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Title: Rebecca Horn – the Secret Life of Things Foreign Title: Rebecca Horn – Die Seele der Dinge Year: 2026 Country: German Language: In German with English subtitles Director: Claudia Müller Click here to see the cast and crew If you are open to – or even curious about – modern art but have never heard of the grand dame of German art, Rebecca Horn, this documentary is for you.

Title: Farruquito: a Flamenco Dynasty Foreign Title: Serás Farruquito Year: 2025 Country: Spain / USA Language: In Spanish with English subtitles Director: Santi Aguado, Reuben Atlas Click here to see the cast and crew When he enters the first frame, we hear him before we really see him. Juan Manuel Fernández Montoya strides toward a raised platform on center stage, the camera catching him in a tight close-up where only his

Title: Crocodile Foreign Title:  Year: 2026 Country: Nigeria / New Zealand Language: In English, Pidgin English, Hausa, and Yoruba with English subtitles Director: The Critics, Pietra Brettkelly Click here to see the cast and crew At the outset, The Critics are identified as a Nigerian “collective” of (mainly) seven teenage boys with filmmaking skills that have earned them a viral following since 2012 when they began making mobile phone-shot sci-fi

Title: Last Movies Foreign Title:  Year: 2026 Country: United Kingdom Language: In English and French with English subtitles Director: Stanley Schtinter Click here to see the cast and crew Stanley Schtinter’s introduction to his film speaks of “navigating the history of cinema” in terms of life, chance, death and public figures. Oh yes – and also the chance that the one movie that these “most famous” public figures happened to

Title: Concrete Kids Foreign Title: Betono vaikai Year: 2026 Country of Origin: Lithuania Language: In Lithuanian with English subtitles Director: Saulius Baradinskas Click here to see the cast and crew Ah, feature or short, it’s the dilemma of fiction. What if? The myriad moves available to a young director often determines the outcome. Is it going too far to suggest that leaning on one’s own traumatic memories of street violence

Title: Display Object of Riddle Foreign Title: Objet d’énigme Year: 2026 Country of Origin: Belgium/Italy Language: Not applicable Director: Chiara Caterina Click here to see the cast and crew Objet d’Enigme is translated as Object of Riddle. Now, if you can’t judge a book by its cover, you probably shouldn’t depend on this film’s title either. You see, I’m not a big fan of puzzles, so I was leaning toward

Title: Tristesse Foreign Title: トリステス Year: 2026 Country: Japan Language: In Japanese with English Subtitles Director: Yuri Muraoka Click here to see the cast and crew This being the film’s North American Premiere provides an excellent opportunity to finally experience contemporary experimentation by Yuri Muraoka, the multi-award-winning filmmaker and poet, whose work has been described as “disturbingly beautiful” and her subject matter as “the search for one’s own self.” Her