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Apart (Country: Greece; Year: 2026; Director: Stelana Kliris)
1974. When Turkey invades Cyprus, young Eleni escapes through an arranged marriage to a fellow Greek-Cypriot in apartheid South Africa. They begin to build a life together but a secret from her past forces her to make a decision that could change her life forever.
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The Great Family (La Gran Familia) (Country: Mexico, Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Matías Meyer; Writer: Matías Meyer, Israel Cárdenas; Stars: Alán Hernández Vázquez, Miguel Sánchez Paredes, Raquel Rojas)
Follows a teenager who is sent to La Gran Familia, a sprawling shelter for hundreds of disadvantaged children.
World premiere
IOU (Country: China; Year: 2026; Director: Steven Zhang Zhonghua; Writer: Steven Zhang Zhonghua; Stars: Aaron Kwok Fu-shing, Amy Zhao, Liang Zongyao)
One grumpy debt collector, two unstoppable kids, and a Chinese New Year miracle nobody saw coming.
World premiere
Jimoto Loop (Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Masaya Tsutsumi; Writer: Masaya Tsutsumi; Stars: Hitomi Uneda, Shinma Okazaki, Moerinu, Nobuhiko Kunimi, Kuniko Nakanishi, Ippei Uesugi, Sayuna Hama, Yoji Minagawa)
Time-loop mystery where escaping home may be the hardest and most wonderful journey of all.
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Kidney (Country: India; Year: 2026; Director: Aakarsh Sansanwal, Agrim Sansanwal; Writer: Agrim Sansanwal; Stars: Simran Tandon, Rudrashish Majumdar, Nitin Kumar Singh, Prabhat Mishra, Manish Devkunsh, Rakesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar)
A minor family dispute spirals into deadly revenge.
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Mo Amor (Country: Estonia; Year: 2026; Director: Eeva Mägi; Writer: Eeva Mägi; Stars: Ester Kuntu, Jarmo Reha, Tambet Tuisk, Andres Mähar, Sander Roosimägi, Ivor Mikker)
A photographer turns a modern fairy tale into a deeply personal story of love, identity, and transformation.
World premiere
One Month (Edin Mesec) (Country: Bulgaria, Romania, Spain; Year: 2026; Director: Maya Vitkova; Writer: Maya Vitkova; Stars: Miroslava Gogovska, Mariana Krumova, Marin Yanev, Plamen Velikov, Yordan Rasin)
As her parents’ 50th wedding anniversary approaching, 45-year-old Sarah is given an ultimatum: she has one month to leave the family home.
World premiere
Rahma (Country: Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Faysal Soysal; Writer: Faysal Soysal)
A childless couple’s life changes when a Syrian refugee arrives, carrying a secret that alters everything.
World premiere
Until Dawn (Country: Morocco; Year: 2026; Director: Mohamed Zineddaine; Writer: Olivier Bombarda, Mohamed Zineddaine; Stars: Rida El Hadi, Hafça El Khal, Pietro Ragusa, Asmâa El Hadrami, Aya Jabrane, Mustapha Rachidi, Yassir Kazzouz, Mehdi El Mellouk)
Sixteen-year-old Hamid sits alone on a small boat in the port of Kenitra, flashbacks show us how he came to this moment.
World premiere
When I Existed (Cuando yo existía) (Country: Uruguay, Spain; Year: 2026; Director: Alejandro Damiani, Martín Avdolov; Writer: Alejandro Damiani, Martín Avdolov; Stars: César Troncoso, Silvia Kutika, Néstor Guzzini, Mónica Gonzaga, Eduardo Miglionico, Ariel Caldarelli, Mirella Pascual)
Black comedy about a retiree declared dead who must fight bureaucracy to reclaim his life.
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