Playlist
<p>THE BODY, a Melbourne-based short, is a satire about our cultural obsession with true crime, particularly women who are murdered. Stylised and absurdist, this film-within-a-film follows a young actor who plays a dead body on a crime TV show, as she finally finds her voice...</p>
<p>Devoted sister elopes with her brother, a benevolent mutant turned into bread. A crowd chases them, drooling on the lips. The streets move in pedals, reason dissolves, hunger reigns. Can love defy appetite?</p>
<p>The traumatic event sometimes replays itself within the trivial. The death of a fish awakens the sorrows of a lifetime. The Mother’s great losses take shape in the form of doubles, drawing her toward the center of a pond where her depression crystallizes. The Daughter uses dance to hold her back, as words seem devoid of meaning. The figure of a Heron, both symbolic and ordinary, urges the girl to accept her powerlessness and find her place.</p>
<p>A Kafkaesque courtroom drama set in 19th-century Liverpool, recounting the trial of a corpse with neither name nor past. Dozens have gathered for the absurd ceremony — and perhaps to deliver justice.</p>
<p>On the cusp of success/failure, two unhinged female filmmakers decide to break up with their boyfriends, and for once, make a bold decision with their lives.</p>
<p>When Zephyr, a savvy and free-spirited surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.</p>
<p>1899. Hautes-Alpes. Soudain is a hamlet encircled by snow on the high plateaus of a remote mountain. Shortly after the arrival of a young primary school teacher, an avalanche claims its first local.</p>
<p>When a police officer is murdered in Cameroon's capital, Commissioner Billong's search for justice exposes deep rifts between tradition and change, duty and survival.</p>
<p>A delivery driver in New York City discovers his e-bike has been stolen. With his family en route after many years apart, Lu must contend with a community that has turned its back on him while he tries to replace the only thing promising to keep his family afloat.</p>
<p>Young activists attempt an armed attack that fails, leading one to abandon her comrades. A former member haunts her, exploring violence, beliefs, friendship, love against societal crises.</p>
<p>MILITANTROPOS captures the human condition through the fractured realities of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The film pieces together everyday lives transformed by war — those who flee, those who lose everything, and those who stay to resist and fight — tracing both the instinct to survive and the need for closeness.</p>
<p>It’s April 26, 1991, which means that schools across Iraq will select students for the honor of bringing items to their mandatory local celebration of President Saddam’s birthday. Kind-hearted and resourceful Saeed lives with his grandmother Bibi in the historic Iraqi marshes.</p>
<p>Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least.</p>
<p>Pol, a 21-year-old living with his grandmother in a coastal town in Tarragona, dreams of relocating to Miami and earning over €10,000 per month. Immersed in the world of personal development, online coaching, and cryptocurrency investments, Pol's journey reflects the aspirations and challenges of a generation seeking success in the digital age. </p>
<p>In a desperate bid to prevent his older sister from leaving home, Cyrus attempts to recover her stolen dirt bike.</p>
<p>Follows a 16-year-old boy who defies his bourgeois family's expectations by starting a masonry apprenticeship where he meets a charismatic Ukrainian colleague who shakes up his world.</p>
<p>A kennel owner, grappling with climate anxiety, falls in love with a customer service rep over the phone. Amid a natural disaster, he embarks on an adventurous, bilingual romantic journey to find her.</p>
<p>Brand New Landscape is the debut feature film of 26-year-old Japanese director Yuiga Danzuka. The film portrays a poignant family reunion in Tokyo, years after the disappearance of the mother. With elegant direction and a sensitive depiction of familial relationships, the film has been compared to the works of Yasujirō Ozu for its emotional depth and portrayal of family dynamics.</p>
<p>Follows 25-year-old Mehdi during a summer vacation in southern France with his girlfriend's family that descends into chaos when a conflict erupts between the family and their villa's caretakers.</p>
<p>A young athlete's life at a boarding school turns upside down after surviving a dangerous accident. As he questions his boxing career and closest friendship, foxes emerge from the nearby forest.</p>
<p>When free-spirited Carmen enters Yasmine's seemingly perfect world of friendship and romance, long-held beliefs about love and identity begin to unravel, challenging everything she once took for granted.</p>
<p>Jiang Ning, who grew up in a single-parent family, is training hard for the last chance of his career. Unexpectedly, the appearance of a talented opponent Zhong Ling takes away the favor of his mother/coach Wang Shuang. The relationship between the three begins to become complicated and confusing all while a fatal “murder” accident is quietly unfolding…</p>
<p>In post-war Japan's economic boom, gangster family-born Kikuo Tachibana finds himself adopted by a kabuki actor. Despite life's challenges, he develops into a gifted performer.</p>
<p>Laura’s life is upended when she is in a car crash with her boyfriend who is killed. Laura wanders into the house and life of a family of strangers, who offer to take care of her, but their motivations turn out to not be as simple as they first appear.</p>
<p>In a remote village, Nawojka grapples with dark urges she believes stem from an ancestral curse. Her world shifts when Sandra moves in next door, offering a glimpse of freedom from her family's rigid control.</p>