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Above The Waterline (Obras muertas) (Country: Chile, France; Year: 2026; Director: Elisa Sepulveda Ruddoff)
In northern Chile, where the desert meets the ocean, a few solitary fishermen have made their home. Despite the arid land, the sea seems to offer them everything they need. It is a fragile balance, since this haven of freedom becomes an arena for military exercises every year.
Alea Jacarandas (Country: France, Algeria; Year: 2026; Director: Hassen Ferhani; Writer: Hassen Ferhani, Ameziane Ferhani, Juliette Flamant)
Ameziane, a journalist, intellectual and lover of Algiers, had become captivated by these mysteriously appearing purple trees, cataloguing them and weaving them into a novel. His son, Hassen, picks up the thread.
Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava (Em bé đồng bóng, em bé ngạo nghễ và em bé đau lòng) (Country: Vietnam, South Korea, Switzerland; Year: 2026; Director: Nông Nhật Quang; Writer: Nông Nhật Quang; Stars: Nông Nhật Quang)
When an unplanned baby nicknamed Guava enters the lives of conservative mother Cuc, troubled daughter Mai, and detached gay son Quang, the trio travels back in time through their family diaries and photos.
The Case Against Space (Country: UK, France; Year: 2026; Director: Graeme Arnfield)
Shortly before Christmas 1973, the crew of Skylab, NASA’s first space station, went on strike. Based on transcripts of exchanges with the control centre on Earth, Graeme Arnfield reconstructs this episode.
Club Heaven (Country: Netherlands, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Jona Honer)
Over the course of a single night at the Playhouse in Chengdu, one of the world’s most renowned EDM clubs, Club Heaven captures both the ecstasy of the crowd and the exhaustion of those whose insecure work keeps the party going.
Don’t Tidy Or Clean My Room, I Like It As It Is (No arreglen ni limpien mi habitación, a mí me gusta como está) (Country: Argentina, Spain; Year: 2026; Director: Ignacio Ceroi; Writer: Ignacio Ceroi, Jerónimo Quevedo, Amelie Sales; Stars: Michel Marx, Amelie Sales, Lola Piñero, Luis Rojas, Christian Sales, Gerónimo Gassmann, Juan Gabriel Di Lucia, Catherine Pares)
Ignacio Ceroi is trying to track down a man whose daily life he has been following through videos recovered from an old camera. Who is this man? And would he be pleased to know that he has dedicated a film to him? Would he be able to forgive him for his voyeurism?
The Echo Of The Herd (La Voix Du Troupeau) (Country: Switzerland, France; Year: 2026; Director: Matthias Joulaud, Lucien Roux; Writer: Matthias Joulaud, Lucien Roux)
Didier works on a cattle farm. Deaf from birth, he lives alone in an isolated house in the countryside. Since the death of his brother and only companion, Claude, he has taken refuge in his work. While the farm experiences a health crisis, Didier is driven by a critical need: to reinvent his language, to make himself understood and to transform his disability into a strength.
Fracture (Country: Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Karen Kraizier)
Keren is a performer, filmmaker, and activist. At 20, she left Israel to grow as an artist and as a person. After eight years in Europe, spent both missing and avoiding her country, she feels the need to return to the contradictions she left behind and begins a visual diary of the troubled times she is navigating.
If Only the Year Had 364 Days (Estahbes) (Country: Germany, Syrian Arab Republic; Year: 2026; Director: Almourad Aldeeb)
2013. Civil war rages and Almourad Aldeeb is imprisoned by the Syrian regime for several months before managing to flee to Germany. After the fall of the dictatorship, he returns to the scene of his torment.
The Illusion Of A Quiet Night (Ilyuzia Tykhoi Nochi) (Country: Ukraine; Year: 2026; Director: Olga Chernykh; Writer: Maryna Brodovska)
Filmed during one night in July 2025 by forty filmmakers and hundreds of citizens, The Illusion of a Quiet Night paints a vast collective portrait of war-torn Ukraine.
In Between, A Place (Country: Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Faezeh Nikoozad)
Three Iranian women, filmmakers and childhood friends, explore through filmed correspondence the different paths their lives have taken: remaining in their native country, emigrating or living in exile. Over the course of thirteen years of life, the images examine the notion of home and the relationships that matter.
Kukata Miti (Country: Germany, Indonesia, Congo; Year: 2026; Director: Daniel Kötter; Writer: Ikbal Lubys, Olande Byamungu)
Spanning the forests of Germany, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this layered essay in visual and political anthropology explores the diverse practices, tools, and motives behind timber exploitation
Like A Fortress (Comme Une Chateau Fort) (Country: Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Lou Colpé)
After the sudden disappearance of her partner one summer in Corsica, Lou Colpé returns to Charleroi. Their home, a place where the absence is tangible, is transformed into a sanctuary. Everything there becomes a treasure and a ritual. She films what is reinvented every day: her survival.
Nothing Happens After The Revolution (Country: Sudan; Year: 2026; Director: Ibrahim Omar)
While making his graduation film in Cairo, Omar Ibrahim learns that his home country, Sudan, is being shaken by revolution. In the film’s fictional story, a family is unable to bury their deceased child – a theme that strangely echoes the sense of powerlessness experienced by the filmmaker who, in Nothing Happens After the Revolution, reflects on exile.
Time And Tide (Country: Australia; Year: 2026; Director: Vee Shi; Writer: Vee Shi; Stars: Jian ming, Yanjin, Liyun, Vee Shi, Songze, Haoyang)
In a remote Chinese town, an authoritarian father forces his wife and daughter to take care of him after he suffers a stroke. Vee Shi, his son, explores filial duty and the legacy of patriarchy, questioning who must pay the emotional and financial price for an absent and violent father.
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