Cinematic Era: 2026 Vintage

Haunted by what she believes is her husband's spirit, a grieving widow embarks on a time-traveling journey through her memories in a desperate attempt to change the past.

Iván (33), a trans man, and Hadoum (30), a Spanish-Moroccan woman, fall in love at the industrial greenhouse they work in. While facing the opposition from their families and co-workers, Iván realizes he doesn’t need to be the man he is expected to be.

A lonely man’s obsession with an online mukbang livestreamer leads to a tense confrontation with an unsuspecting dinner guest.

A group of friends, and the power of memory.

Four close friends, Lovro (21), Nenad (20), Stevan (22), and Ivan (20), fought against the Ustashas and Nazis by joining the partisans in WWII. Sixteen years later, they became renowned filmmakers. In 1957, in Communist Yugoslavia, their sexual orientation raises suspicion, and a communist party loyalist named Emir (52) is assigned to sabotage their careers and lives. The pursuit of freedom becomes a fight for survival for the artists, while Emir's beliefs are challenged.

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Set against the vibrant spectacle of the jaripeo, a symbol of Mexican cowboy tradition and machismo, this story unveils a hidden world of queer desire and quiet rebellion. As glances and gestures disrupt the rigid norms of masculinity, the rodeo becomes a stage for our protagonists to navigate identity, community, and the search for belonging in an oppressively traditional space.

A star basketball player finds his world turned upside down when a serious car accident leaves him a quadriplegic.

In the Faroe Islands, a family of theatre people are working on staging ‘King Lear’ with the mother in the lead role – a beloved actress who suffers from Alzheimer’s.

A scientist with nefarious intentions seeks to dominate the world using his vast expertise in robotics.

A thirteen-year-old boy Marius is an outcast who often feels invisible to the world around him. One day, he becomes intrigued by a mysterious incident at school, where his biology teacher is injured with a snowball thrown by an unknown classmate.

Tired of being offered the same cliché roles over again, Tom, a committed Franco-Beninese actor decides to make his first feature film with non-white performers. Through a film-within-a-film approach, the ensemble challenges norms and works toward empowerment.

Mo Gilligan takes on Hollywood — and lives to tell the tale. In this lively special, the Londoner dishes on fame, family and being British in America.

Locked inside a film set after hours, four actor and one crew member are blackmailed into brutal challenges by an unseen tormentor-one who knows their darkest secrets, and is ready to expose them to the world.

After reliving the same day over and over again for 10 years, Agatha awakens to realize she's escaped and now faces the horrifying reality of a brand new day.

Ali Corley is a widowed search-and-rescue K-9 handler who rebuilt her life after losing her husband in the line of duty. When she meets seasoned rescue specialist Shawn Willis, their connection forces them both to confront the true meaning of commitment.

An unscripted reality competition pits a group of strangers and peers against one another online in an unpredictable game of social politics for the charities of their choice.

A new mother’s babysitting plans fall through on the morning of an audition for a career-defining role.

Anthony, commander of the centurions and hero of Rome, after years of battles, is back home to his love and family, what he didn't know is that a new emperor is now on the throne and dominates Rome with an iron fist.

Our fuzzy overlords return to the big screen! Each year, CatVideoFest curates a compilation reel of the latest, best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and, of course, classic internet powerhouses (Keyboard Cat, we’re looking at you).

A married couple return home from vacation to find two siblings have taken up squatting in their home.

Just as a couple prepares to welcome their long-awaited child, a devoted couple meets a troubled teen whose wounded heart resists faith. Their paths intertwine in a story of love, healing, and unexpected grace.

A mistreated servant girl uses a magical night to change her destiny.

Twelve-year-old Deniz plays freely with her best friend at their secret hideout. At school, while playing with boys, she’s pushed aside for who she is and fails to fit in with the girl group. In this quiet moment of growing up, her dream world takes on a different meaning.

(MOURNING) AFFIRMATIONS is a dreamy short film that drifts through mental struggle, grief, and fractured memory, structured around the relentless voiceover of a self-help tape. Set in the gloomy landscape of Berlin, the film exposes the quiet violence of compulsory wellness, the demand to cope, to heal, to be “okay,” and explores what emerges when we stop performing stability and allow ourselves to unravel.

The hit series about final goodbyes between the dead and the living across borders comes to the big screen. Angel Hearse receives a wave of international repatriation requests: a couple in Mexico in a movie-like romance, a baby, a man in a wheelchair on a world journey, an American star and his secret love, and Nami, who heads to Mexico after news her lover is alive. Will miracle reunions await?

A reject teenager follows some hot radicals and finds themself in the woods. An eco-parable produced by a mutual aid collective, shot on 16mm and portions hand-processed with plants.

Life is a constant movement between the depths of our personal universe and the surface of the world. We dive within ourselves, emerge into everyday life. We oscillate from introspection to extroversion, from our microcosm to the real world. This pendulum is the story of the artist Kleio Gizeli, a pendulum that reaches from the secret space of an apartment to the visible world of a school classroom, from a penthouse in Kypseli, Athens to the life of its streets, from miniature works to the social work of education. This pendulum is the story of the film, the pendulum of a woman but also of all of us.

A Japanese pop icon returns to her late mother’s birthplace in a mountain village, joined by a former classmate and her boyfriend. Their trek into the forest turns dark after disturbing ancestral spirits. Trapped in thick fog, fear manifests into inner demons as supernatural events unfold, blurring the line between self-discovery and a descent into madness.

The Zrinski family lineage had produced many great warriors, lovers and even political conspirators. However, the first to put it on the map was Nikola the Seventh Zrinski, who political influence, military prowess and poetic skills made him one of the most influential figures in Europe at the time. In this new docudrama, his life comes on screen for the very first time.

A depressed man decides to finally get out of bed, except his bed won’t let him.

When a tragic accident reveals that his granddaughter has the ability to respawn upon death, an old man starts an underground organ harvesting business to keep his family afloat.

In this intense horror short, witness the desperate actions of Samuel & Jordan along with their friends, Derek and Mia, as they navigate the beginning of an apocalyptic nightmare unlike any other zombie film before. The group finds themselves face-to-face with AI-controlled zombies. This teaser showcases what a full feature film adaptation of the award-winning zombie book series could look like. Through blending gritty realism with emotional depth, and unique zombie thrills that horror fans crave!

A quiet revolution is underway: As the real-world consequences of social media come into focus, a new generation of parents and teens step forward to challenge the systems shaping their lives and fight for a different future.

A polarizing self-help figure, whose carefully constructed identity begins to unravel during the height of a lecture tour.

Over a decade on Svalbard, the fastest warming place on earth, Norwegian filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad witnesses the extraordinary life of a polar bear named Frost – a mother struggling to raise her cubs in a rapidly changing Arctic. This intimate journey transforms him from observer to storyteller, driven by his passion to connect with nature and to expose the devastating impacts of climate change on this fragile ecosystem.

While writing a screenplay for successful film producer Sally Kimmer, twin brothers Austin and Lee learn of their true sibling rivalry. As tensions rise, Sally finds herself having to prove herself worthy to her pushy boss Mr. Williams.

A film about outlaws that breaks the rules of storytelling. A secretive man arrives at the airport—he has a job interview with the leader of a criminal syndicate. He decides to protect the gangster against the threat of a mysterious woman and her child, who want him dead. Violence is inevitable, but it manifests in enigmatic ways.

Master Hughes expedition faces tornados and a forest fire, to continue his search for the Sugar creek beast in arkansas. A creature that has sighted in the deep forest of the Ouachita Mountains

After missing his train, a dad hitches a ride with his daughters boyfriend to a family wedding he isn't invited to.

In an isolated cabin amidst a devastating pandemic, Helen takes every precaution to protect her children Ethan and Lily. But when a mysterious stranger named Gideon arrives, the family's fragile reality shatters. As secrets unravel and a deadly confrontation ensues, Ethan must make a harrowing choice to protect his sister and mother.

Years ago, Devin, who has special needs, became enthralled by Bigfoot after watching the long-running reality TV series Mountain Monsters. When his mom took the opportunity to foster her son’s passion, daily hunts for Sasquatch grew into something more than a pastime. He’s Out There tells the story of—in Devin’s words—the proudest week of his life.

An experimental documentary in which the narrator evokes his childhood memories of Cyprus, and his connection to an indelible friendship defined by separation. Through vivid recollections of their lost bond, he explores themes of longing, belonging, and the enduring pull of his homeland that shaped them both. Waves Won’t Stop is an intimate look on a long journey of return.

A couple expecting a child makes the drastic decision to attempt a robbery, finding themselves out of their depth with the homeowners they try to steal from.

An anxiety-ridden man’s decision to take in an injured bird leads to a deep reflection of his traumatic past and an intense physical transformation.

1994, interior of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The inertia of Francisco's last days is broken by an unexpected visit.

Mashenka's grandmother tells her a fairy tale about a magical land where tangerines grow that grant wishes. Dreaming only of her mother's recovery and return home, the girl sets out in search of the magic tangerine. But the fulfillment of wishes is under threat all over the world, as an evil minister is poisoning the magic tangerines.

After a dish-pig invites his could-be-girlfriend over for dinner, his plans are shattered by the return of his charismatic fugitive brother.

While attending a movie Q&A panel at a convention, a fan wrestles with their inner voice about whether to ask the director a question.

With the Space Ranger program having ended, the elite cosmic soldiers search for meaning in a peaceful galaxy, until a new threat arises.

Ji-won, who had cut ties with everyone, takes a job at a factory that provides lodging and meals. She finds her roommate Ju-hee, a girl who dances the Tango all the time, both burdensome and intriguing. Ji-won gets involved in Hyun-woo's accident and feels uneasy as she watches Ju-hee try to take all the responsibility herself.

Mallory, tormented by a fear of being insignificant, accompanies her playwright boyfriend Sam to a retreat on the coast of Maine. She learns that he once took his glamorous ex-girlfriend there. She is overcome by an obsessive curiosity.

Maria, burdened with caregiving for her sick husband, gets invited to a party.

On the anniversary of the Kivu massacre, a risk-averse ride-share driver, Didier Mulegwa, a war refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, experiences the ride of his life when Sandile, a seven-year-old deaf child, escapes his kidnapper and jumps into his car.

Set in Mysuru, a crime drama unfolds across a decade (2001-2011), following a chain of events that builds tension over time. The city's setting plays a key role in reflecting different phases across the years.

An encounter between two women—one forced to appear in a confession video, and the other, a member of the video crew.