ROMERÍA

Spain, Germany

Fiction

Marina, 18, orphaned at a young age, must travel to Spain’s Atlantic coast to obtain a signature for a scholarship application from the paternal grandparents she has never met. She navigates a sea of new aunts, uncles, and cousins, uncertain whether she will be e...

Denmark

Fiction

Johan is an ordinary young man who keeps all doors open when it comes to both love and sex. He has landed a job as a receptionist at Adonis, Copenhagen's only gay sauna, where he not only works but also shares experiences and encounters with the sauna's other guests. For Johan, ...

CIUDAD SIN SUEÑO

Spain, France

Fiction

Toni, a 15-year-old Roma boy, lives in Europe's largest illegal settlement, on Madrid’s outskirts. Proud to belong to his family of scrap dealers, he follows his grandfather everywhere. But demolitions edge closer to their plot, and his grandfather refuse...

ПІСНІ ЗЕМЛІ, ЩО ПОВІЛЬНО ГОРИТЬ

Ukraine, France, Denmark, Sweden
Documentary

Nominated for European Film 2026, European Documentary 2026

An audiovisual diary of Ukraine’s immersion into the abyss of the first two years of Russia's full-scale invasion, made up of places, occasional characters, ...

United Kingdom

Fiction

Manny, a single father grappling with intense loneliness after his daughter leaves for university. Struggles with empty nest syndrome that begins to manifest with grotesque physical symptoms – as his stomach inexplicably starts to swell.

Written & directed by: Matty Craw...

Italy

Animation/experimental

He does not remember much from that time. Things have faded, like the color of a painting after too much light. The only thing that bothers him is this music. It keeps popping up … He thinks he forgot what it meant. All he knows for sure is that he cannot get it out...

United Kingdom

Documentary

When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender essay film questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected...

LA IDEA DE UNA ISLA

Spain

Experimental/fiction

Bombs are falling while a mother sings to her daughters. Nature shivers. Houses become empty.
9-year-old Emilia is about to learn that the war around her is not a game anymore.

Written & directed by: Carmen Pedrero
Produced by: Eva Bodas, Maribel...

DIE LETZTEN MENSCHEN

Austria

Fiction

Lenz is a humble character. But things seem to be changing in his village. Fabian beats someone half to death and Carina wants to move to New York. When a great love does not come true for him, Lenz has to accept that his little world is slowly fading away....

LA LIGNE DE VIE

France

Fiction

24 December 1916. On the other side of a German checkpoint, a truck carrying mail is stopped and riddled with bullets. Inside, a man lies dead. Another man and a woman, on a postal mission, proclaim their innocence in the death of their travelling companion and t...

Netherlands

Fiction

A decade after they were best friends and roommates, Chris (35) and Lluis (34) set out on a 600-kilometre hike through the Scottish Highlands. Following the West Highland way and The Cape Wrath Trail, they spend 30 days together in nature – hoping to rekindle their once-powe...

ОСКОЛКИ

Georgia, Germany

Documentary

In spring 2022, Masha prepares to leave Russia – her home country that has changed. It turns into chain of unexpected farewells: her mom dies of cancer, her lover flees army conscription, everything including her own old self is falling apart. Her way to co...

France, Tunisia

Fiction

29 January 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
Her name was Hind Rajab.

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Greece, United States

Documentary/fiction

In a timeworn Greek village nestled high in the mountains above an ancient volcano, a group of elderly villagers must move the remains of their ancestors to a mausoleum at the peak of the mountain of Prophet Elias …

Directed by: Kevin Walker, Irene Zah...

France, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia, Romania, Lithuania

Fiction

Soviet Union, 1937. Thousands of letters from detainees falsely accused by the regime are burned in a prison cell. Against all odds, one of them reaches its destination, upon the desk of the newly appointed local prosecutor, Alexa...

France, Romania

Documentary

TWST takes as its starting point the arrival of the Beatles in New York for their August 1965 concert at Shea Stadium, and as its title a Beatles song that already anticipates a time when the present moment will have become a haunting past, neither retrievable nor fo...

POD SZARYM NIEBEM

Poland

Fiction

Belarus, 2020. Mass protests follow the elections rigged by Lukashenko. Anti-regime journalist Lena livestreams the brutal crackdown of a peaceful demonstration and is tracked down by a police drone. Nevertheless, she continues the broadcast and is arrested. Le...

Ireland, United Kingdom

Documentary

WE BEG TO DIFFER explores Northern Ireland's underground car community amidst a mental health crisis. The documentary showcases the community's deep bonds, passion for cars as an outlet for personal struggles, and daring spirit all while evading the law.

Dir...

WAS MARIELLE WEISS

Germany

Fiction

Julia and Tobias seem to be the perfect couple. Yet behind the facade and designer kitchen, trouble is brewing. Their fragile balance is shattered when their daughter Marielle suddenly develops telepathic abilities, giving her the power to see and hear everyt...

Germany
Documentary

Nominated for European Film 2026, European Documentary 2026

Three mini DV tapes of life in Gaza from 2001 were recently rediscovered. This footage is now a testament to a place and time that no longer exists. What started as a search for a former prison inmate from 1989 – a...

Austria

Experimental

A golfer fails to strike, a soccer team plays against itself and a rally co-driver faces an identity crisis. They are surrounded by an audience unable to act.
Shot in sports video games, the film WORLD AT STAKE turns the ordering principles of victory and defeat upside down...

JEUNES MÈRES

Belgium, France

Fiction

Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma are housed in a shelter for young mothers. Five teenagers hoping for a better life for themselves and their babies.

Written & directed by: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Produced by: Delphine Tomson, Denis Freyd,...