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A private investigator takes on a missing child's case that draws a striking resemblance to the abduction of his own sister.
Jun 2026
A powerful cultural documentary about a Caribbean father and son who return to Grenada to reclaim ancestral stories. Blending folklore, myth, and underwater visuals, the film preserves Black heritage and reframes the feared Jab Jab as a symbol of resistance and identity.
This documentary follows vegan animal rights activists who have led the Korean animal rights movement for the past decade. Beyond advocating for pets, they fight for the rights of farmed and captive animals, striving for a world where all beings coexist. From rescuing pigs and dolphins to challenging the system, they have built a movement.
Jul 2026
In a rural English village, a group of enthusiasts take part in the annual worm-charming championships in a desperate attempt for local immortality.
A woman writes a letter to a young man, leading to a correspondence with his father that unveils the truth of a 24-year-old high school romance, his son's death, and the power of love letters.
Apr 2026
Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi are scoring heaps of goals at the World Cup. And the two global stars share a similar habit—images that have garnered significant attention in the football world.
Eli Manning recruits WNBA superstar Sabrina Ionescu to go undercover at her alma mater, the University of Oregon. Sabrina transforms into Jennifer Scone, an enthusiastic Ducks fan who's attending her first basketball game. She fools coaches, mingles with fans, and shocks the crowd at halftime.
Rachel doesn't realize she has grown up in captivity working for an advertising agency where her job is to assess Mommy 6.0 - her favorite pop star.
Apr 2025
Dan's roommate Joey is just popping to do his shopping, but before he leaves gives Dan a task to complete, will he complete it before Joey returns...
Rio, an introverted young man, tries to make a living for himself by commiting petty theft in restaurants and resorts around the Croatian coast. His life, however, drastically changes when Andrea, a young Serbian part-time worker, enters his life, with the two becoming partners in crime, planning a major heist of two wealthy women staying at the hotel Andrea works at.
An ageing Serbian neuroscientist lives a reclusive life in Athens, having been branded as a paranoid schizophrenic for his radical research on the effects of electromagnetic radiation on humans. But when, decades later, he is rediscovered by a group of young dreamers who are trying to change the world through his ideas, he decides to quit his medication and join them in their scientific commune, risking his sanity in pursuit of a higher goal.
A casual game of Jenga between Rigsy and Dearden becomes the battleground for a simmering argument neither of them can keep stacked.
For one year, Léon Marchand allows cameras to follow him through competitions, studies, family life, and growing fame. Through an intimate perspective, the documentary reveals the man behind the champion as he searches for purpose after achieving so much at such a young age.
The Last Dinner Party make a welcome return to TRNSMT with their theatrical glamour.
Every Sunday, at mass time, a man in a bow tie prepares twenty-four madeleines. These pastries used to put him off: who wants to bite into a cake bearing his mother's name? But now that Madeleine has died, Stéphane-Jacques feels like spending a little time with her at tea time.
In South Los Angeles, a palm tree caretaker faces the quiet unraveling of his work and identity.
On Halloween night, a grieving woman turns to the occult in an attempt to reunite with her deceased lover.
After air pollution wipes out all life on Earth, bioengineer Dae-seung lives in a bunker with Sina, whom he subjects to brutal experiments to create a human who can survive outside. One day, a survivor named Taeo appears, claiming that somewhere beyond the bunker, a village of survivors still exists.
The filmmaker, a Chilean of Jewish and Palestinian descent, discovers Super 8 reels belonging to his father’s family. Between Chile, Israel and Palestine, he reconstructs two trajectories shaped by displacement and exile. A lesson in history in which clarity emerges from political complexity.