighbours are about to arrive for dinner, and everything that can go wrong goes worse.
In The Blink Of An Eye
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Andrew Stanton; Writer: Colby Day; Stars: Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones, Daveed Diggs, Jorge Vargas, Tanaya Beatty, Skywalker Hughes)
World premiere
Three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection, and the circle of life.
I Want Your Sex
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Gregg Araki; Writer: Karley Sciortino, Gregg Araki; Stars: Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Daveed Diggs, Charli xcx, Johnny Knoxville, Margaret Cho, Roxane Mesquida, George Todd McLachlan)
World premiere
When fresh-faced Elliot lands a job with artist and provocateur Erika Tracy, his fantasies come true as she taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal, and murder.
Jane Elliott Against The World
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Judd Ehrlich)
World premiere
A rural Iowa schoolteacher becomes a national voice against racism after leading a controversial 1968 lesson in discrimination with her all-white third-grade class. Now nearly 90, she refuses to hold back amid today’s fights about race, history, and power after a lifetime of speaking out.
Knife: The Attempted Murder Of Salman Rushdie
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Alex Gibney; Stars: Salman Rushdie)
World premiere
Previously unseen footage captured by Salman Rushdie’s wife, Rachel Elizabeth Griffiths, documents his journey. Following not just his physical rehabilitation, but also the restoration of his spirit and optimism.
I Want Your Sex and Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story
The Last First: Winter K2
(Country: US, United Kingdom; Year: 2026; Director: Amir Bar-Lev)
World premiere
The race to grab the last great prize in mountaineering, K2 in winter, left five dead. It exposed deep fault lines in alpinism today: pressures from commercialization, toxic effects of social media, and long-brewing tensions between those who’ve been marginalized and those who’ve always basked in the sport’s glory.
The Moment
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Aidan Zamiri; Writer: Aidan Zamiri, Bertie Brandes; Stars: Charli xcx, Alexander Skarsgård, Rosanna Arquette, Hailey Benton Gates, Rachel Sennott, Jamie Demetriou, Kate Berlant, Rish Shah, Kylie Jenner, Isaac Powell, Arielle Dombasle, Trew Mullen, Mel Ottenberg, Richard Perez, Tish Weinstock)
World premiere
A rising pop star navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut.
The Oldest Person In The World
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Sam Green)
World premiere
A decade-long global journey chronicles the ever-changing record holders of the title of oldest person alive. What begins as a portrait of longevity becomes a meditation on the passage of time, the randomness of fate, and the joy and profound human experience of being alive.
Once Upon A Time In Harlem
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: William Greaves, David Greaves)
World premiere
A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he captured on film: a 1972 party he engineered with the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance.
The Only Living Pickpocket In New York
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Noah Segan; Writer: Noah Segan; Stars: John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Tatiana Maslany, Victoria Moroles, Will Price, Steve Buscemi)
World premiere
When a theft goes awry, a veteran pickpocket is sent on a mission through New York to reclaim the stolen goods.
The AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist and The Moment
Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Judd Apatow, Neil Berkeley)
World premiere
Blurring the line between performance and personal crisis, comedian Maria Bamford turns her mental health journey into material that’s riotously funny and ultimately inspiring. What emerges is a portrait of an artist transforming vulnerability into creative strength through honesty.
Queen Of Chess
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Rory Kennedy)
World premiere
A Hungarian girl dreams of conquering international men’s chess. After a 15-year battle against world champion Garry Kasparov and her domineering father, Judit Polgár revolutionizes the sport’s patriarchal culture to become one of the greatest chess prodigies in history and the greatest woman chess player of all time.
See You When I See You
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Jay Duplass; Writer: Adam Cayton-Holland; Stars: Cooper Raiff, David Duchovny, Kaitlyn Dever, Hope Davis, Lucy Boynton, Ariela Barer, Gabrielle Byndloss, Asher Alexander, Skyler Bible, Gena Shaw, Savanna Gann, Gillian Rabin, Billie Roy, Andrew Bassett, Brad Worch II)
World premiere
With the help of his family, a comedy writer battles PTSD after the tragic death of his sister.
The Shitheads
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Macon Blair; Writer: Macon Blair; Stars: Dave Franco, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Mason Thames, Kiernan Shipka, Nicholas Braun, Peter Dinklage)
World premiere
When two unqualified bozos are hired to transfer a rich teen to rehab, their straightforward gig quickly spirals into dangerous mayhem.
Time And Water
(Country: US, Iceland; Year: 2026; Director: Sara Dosa; Writer: Sara Dosa, Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput, Andri Snær Magnason)
World premiere
Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away — family, memory, time, and water.
The Gallerist and The Disciple
Troublemaker
(Country: South Africa, US, UK; Year: 2026; Director: Antoine Fuqua; Writer: Michael Toomey Mann)
The struggle against apartheid is recounted through Nelson Mandela’s own voice, drawn from recordings he made while writing his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom.
The Weight
(Country: US, Denmark; Year: 2026; Director: Padraic McKinley; Writer: Shelby Gaines, Matthew Chapman, Matthew Booi; Stars: Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Julia Jones, Austin Amelio, Sam Hazeldine)
World premiere
In Oregon in 1933, Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp. Warden Clancy tempts him with early release if he smuggles gold through deadly wilderness, but betrayal festers within the crew, and Murphy questions how far he’ll go to see his child again.
When A Witness Recants
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Dawn Porter)
World premiere
In 1983, author Ta-Nehisi Coates learned that a 14-year-old boy was murdered in his Baltimore middle school. Upon revisiting the case, he uncovers the truth: Three innocent teenagers were wrongfully convicted and spent 36 years in prison — creating a lasting impact on the accused, the witnesses, and their community.
Wicker
(Country: United Kingdom, US; Year: 2026; Director: Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fischer; Writer: Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fischer; Stars: Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan)
World premiere
A fisherwoman asks a basketmaker to weave her a husband.
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