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In a small home, two people sit at a distant dining table, the lighting is dark with a singular fluorescent bulb, a bucket sits on the floor.

September 17, 2026

i saw you in the flood

A non-binary Chinese American finds connection with their mother when their flooding apartment is visited by the spirit of an old relative. An impressive balance of spiritual imagery and grounded realism, this film glows with subtle magic and deeply felt intimacy. This film screens as part of ...

A Black woman in a pink hijab looks sadly into the distance, behind her a hairbrush and other beauty care items.

September 17, 2026

White Musk

As a teen girl becomes her terminally ill mother’s caretaker, they both struggle to accept the new dynamic. Tender and contemplative, this beautiful meditation on grief and personal evolution is quietly powerful and deeply moving. This film screens as part of the Drama: We’ll Meet Again shorts...

Two people stand outside in the distance in long grass near a short fence with their hands behind their heads. Palm trees and large mountains in the distance under a cloudy sky.

September 17, 2026

“Vaterland” or A Bule Named Yanto

When a mixed-race German and Indonesian young man visits his sister who has moved to Indonesia, he finds himself caught between two identities, not feeling at home in either. Beautifully shot and delicately portrayed, this complex exploration of mixed identity is as funny as it is heartbreaking. ...

September 17, 2026

Al Baraneya

Pregnant Amal lives together with her extended family in Al Baraneya, a jasmine-farming village outside of Cairo. Their chaotic yet loving home life is upended when a developer offers to buy their land, sowing doubt and disagreement between family members. When a visit from Amal’s cousin from Cai...

Two women sit at water's edge in a bustling city at night. A woman with long blonde hair looks over her shoulder tensely as a woman with a black pixie cut looks mindfully to the sky.

September 17, 2026

All of a Sudden

Acclaimed Academy Award-winning director Rysuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car, Evil Does Not Exist) returns to the Festival with a compassionate contemplation of human connection in our fractured, modern world. All of a Sudden follows Marie-Lou (Virginie Efira), the impassioned director of a Paris-b...

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