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Patty Is Such A Girly Name and The Fires

The Dashed Lines (As Liñas Descontinuas) (Country: Spain; Year: 2025; Director: Anxos Fazáns; Writer: Anxos Fazáns; Stars: Mara Sánchez, Adam Prieto)

Bea is a 50-year-old woman going through a divorce, and Denís is a 28-year-old trans man struggling with job insecurity. An unexpected incident brings them together, and this encounter will change their lives forever.

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Eternal Flame (Óculos de Sol Pretos) (Country: Portugal; Year: 2025; Director: Pedro Ramalhete; Writer: Pedro Ramalhete; Stars: Henrique Gil, Júlia Valente, Vera Barreto, Eduardo Frazão, João Vicente, Salvador Gil, Jaime Freitas, Miguel Amorim) , Trailer

A boy and a girl cross paths by chance: João is unemployed, while Clara works as a production assistant on a film.

The Fires (Country: Iceland; Year: 2025; Director: Ugla Hauksdóttir; Writer: Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir, Markus Englmair, Ugla Hauksdóttir; Stars: Vigdís Hrefna Pálsdóttir, Pilou AsbækJoi Johannsson, Joi Johansson, Steinunn Kaldal Jakobsdóttir, María Heba Þorkelsdóttir, Þór Tulinius, Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur Ólafsson)

Anna Arnardóttir, Iceland's top volcanologist, faces two disasters at once: a volcanic eruption that threatens the safety of the capital city and a love affair that could destroy her marriage.

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No Ghosts on Good Street (Nie ma duchów w mieszkaniu na Dobrej) (Country: Poland; Year: 2025; Director: Emi Buchwald; Writer: Emi Buchwald, Karol Marczak; Stars: Bartłomiej Deklewa, Izabella Dudziak, Tymoteusz Rożynek, Karolina Rzepa, Piotr Napierała, Daria Muszyńska, Andrzej Kłak) , Trailer

What does it feel like to be haunted by the looming specter of adulthood?

Patty Is Such A Girly Name (Poly koritsistiko onoma to Patty) (Country: Greece; Year: 2025; Director: Giorgos Georgopoulos; Writer: Giorgos Georgopoulos; Stars: William Vangelis Mourikis, Mort Klonarakis, Filippa Koutopa)

Coming-of-age drama sees a teenage judo athlete try to pursue her dreams.

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A River's Gaze (Malul Vânăt) (Country: Romania, France, Slovenia; Year: 2026; Director: Andreea Cristina Borțun; Writer: Andreea Cristina Borțun; Stars: Mihaela Subțirică, Ștefan Costea, Vasile Pavel Digudai, Emanuel Ivan, Dorina Stan, Ion Ciocârlan) , Trailer

A film every bit as real, as tender, as human as the story of the main character herself: a flawed, intense mother trying to love in the right way – though not always succeeding.

The Visitor (Svečias) (Country: Lithuania, Norway, Sweden; Year: 2025; Director: Vytautas Katkus)

New father Danielius leaves his family life in Norway to sell his late parents’ flat. He reconnects with childhood friends, their relatives, and new settlers.