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Atlantic Rhapsody (Country: China; Year: 2026; Director: Zhong Kaifeng; Writer: Zhong Kaifeng; Stars: Yin Fang, Roy Wang, Li Xueqin, Huang Miyi, Zhang Benyu, Huang Ziqi, Xue Baohe,Shen Shiyu, Ding Zidi)
A young man embarks on a surreal quest to find his long-lost father.
At Night (Country: France, UK; Year: 2026; Director: Beatrice Gibson; Stars: Arno Nguyen, Sophie Robinson)
Six women in Paris traverse the anxiety of the city after dark.
Chronicles From The Siege (Country: Algeria, France, Palestinian Territory; Year: 2026; Director: Abdallah Al-Khatib; Writer: Abdallah Al-Khatib; Stars: Nadeem Rimawi, Saja Kilani, Ahmad Kontar, Maria Zreik, Idir Benaibouche, Ahmed Zitouni, Samer Bisharat, Emad Azmi, Nour Seraj, Hamzeh Shaker Mahadin, Hayat Abu Samra, Omar AlMajali, Wassim Fedriche, Omar Rammal, Abdallah Al-Khatib)
The occupants of a military-occupied war zone find the foundational things in life – food, sex, safely giving birth – become matters of life and death as they scrabble for survival.
Chronovisor (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Kevin Walker, Jack Auen; Writer: Kevin Walker, Jack Auen; Stars: Anne Laure Sellier, Nicholas Tebben, Nicole Dombrowski Risser, Alex Kolodkin, José Pacheco de Almeida, Sophie Queuniet, Laurence M. Marie, Jarin van Emmichoven, Gilles Turré, Thrash VA, Irene Zahariadis, Tremayne Miller, Eileen Auen, Zachary Lawrence Atticus Cohen, JBH Gantt)
Philosopher and neuroscientist Béatrice Courte investigates the extraordinary tale of a Benedictine monk who claimed to have invented a machine capable of replaying any moment in history, including Christ’s crucifixion.
A day In The life Of Jo: Chapter Phaedra (Country: Greece, Romania, France, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Jacqueline Lentzou; Writer: Jacqueline Lentzou)
Jo, melancholic, wild and only 15 feels shy to listen to music she truly likes, yet with Phaedra’s etheric song, her heart skips a beat and all quietly shifts. It's a day of changes.
Everytime (Country: Austria, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Sandra Wollner; Writer: Sandra Wollner; Stars: Birgit Minichmayr, Tristán López, Lotte Keiling, Carla Hüttermann)
A tragedy brings a mother, daughter, and teenage boy together.
Filipiñana (Country: Philippines, Singapore, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands; Year: 2026; Director: Rafael Manuel; Writer: Rafael Manuel; Stars: Jorrybell Agoto, Carmen Castellanos, Teroy Guzman, Carlos Siguion-Reyna, Isabel Sicat, Nour Houshmand)
Tee girl Isabel feels strangely drawn to Dr. Palanca, the president of the country club where she works. However, after piecing together a violent picture of what lies beneath the club’s pristine surface, she realizes that what began as an innocent infatuation is actually rooted in a sinister shared history.
French Girls (Year: 2026; Director: Hyun Lee; Writer: Hyun Lee; Stars: Mia Kidis, Megan Douglas, Anya Beyersdorf, Luca Blasonato, Nash Edgerton, Joshua Mehmet)
Mia is happily aimless, working odd jobs and hanging with friends. But when she’s scouted to become a model, new people and strange conundrums enter the frame.
Hearing (Thính Giác) (Country: Vietnam, Singapore, Norway, France, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan; Year: 2026; Director: Lê Bảo; Writer: Lê Bảo; Stars: Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn, Ngọc Tản, Hà Vân, Linh Chi, Khánh Huyền)
In his work as a mechanic who installs decibel meters in public spaces and homes, Ninh observes the silence that haunts relationships. Wishing for his parents, who live apart and do not speak to each other, to reconcile, his fear of losing connection to his loved ones forces Ninh to face life’s unpredictable rhythms.
I Plant My Hand In The Garden (Country: Germany, Serbia, US; Year: 2026; Director: Boris Hadžija, Hoda Taheri; Writer: Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija; Stars: Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija, Branka Hadžija, Jahandokht Taheri, Hadi Khanjanpour)
A pregnant Iranian woman and a Serbian man longing for fatherhood, both bisexual and living in Germany, marry. Their families, divided by language yet united by affection, come together to celebrate.
Let Them Be Seen (Country: South Africa, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Nolitha Refilwe Mkulisi; Writer: Nolitha Refilwe Mkulisi; Stars: Fresh Daabuza, Sindiswa Ngendane, Lieketseng Martins, Keneiloe Molale, Brauilo Martinez, Andile Mawabo Nhlange, Mzoli Walter Mbizeni)
Hybrid film examining the changing face of the town of Tapoleng, which is negotiating shifting beliefs.
Life Of Jorge Luis Borges (Biografía de Jorge Luis Borges) (Country: Argentina; Year: 2026; Director: Mariano Llinás; Stars: Jorge Luis Borges, Ernesto Montequín, Nicolás Helft, Laura Paredes, Milva Leonardi, Pablo Dacal)
An attempt to narrate the author and poet's biography through objects and places.
A Man Of His Time (Notre Salut) (Country: Belgium, France; Director: Emmanuel Marre; Writer: Emmanuel Marre; Stars: Swann Arlaud, Sandrine Blancke, Mathieu Perotto)
Historical drama set against a backdrop of Vichy France as a man strives to help France's renewal.
Marie Madeleine (Year: 2026; Director: Gessica Généus; Writer: Gessica Généus)
In Jacmel, Haiti, the arrival of an evangelical church across a brothel triggers a series of conflicts. At the heart of this war of morality, Marie Madeleine, a prostitute, befriends the pastor’s son, who must hide his homosexuality.
My Wife Cries (Meine Frau Weint) (Country: Germany, France; Year: 2026; Director: Angela Schanelec; Writer: Angela Schanelec; Stars: Agathe Bonitzer, Birte Schnöink, Vladimir Vulević, Pauline Rebmann, Clara Gostynski, Ninel Skrzypczyk, Thorbjörn Björnsson, Laure-Lucille Simon, Theodore Vrachas, Ben Carter)
A normal working day on a construction site. Thomas, a 40-year-old crane operator, receives a call from his wife asking him to pick her up from the hospital. He finds her crying.
Revolutionaries Never Die (Country: Palestinian Territory, Belgium, Qatar; Year: 2026; Director: Mohanad Yaqubi; Writer: Mohanad Yaqubi, Mathilde Rouxel)
Seeking to decode a final, unanswered invitation, a filmmaker explores why the renowned Lebanese director Jocelyne Saab reached out for a collaboration just two months before her death.
Rose (Country: Austria, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Markus Schleinzer; Writer: Markus Schleinzer, Alexander Brom; Stars: Sandra Hüller, Caro Braun, Marisa Growaldt (voice), Godehard Giese, Maria Dragus, Augustino Renken, Robert Gwisdek, Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Rainer Egger, Maurice Leonhard, Bastian Trost)
A woman disguises herself as a man in 17th Century Germany.
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