Year: 2026

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Sheep in the Box

UK Premiere

Sheep in the Box

In an attempt to come to terms with their grief, a couple welcome a humanoid robot version of their deceased son into their home. Under the characteristically subtle and nuanced direction of Kore-Eda, what begins as a thoughtful study of...

UK Premiere

Hirokazu Kore-eda

2026

126 mins

15+

Grief Room

World Premiere

Grief Room

Three estranged sisters reunite at their sharp-tongued mother’s deathbed to say goodbye. Using experimental tech to interpret their mother’s thoughts, the youngest becomes convinced of an urgent, final message they must uncover....

World Premiere

Sindha Agha

2026

15 mins

15+

BRUVVAS

World Premiere

BRUVVAS

SHE’s in a hole. Being with HE again is the only thing that can pull her out. As she re-enters the playground of their last morning together, she must accept that some endings can’t be changed, baked beans or not....

World Premiere

Katie McGuinness

2026

15 mins

15+

Sea of Glass

World Premiere

Sea of Glass

After experiencing immense family turmoil in the wake of her husband’s death, a woman seeks solace in a quiet seaside town. There, she forms an unexpected bond with a young woman struggling with her own fractured relationship with her violent...

World Premiere

Alexis Alexiou

2026

130 mins

15+

Queen at Sea

UK Premiere

Queen at Sea

When Amanda (Binoche) walks in on her elderly parents in the throes of what appears to be a consensual sexual encounter her instinct is to call the police, believing her mother Leslie (Calder-Marshall) who is suffering from dementia, is incapable...

UK Premiere

Lance Hammer

2026

121 mins

15+

Northbound

World Premiere

Northbound

Frustrated with living out his final days in a nursing home, elderly rogue Arthur (Dern) recruits his uptight grandson Kevin (Parrish) to break him out. Together the pair head north to Canada, picking up an enigmatic stranger (Fox) along the...

World Premiere

William Scoular

2026

92 mins

15+

Saba

World Premiere

Saba

Caught between his estranged parents' silence, a young boy embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Through a series of mysterious phone calls, he adopts new personas, escaping his reality and exploring the identity of who he dreams of becoming....

World Premiere

Shahin Gorgani

2026

15 mins

15+

Small One

World Premiere

Small One

Two sisters, two potential pregnancies. When Mia travels to Denmark for what seems like an idyllic holiday with her older sister June, who is struggling through IVF, their bond is tested as Mia’s true reason for the trip emerges: to...

World Premiere

Anne-Sofie Lindgaard

2026

25 mins

Finding Home at the Pianodrome

World Premiere

Finding Home at the Pianodrome

The Pianodrome is a project that takes donated pianos, fixes them up, and “adopts” them out or recycles them into new uses such as the titular Pianodrome. Devon, a filmmaker, comes to the Pianodrome seeking to make a film about...

World Premiere

Devon Peterson

2026

9 mins

15+

My NDA

International Premiere

My NDA

A gripping observational documentary exposing secrecy as a psychological weapon wielded by corporate America, as three ordinary people choose to break their non-disclosure agreements. This nail-biting film reveals how pervasive public censorship is manipulating justice in every corner of American...

International Premiere

Miriam Shor, Juliane Dressner

2026

102 mins

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