Drama
A list of films
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Dead Man’s Wire
Gus Van Sant | 104′ | USA | Dutch Premiere
Gus Van Sant’s exhilarating true-tale of a man who stood up against an unjust mortgage system. -
Talking to a Stranger
Adrián García Bogliano | 104′ | Mexico | World premiere
A grieving mother is confronted by an uncanny presence that wears the face of her lost child. -
There Was Such a Thing Before
Matsui Yoshihiko | 131′ | Japan | International premiere
A meditation on loss and resilience in the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. -
La petite dernière
Hafsia Herzi | 108′ | France | Dutch Premiere
A tender coming-of-age portrait of a lesbian French-Algerian woman navigating desire, faith and selfhood. -
The Yacoubian Building
Marwan Hamed | 165′ | Egypt | No premiere
A star-studded blockbuster about the interconnected lives of the tenants of a Downtown Cairo building. -
Parasakthi
Sudha Kongara | 163′ | India | Dutch Premiere
His involvement with a student movement puts Chezhiyan into a life and death struggle with a ruthless intelligence agent. -
Ibrahim Labyad
Marwan Hamed | 134′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
A hoodlum’s climb through Cairo’s underworld is complicated by a love triangle in this gritty crime saga. -
Accept Our Sincere Apologies
Juja Dobrachkous | 107′ | United Kingdom | World premiere
Trapped in a decaying hotel, two women yearn to escape their demons and the world beyond. -
The Testament of Ann Lee
Mona Fastvold | 130′ | United Kingdom | Dutch Premiere
Co-written with Brady Corbet (The Brutalist, IFFR 2025), Mona Fastvold’s utopian biopic recounts the founding of the radical Shakers movement. -
Art Is Dark and Full of Horrors
Artemio Narro | 120′ | Mexico | World premiere
An outrageous satire of the Mexican art world that pits insecure artists against predatory curators. -
My Daughter Is a Zombie
Pil Gam-Sung | 114′ | South Korea | Dutch Premiere
A father tries re-educating his teenage zombie daughter, while protecting her from a hostile world. -
100 Nights of Hero
Julia Jackman | 92′ | United Kingdom | Dutch Premiere
A lady and her maid in a fantastical world find liberation from patriarchy through storytelling. -
El Sett
Marwan Hamed | 155′ | Egypt | European premiere
A graceful and lavish portrait of legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum. -
Mayilaa
Semmalar Annam | 97′ | India | World premiere
A mother-daughter pair begin selling straw mats for survival in this funny, piercing road movie. -
A Survivor’s Tale
Micha Wald | 102′ | Belgium | Dutch Premiere
A noblewoman is left for dead on a barren island, in this breathtaking historical drama. -
WOLFGANG
Filmsaaz | 98′ | Iran | World premiere
A genre-defying opera about an exiled Iranian artist in Paris, told through Mozart’s life. -
Dead Dogs Don’t Bite
Nuri Cihan Özdoğan | 105′ | Turkey | World premiere
A high-stakes drama in which mild-mannered Ismet enters a brutal gangland war, amid the illegal waste trade. -
Treat Her Like a Lady
Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito | 110′ | Netherlands | World premiere
Can eviction be revamped as a family holiday? A colourful tale of one woman’s resilience. -
Interior apartamento día
Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán | 91′ | Dominican Republic | European premiere
A couple faces creative and romantic challenges after moving to an idyllic beach house. -
Tokyo Taxi
Yoji Yamada | 103′ | Japan | European premiere
A road movie taking audiences through the melancholic metropolis and nostalgic nooks of Tokyo. -
O profeta
Ique Langa | 94′ | Mozambique | World premiere
An unflinching look at everyday ugliness as a priest loses faith and turns to witchcraft to reclaim it. -
Special Unit – The First Murder
Christoffer Boe | 127′ | Denmark | Dutch Premiere
A visually seductive and suspenseful Danish crime drama, based on a cult TV series. -
Sound of Falling
Mascha Schilinski | 155′ | Germany | Dutch Premiere
A dreamlike, shattering vision of four generations of German women suffering since World War I. -
Ombres de soie
Mary Stephen | 62′ | France | No premiere
A sensual essay on hybridity in defiance of purist ideas about ethnicity and gender. -
Ripples in the Mist
Clara Law | 119′ | Australia | European premiere
Stories of two Hong Kong women in exile coalesce into a poetic exploration of grief, memory and artistic expression. -
The History of Sound
Oliver Hermanus | 128′ | USA | Dutch Premiere
A bittersweet chronicle of the relationship between two music students in the early 20th century, starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor. -
Snake milkers and the miserable lady
Vahid Alvandifar | 82′ | Iran | World premiere
A deceased Iranian snake catcher comes back to life in this satirical road movie that traverses gorgeous landscapes. -
The Blue Elephant 2
Marwan Hamed | 130′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
The blissful life of a psychotherapist is threatened by a patient who might be haunted by a demon. -
Maddie’s Secret
John Early | 98′ | USA | European premiere
Leave all cynicism aside for this blend of sincere melodrama and outrageous humour from pre-eminent alt-comedy star John Early. -
Palestine 36
Annemarie Jacir | 119′ | Palestine | Dutch Premiere
1930s Palestinian revolt against British colonial rule is brought to the screen through historical detail and visual splendour. -
Moonglow
Isabel Sandoval | 108′ | Philippines | World premiere
Dahlia, a police officer, is tasked with investigating the heist she secretly committed. -
Il Maestro
Andrea Di Stefano | 125′ | Italy | Dutch Premiere
Against the backdrop of sunsoaked 1980s Italy, a teenage tennis prodigy strikes an unlikely friendship. -
Father Mother Sister Brother
Jim Jarmusch | 110′ | USA | Dutch Premiere
Jim Jarmusch’s intimate elegy on familial relations unfolds across three star-studded vignettes, earning him the Golden Lion at Venice. -
Why hasn’t everything disappeared yet
Stefan Koutzev | 98′ | Germany | World premiere
A lyrically ascetic, audiovisually rich and seductive reflection on trauma and migration. -
Two Prosecutors
Sergei Loznitsa | 118′ | France | Dutch Premiere
A stark but absorbing drama of a young prosecutor’s struggle for justice in Stalinist Russia. -
The Brig
Norman Yonemoto | 81′ | USA | No premiere
A classic of San Francisco gay porn featuring legendary model-performer Mickey Squires. -
Complaint No. 713317
Yasser Shafiey | 80′ | Egypt | International premiere
An absurd battle over a broken fridge becomes a tender reckoning with love and ageing. -
The Blue Elephant
Marwan Hamed | 170′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
An alcoholic psychotherapist attempts to decode a murder mystery in this stylish psychological noir. -
L’étranger
François Ozon | 120′ | France | Dutch Premiere
Albert Camus’ classic existentialist novel brought dramatically alive by François Ozon as a film noir. -
Amrum
Fatih Akin | 93′ | Germany | Dutch Premiere
The end of Nazi Germany seen through the eyes of a young boy on a North Sea island. -
Variations on a Theme
Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar | 65′ | South Africa | World premiere
A gentle and insightful portrait of Afrikaner Ouma Hettie, awaiting the compensation due her father. -
Ah Girl
Ang Geck Geck Priscilla | 99′ | Singapore | World premiere
A 7-year-old girl navigates despair, delight and her parents’ excruciating separation in 1994 Singapore. -
Supporting Role
Ana Urushadze | 139′ | Georgia | World premiere
A faded Georgian film star confronts pride and renewal when a new role poses to quietly reshape him. -
Diamond Dust
Marwan Hamed | 162′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
A lonely pharmacist in a perilous quest to untangle the mystery behind the murder of his father. -
No Hit Wonder
Florian Dietrich | 118′ | Germany | Dutch Premiere
An emotionally rich comedy about a failed rock star in hospital, tasked with setting up an all-patients choir. -
Marius
Alexander Korda | 127′ | France | No premiere
A Marseille-set love story that became an instant classic of regionally rooted realist French cinema. -
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Olivier Assayas | 145′ | France | Dutch Premiere
Paul Dano and Jude Law spearhead the birth of an autocracy in Olivier Assayas’s political opus. -
Tell Me What You Feel
Łukasz Ronduda | 100′ | Poland | World premiere
Łukasz Ronduda follows two young artists trying, and often failing, to find a language for connection. -
Yellow Cake
Tiago Melo | 97′ | Brazil | World premiere
In Brazil’s Northeast, experiments with uranium spawn sci-fi folklore as workers battle mosquitoes and capital. -
Victor comme tout le monde
Pascal Bonitzer | 89′ | France | International premiere
An actor devoted to Victor Hugo finds his artistic values and lifestyle challenged by women. -
My Semba
Hugo Salvaterra | 90′ | Angola | World premiere
A batida-driven rap symphony of Luanda, seen through those chasing dignity and their dreams. -
Movement Song
Mayis Rukel | 96′ | Netherlands | World premiere
Experimental fictional documentary about queer relationships, the healing power of literature and archiving as a labour of love. -
First Light
James J. Robinson | 118′ | Australia | European premiere
A character study of a pious nun in the Luzon mountains, examining faith, community and institutional ethics. -
Motherwitch
Minos Papas | 104′ | Cyprus | World premiere
A grieving mother attempts to reanimate her dead children in this visceral folk-horror. -
Songs of Hope and Despair. Performed by Bundschuh, Fish, Fox Tail, Rainbow, Dead Drummer, Muse-Leaving Germany and by other agencies
Tsaplya Olga Egorova | 82′ | Germany | World premiere (festival)
Strangely costumed heroes long for a miracle in this absurdist lo-fi musical roadmovie by the Chto Delat collective. -
White Lies
Alba Zari | 99′ | Italy | International premiere
A dive into the devastating consequences of cult indoctrination and a powerful monument to acceptance and understanding. -
Los domingos
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa | 115′ | Spain | Dutch Premiere
A teenager’s decision to become a cloistered nun causes bewilderment and havoc in the family. -
The Originals
Marwan Hamed | 125′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
A family man gets recruited by a shady organisation claiming to be the guardians of the land in this ingenious satire. -
Home
Marijana Janković | 105′ | Denmark | World premiere
A master narrative of emigration through the eyes of a young girl uprooted from Yugoslavia to Denmark. -
Delupi
Mohammad Touqir Islam | 96′ | Bangladesh | International premiere
After Bangladesh’s July Revolution, tensions rise among the villagers of the flood-ravaged Delupi region. -
Tycoon
Charlotte Zhang | 89′ | Canada | World premiere
Los Angeles in the not too distant future, on the eve of social breakdown. -
A Useful Ghost
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke | 130′ | Thailand | Dutch Premiere
A possessed vacuum cleaner becomes a national hero in an explosively political comic fantasy. -
A Fading Man
Welf Reinhart | 100′ | Germany | World premiere
Hanne, her partner Bernd, and her returnee ex-husband make the best of a complicated situation. -
The Arab
Malek Bensmail | 106′ | Algeria | World premiere
The unnamed figure from Albert Camus’ L’étranger is reframed through the testimony of his ageing brother. -
i grew an inch when my father died
P. R. Monencillo Patindol | 73′ | Philippines | World premiere
Two brothers navigate life after the murder of their father. The elder brother struggles because his best friend is the son of the murderer. Meanwhile,… -
The Wolf, the Fox & the Leopard
David Verbeek | 125′ | Netherlands | Dutch Premiere
A girl raised by wolves gets to know humankind in David Verbeek’s unconventional and unpredictable fairytale. -
Vento Norte
Salomão Scliar | 77′ | Brazil | No premiere
The daily toil of fishermen in a small village threatened by the fury of the elements. -
Sore: A Wife from the Future
Yandy Laurens | 119′ | Indonesia | European premiere
Lovers from different eras struggle against a tragic destiny in a time-travelling romantic saga. -
Calle Málaga
Maryam Touzani | 116′ | Spain | Dutch Premiere
Against her daughter’s wishes, a Spanish woman fights to keep her beloved house in Tangier. -
Phra Ruang: Rise of the Empire
Chartchai Ketnust | 118′ | Thailand | International premiere
A theatre troupe stages a modern interpretation of a canonical epic about Thailand’s first dynasty. -
Tunnels: Sun in the Dark
Bùi Thạc Chuyên | 126′ | Vietnam | European premiere
A scrappy guerrilla unit resists enemy onslaught from within a byzantine tunnel network. -
The Gymnast
Charlotte Glynn | 84′ | USA | World premiere
The contours of resilience and sacrifice are traced when a teenage gymnast’s Olympic dreams shatter following injury. -
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Honey Bunny
Igor Jelinović | 97′ | Croatia | World premiere
A sisterly turf war threatens to escalate in this delightfully dry-humoured Croatian family drama. -
Earth Song
Erol Mintaş | 118′ | Finland | World premiere
A resonant drama about a Kurdish emigrant’s journey into her tortured past. -
Deadline
Pavel Ruminov | 53′ | Russia | –
A Russian scriptwriter is threatened by various powers when he doesn’t finish his work in time. A parody on the situation in which many Russian… -
Cauchemar conseil
Renaud Després-Larose, Ana Tapia Rousiouk | 148′ | Canada | International premiere
An insomniac student is liberated by spontaneous female friendship in this playful alternative buddy movie. -
Gamer Girls
Veronica Bassetto, Sophie Yang | 102′ | Hong Kong | International premiere
Esports team Gamer Girls faces real-life battles in this energetic and empowering debut. -
Master Bantoo
Arsh Jain | 120′ | India | World premiere
A small-time wedding musician experiences an artistic awakening in an intimate, hypnotic psychodrama. -
The Killing of Meghnad
Ashish Avikunthak | 93′ | India | World premiere
Gods, demons and men prepare for battle in a minimalist reimagination of a mythological epic. -
Cinemartyrs
Sari Lluch Dalena | 104′ | Philippines | International premiere
An essayistic film about tackling past injustices, from forgotten massacres to overlooked women filmmakers. -
Home Bitter Home
Ghina Abboud, Naïm El Hajj, Salim Mrad, Aline Ouais, Jihad Saadé, Marie-Rose Osta | 150′ | Lebanon | World premiere
Six directors craft intimate portraits of artists striving to create and survive in today’s Lebanon. -
Nangong Cheng
Shao Pan | 197′ | China | World premiere
As death closes in, a steelworker with martial healing skills aids a stranger driven by grief and vengeance. -
The Secret Agent
Kleber Mendonça Filho | 161′ | Brazil | Dutch Premiere
A university professor (Wagner Moura) flees persecution with the help of a resistance network during Brazil’s dictatorship. -
Romería
Carla Simón | 100′ | Spain |
Frida sets out on a journey to meet her biological father’s family in Vigo, Spain. Her need to know about her past will not be so -
Kira & El Gin
Marwan Hamed | 175′ | Egypt | European premiere
Action-packed anti-colonial epic about an underground resistance unit in Cairo in the 1920s. -
Tracing to Expo ’70
Liao Hsiang-Hsiung | 97′ | Taiwan | No premiere
A musical, a travelogue, a mystery: three kinds of movies in one dazzling film. -
The Exposure
Thomas Imbach | 90′ | Switzerland | Dutch Premiere
To save the family, a mother pressures her daughter to succumb to a man’s desires. -
Projecto Global
Ivo M. Ferreira | 141′ | Portugal | World premiere
A political thriller set in the turbulent years after the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon. -
IAI
Sakai Zenzo | 90′ | Japan | World premiere
Kana begins experiencing vivid dreams and strange premonitions in this blend of psychological horror and family drama. -
Cyclone
Philip Yung | 116′ | Hong Kong | World premiere
Desire and identity blur as Cyclone travels to Hong Kong in search of gender-affirming surgery. -
Lotus
Signe Birkova | 117′ | Latvia | Dutch Premiere
A fantasy about Latvia’s first female director. Filmmaking as visual witchcraft – 24 spells per second. -
Between Arms
Rob Nevis | 75′ | Sri Lanka | World premiere
A tale of impossible love in times of war finished years after it was shot. -
Een mislukt eerbetoon aan moederliefde.
Dan Geesin | 85′ | Netherlands | World premiere
After his life is surreally and spontaneously exploded, a man’s mother and friend guide him through healing. -
Labyrinth Under Cyclone
Achitaphon Piansukprasert | 108′ | Thailand | International premiere
Post-apocalyptic lovers find fleeting solace in this tragic, experimental tone poem.
