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10 Days Later (Country: United States of America; Year: 2026; Director: Celia Aniskovich)
A stirring 25th-anniversary reflection on 9/11 and the first MLB game at Shea Stadium in its wake, capturing how baseball helped New Yorkers begin to heal.
80 Angry Journalists (Year: 2026; Director: András Földes, Anna Kis) , Trailer
When, under Viktor Orbán’s far-right prime ministership, Index.hu succumbed to state-sponsored repression, 80 journalists quit in protest, including András Földes, who picked up the camera and documented what came next.
Enough (Year: 2026; Director: Kreshnik Jonuzi, Matthew Vigil) , Trailer
Both a fascinating portrait of a social crusader and a mirror to police murders of Black Americans, this film examines the aftermath where grief and the desire for justice co-exist.
Kenny: The Marxist Who Would Be Mayor (Year: 2026; Director: Christopher Gruse) , Trailer
The Corvette-driving, verbally gifted Marxist Ken Cockrel was a powerhouse lawyer in 1970s Detroit, a city roiled by segregation, racial unrest, and police brutality.
My NDA (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Miriam Shor, Juliane Dressner)
Three people bound by non-disclosure agreements face extreme personal risk to expose how a simple intellectual property contract is weaponised to silence, manipulate and control.
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.
With Love and Rage (Year: 2026; Director: Bojina Panayotova) , Trailer
November 17, 1980, is a watershed date for American feminism. It was the day when thousands of women surrounded the Pentagon in protest of Ronald Reagan’s war policies. Filmmaker Bojina Panayotova reconstructs that forgotten history.
Zenón and the Rebel Boats (Year: 2026; Director: Juan C. Dávila Santiago)
Puerto Rican fisherman and organiser Carlos "Taso" Zenón led his Vieques community against the US military's occupation, told through unseen archival footage.
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