International Competition
Honouring films that best display strong artistic vision and courageous storytelling. This award is Academy Award accredited.
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The Apologist
Through the ritual of saying sorry, a bold journey explores how apologies redefine history and what happens to us as witnesses to the act of atonement.
  • Kristof Bilsen
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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The Archivist
David "Doc" Rowe has spent decades preserving Britain's overlooked folk traditions. Now, with time running short, he faces a race to protect them.
  • Rob Curry, Tim Plester
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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The Archivist + Conversation
Join us for a special screening of the film, followed by a discussion with the directors, Rob Curry and Tim Plester.
  • Film Programme
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Colors of White Rock
In Mongolia's Gobi Desert, Maikhuu is one of the country's only female truck drivers, hauling coal across treacherous roads to provide for her family.
  • Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Disciples
On the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi, two boys enter a revered Hindu school where lessons in ancient scripture blur into something more troubling.
  • Pankaj Johar, Sunaina Kapoor
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Filthy
When an actress goes looking for the man who assaulted her, she turns her trauma into art and asks the question nobody wanted her to: why didn't you do anything?
  • Bàrbara Mestanza, Marc Pujolar
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Lesbian Lines
An intimate portrait of a network of underground telephone helplines established by a small community of Irish lesbians in 1979.
  • Cara Holmes
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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MKO
Moshood Abiola wins Nigeria's freest election, only for the military to jail him. When U.S. diplomats arrive to negotiate his release, he is served tea, and dies.
  • Ose Oyamendan
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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Time Machine Maidan
In this haunting and visually inventive documentary, a spectral voice drifts through time and memory to trace the Maidan revolution and the roots of resistance in Ukraine.
  • Roman Liubyi, Volodymyr Tykhyy
  • 2026
  • Film Programme
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