11:00 AM – 12:35 PM · Cinema 8 · 🟡 13+
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Take It Back
Lee Daehan · South Korea
A desperate father storms a nightclub on a brutal quest for revenge against the men he holds responsible for his daughter’s death, in a gritty, stylized action-thriller driven by raw emotion and visceral energy.
04:11
Big Jerry
Elle Reck · USA
World Premiere
There are two reasons I can’t break up with Big Jerry: My friends need to steal his money, and I need to steal his other girlfriend.
22:35
Umit Kozi
Aisultan Seit · Kazakhstan
This teaser for Ümit Közi — meaning “a thread of hope” — offers a glimpse into a documentary series tracing the creative journeys of contemporary artists across Central Asia. An intimate portrait of a region experiencing a vibrant artistic renewal, where new voices, ideas, and cultural identities are shaping its contemporary creative landscape.
01:57
12th House
Ilona Laboy and Israel Laboy · USA
After the loss of her husband, a woman enters a liminal dreamworld where fractured memories, archetypes, and symbolic rituals guide her inward. A surreal meditation on grief, identity, and spiritual transformation.
13:03
Edgar: Enhanced Data Gathering Analysis Robot
Virginia de Witt · USA
In a near-future desert landscape, a suicidal woman confronts life, love, and loss with an AI android resembling her estranged father, while her neighbor escapes into his passion for tap dancing.
13:48
Egoli – Place of Gold
Martin Miron · Germany
North America Premiere
A young girl from Cape Town reflects on life in the township, speaking candidly about pain, inequality, and resilience. Shot in stark black and white, the film becomes a meditation on circumstance, dignity, and the realities that shape who we become.
03:49
Untethered Souls
Reinis Kaspars · Latvia
Aboard a historic tall ship, Untethered Souls follows life at sea as a contemplative journey through isolation, purpose, and our changing relationship with the natural world. Far from the noise of modern life, the voyage becomes a meditation on what remains when everything unnecessary is stripped away.
13:09
Have a Great Apocalypse
Francois Theurel · Australia
North America Premiere
At the end of the world, Sean is determined to write a book. He has no idea why, how, or even what it should be about—but as everything around him falls apart, finding the story may be the only thing that still matters.
20:20
Total runtime: 1:32:52
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