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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Big Screen Competition

Programme IFFR 2026

A diverse competition bridging the gap between popular, classic and art house cinema.

Still: Butterfly, dir. Itonje Søimer Guttormsen

Overview of films

  • 2m²

    Volkan Üce | 83' | Belgium | World premiere

    How Much Land Does a Man Require? The answer could be: 2m² – the size of a grave.

  • 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.

  • Butterfly

    Itonje Søimer Guttormsen | 120' | Norway | World premiere

    Following the deaths of their parents, estranged sisters reunite on the island of Gran Canaria.

  • Cyclone

    Philip Yung | 116' | Hong Kong | World premiere

    Desire and identity blur as Cyclone travels to Hong Kong in search of gender-affirming surgery.

  • The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford

    Sean Dunn | 103' | United Kingdom | World premiere

    A darkly comic study of the fictions we cling to when everything around us shifts.

  • Home

    Marijana Janković | 105' | Denmark | World premiere

    A master narrative of emigration through the eyes of a young girl uprooted from Yugoslavia to Denmark.

  • Master

    Rezwan Shahriar Sumit | 122' | Bangladesh | World premiere

    The political ambition of a Bangladeshi teacher corrodes both community and self, as corruption takes hold.

  • Moonglow

    Isabel Sandoval | 120' | Philippines | World premiere

    Dahlia, a police officer, is tasked with investigating the heist she secretly committed. 

  • Now I Met Her

    Xiao Luxi | 121' | China | World premiere

    A teenager discovers his late mother’s diary and begins piecing together the life she once led.

  • Projecto Global

    Ivo M. Ferreira | 140' | Portugal | World premiere

    A political thriller set in the turbulent years after the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon.

  • 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.

  • 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.