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On the night before graduation at Portage Northern High School, four friends Carmen, Vig, Ace, and Aanya walk through the quiet halls of their school one last time. When they stop outside their classroom, they decide to sit together and talk about their memories from the past four years, remembering the moments that made their high school life special. As they reflect, scenes from the lives of other seniors appear in montages, showing the many experiences shared by the Class of 2026. When they finally leave the classroom, Vig pauses and sees a group of younger students running in, ready to begin their own journey. In that moment, he realizes that while their time at the school is ending, a new chapter is just beginning for others.
A boy named Tyler Ortin is struggling with lonlieness and the problem of his parents constant fighting when he becomes friends with a classmate Louey. Tyler helps his class get their grades back on track but the stress catches up to him.
An assassin’s brutal past collides with fate, igniting relentless revenge.
Elise, long estranged from her mother Megan, visits her as she lies on her deathbed. Her mother recounts a life-changing moment from the early 80s, her father’s devastating diagnosis and a serial killer stalking the town. Elise reconstructs her mother’s memories, drawing them closer as the night unfolds.
Poet, performer, and local legend Eva Hrubá is a woman of contradictions, sparking both devotion and public outcry. This documentary dives into her dual existence of vibrant joy and silent suffering. Moving beyond her reputation as the "eccentric lady on a purple bike," the film explores how she transforms loneliness into art and pain into a shared celebration of life. The film explores the world of a remarkable woman, seeking the boundary between her persona as an author and her performance.
The man who turned the girl into an obsession from the first glance has mastered every detail of her life. And now, he is ready to reveal himself.
After a tragic choice leads him to the brink, a disillusioned artist named Michael awakens on a mysterious beach. a liminal space where lost souls come to confront their pasts. Guided by Bob, a charismatic yet enigmatic caretaker, Michael embarks on a surreal journey through the pivotal moments of his life: love, heartbreak, and devastating loss. As he confronts hidden truths and unspoken regrets, Michael is faced with one profound question: Was it worth it, and what would life be like if he had stayed?
A college student’s life is turned upside down when he wakes up to discover he has swapped places with an alternate version of himself from another universe
A lonely Muay Thai instructor (Mark Bale) seeks self-confidence through an online life-coaching app, gradually surrendering control to an unseen mentor.
The film shines a light on the long and rich history of Bonthe, a town on Sherbro Island, and the island’s immense contribution to the formation of Sierra Leone. Beyond celebrating its heritage, the film addresses the ongoing challenges threatening the island’s survival—climate change, mangrove loss, and rising sea levels—while highlighting a new generation rising to find solutions and safeguard its future.
On a secluded beach, two people remain silent in the face of the distance that separates them. The man's disappearance and an ambiguous message on his cell phone leave the woman alone in an experience that finds no words or witnesses.
2026 Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival finalist
Dick Negroni begins as a composed bartender at the '08 Club who trades his mixing tins for a life of crime after catching the eye of the powerful mob boss Don Gog. Alongside his volatile partners, Dick must navigate a treacherous path of betrayal and escalating madness where the line between professional "cleanup" and total lunacy begins to blur.
A magical-realist drama follows a young British-Ugandan girl whose classroom show-and-tell unlocks a dreamlike journey into her heritage.
A behind-the-scenes look at the shooting of a portion of The Short Life of Jaxon Blume on an apple farm in Kent, United Kingdom.
Nia, 50, in an abusive marriage navigates a fragmented inner world where desire, memory, and ritual intertwine. A reunion with a former lover reawakens intimacy but exposes the persistence of violence and entrapment. As reality dissolves into hallucination, she reaches for a final, elusive escape.
Kids' Festival! All the Heroes of Justice Appear was a televised celebration of tokusatsu heroes in 1976.
Raka is a final-year student frustrated by the constant rejection of his thesis by his lecturers. Sekar, his college friend, suggests that his thesis explore the world of shamanism. Meanwhile, Mbah Djambrong is a legendary and eccentric shaman from Kalimati, a remote village renowned for its supernatural traditions, holding mysteries about humanity's relationship with the mystical and spiritual world.
