Conrad's friends stage an intervention the night of his going away party.

A man from the Southwest of New South Wales and a woman from India, form a deep bond over three and a half years while living in Sydney’s Inner West. But as her departure in August 2026 nears, their final week together is filled with laughter, nostalgia, and the painful uncertainty of whether this is the end or just another chapter in their story.

Proof of concept

Mike O'Hara takes a high-octane trip down memory lane, honoring what was once the greatest event on television: Evel Knievel.

Can fear be a territory? Creatively exploring the ambiguity of fear, the short film uses the metaphor of an ant in a circle to invite us to confront our deepest fears and step out of the circle of comfort.

Documentary on the career of actor Ralph Bates.

Crystal clear

A tale inspired by traditional craft, about the Saudi bisht as a symbol of identity, pride, and dignity, and its journey from the hands of craftsmen to global stages.

Uehara Jiro, in the sixth year at elementary school, is from a family of five; his parents who are both ex-extremists, his elder sister and a younger sister. Children look coldly at their father, Ichiro (Toyokawa Etsushi), who does not work but is quick at lashing out for anything illogical. One day, Jiro snaps at a junior high school student in the neighborhood who ridiculed his parents and causes a violent incident. Being tired of all the fuss made by the school and the response from the child welfare, the Uehara family moves to the island of Iriomotejima, father's hometown. However, the island is in the midst of a row over a development plan to build resort facilities, and the family is sucked into the mayhem. Ichiro and his wife Sakura are arrested, but they break loose. They are forced to live a life as fugitives, and are unable to live with their children. The children, however, understand that their parents do not want to succumb to the establishment and support them.

Hunting for hope in a city ridden by immorality, young Kedar Barua is tickled into madness by ghosts of the past. Paro's love brightens his path to liberation, but a nefarious, superhuman vigilante emerges from the dark.

Por mais um dia

This year’s gallery of artistically inspiring portraits of uncompromising eccentrics (among them The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld, Robert Richardson: The White Devil and A Pint of Ink) features another unobtrusive stand-out in the shape of Igor Luther, a key figure of Slovak and European cinematography. Ivan Ostrochovský’s perspective is rare, dynamic and also meditative, while Luther himself co-authored the project during the last few months of his life. Works such as Juraj Jakubisko’s Birds, Orphans and Fools, Volker Schlöndorff’s The Tin Drum and Andrzej Wajda’s Danton, in the persuasive words of their creators, wouldn't have the same timeless energy today if it weren't for Luther's visionary endeavours.

Fleeing the chaos of home, a young Jamaican boy finds refuge within a community guided by music, spirit and faith, awakening something deep within that will change the course of his life forever.

A film about third-generation artists with Indonesian roots who embrace their cultural heritage in their work. Director Claire Pijman portrays Nusantara Beat, the popular band that sings in Bahasa Indonesia and Sundanese. Vanja van der Leeden, a culinary artist who looks beyond the ‘rijsttafel’. Myrthe Groot & Romee Mulder of fashion atelier Guave, who design clothing made from batik. And Sekan, DJ / photographer / founder of record label Jiwa2, who is putting Indonesian pop music from the ’70s and ’80s back on the map. All artists collaborate with artists from Indonesia, allowing the viewer to also be taken into present-day Indonesia.

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It’s 1969, a housewives soiree, drinking cocktails whilst summoning up an old dead friend. When a spiritual message prompts adolescent Lilith to respond, it alerts us to the demon that lies within.  

Twists and turns through Giorgia Meloni's Rome, a two-voiced letter addressed to the Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha fifty years after his Roman film Claro; political voices and gestures from the Rome of 2023-2025. "The bird of eternity does not exist — only the real is eternal."

For one year, Léon Marchand allows cameras to follow him through competitions, studies, family life, and growing fame. Through an intimate perspective, the documentary reveals the man behind the champion as he searches for purpose after achieving so much at such a young age.