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Back To Buenos Aires
(Ritorno A Buenos Aires)
(Country: Italy, Brazil; Year: 2026; Director: Marco Bechis; Writer: Marco Bechis; Stars: Adriano Giannini, Ana Celentano, Vero Geréz, Olivia Nuss, Adrián Fondari, Marcelo Chaparro, Paula Cohen)
World premiere
An Italian doctor, decides to return to Buenos Aires to testify at the trial of the former military officers from the Argentine dictatorship who had abducted him 33 years earlier, forcing him to confront survivor's guilt.
A Bit Before Midnight
(Un Peu Avant Minuit)
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Nicolas Pariser; Writer: Nicolas Pariser; Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Léonie Simaga, Chiara Mastroianni, Golshifteh Farahani, Anaïs Demoustier, Clara Pacini, Micha Lescot)
World premiere
As he is about to separate from his partner, with whom he lives in Eastern France, 49-year-old Léo learns of the death of his biological father whom he never knew. Before traveling to Italy to deal with the inheritance, he spends a few days in Paris to take stock of his life.
A Bit Of Light
(Kami Nour)
(Country: Iran, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Turkey; Year: 2026; Director: Ali Asgari; Writer: Ali Asgari, Shadmehr Rastin; Stars: Misagh Zare, Sadaf Asgari, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Ramtin Daghigh, Mina Rahimzadeh)
World premiere
After being arrested and having his medical practice shut down, an Iranian doctor loses faith in the future and resolves to end his life - but one final day among his family begins to unsettle his decision.
Bucking Fastard
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Werner Herzog; Writer: Werner Herzog; Stars: Kate Mara, Rooney Mara, Hugh O'Conor, Simon Delaney, Terry McMahon, Shane Connellan, Orlando Bloom, Domhnall Gleeson)
World premiere
Drama based on the true story of identical twins who led co-dependent lives.
Bunker
(Country: France, Spain; Year: 2026; Director: Florian Zeller; Writer: Florian Zeller; Stars: Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Paul Dano, Stephen Graham, Eileen Atkins, Mark Gatiss, Nimmi Harasgama, Jamie Bisping, Christos Lawton, Karen Ascoe, Shelley Williams, Abe Jarman, Greta Bellamacina)
World premiere
When an architect accepts a morally ambiguous project - building a survivalist bunker for a tech billionaire - his wife begins to question their marriage after 17 years together.
Company
(Country: Canada, US; Year: 2026; Director: Casey Affleck; Writer: Casey Affleck, Ron Hansen; Stars: Nick Nolte, Ben Mendelsohn, Adelaide Clemens, Scoot McNairy, Emily Lind, Caylee Cowan, Atticus Affleck, Indiana Affleck)
World premiere
A mysterious traveler tells a story that spans generations, drawing together the lives of three wounded souls struggling to choose between vengeance and forgiveness.
Dau
(Country: Germany, France, Sweden; Year: 2026; Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky; Stars: Teodor Currentzis, Radmila Shchogolieva, Anatoly Vasiliev)
World premiere
The latest instalment of the director's multidisciplinary project.
The Echo Chamber
(Country: Italy, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Andrea Pallaoro; Writer: Ludovica Rampoldi, Ilaria Bernardini; Stars: Luca Marinelli, Alicia Vikander, Susan Sarandon)
World premiere
Drama focused on a co-dependent couple who cannot let go or break free.
A Good Little Soldier
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Stéphane Brizé; Writer: Stéphane Brizé, Coralie Amédéo, Olivier Gorce; Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Vincent Lindon, Sharif Andoura, David Talbot)
World premiere
A successful business executive tasked with promoting employee wellbeing while still meeting performance goals finds herself pushed to breaking point.
Il Fuoco Che Ti Porti Dentro
(Year: 2026; Director: Edoardo De Angelis; Writer: Francesco Piccolo, Ilaria Macchia, Edoardo De Angelis; Stars: Vanessa Scalera, Lino Musella, Elena Radonicich, Ivana Lotito, Tommaso Ragno)
World premiere
A man who has built a succcessful career far away from his mother finds himself on a collision course with her when she comes to visit for Christmas.
Ink
(Country: 2026; Year: 2026; Director: Danny Boyle; Writer: James Graham; Stars: Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce, Claire Foy)
World premiere. Opening night film
Drama charting Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of The Sun newspaper and its relaunch along with editor Larry Lamb in 1969
It Will Happen Tonight
(Succederà Questa Notte)
(Country: Italy, Spain, France; Year: 2026; Director: Nanni Moretti; Writer: Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella, Federica Pontremoli; Stars: Louis Garrel, Jasmine Trinca, Angela Finocchiaro, Elena Lietti, Antonio De Matteo, Andrea Lattanzi, Hippolyte Girardot, Pietro Ragusa, Paolo Sassanelli, Nanni Moretti, Melina Åkerman Kvie, Edoardo Purgatori, Tania de la Cruz, Laura Nardi, David L. Bengoetxea)
World premiere
Loosely based on the short story collection Hungry Heart by Lev Raev.
Look Back
(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda; Writer: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Hirokazu Kore-eda; Stars: Natsuki Deguchi, Aju Makita, Fuuri Nanase, Rokka Okada, Masaki Suda, Kankuro Kudo, Kayo Noro, Ryo Ikeda, Miyu Sasaki, Maho Yamada)
World premiere
Fujino, a gifted and determined teenager, is confident in her talent as an aspiring manga artist while the reclusive Kyomoto rarely leaves her room, devoting herself entirely to drawing. Brought together by their shared passion, the two small-town girls pursue their dream of becoming manga artists.
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
(Nelson San, Anata Ha Hito Wo Koroshimashitaka?)
(Country: Japan, US, Thailand; Year: 2026; Director: Shinya Tsukamoto; Writer: Shinya Tsukamoto; Stars: Rodney Hicks, Geoffrey Rush, Tatyana Ali, Mark Merphy)
World premiere
The original story is a non-fiction account by Allen Nelson, an African American veteran of the Vietnam War, detailing his wartime experiences and the struggles he faced upon returning home.
A Place To Heal
(15/18)
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Cédric Kahn; Writer: Cédric Kahn; Stars: Zoé Monpart, Malou Khebizi, Kenji Peyran, Raphaël Besson, Patience Munchenbach, Ahleme Sahraoui, Jade Philip, Laeti Vabre, Daoud Gary, Sami Assouane, Ambre Belaidi, Gabriel Pottier, Sophie Guillemin, Maria Cavalier-Bazan, Cédric Kahn)
World premiere
Lucia, 17, is taken to a child and adolescent psychiatric unit, where she is reunited with old friends Amidst treatment, attentive care, and the tensions of an overwhelmed ward, the group’s fragile balance wavers with the arrival of the mysterious Enzo.
Possible Love
(Ga-neung-han sa-rang)
(Country: South Korea, US; Year: 2026; Director: Lee Chang-dong; Writer: Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi; Stars: Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung, Cho Yeo-jeong, Jo Yu-ri)
World premiere
A story of two married couples - a laid-off worker and his spouse, and a documentary filmmaker and her spouse - crossing paths to film a documentary and facing their different lives and hidden desires.
Primetime
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Lance Oppenheim; Writer: Ajon Singh; Stars: Robert Pattinson, Bokeem Woodbine, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Eric Rahill, Matthew Maher, Phoebe Bridgers, Sean Bridgers, Jessica Blackmore, Sue-Lynn Ansari, Jonathan Lipnicki, Bob Ari, Mike Harkins, Dan Matteucci, Ja'Quan Monroe-Henderson)
World premiere
In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.
The Spiral
(L'estrania)
(Country: Belgium, France, Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Paolo Strippoli; Writer: Paolo Strippoli, Salvatore de Chirico; Stars: Jasmine Trinca, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Matilda De Angelis, Adriano Giannini, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi)
World premiere
A woman unexpectedly shows up at her daughter’s home to reveal the truth about their family.
Wild Horse Nine
(Country: UK, US, Chile; Year: 2026; Director: Martin McDonagh; Writer: Martin McDonagh; Stars: John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Parker Posey, Tom Waits, Mariana di Girolamo, Paola Giannini, Ailín Salas, Samuel Wayt)
World premiere
Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
Woman Unknown
(Kvinde Ukendt)
(Country: Denmark; Year: 124; Director: May el-Toukhy; Writer: May el-Toukhy, Maren Louise Käehne; Stars: Mathilde Arcel Fock, Carsten Bjørnlund, Thorbjørn Hedegaard, Marina Bouras, Mia Plantin, Sofia Nolsøe Mikkelsen)
World premiere
A housemaid is about to marry a wealthy widower but a secret from her past threatens to catch up with her.
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