Dead Language and What Marielle Knows
All We Cannot See
(Country: US, Spain; Year: 2025; Director: Alberto Arvelo; Writer: Wendy Guerra, Alberto Arvelo; Stars: María Valverde, Bruna Cusí)
Two women are forever changed when they decide to take a road trip together from
Portugal to Spain.
Narrative. World premiere
A Bright Future
(Country: Germany, Uruguay, Argentina; Year: 2025; Director: Lucía Garibaldi; Writer: Federico Alvarado, Lucía Garibaldi; Stars: Sofía Gala Castiglione, Alfonso Tort, Soledad Pelayo, Martina Paseggi)
In a bleak little neighborhood that seems to exist out of time, clever and curious 18-year-old Elisa has been selected to go work in the North, a great honor both for her family and the entire neighborhood. The trouble is that nobody is able to visit the North, and the few people who are selected to go - like Elisa’s older sister - don’t come back.
Narrative. World premiere
Dead Language
(Country: Israel, Czech Republic, Poland; Year: 2025; Director: Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis; Writer: Mihal Brezis, Amital Stern, Tom Shoval; Stars: Sarah Adler, Ulrich Thomsen, Yehezkel Lazarov, Lars Eidinger)
A chance encounter leads Aya to pick up a stranger at the airport. When he disappears, he leaves behind a gnawing hunger - one which perhaps only a complete stranger could fulfill.
Flor Di Latte
(Country: US, Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Charlotte Linden Ercoli Coe; Writer: Charlotte Linden Ercoli Coe; Stars: Gina Gershon, Julia Fox, Fisher Stevens, Kevin Kline, Tim Heidecker, Stefano Carannante, Marta Pozzan, Sabira Mokhtar, Tracy Wilder, Michael Townsend Wright, Shane Fleming, Vibhor Mathur, Paige Stark, Ivan Andrienko, Vadim Brunell)
In this
offbeat and surreal comedy, frustrated playwright Mark becomes addicted to
huffing perfume to conjure memories from a previous Italian summer vacation.
As he grows increasingly obsessed with chasing the high of the past, his
present life unravels.
Narrative. World premiere
Honeyjoon
(Country: US, Portugal; Year: 2025; Director: Lilian T Mehrel; Writer: Lilian T Mehrel; Stars: Ayden Mayeri, Amira Casar, José Condessa, Teresa Faria, Tomás Furtado de Melo, António Maria, Tiago Sarmento)
Premiere.
Honeyjoon is a sexy comedy-drama — about a mother-daughter trip. Persian-
Kurdish Lela and her American daughter June take a trip to the romantic Azores
after a recent loss, both with polar opposite views about why they’re there, how
to grieve, and the size of June’s tiny bikini. Amidst honeymooners, the Woman,
Life, Freedom movement and their hot, philosophical tour guide, João, the pair
find each other... coming back to life.
Narrative. World premiere
How Dark My Love
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Scott Gracheff; Writer: Scott Gracheff; Stars: Asia Argento, Iggy Pop, Joe Coleman, Whitney Ward, Dave Navarro)
Controversial painter Joe Coleman, known for his intricate portraits of serial
killers and outlaws, undertakes his most challenging subject yet - a seven foot
portrait of his wife, Whitney.
Documentary. World premiere
Kites
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2025; Director: Walter Thompson-Hernandez; Writer: Walter Thompson-Hernandez; Stars: Larissa Borges, Thiago Oliveira, João Vittor Pedroza, Daniel Fernando do Prado Dorea Lima, Phillipe Augusto da Silva Souza)
In a magical realist world where you can have a conversation with your guardian angel, Duvo, a 25-year-old gangster, searches for peace and redemption from a life marked by crime.
Narrative. World premiere
Our Hero, Balthazar
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Oscar Boyson; Writer: Oscar Boyson, Ricky Camilleri; Stars: Jennifer Ehle, Noah Centineo, Chris Bauer, Asa Butterfield, Jaeden Martell, Avan Jogia, Anna Baryshnikov, Becky Ann Baker, Will River, Abby Pauly, Pippa A. Knowles)
Satire sees wealthy NYC teenager Balthy make dramatic gun control
videos to impress his activist crush. When an online troll targets his content,
Balthy becomes convinced he's communicating with a potential school shooter
and embarks on an ill-advised journey to Texas to confront him.
Narrative. World premiere
Videoheaven
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Alex Ross Perry; Writer: Alex Ross Perry; Stars: Maya Hawke)
Documentary exploring the video store as a vitally important site of film culture.
Documentary. World premiere
What Marielle Knows
(Was Marielle Weiß)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Frédéric Hambalek; Writer: Frédéric Hambalek; Stars: Julia Jentsch, Felix Kramer, Laeni Geiseler, Moritz von Treuenfels, Mehmet Atesci, Sissy Höfferer)
Julia and Tobias discover that their daughter Marielle has suddenly developed telepathic abilities and can see and hear everything they do. This leads to situations ranging from the awkward to the absurd as uncomfortable truths are revealed.
Narrative. International premiere
Widow Champion
(Country: Kenya; Year: 2025; Director: Zippy Kimundu; Stars: Rodah Nafula Wekesa)
In rural Kenya, where tribalism and patriarchal values rule, a subjugated group of
women who have lost their husbands and therefore the rights to their inherited
land turn to a last resort: the Widow Champion, Rodah Nafula Wekesa.
Documentary. World premiere
