After an unexpected encounter, Fleur and Julian fall madly in love. Soon after Julian proposes, an ambitious yet challenging idea starts to dawn on Fleur. Slowly but surely, she works out a plan to get married in every country where she and her wife are legally allowed to do so. Fueled by their love and a rising sense of urgency, they take a leap of faith. After only four weddings, their journey comes to an inevitable, painful halt. Based on a true story, first-time director Cato Kusters has crafted an intimate and powerful drama about love and activism. In English, French and Dutch with English subtitles“They are kismet. It is magic.” — The Playlist
Genre: International
Trial of Hein
After 14 years on the mainland, Hein returns to his remote North Sea island village, drawn not only by memory but by a past connection he never resolved. To his shock, no one recognizes him, not even his childhood friend Friedemann, with whom he once shared an intimacy neither ever named. Now distant, Friedemann avoids him. The villagers convene a court to decide if Hein is who he claims. As testimony unfolds, contradictions mount, with Hein’s memories clashing with those of witnesses, and suspicion soon turning to hostility. Near ruin, Hein searches for proof of his past, only to confront a truth he long refused to face. Teddy Award winner at the 2026 Berlin Film FestivalIn German with English subtitles
On the Sea
Jack has been married to Maggie for over half his life. He works as a hand raker on the mussel beds in North Wales with his younger brother, Dyfan, and Dyfan’s three sons. Jack has always assumed that his own boy, Tom, will join the family business on leaving school, but Tom’s resistance to follow in his footsteps causes familial tension. Tensions are further inflamed by the arrival of an itinerant deckhand, Daniel, who makes known his feelings for Jack. In this remote, rural community where life revolves around church and fishery, Jack is faced with an impossible dilemma. ON THE SEA is a beautiful, sensual, and at times tragic exploration of masculinity, place, and desire.
Leviticus (Spotlight Film)
Two star-crossed teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most—each other.A haunting portrait of how religious fanaticism stands in the path of two boys’ acceptance of themselves and their growing connection morphs into a transcendently original coming-of-age horror story. In his feature debut, writer-director Adrian Chiarella incorporates sensuality and tenderness into the horrors his young protagonists face. As their undeniable attraction becomes the very heart of their torment, leads Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen deliver fantastically complex performances, encompassing each boy’s vulnerability and growing dread as well as the embodiment of the other’s worst fears come to life. LEVITICUS is an exciting and nuanced entry into the body of queer horror storytelling.“A stylish, urgent allegory.” — The Hollywood ReporterDirector Adrian Chiarella is scheduled to attend.
In a Whisper
Back in Tunisia for her uncle’s funeral, Lilia (Eya Bouteraa) reunites with a family that knows nothing about her life in Paris, especially her love life. She’s brought along her girlfriend Alice (Marion Barbaeau), but drops her off at a hotel to avoid family scrutiny. Determined to unravel the mystery surrounding the sudden death of her uncle, Lilia finds herself confronted with family secrets in a house where three generations of women move between silences and longstanding traditions. Lilia’s mother (Succession’s Hiam Abbas) refuses to accept her daughter’s sexual orientation, keeping her distance while Lilia investigates her uncle’s hidden past. Unfolding as two intertwining storylines, IN A WHISPER is a delicate, emotional family mystery about love and acceptance.In French and Arabic with English subtitles“… an excavation of the past, finding truth in complex familial relationships.” — Variety
Time and Water
Renowned Icelandic poet and author Andri Snær Magnason is chasing something elusive. As the glacial ice of his homeland melts, he constructs a cinematic time capsule to hold onto this moment and send it to the future, before everything he loves slips away. Using his own collected archives, his grandparents’ photographs and homemade films, as well as traditional songs and folktales, Andri interlaces his family’s story with that of the land around him. From Academy Award®-nominated director Sara Dosa (Fire of Love), TIME AND WATER is a universal reflection on the power of home and what it means to be alive amid profound epochal change.In Icelandic and English with English subtitles
Jaripeo (Spotlight Film)
A journey to Michoacán’s hypermasculine rodeos descends into the subconscious of memory, queer desire, and longing, leading to a reckoning with the wounds and beauty of a home left behind. Efrain Mojica and Rebecca Zweig’s lyrical, inventive documentary captures a portrait of life as a young queer ranchero in Penjamillo. Jaripeos are frequently raucous, rural rodeos that often host hidden queer encounters. It’s an erotically-charged and deeply sensorial film, vividly exploring performative machismo through a uniquely specific queer lens, embracing its subjects’ bodies and spirit within its stylized dreamy depiction of their shared memories.“… shows us a shimmering, sensual subculture beneath the sweat and dust.” — Screen DailyIn Spanish with English subtitles and EnglishCo-directors Efrain Mojica and Rebecca Zweig are scheduled to attend on Saturday, June 13.