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Near Geneva, seven girls on the verge of adulthood recall in their rooms the words and dances of TikTok that shaped their youth. Between intimate and collective memory, they drift from room to room, dancing through a final suspended night as they search for connection and identity, pushing their gestures to the edge.
May 2026
A story about a teacher shaping the future of the children.
During their holiday, two young women get lost in a rainforest. After wandering around for days, their irritation with one another grows. While dreams about ice cream increasingly creep into their reality, they become conscious of their own vulnerability.
Jun 2026
Irma, a woman originally from an indigenous region in Mexico, migrates to the city. As she navigates the streets of this new environment, she engages in a dialogue with herself. With each word, memories of a past life in which Irma was a jaguar roaming the vast Chinantec region start to emerge.
"N’Dobine" follows a traveler navigating his heart and past, guided by ritual and spirituality, as an unforeseen obstacle tests his journey of offering.
When a mysterious message leads her to unearth a hidden audio file, a young girl believes she has found her missing song, until it vanishes, forcing her to confront where music truly lives.
A portrait of love caught at the edge of sacrifice and new horizons, Sous le Soleil du Kwat (Under the Borough Sun) lets a tender love story unfold in the vibrance of Cameroon’s streets—until a revelation threatens to change everything.
In the busy streets of Kampala, Viola waits anxiously for her mother to return from a work trip as night falls and the last taxi fills up. At the same time, a gang leader known as Big Dog plans a major robbery with his crew. When one member receives a strange message and backs out, the plan begins to fall apart.
Director’s Notes is a modular playlist exploring the ideas behind Carnets d’Amérique, a fictional film about an African writer visiting New York on a book tour, leading to adventures and encounters with collaborators, authorities, institutions, and libraries.
Aug 2026
A boy’s parents go on an impromptu trip to their family cabin only to not return when they were supposed to. As time develops, lies begin to get uncovered and the innocence of their boy starts to get questioned. Based on real events.
Diagnosed as completely nearsighted at age 6, I have spent my life in a blur. A journey through the not always clear twists and turns of ophthalmology.
Abducted by a jungle tribe to undergo a brutal initiation, three teenage girls enter a divine realm where taming giant snakes – their totem animals – becomes a rite of passage into adulthood.
Oct 2026
‘ISHQNAMA’ True Story of True Lovers NIMMA–NASIMA
Jul 2026
Three friends find themselves in an unprecedented search for an unknown man around their hometown.
Austin Mann's life changes when he comes across a dark orb.
"For months we experimented and represented ourselves, starting with simple walks in search of material for a thesis. How can we visually recreate a memory? We walked and filmed, photographed and painted, got to know each other and told our stories. An experience transformed into a story that speaks of a shared journey, made up of filming, changes of season, conversations about the moon, and exchanges of techniques. Inspired by “Dark Side of the Moon,” we tried to represent the intimate and personal emotions that came to us through the album. Each song has a language, each movement a color, each sound an expression. What remains today, half a century later? Something inexplicable, perhaps. A wonderful creation of friendship and mutual artistic esteem, the (re)creation of multiple memories, which overlap like membranes on the screen. - Erik Negro