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Introducing Avkaash Mann
Oct 2026
SHE’S ALWAYS BEEN AN OLD SOUL Sian and Lewis, are a married couple spend who their days attempting to reach out to their daughter, Hope. Sian brings meals to their room whilst Lewis waits and listens. However, the couple are stuck in a loop that conceals reality. The evening brings warmth and comfort, whilst the harsh morning light reveals the truth of what lies beyond Hope’s door.
Jun 2026
May 2026
Lost in his own head, a man goes to see a priest, who sends him to an enigmatic guru.
Dec 2026
A novelist struggling with writer's block interviews his wealthy estranged college roommate and his wife, where an old secret threatens all of their safety.
What Do the Maknines Dream of follows the existential drift of two young Algerians as they are about to leave everything behind to cross the Mediterranean. Over the course of a day, the film is an invitation to get lost with this unusual couple, to experience their loneliness, to wander along with them through the streets, to share their passions, their fears, and to feel their pain as they say goodbye.
When German-Indonesian Yanto (mid 20s) visits his younger sister in Yogyakarta, he expects a simple reunion – until he realises she belongs more effortlessly than he ever has. As envy and dissonance between siblings surface, Yantos journey becomes a bittersweet exploration of mixed-race identity.
Oct 2027
Zahraa returns to her childhood home in Baghdad, haunted by the disappearance of her friend Noor twenty years ago. During her search, she meets Laila (22) at the same shelter where Noor was last seen. Zahraa discovers that many girls are abandoned by their mothers due to gender-based violence. She realizes how the war on Iraq reinforced patriarchal systems, compelling mothers to leave their baby daughters behind in a society that rejects them.
A freewheeling video essay about Bob Dylan's underexamined work as a filmmaker, based on the book by Michael Glover Smith
This documentary explores the ancient water system of Douiret-Sbâa, Morocco, a remarkable network fed by a local spring that has sustained the community for centuries. Highlighting the ingenuity of traditional hydro-technologies, the film examines how these systems continue to shape life in arid lands today.
Through diary entries, unsettling monologues, and fragmented conversations, a young woman tries to figure out whether love is a form of salvation or simply another way to lose oneself.
In 1999, an Argentinean traveled to the Malvinas to make a clandestine film. How to make your 15 minutes of fame last forever?
A visceral action-thriller where a lone fighter is forced into a relentless pursuit by a grim ancestral decree. To satisfy a blood mandate that haunts his family's legacy, he must cut through a web of enemies and shifting alliances. As the hunt intensifies, the line between justice and revenge blurs in a raw struggle for survival.
Aug 2026
After a late-night slasher screening, a group of horror-loving friends find themselves trapped in a terrifying game where slasher movie rules become reality. As eerie events unfold, they realize someone is rewriting the genre—forcing them to fight for survival in a film that’s still being written. The only way out? Break the rules before it’s too late.
In a world where Hell’s tormented souls fuel civilization, a group of students experiences the dangers of dealing with the damned when their university assignment falls off the rails.
Newlywed Anna and her husband relocate to Alaska, but their blissful life takes a dark turn when a car crash causes Anna to develop selective amnesia. The incident triggers agoraphobia and haunting flashbacks.
An intimate portrait of four childhood friends who must suddenly manage the shift from their rehearsal room to national stardom, highlighting their reliance on one another amidst a "loud world"
Following the railway privatization of the 1990s, the train was stripped from Argentina's communication and cultural landscape. Through archival footage and photography, this work portrays the struggle to preserve an identity that resists oblivion.
The fourteenth and final night of Best of Super Juniors 33 took place on June 7, 2026 at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.