Filipiñana and Levitating
Big Girls Don’t Cry
(Year: 2026; Director: Paloma Schneideman; Writer: Paloma Schneideman; Stars: Ani Palmer, Rain Spencer, Noah Taylor)
Over one transformative summer in rural New Zealand in 2006, 14-year-old Sid Bookman discovers desire, identity, and the internet as she imitates the people she longs to be loved by.
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Extra Geography
(Country: United Kingdom; Year: 2026; Director: Molly Manners; Writer: Miriam Battye; Stars: Iyla Sundarsingh McKaig, Alice Englert, Galaxie Clear, Marni Duggan)
In an English girls boarding school, two teenage best friends grapple with the challenges of girlhood — friendship, boys, studies, and growing up — and embark on their school project, falling in love.
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Filipiñana
(Country: Philippines, Singapore, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands; Year: 2026; Director: Rafael Manuel; Writer: Rafael Manuel; Stars: Jorrybell Agoto, Carmen Castellanos, Teroy Guzman, Carlos Siguion-Reyna, Isabel Sicat, Nour Houshmand)
Tee girl Isabel feels strangely drawn to Dr. Palanca, the president of the country club where she works. However, after piecing together a violent picture of what lies beneath the club’s pristine surface, she realizes that what began as an innocent infatuation is actually rooted in a sinister shared history.
World premiere
Hold Onto Me
(Κράτα Με)
(Country: Cyprus, France, Denmark, US, Greece; Year: 2026; Director: Myrsini Aristidou; Writer: Myrsini Aristidou; Stars: Hristos Passalis, Maria Petrova, Jenny Sallo, Aulona Lupa, Achilleas Grammatikopoulos, Giorgos Kyriacou)
Eleven-year-old Iris learns her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father’s funeral. Determined to know him, Iris tracks him down to a dilapidated shipyard, where he’s been keeping to himself. What begins as a stubborn attempt to reconnect slowly unfolds into a fragile bond.
World premiere
How To Divorce During the War
(Country: Lithuania, Luxembourg, Ireland, Czech Republic; Year: 2026; Director: Andrius Blaževičius; Writer: Andrius Blaževičius; Stars: Marius Repšys, Žygimantė Elena Jakštaitė, Amelija Adomaitytė, Gintare Parulyte, Indrė Patkauskaitė)
In Vilnius in 2022, Marija has a revelation that she wants to divorce her husband, Vytas, right before Russia invades Ukraine. Forced to confront their crumbling relationship, they navigate the process of divorce as it collides with the ongoing war.
World premiere
Shame And Money and Extra Geography
The Huntress
(Country: Mexico, US; Year: 2026; Director: Suzanne Andrews Correa; Writer: Suzanne Andrews Correa; Stars: Adriana Paz, Teresa Sánchez, Jennifer Trejo, Eme Malafe, Guillermo Alonso)
In the border city of Juárez, Mexico, where violence against women is perpetrated with impunity, an unlikely defender emerges with a desperate call for change. Inspired by true events.
World premiere
Lady
(Country: United Kingdom, Nigeria; Year: 2026; Director: Olive Nwosu; Writer: Olive Nwosu; Stars: Jessica Gabriel's Ujah, Amanda Oruh, Tinuade Jemiseye, Binta Ayo Mogaji, Seun Kuti, Bucci Franklin)
In the sprawling African metropolis of Lagos, a fiercely independent young cab driver meets a band of radiantly reckless sex workers whose sisterhood pulls her into danger and joy, setting her on a journey toward her own transformation.
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Levitating
(Country: Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, France; Year: 2026; Director: Wregas Bhanuteja; Writer: Wregas Bhanuteja, Alicia Angelina, Defi Mahendra; Stars: Angga Yunanda, Maudy Ayunda, Anggun, Chicco Kurniawan, Bryan Domani, Indra Birowo, Ganindra Bimo, Ivonne Dahler, Muhammad Asyrof Al-Ghifari, Buyung Ispramadi)
In a town where pleasure equals being possessed by spiritual beings, Bayu aspires to be the shaman of a trance party so he can fundraise enough money to prevent an impending eviction.
World premiere
Shame And Money
(Country: Kosovo, Germany, Slovenia, Macedonia, Albania; Year: 2026; Director: Visar Morina; Writer: Visar Morina, Doruntina Basha; Stars: Astrit Kabashi, Flonja Kodheli, Alban Ukaj, Besnik Krapi, Tristan Halilaj, Refet Abazi, Kumrije Hoxha, Fiona Gllavica)
After losing their livelihood in a village, a Kosovar family is forced to move to the capital in pursuit of a place in a hypercapitalist society.
World premiere
Tell Me Everything
(Country: Israel, France; Year: 2026; Director: Moshe Rosenthal; Writer: Moshe Rosenthal; Stars: Ido Tako, Yair Mazor, Assi Cohen, Keren Tzur, Mor Dimri, Neta Orbach)
Amid the late ’80s pop craze and rising HIV epidemic, 12-year-old Boaz uncovers a devastating secret about the father he idolizes that threatens to tear his family apart. Across a yearslong journey, Boaz seeks to heal the wound and reclaim the father-son bond he never stopped yearning for.
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