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Ba's Book (Country: Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Ashley Duong)
Hybrid film in response to the memoir of the filmmaker's father, which recounts his experiences of the Vietnam War and Iranian Revolution.
The Calf Doll (Country: India; Year: 2026; Director: Ankur Hooda; Writer: Ankur Hooda; Stars: Mst. Satbir Singh Hooda, Chameli Devi, Dheeraj Kumar, Mukesh Bhati, Tau Leelu Raam, Dogs of Village Dayalpur, Rasingh's Brown Cow)
When his only cow delivers a stillborn calf and then falls sick, a retired professor turns to an age-old calf-doll ritual.
Concrete Land (Country: Jordan, Palestine; Year: 2026; Director: Asmahan Bkerat)
An intimate story of three generations of a Palestinian Bedouin family in Jordan.
See: Concrete Land director Asmahan Bkerat on learning about herself as she brough a Bedouin family's life to screen
Concrete Turned To Sand (Country: Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Ryan Ermacora, Jessica Johnson)
Documentary about British Columbia’s oyster farms.
Dependence (Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Grace Harper Brighouse)
A filmmaker sifts through decades of home movies to understand her father, in this study of what it means to love an addict.
Once Upon A Time In Harlem (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: William Greaves, David Greaves)
A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with what he considered the most important event he captured on film: a 1972 party he engineered with the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance.
Queer Edward II (Country: UK; Director: Theo Rollason; Stars: Derek Jarman)
Spring 1991: queer life is under attack in Britain, and Derek Jarman is turning Edward II into a radical protest film. Documentary which is told through unseen behind-the-scenes footage.
Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing (Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Erik Shirai)
Documentary going behind the curtain of the notoriously private world of sumo wrtestling.
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