Affection Affection
(Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Alexia Walther, Maxime Matray; Writer: Alexia Walther, Maxime Matray; Stars: Agathe Bonitzer, Nathalie Richard, Christophe Paou, Marc Susini, Clémentine Kaul-Surdez)
A teenage girl disappears on her birthday.
Balearic
(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2025; Director: Ion de Sosa; Writer: Ion de Sosa, Juan González, Chema García Ibarra, Julián Génisson, Lorena Iglesias; Stars: Lara Gallo, Elias Hwidar, Ada Tormo, Paula Gala, María Llopis, Luka Peros, Christina Rosenvinge, Sofía Asencio, Manolo Marín, Moisés Richart, Lorena Iglesias, Julián Génisson, Pili Guerra, Federico Madrid, Héctor Arnau, Marta Bassols, Zorion Eguileor)
Three dogs are holding a group of teens inside the swimming pool of the villa they have snuck into. One of the boys is injured with severe bites. Despite his screams, no one comes to his aid. Those attending this party suffer a strange spell that does not allow them to get into the pool because everyone who swims feels the pain of the teens. It is the eve of San Juan. A ripe day for magic.
Becoming
(Country: France, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Lithuania, Sweden; Year: 2025; Director: Zhannat Alshanova; Writer: Zhannat Alshanova; Stars: Tamiris Zhangazinova, Valentin Novopolskij, Assel Kaliyeva, Medina Sagindykova, Yuliya Dyussebayeva)
Present-day Kazakhstan. Seventeen-year-old Mila can no longer bear the chaos of her home life.
She joins an open-water swimming team led by the enigmatic Vlad, drawn by the promise of structure and a sense of belonging. But the fear of losing her place continues to grow.
Blue Heron
(Country: Canada, Hungary; Year: 2025; Director: Sophy Romvari; Writer: Sophy Romvari; Stars: Eylul Guven, Iringó Réti, Ádám Tompa, Edik Beddoes, Amy Zimmer)
A young girl and her family move from Hungary to Canada in the 1990s, where her brother disrupts their new life. In the present, she seeks answers from the past.
Don't Let The Sun
(Country: Switzerland, Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Jacqueline Zünd; Writer: Jacqueline Zünd, Arne Kohlweyer; Stars: Levan Gelbakhiani, Maria Pia Pepe, Agnese Claisse, Karidja Touré, Cecilia Bertozzi)
A man who is hired to be a father figure for a young girl begins to forge an unexpected connection.
Fantasy
(Country: Slovenia, North Macedonia; Year: 2025; Director: Kukla; Writer: Kukla; Stars: Sarah Al Saleh, Alina Juhart, Mina Milovanović, Mia Skrbinac)
Mihrije, Sina and Jasna (early 20s) are best friends who live in Slovenia. They are tomboys and refuse to conform to the conservative system they live in. Their world turns upside down when they meet Fantasy, a transgender woman. Together, they embark on a journey that explores the complexities of gender, desire, and self-discovery.
Follies
(Folichonneries)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Eric K Boulianne; Writer: Alexandre Auger, Eric K Boulianne; Stars: Eric K Boulianne, Catherine Chabot, Florence Blain Mbaye, Étienne Galloy, Sarah Chouinard Poirier, Simone Bellemare-Ledoux, Agathe Ledoux, Sophie Letourneur, Antonin Mousseau-Rivard, Ève Landry, Éric Robidoux, Julie Le Breton, Nathalie Coupal, Ambre Jabrane, Carolanne Foucher, Erin Margurite Carter, Jacques L’Heureux, Rose-Anne Déry, Rémi St-Michel)
A couple in a relationship for 16 years and parents of two children, are no longer able to connect sexually. They decide to open up their relationship in order to experience "fun" experiences that will allow them to learn more about themselves. Polyamory, libertinism, BDSM, and sexual fluidity ensue.
Hair, Paper, Water...
(Tóc, Giây và Nuóc…)
(Country: Belgium, France, Vietnam; Year: 2025; Director: Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý; Stars: Cao Thị Hậu, Cao Xuân Doanh, Cao Thị Hiệu)
An ode to an elderly healer and to Rục, her endangered mother tongue.
