Directed by Shai Carmeli-Pollak Israel, 2025, 93', Drama DRAMA THE SEA FESTIVALS AWARDS Set between the West Bank and Israel, the film follows 12-year-old Khaled, whose dream of seeing the sea - despite living only an hour away from it - becomes an odyssey through checkpoints, borders and invisible barriers. When the boy suddenly disappears...

Directed by Milcho Manchevski North Macedonia / Bulgaria / Serbia / Albania / Italy / UK, 2026, 108', Drama DRAMA SISTER BROTHER MANHOLE COVER From Milcho Manchevski, the acclaimed director of Before the Rain (Golden Lion, Venice), a stark yet tender film about survival, moral ambiguity, and the quiet, radical possibility of human connection. In...

Directed by Divine Sung South Korea, 2025, 84', Drama DRAMA SUMMER'S CAMERA FESTIVALS After her father passed away, Summer stopped taking photos. One day, she falls for Yeonwoo, the school's soccer star, and takes her picture with her late father's camera. When she develops the film, she finds mysterious photos of her father's high school...

Directed by Jerome Cohen-Olivar Morocco, 2025, 108', Drama DRAMA AUTISTO FESTIVALS Adam, a child with autism, lives in a silent world where sensations overwhelm words. His sleepless nights reflect an intense and elusive inner universe where sleep escapes him. His rituals serve as a refuge, his fleeting glances a bridge to others. With Mahmoud, a...

Directed by Achille Ronaimou Chad / Germany / France, 2025, 96', Drama DRAMA DIYA FESTIVALS Dane (Ferdinand Mbaissané, winner of the Best Actor award at FESPACO 2025), a driver for an NGO in N'Djamena (capital of Chad), has the misfortune to run over a schoolboy. His pregnant wife (Marina Ndormadjingar Solmem) runs to his aid...

Directed by Elena Oxman USA, 2025, 100', Drama DRAMA OUTERLANDS FESTIVALS AWARDS Cass juggles jobs as a nanny, restaurant server, and party drug dealer in order to make ends meet and pay for their tiny San Francisco apartment. After a one night stand with Kalli, a co-worker they have a crush on, Cass agrees to...