A Useful Ghost and Mad Bills To Pay (or Destiny, Dile Que No Soy Malo)
Becoming Human
(Chiet Chea Manusa)
(Country: Cambodia; Year: 2025; Director: Polen Ly; Writer: Polen Ly; Stars: Savorn Serak, Piseth Chhun, Sreybor Pin, Preab Pouch, Sovankiry Thon)
A ghost guardian of an old theatre must choose between rebirth and her growing connection to a living man, while their city changes around them.
Diamonds In The Sand
(Country: Japan, Malaysia, Philippines; Year: 2024; Director: Janus Victoria; Writer: Janus Victoria; Stars: Lily Franky, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Maria Isabel Lopez)
Follows Yoji, a lonely Japanese man longing for connection and community.
Dreamers
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor; Writer: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor; Stars: Aiysha Hart, Kerry Howard, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Harriet Webb, Ann Akinjirin, Ronke Adekoluejo, Jamie Bacon, Lucy Ware, Damola Adelaja, Diana Yekinni, Laurence Saunders, Cain Aiden, Ola Labib, Kemi Adekoya, Dolapo Oni)
A Nigerian migrant sent to a removal centre discovers a kindred spirit.
Ish
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Imran Perretta; Writer: Imran Perretta, Enda Walsh; Stars: Farhan Hasnat, Yahya Kitana, Sudha Bhuchar)
A racially profiled police stop-and-search sets two best friends on a collision course
Mad Bills To Pay (or Destiny, Dile Que No Soy Malo)
(Country: US, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Joel Alfonso Vargas; Writer: Joel Alfonso Vargas; Stars: Juan Collado, Destiny Checo, Yohanna Florentino, Nathaly Navarro)
Rico’s summer is a mix of chasing girls and hustling homemade cocktails out of a cooler on Orchard Beach, the Bronx. But when Destiny, his teenage girlfriend, crashes at his place with his family, it’s only a matter of time before his carefree days come spiraling down.
My Father’s Shadow
(Country: UK, Nigeria; Year: 2025; Director: Akinola Davies; Writer: Akinola Davies, Wale Davies; Stars: Sope Dirisu, Efon Wini, Chibuike Marvelous Egbo, Godwin Egbo)
Set over the course of a single day in the Nigerian capital Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, it follows a father, estranged from his two young sons, as they travel through the city.
One Woman One Bra
(Country: Kenya, Nigeria; Year: 2025; Director: Vincho Nchogu; Writer: Vincho Nchogu; Stars: Sarah Karei, Norng’aruani Kipuker, Amos Leuka)
Account of one woman’s fight to keep her ancestral land.
Sink
(Country: Jordan, Estonia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, France; Year: 2025; Director: Zain Duraie; Writer: Zain Duraie; Stars: Clara Khoury, Mohammad Nizar, Wissam Tobaileh, Tara Al Rifai, Anton Qasir)
A mother refuses to accept her suspended high school senior son's deteriorating mental health, clinging to belief he only needs direction as warning signs multiply and crisis looms.
Songs Of Forgotten Trees
(Country: India; Year: 2025; Director: Anuparna Roy; Writer: Anuparna Roy; Stars: Naaz Shaikh, Sumi Baghel, Bhushan Shimpi, Ravi Maan, Pritam Pilania, Lovely Singh)
An actress and part-time sex worker forges an unexpected bond with a migrant call centre employee.
A Useful Ghost
(Pee Chai Dai Ka)
(Country: Thailand; Year: 2025; Director: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke; Writer: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke; Stars: Wanlop Rungkumjad, Wisarut Himmarat, Apasiri Nitibhon, Wisarut Homhuan)
March is mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing the vacuum cleaner. But to become a useful ghost, she first needs to get rid of the useless ones.
