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Bowels Of Hell and Papaya
Bagworm
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Oliver Bernsen; Writer: Henry Bernsen; Stars: Peter Falls, Michelle Ortiz, Robbie Arnett, Corbin Bernsen, Stephen Borrello, Jessy Morner-Ritt, Sydney Winbush, Francesca Galassi)
Carroll’s worldview is dominated by the threat of catastrophe and the decline of morality in the face of human extinction. Then he steps on a rusty nail.
Bowels Of Hell
(Privadas De Suas Vidas)
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2026; Director: Gurcius Gewdner, Gustavo Vinagre; Stars: Antonia Baudouin, Gurcius Gewdner, Gustavo Vinagre, Chandelly Braz, Benjamín Damini, Maria Gladys, Caetano Gotardo, Bruce LaBruce)
A mother battling trauma faces a surreal nightmare when toilets mysteriously transform into killer beings, forcing her to confront both her personal demons and these bizarre supernatural threats.
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.
The Days Off
(Los días libres)
(Country: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, France; Year: 2026; Director: Lucila Mariani; Writer: Lucila Mariani; Stars: Antonia Robolini, Laura Paredes, Luiza Quinteiro, Guillermo Berthold, Amanda Minujín, Gaia Garibaldi, Bruna Sigal, Rosa Scarvaci, Jenni Merla)
In the near future, during a relentless summer break and with a solar eclipse approaching, 12-year-old Bego struggles to find her place within her family but an online friend opens the door to the possibility of other realities.
The Difficult Bride
(Country: Bangladesh, Germany, France, Norway, Portugal; Year: 2026; Director: Rubaiyat Hossain; Writer: Rubaiyat Hossain; Stars: Zaineen Karim Chowdhury, Reekita Nondine Shimu, Sunerah Binte Kamal, Azmeri Haque Badhon, Dameer Khan, Saberi Alam, Shatabdi Wadud, Mohammad Bari)
In contemporary Dhaka, a bride-to-be preparing for her dream wedding begins to lose control of her body as beauty rituals, social expectations, and supernatural forces collide, transforming her journey toward marriage into an unsettling search for freedom.
The Difficult Bride and Marama
Donkey Princess
(Princessa Burro)
(Country: Chile, Uruguay, France, Netherlands, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña; Writer: Alejandra Moffat, Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León; Stars: Antonia Giesen, Andrew Bargsted, Francisco Melo)
Diana is the princess of an ancient kingdom. Her father, King Arthur, forbids love. When Diana falls in love with Lalo, he banishes him. Using a magical bracelet, Diana travels to other worlds in search of her love. Discovering that her father manipulates her decisions, she must face her fears and change her destiny.
Furies
(Country: Lebanon, Brazil; Year: 2026; Director: Rami Kodeih; Writer: Rami Kodeih, Nora Mariana Salim; Stars: Maria Nakouzi, Rym Mroue, Hasan Akil, Issam Bou Khaled)
Amid Lebanon’s real-life, corruption-induced bank crisis – when depositors were and today still are denied access to their own savings – two women scheme a daring all-night heist to get their own money back and pay for a life-saving surgery.
From Beyond
(Country: US; Year: 1986; Director: Stuart Gordon; Writer: Brian Yuzna, Dennis Paoli, Stuart Gordon, Based on a short story by HP Lovecraft, ; Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ted Sorel, Ken Foree)
Scientists open a door to a parallel universe, with horrific consequences.
Ghost In The Cell
(Country: Indonesia; Year: 2026; Director: Joko Anwar; Stars: Abimana Aryasatya, Endy Arfian, Bront Palarae, Morgan Oey)
A high-security prison run by a tyrannical warden is rocked by a spate of gruesome murders with bodies put on morbidly spectacular display.
Grotesqqque
(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Atsushi Nishigori; Writer: Atsushi Nishigori)
Aliens, gyarus and vampires - oh my!
Wolfram and Sheep In The Box
Imposters
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Caleb Phillips; Writer: Caleb Phillips; Stars: Jessica Rothe, Charlie Barnett, Yul Vazquez, Bates Wilder, Luisina Quarleri, Thomas Parobek, Ian Lyons, Taylor Karin, Lee Bennett, Declan Bennett)
After a couple’s baby boy is taken, the desperate mother learns of a way to bring him back. However, her husband begins to suspect that what she has returned with isn't their son.
Infirmary
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Nicholas Pineda; Stars: Paul Syre Lee, Mark Anthony Williams, Danielle Kennedy, Corinna Wagner-Smith)
A security guard is on his first shift at an abandoned Wilshire hospital. The facility was once notorious for unorthodox experimental practices on its mentally ill inmates, and paired with a retiring guard whose behaviour feels odd, hefinds the ambience instantly disturbing.
I Love Paris
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Nicky Murphy; Writer: Nicky Murphy, Aminata Thiboult; Stars: Aminata Thiboult, Leonor Oberson, Louiza Aura, Noé Hermelin, Romane de Stabenrath, Antoine Dumortier, Anton Salachas)
After being transformed into a vampire, a Parisian singer pursues stardom at the cost of her soul.
Jim Queen
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Nicolas Athané, Marco Nguyen; Writer: Brice Chevillard, Simon Balteaux; Stars: Alex Ramirès, Jéremy Gillet, Shirley Souagnon, François Sagat, Elisabeth Wiener, Harald Marlot, Alex Brik)
When a virus that turns gay men straight sweeps through Paris, gym queen Jim has to race against time to find a cure before the community who worship him are wiped out.
Levitating
(Country: Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, France; Year: 2026; Director: Wregas Bhanuteja; Writer: Wregas Bhanuteja, Alicia Angelina, Defi Mahendra; Stars: Angga Yunanda, Maudy Ayunda, Anggun, Chicco Kurniawan, Bryan Domani, Indra Birowo, Ganindra Bimo, Ivonne Dahler, Muhammad Asyrof Al-Ghifari, Buyung Ispramadi)
In a town where pleasure equals being possessed by spiritual beings, Bayu aspires to be the shaman of a trance party so he can fundraise enough money to prevent an impending eviction.
I Love Paris and From Beyond
Light Pillar
(Han Ye Deng Zhu)
(Country: China; Year: 2026; Director: Jingwei Xu; Writer: Jingwei Xu; Stars: Da Peng, Qing Yi)
In a future winter where space travel exists, a solitary janitor maintains a defunct film studio with only a retired cat actor. He then begins a romantic adventure with a woman in a stunning virtual realm.
Marama
(Country: New Zealand/Aotearoa; Year: 2025; Director: Taratoa Stappard; Writer: Taratoa Stappard; Stars: Ariana Osborne, Toby Stephens, Umi Myers, Evelyn Towersey, Errol Shand)
A young Māori woman travels to Victorian England after receiving a letter promising information about her birth parents. As she peels back the layers of colonial deceit, she is driven to avenge her shattered ancestry.
Mutter: The Diary Of A Mother
(Mutter: Bir Annenin Hatira Defteri)
(Country: Turkey; Year: 2026; Director: Alphan Eseli; Writer: Alphan Eseli; Stars: Hazar Ergüçlü, Güven Kıraç, Erdeniz Kurucan, Ulvi Kahyaoglu, Incinur Dasdemir)
On the fog-drenched Black Sea coast, a woman gives birth to a being that defies nature. As her body and mind begin to unravel, love becomes both her devotion and her disease.
Never After Dark
(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Dave Boyle; Writer: Dave Boyle; Stars: Moeka Hoshi, Kento Kaku, Kurumi Inagaki, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Bokuzo Masana, Tae Kimura)
A wandering medium, Airi spends her life guiding restless spirits out of the world of the living. Summoned to an isolated country house, she comes face to face with a grotesque apparition with powers that defy her experience - but the biggest danger she faces comes from the living.
No Way Down
(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Mohamed Chabane, Théo Jourdain)
Fresh out of prison, Idriss enters the derelict Kraken apartment complex to find his ex-girlfriend's brother, only to be dragged back into violence by a ruthless squatter tied to the past Idriss is fighting to leave behind.
Pan's Labyrinth and Persepolis
Oddities
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Tyler Savage; Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Xander Berkeley, Lovie Simone, Lilimar)
Best friends who inadvertently killed their drug dealer stop at a seemingly sleepy roadside antique shop, only to discover that the owner is not as sweet as she seems.
Pan's Labyrinth
(El Laberinto Del Fauno)
(Country: Mexico, Spain, US; Year: 2006; Director: Guillermo del Toro; Writer: Guillermo del Toro; Stars: Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones, Álex Angulo, Manolo Solo, César Vea, Roger Casamajor, Ivan Massagué, Gonzalo Uriarte)
In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, a lonely girl encounters a mysterious faun.
Papaya
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2025; Director: Priscilla Kellen; Writer: Priscilla Kellen; Stars: Tulipa Ruiz, Aretha Garcia, Maria Vitória Garcia)
Papaya, a tiny seed in the Amazon rainforest who is passionate about flying, must keep moving to avoid taking root. But when she discovers the power of her roots, it triggers a revolution that transforms her world and fulfils her dreams in an unexpected way.
Persepolis
(Country: France/US; Year: 2007; Director: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud; Writer: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud, based on the original graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi; Stars: voices of Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes, François Jerosme, Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands, Iggy Pop)
, Trailer
A girl's eye view of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
Prosecution
(Staatsschutz)
(Country: Germany; Director: Faraz Shariat)
After surviving a racist attack, state prosecutor Seyo Kim takes her own case to court – confronting both the perpetrators and a justice system that turns a blind eye to right-wing extremism.
Never After Dark and Wicker
Recluse
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Henry Chaisson; Writer: Henry Chaisson; Stars: Sasha Frolova, Kimball Farley, Toby Poser, Mia Vallet, Xander Berkeley, Thomas Cancellara, Gillian Cooper, Christine Nyland)
Follows Joan, an audio engineer who lives a solitary life, struggling to determine whether the horrors she encounters are real and caused by past actions of her father, or if they are manifestations of her own troubled mind.
Salvation
(Kurtulus)
(Country: Turkey, France, Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Saudi Arabia; Year: 2006; Director: Emin Alper; Stars: Caner Cindoruk, Berkay Ateş, Feyyaz Duman, Naz Göktan, Özlem Taş, Eren Demirbaş, Mehmet Selim Akgul, Hichi Demi)
In a remote village, an exiled clan returns, reviving a decades-old land feud. Seized by divine visions, Mesut challenges his brother’s leadership to save his people. Will this new path bring salvation or tragedy?
Sheep In The Box
(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda; Writer: Hirokazu Kore-eda; Stars: Haruka Ayase, Daigo Yamamoto, Kuwaki Rimu, Nana Seino, Kanichiro Sato, Hinata Hiiragi, Akihiro Kakuta, Kayo Noro, Mari Hoshino, Ayumu Nakajima, Kimiko Yo, Min Tanaka)
A couple take a humanoid robot into their home as a replacement for their dead son.
Wicker
(Country: United Kingdom, US; Year: 2026; Director: Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fischer; Writer: Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fischer; Stars: Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan)
A fisherwoman asks a basketmaker to weave her a husband.
Wild Horse Nine
(Country: UK, US, Chile; Year: 2026; Director: Martin McDonagh; Writer: Martin McDonagh; Stars: John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Parker Posey, Tom Waits, Mariana di Girolamo, Paola Giannini, Ailín Salas, Samuel Wayt)
Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.
Wolfram
(Country: Australia; Year: 2025; Director: Warwick Thornton; Writer: Steven McGregor, David Tranter; Stars: Deborah Mailman, Eloise Hart, Hazel May Jackson, Pedrea Jackson, Thomas M. Wright, Erroll Shand, Joe Bird, Matt Nable, John Howard, Ferdinand Hoang, Aidan Du Chiem, Jason Chong, Anni Finsterer, Luka May Glynn-Cole, Natassia Gorey Furber)
A couple of kids try to find their mother in a land full of colonial outlaws and danger.
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