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The Moment and Narciso
Allegro Pastell
(Country: Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Anna Roller; Stars: Sylvaine Faligant, Jannis Niewöhner, Vera Flück, Luna Wedler, Wolfram Koch, Haley Louise Jones, Martina Gedeck, Nico Ehrenteit, Steven Preisner, Riccardo Campione, Fabian Baumgarten, Jakob Schreier, Manuel Zschunke, Claudia Kozma, Davide Jakubowski)
World premiere
Novelist Tanja and web designer Jerome, both in their thirties, have perfected a balance of intimacy and separation in their long-distance relationship. When Tanja catches a glimpse of a settled future together, she wonders if it is really what she wants.
Around Paradise
(Country: Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Yulia Lokshina)
World premiere
In Caazapá, the “city of magic and legends”, two Paraguayan students are searching for happiness, gold and a magic bird. Their European dropout neighbours are hoping for freedom, healing and salvation from Armageddon. Everything has its price.
Bucks Harbor
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Peter Muller)
The inner lives of fishermen, young and old, who work the waters in Maine.
World premiere
The Day She Returns
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2026; Director: Hong Sang-soo; Writer: Hong Sang-soo; Stars: Song Sun-mi, Cho Yun-hee, Park Mi-so, Kim Seon-jin, Oh Yun-su, Kang So-yi, Ha Seong-guk, Shin Seok-ho)
World premiere
She has just finished the shoot of an independent film and now has to give three interviews about it. Afterwards, in her acting class, her teacher asks her to reenact the interviews. But for some reason, she is unable to remember them.
Douglas Gordon By Douglas Gordon
(Country: UK, France; Year: 2026; Director: Finlay Pretsell; Stars: Douglas Gordon)
World premiere
Intimate portrait of the Turner prizewinner.
Lady and Bucks Harbor
The Education Of Jane Cumming
(Country: Germany, Switzerland, UK; Year: 2026; Director: Sophie Heldman; Writer: Flora Nicholson, Sophie Heldman; Stars: Flora Nicholson, Clare Dunne, Mia Tharia, Fiona Shaw, Sadie Shimmin, Stephen McCole)
Edinburgh, 1810. Two female teachers find themselves at the centre of a scandal.
Enjoy Your Stay
(Country: Switzerland, France, Philippines; Year: 2026; Director: Dominik Locher, Honeylyn Joy Alipio; Stars: Mercedes Cabral, Alexis Manenti, Anna Luna, Hasmine Killip)
World premiere
To avoid losing custody of her six-year-old daughter in Manila, Luz, an undocumented Filipina cleaner working in a luxury Swiss ski resort, must earn money at any cost – even if it means transgressing her own moral limits.
Enough is Enough
(Trop c'est Trop)
(Country: France, Congo; Director: Elisé Sawasawa)
World premiere
Thirty years of war, seven million displaced, ten million dead. A plunge into the chaos of the city of Goma, capital of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Four Minus Three
(Vier Minus Drei)
(Country: Austria, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Adrian Goiginger; Writer: Senad Halilbasic; Stars: Valerie Pachner, Robert Stadlober, Stefanie Reinsperger, Hanno Koffler, Ronald Zehrfeld)
A family of professional clowns is hit by tragedy.
The Garden We Dreamed
(El jardín que soñamos)
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2026; Director: Joaquín del Paso; Writer: Joaquín del Paso; Stars: Néhémie Bastien, Faustin Pierre, Kimaëlle Holly Preville, Ruth Aicha Pierre Nelson, Carlos Esquivel)
World premiere
A family settles in a remote forest and tries to carve out a life.
Lali and The Education Of Jane Cumming
The Hidden Face Of The Earth
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Arnaud Alain; Stars: Dimitri Jean, Pierre Marragou)
Dimitri loves photographing friends, strangers, lovers. Over the years, images have slipped away from his sight. Behind his camera, he gathers light and bodies, inviting us to gaze toward the hidden face of the Earth.
If I Were Alive
(Se eu fosse vivo... vivia)
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2026; Director: André Novais Oliveira; Writer: André Novais Oliveira; Stars: Norberto Novais Oliveira, Conceição Evaristo, Jean Paulo Campos, Tainá Evaristo)
Gilberto and Jacira promised to grow old together – for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. Till death them do part.
Isabel
(Country: Brazil, France; Year: 2026; Director: Gabe Klinger; Writer: Gabe Klinger; Stars: Marina Person, Caio Horowicz, John Ortiz, Michelle Ellyse)
World premiere
Isabel, a sommelière in São Paulo, dreams of escaping her boss and opening her own bar. When plans don’t go as expected, she must decide whether to halt everything or take bold steps to uncork her fate on her own terms.
Iván & Hadoum
(Country: Spain, Belgium, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Ian de la Rosa; Writer: Ian de la Rosa; Stars: Silver Chicón, Herminia Loh, Gregor Acuña-Pohl)
In a greenhouse in southern Spain, Iván falls in love with his newly hired co-worker, Hadoum. But his long-awaited promotion interferes with their relationship, forcing Iván to decide what kind of person he wants to be.
I Understand Your Displeasure
(Country: Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Kilian Armando Friedrich; Writer: Kilian Armando Friedrich, Tünde Sautier, Daniel Kunz; Stars: Sabine Thalau, Nada Kosturin, Werner Posselt, Sadibou Diabang, Nigyar Velagich, Thomas Sprekelsen)
World premiere
A cleaning company worker faces a difficult choice after a powerful subcontractor threatens to withdraw support if she doesn't give more work to his team.
Iván & Hadoum and Árru
Jaripeo
(Country: Mexico, US, France; Year: 2026; Director: Rebecca Zweig, Efraín Mojica)
World premiere
A journey to Michoacán’s hypermasculine rodeos descends into the subconscious of memory, queer desire, and longing, leading to a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind.
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.
Lali
(Country: Pakistan; Year: 2026; Director: Sarmad Sultan Khoosat; Writer: Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, Sundus Hashmi; Stars: Rasti Farooq, Channan Hanif, Juggan Kazim, Mamya Shajaffar)
Darkly comic tale of two people bound by an inherited union.
London
(Country: Austria; Year: 2026; Director: Sebastian Brameshuber; Stars: Bobby Sommer)
Bobby drives back and forth between Vienna and Salzburg, giving lifts to strangers on the way, sharing conversations that drift from the mundane to the deeply personal. In this tender portrait of today’s Europe, anonymity and warmth still go hand in hand.
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)
A rising pop star navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut.
Mouse
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Kelly O’Sullivan, Alex Thompson; Writer: Kelly O’Sullivan; Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Chloe Coleman, Tara Mallen, Iman Vellani)
When two girls' friendship is upended one forms a complicated relationship with the other one's mother.
Narciso
(Country: Paraguay, Germany, Brazil, Spain, France, Portugal, Uruguay; Year: 2026; Director: Marcelo Martinessi; Writer: Marcelo Martinessi; Stars: Diro Romero, Manuel Cuenca, Arturo Fleitas, Aníbal Ortíz, Natalia Cálcena, Margarita Irún, Belén Vierci, Alberto Sánchez, Liz Fernández Casabianca, Florencia Boccia, Macarena Candia, Cecilia Torres, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Mona Martínez)
Paraguay, 1958. The charismatic Narciso returns from Buenos Aires with rock ’n’ roll in his veins. Under the suffocating military regime, he becomes a music sensation and a symbol of freedom. But then, after his final show, he is found dead…
Numb
(Shibire)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Takuya Uchiyama; Writer: Takuya Uchiyama; Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Rie Miyazawa, Tsukasa Enomoto, Anji Kato, Haruto Akimoto, Masatoshi Nagase, Mariko Akama)
A boy who no longer speaks, shaped by a tyrannical father and a mother he both resents and loves, grows up on Japan's northern coast. With nowhere to belong, he returns to seek his father and sets his fate in motion.
Only Rebels Win
(Country: France, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2026; Director: Danielle Arbid; Writer: Danielle Arbid; Stars: Hiam Abbass, Mahamat Amine Benrachid, Sami Dekhissi)
World premiere
Suzanne and Osmane meet in crisis-ridden Beirut. Osmane is a young Sudanese man without papers, searching for a better future; Suzanne is a widow with Palestinian roots more than twice his age. Against all odds, they fall in love.
The Other Side Of The Sun
(Country: Belgium, France, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2026; Director: Tawfik Sabouni; Writer: Tawfik Sabouni, Laurine Estrade)
After the fall of Assad’s regime, five survivors return to the former torture prison of Saidnaya to reenact what they experienced there during their incarceration. They reclaim their voices and bear witness for those who can no longer speak for themselves.
Paradise
(Country: Canada, France, Ghana; Year: 2026; Director: Jérémy Comte; Writer: Jérémy Comte; Stars: Daniel Atsu Hukporti, Joey Boivin Desmeules, Evelyne de la Chenelière)
The enigmatic captain of a burning cargo ship binds together the fates of two families.
Prosecution
(Staatsschutz)
(Country: Germany; Director: Faraz Shariat)
World premiere
After surviving a racist attack, state prosecutor Seyo Kim takes her own case to court – confronting both the perpetrators and a justice system that turns a blind eye to right-wing extremism.
Raging
(Rumaragasa)
(Country: Philippines; Year: 2025; Director: Ryan Machado; Writer: Ryan Machado; Stars: Elijah Canlas, Ron Angeles, Reynald Santos, Glenn Sevilla Mas, Nathan J. Sotto, Raf Rivera Rey, Nonong Reyes, Mely Merez, Piolo Arib, Keith Fejer, Robert Simon Rosas, Rodne Galicha)
A young man's quest for justice is intertwined with a plane crash mystery.
Roya
(Country: Germany, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Iran; Year: 2026; Director: Mahnaz Mohammadi)
Roya, an Iranian teacher imprisoned for her political beliefs, is faced with a choice: make a forced televised confession, or remain confined to her three-square-metre cell.
Árru
(Country: Norway, Sweden, Finland; Year: 2026; Director: Elle Sofe Sara; Writer: Johan Fasting, Elle Sofe Sara; Stars: Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska, Ayla Gáren Audhild P. Nutti, Simon Issát Marainen)
Sámi reindeer herder Maia fights to protect her ancestral lands from a looming mining project.
World premiere
A Russian Winter
(Un Hiver Russe)
(Country: France; Director: Patric Chiha; Writer: Patric Chiha)
World premiere
After the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Margarita, Yuri and their friends are pushed into exile from Russia as they refuse to comply with the regime. Suspended between countries, they have nowhere to return, and nowhere they feel truly welcome.
Safe Exit
(Country: Egypt, Germany, Qatar, Tunisia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Year: 2026; Director: Mohammed Hammad; Writer: Mohammed Hammad; Stars: Marwan Waleed, Noha Foad, Hazem Essam)
Psychological thriller centring on a security guard with PTSD.
Shanghai Daughter
(Country: China; Year: 2026; Director: Agnis Shen Zhongmin; Writer: Agnis Shen Zhongmin; Stars: Cuishan Liang)
A Shanghai woman journeys alone to a rubber plantation in southwest China, where her late father was sent during the Cultural Revolution. As she searches for a mysterious woman, some strangers unexpectedly drift into her path.
Shibire
(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Takuya Uchiyama; Writer: Takuya Uchiyama; Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Rie Miyazawa, Tsukasa Enomoto, Anji Kato, Haruto Akimoto, Mariko Akama, Masatoshi Nagase)
International premiere
A boy who no longer speaks, shaped by a tyrannical father and a mother he both resents and loves, grows up on Japan’s northern coast. With nowhere to belong, he returns to seek his father and sets his fate in motion.
Siri Hustvedt – Dance Around the Self
(Country: Germany, Switzerland; Year: 2026; Director: Sabine Lidl; Stars: Siri Hustvedt)
Sabine Lidl presents Siri Hustvedt’s journey from her first novel to being a leading voice in contemporary literature – a film about feminist perspectives, Hustvedt’s soulmate Paul Auster, and the power of thought.
Traces
(Country: Ukraine, Poland; Year: 2026; Director: Alisa Kovalenko, Marysia Nikitiuk)
Documentary shines a light on Ukrainian women who, after surviving conflict-related sexual violence and torture during the Russian war of aggression, refuse to remain silent.
Tristan Forever
(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2026; Director: Tobias Nölle)
For 30 years, a doctor from Paris has maintained a friendship with a fisherman on Tristan da Cunha, the most isolated inhabited island in the world. Now he travels back one more time, with the plan to stay there for good.
Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
(Country: Germany, Netherlands; Director: Viv Li; Writer: Viv Li)
World premiere
A Chinese wannabe artist drifts between Berlin’s overwhelming alternative scene and her traditional family in Beijing. With wit and insight, the film follows her search for identity and belonging in a globalised but polarised world.
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