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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Synergetic

Overview of films

  • Occupied Cinema

    Senka Domanović | 87' | Croatia | None

    A reclaimed cinema in Serbia becomes a hotbed for artistic and political debate. With all the excitement, will it sustain itself or implode?

  • One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

    Zacharias Kunuk | 113' | Canada | None

    In 1961, Canadian Inuit were told they had to relinquish their nomadic lives. Powerful film shot by Inuit people on the endless snowfields.

  • Random Acts of Flyness: They Won’t Go When I Go (Director’s Cut)

    Terence Nance | 54' | USA | International premiere

    A late-night series exploring evergreen cultural idioms such as patriarchy, white supremacy and sensuality from a new, thought-provoking perspective.

  • Rocks

    Sarah Gavron | 93' | United Kingdom | None

    Rocks, an East London teenager, has to look after her kid brother when her mum suddenly disappears. A drama bursting with youthful energy.

  • The Separate System

    Katie Davies | 21' | United Kingdom | None

    Urgent and meditative, political and poetic, this film questions the differences and similarities between military service and imprisonment, and how o

  • Tapi!

    Jim Chuchu | 20' | Kenya | World premiere

    Almost unbearable tension when Jason, a ritual healer, and representatives of the church face off in a Kenyan court.

  • Votez pour moi!

    Murmuziek | 4' | Belgium | International premiere

    A music video with a powerful political punch from a collaboration between animation studio Zorobabel and Belgian prisoners who make music under the m

  • Waar de ratten koning zijn

    Barbara den Uyl | 56' | Netherlands | None

    Eye-witness report on the war that squatters and legal residents of Amsterdam’s Staatsliedenbuurt neighbourhood waged on failing council policy.

  • The Way of Cube

    Graeme Hogg | 11' | -

    Coming straight from Bristol, England, this programme is a transplant of the Cube’s unique programming and eclectic style all the way to IFFR.

  • When the Dogs Talked

    Karrabing Film Collective | 34' | Australia | None

    Unwanted obstacles encountered by a family as they search for one of their own are juxtaposed with questions about the Dog Dreaming.

  • Windjarrameru, The Stealing C*nt$

    Karrabing Film Collective | 35' | Australia | None

    Police wrongfully accuse young men of stealing beer, while miners intrude on the land and contamination spreads.

  • Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams

    Karrabing Film Collective | 29' | Australia | None

    Using humour and experimental film techniques, three perspectives are offered on why the motor in an Indigenous family’s boat broke down.