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Arrested Memory
(Country: Taiwan, Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Sabu; Writer: Sabu; Stars: Ethan Juan, Moon Lee, Reika Kirishima, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Hsieh Ying-shiuan, Daisuke Tsukahara, Kent Tsai, Akira Huang, Chang Tsai-hsing, Brando Huang, Chen Yen-chuang, Yang Jie, Nelson Shen, Stanley Mei, Lo Neng-hua)
World premiere. Fiction
A detective develops amnesia while he is on a case.
The Basics Of Philosophy
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Paul Schrader; Writer: Paul Schrader; Stars: Dana Delany, Bill Pullman, Sofia Boutella, Jack Huston, Karl Glusman, Daniel Zovatto, Shiloh Fernandez, Jamie Addison, Brandon Davis, Rufus Burns, Jennifer Stepanyk, Davis Lee DeRock Jr., Elizabeth Perla)
World premiere. Fiction
A repressed philosophy professor is haunted by a long-buried transgression and the sudden return of its victim.
Be Brave
(Country: Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Francesco Carrozzini; Stars: Renzo Rosso)
World premiere. Documentary
Documentary about the Italian entrepreuneur and founder of Diesel.
Biografía de Jorge Luis Borges
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2026; Director: Mariano Llinás; Stars: Jorge Luis Borges, Ernesto Montequín, Nicolás Helft, Laura Paredes, Milva Leonardi, Pablo Dacal)
World premiere. Documentary
An attempt to narrate the author and poet's biography through objects and places.
Boatbuilders
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Luke Lorentzen)
World premiere. Documentary
Consideration of a community of boatbuilders in Maine.
Burgundy
(Country: France; Year: 90; Director: Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw; Stars: Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw)
World premiere. Documentary
The story of Burgundy’s most extraordinary characters and a celebration of the pleasure that defines their lives.
Citizen Osama
(Country: Palestinian Territory, France, Qatar; Year: 2026; Director: Ahmed Hassouna; Writer: Ahmed Hassouna)
World premiere. Documentary
In besieged northern Gaza, Osama, a former artistic photographer turned war documentarian, struggles to protect his wife and newborn while capturing devastation around him.
Dust
(Weichen)
(Country: Taiwan, Spain; Year: 2026; Director: Tsai Ming-liang; Stars: Lee Kang-sheng)
World premiere. Documentary
The 11th film in the Walker series follows the Walker through San Sebastián.
Everest: The Other Side
(Year: 2026; Director: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi; Writer: Jimmy Chin, Lindsey Ferrentino, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi)
World premiere. Documentary
Follows two mountaineers as they attempt to climb and ski the direct North Face of Mount Everest.
Father Joe
(Country: US, France; Director: Barthélémy Grossmann; Writer: Luc Besson; Stars: Al Pacino, Kiefer Sutherland, Ever Anderson, Michael Rispoli, Fred Melamed, Chris Tardio, Erik Palladino)
World premiere. Fiction
In the heart of Manhattan’s Little Italy, where mob bosses rule and faith is fading, Father Joe, a man of God unlike any other, wages a secret war – singlehandedly busting crime rings and turning the city’s underworld into his congregation.
From Inside Out - The Architecture Of Peter Zumthor
(Country: Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Wim Wenders; Writer: Wim Wenders)
World premiere. Documentary
Explores the work of one of the most influential contemporary architects, Pritzker Prize-winner Peter Zumthor.
God Laughs
(Dio Ride)
(Country: Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Giovanni Veronesi; Writer: Giovanni Veronesi, Nicola Baldoni, Gianluca Bernardini, Nicola Deorsola; Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Silvio Orlando, Alma Noce, Maurizio Lombardi, Francesco Gheghi, Paolo Rossi, Carlo Cecchi)
World premiere. Fiction
Period drama set in the 17th century where a friar is using humour to spread the word of God.
Hollywood Dust
(Country: Italy, Spain, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Victor Kossakovsky)
World premiere. Documentary
Invites us to explore the world of plants through a new and surprising perspective with botanist Stefano Mancuso.
Imperium
(Country: France, Italy, Germany, Lithuania; Year: 2026; Director: Sergei Loznitsa)
World premiere. Documentary
A visual journey across the USSR, built entirely from archival footage shot between 1970-73.
Jupiter
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Alexandre Smia; Writer: Alexandre Smia, Thomas Finkelkraut; Stars: Denis Ménochet, André Dussollier, Reda Kateb, Ella Rumpf, Dominique Blanc and Céline Sallette)
World premiere. Fiction
A newly elected president faces a nuclear escalation crisis.
Juso Per Ferie
(Country: Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Karen Di Porto)
World premiere. Documentary
Documentary about pioneering Italian producer Galliano Juso.
Letters
(Listy)
(Country: Poland, Germany, Lithuania; Year: 2026; Director: Andrei Kutsila; Writer: Andrei Kutsila)
World premiere. Documentary
Consideration of Belarus through the correspondence of those who have suffered political oppression and imprisonment.
Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
(Makikiraan Po)
(Country: Philippines; Year: 2026; Director: Lav Diaz; Writer: Lav Diaz; Stars: Bart Guingona, Ronnie Lazaro, Isabel Sandoval, Yul Servo, Christian Bables, Bong Cabrera, Rafa Siguion-Reyna, Amado Arjay Babon)
World premiere. Fiction
Drama about the violent colonisation of the Phillippines by Spain.
Musk
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Alex Gibney; Stars: Elon Musk)
World premiere. Documentary
A detailed look at the tech billionnaire.
My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Julia Loktev; Writer: Julia Loktev)
World premiere. Documentary
Following the Russian independent journalists who fled Russia in Last Air In Moscow as they continue their lives in exile.
Nino - Un Film Su Nino Rota
(Country: Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Walter Fasano; Stars: Nino Rota, Park Chan-wook, Alexandre Desplat, Vince Mendoza)
World premiere. Documentary
Documentary about the life of Italian composer Nino Rota, whose scores included La Strada and La Dolce Vita.
No Pain
(Nessun Dolore)
(Country: Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Gianni Amelio; Writer: Gianni Amelio, Davide Serino; Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Valeria Golino, Valerio Mastandrea)
World premiere. Fiction
Davide’s life is upended by a tragic event he inadvertently caused.
No Paradise If You Are Killed By A Woman
(Country: Iran, Norway; Year: 2026; Director: Halkawt Mustafa; Writer: Halkawt Mustafa; Stars: Avan Jamal)
World premiere. Fiction
A Kurdish female sniper, has survived war but when she learns the younger sister she believed was dead may still be alive in Mosul, she returns on a rescue mission that forces her to confront the trauma of her past.
Oasis: Don't Look Back In Anger
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2026; Director: Dylan Southern, Will Lovelace; Stars: Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Paul Arthurs, Gem Archer, Andy Bell, Joey Waronker)
World premiere. Documentary
Consideration of the band's reunion tour that also charts their career.
The Pervert's Guide To Utopias
(Country: Ireland, UK, Slovenia, Netherlands, Norway; Year: 2026; Director: Sophie Fiennes; Stars: Slavoj Žižek)
World premiere. Documentary
Philosopher Slavoj Žižek is our guide through landscapes of classic film, music, social media, archive and webcasts. Making unexpected twists and turns, he maps the utopian illusions of our times.
Place To Be
(Country: Singapore, Malaysia, India; Year: 2026; Director: Kornél Mundruczó; Writer: Kata Wéber; Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Taika Waititi, Pamela Anderson, Edgar Ramírez, Maika Monroe, Murray Bartlett, Lena Waithe)
World premiere. Fiction
An unlikely bond forms as an elderly woman and middle-aged divorcee travel from Chicago to New York to return a lost racing pigeon home.
Queer Edward II
(Country: UK; Director: Theo Rollason; Stars: Derek Jarman)
World premiere. Documentary
Spring 1991: queer life is under attack in Britain, and Derek Jarman is turning Edward II into a radical protest film. Documentary which is told through unseen behind-the-scenes footage.
The Road To Jericho
(Country: France, United Kingdom, Israel; Year: 2026; Director: Amos Gitai)
World premiere. Documentary
Travelling from Jerusalem to Jericho, where Yitzhak Rabin's first agreement covered Gaza and Jericho, you encounter Khan El Ahmar, a Bedouin hamlet of 300 people. Recent demolition threats contradict what Rabin would have wanted.
Shumei: The Living Legacy Of Kabuki
(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Takashi Miike; Stars: Ichikawa Ebizo XI)
World premiere. Documentary
A look at the “the succession performance of Ichikawa Danjūrō XIII” as he inherited the Kabuki name.
Trick
(Scherzetto)
(Country: Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Mario Martone; Writer: Mario Martone, Ippolita Di Majo; Stars: Toni Servillo, Lorenzo Perrotta, Serena Rossi, Leonardo Lidi, Gianluca Di Gennaro, Giovanni Ludeno)
World premiere. Fiction
A grandfather and his young grandson: within the confines of an apartment and a balcony, a veritable duel plays out over the course of 72 hours.
Union Town
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Barbara Kopple)
World premiere. Documentary
The third film in Barbara Kopple s triptych on labour rights. Set against the backdrop of New York City, the film follows delivery industry workers as they take on some of the world s most powerful corporate giants,
Un Bon Avocat
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Tristan Séguéla; Writer: Tristan Séguéla, Simon Jacquet, Marcia Romano; Stars: Laurent Lafitte, Anthony Bajon, Mélanie Laurent, Carole Bouquet)
World premiere. Fiction
A flamboyant criminal defence lawyer, overdoses in the middle of the courtroom. After undergoing rehab, he has one week to save his career and prepare for his own trial.
What Love Builds
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Russell Crowe; Stars: Russell Crowe, Alan Doyle, Carl Falk, Scott Grimes, Samantha Barks)
World premiere. Documentary
The actor chronicles the performances and tours of his band Indoor Garden Party.
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