Kamran Baxşızadə went to fight as a volunteer in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in the autumn of 2020. In a battle that coincided with his birthday, he lost his sight. This film follows his return from war.
(Country: Azerbaijan; Year: 2026; Director: Murad Allahverdi)
World premiere
Child of Sinaï
Nine-year-old Bedouin boy Jarah trains for a legendary camel race, carrying his family’s hopes on his small shoulders.
They escaped a controlling Christian sect. Now acclaimed actors bring the horrors of their past back to life.
(Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway; Year: 2026; Director: Eva Mulvad, Andreas Koefoed, Adam Nielsen; Writer: Adam Nielsen, Eva Mulvad, Andreas Koefoed, Jerry Jjensen, Camilla Johnson; Stars: David Dencik, Trine Dyrholm, Emma Sehested Høeg, Laura Kronborg Kjær, Özlem Sağlanmak)
Fruitcakes: Dawn Of Drag
(Lumppukuningattaret)
Weaves together several layers in the film: archive footage from the 1980s, staged reconstructions and contemporary footage from rehearsals, where young people for whom drag is a form of self-expression clash with the customs and traditions of the older generation.
(Country: Finland, Denmark; Year: 2026; Director: Vesa Kuosmanen)
World premiere
Lost and Found: Thirty Years, Not Together
Canadian Jessi’s search for her Romanian birth mother reveals a sister adopted under the same name and a web of lies
Blanka, a successful film editor, decides it is time to stop leaving things unsaid and confront her father, well-known erotic photographer Vlastimil Kula.
(Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia; Year: 2026; Director: Filip Remunda; Writer: Blanka Kulová, Filip Remunda; Stars: Vlastimil Kula, Blanka Kulová)
World premiere
Setenced At Birth
A young mother leaves prison with her daughter, only to discover that freedom may be the hardest sentence of all.
