NEXT:WAVE
Our competition for emerging, international artists and filmmakers.
Latina, Latina
Elegant and philosophical journey through Italy where a young geologist, guided by her father's diaries, studies the architectural heritage of fascism. A thoughtful film between reality and fiction.
Adrian Duncan / Ireland / 2025 / International Premiere
The Golden Spurtle
Welcome to the Oatmeal World Cup - and if that sounds gray and boring, think again! A warm and genuinely funny Scottish film about finding the greatest meaning in the smallest things.
Constantine Costi / United Kingdom & Australia / 2025 / World Premiere
Unanimal
An imaginative and philosophical film about the relationship between humans and animals, with Isabella Rossellini as narrator. Innovative, absurdly witty and with a genuinely creative spirit.
Sally Jacobson & Tuva Bjork / Sweden & France / 2025 / World Premiere
Fantastic Family
A young director returns to a family trauma buried deep in the soil of her father’s garden. But what do you do when no one in the family agrees on what actually happened? A courageous film with creative energy and the will to bring the past to light.
Nicoline Skotte / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
Abode of Dawn
10 years in a Christian cult in the Siberian wilderness, where a growing following has realized the vision of a self-proclaimed prophet. A sensational debut.
Kristina Shtubert / Germany / 2024 / International Premiere
50 Meters
Deeply charming Egyptian debut from an outswimming pool in Cario where an adult daughter's relationship with her good-natured father is universally recognizable about life's big questions.
Yomna Khattab / Egypt, Denmark & Saudi Arabia / 2025 / World Premiere
Open Call
A witty satire on public art and culture, as the citizens of Oslo are invited to celebrate the city’s 400th anniversary. Things don’t quite go according to plan.
Sille Storihle / Norway / 2025 / World Premiere
Copan
Social-realist sci-fi from an apartment block with five thousand inhabitants in the centre of São Paulo. A Brazilian microcosm about money, power and a fragile democracy.
Carine Wallauer / Brazil & France / 2025 / World Premiere
Red Forest
A growing group of anarchists establish an eco-activist, anti-capitalist community in a French forest. But the state has other plans. A cinematic, revolutionary film about freedom and ideals.
Laurie Lassalle / France / 2025 / World Premiere
ILOVERUSS
Two artistic souls meet on the outskirts of Hollywood and a 20-year friendship is born. Illusions and realities are challenged while a raw and intimate film emerges.
Tova Mozard / Sweden / 2025 / World Premiere
Who Witnessed the Temples Fall
Under the burning sun of Granada, the lonely figure of the mythical Roma king Chorrojumo wanders as an emissary from the past. An enigmatic and evocative film between dream and reality.
Lucía Selva / Spain / 2025 / World Premiere
I Am Night at Noonday
Don Quixote is resurrected in Marseille and sets out to fight fences, gates, private property rights and general segregation with his faithful squire, an ex-criminal pizza delivery man on a scooter.
Gaspard Hirschi / France / 2025 / International Premiere