120 min Section: Focus Johan Grimonprez Hosted by Johan Grimonprez, “Every Day Words Disappear” is an indispensable masterclass for exploring the theories and practices that lie at the heart of his films. Defined by a multi-layered and complex de/re/construction of language and the audio-visual medium, these works become pedagogical tools for understanding the intricate ways in which narrative and ideology become inter-defined and codified as Historical memory....See more details

Directed by: Rachel Tâpârjan Documentary – Romania, United Kingdom – 2026 – 89 min Section: Past Continuous While helping a woman search for her birth mother, a filmmaker is drawn into her own family history, uncovering a dark cloud that has long hung over its women....See more details

Directed by: Martin Trabalík Documentary – Czech Republic – 2025 – 86 min Section: No Future Without – Extended Dialogues Recently widowed, Mr. Jochec must take on caring for his two teenage children: Vanesa and Pete, who lives with a severe autism spectrum disorder....See more details

Directed by: Johan Grimonprez Documentary – USA, Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom – 2016 – 94 min Section: Focus Johan Grimonprez A journalistic tour-de-force, Johan Grimonprez’s explosive “Shadow World”, based on Andrew Feinstein’s book of the same title, exposes the global arms trade as a system defined by corruption....See more details

Directed by: Roberto Beani Documentary – Italy – 2025 – 81 min Section: Past Continuous The Pilastro Neighbourhood is a public housing complex built in the 1960s on the outskirts of Bologna, known for episodes of crime. Through its history and the lives of its residents, “Il Pilastro” explores the relationship between urban planning and lived experience; it reflects on how a suburb is born and transformed, and on the dynamics of a strong community.

Directed by: Garry Keane Documentary – Ireland, United Kingdom – 2025 – 96 min Section: Youth Days Three Deaf couples share their remarkable love stories through Irish Sign Language: a decades-long forbidden romance across a religious divide, an LGBTQIA+ couple navigating parenthood with Deaf and hearing daughters, and a Deaf boxer and his hearing partner facing a life-altering choice....See more details

KARATISTA Directed by: Alessia Borangic Documentary – Romania – 2025 – 23 min Section: Youth Days Alessia initiates a discussion with her father in an attempt to discover the moment when the separation between them occurred, but along the way, everything becomes uncertain, memories mix and intersect, and no one seems to have an exact answer....See more details

Directed by: Olga Lucovnicova Documentary – Belgium, Romania, Netherlands, Republic of Moldova – 2025 – 94 min Section: Focus Moldova Driven by the need to confront her family’s long-buried secrets, Olga Lucovnicova and her father take an old train to his hometown, Asha, deep in the Ural Mountains....See more details

Directed by: Lisette Olsthoorn Documentary – Netherlands – 2025 – 59 min Section: On the Verge A film about work and what we want from it. Three former Uber drivers and three actors reenact and reflect on a failed negotiation with Uber representatives. Outlines of a collective experience become visible, as work puts us into often conflicting positions, forcing us to mistreat each other....See more details

Directed by: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin Documentary – USA, Timor-Leste, Nigeria – 2025 – 104 min Section: No Future Without – Extended Dialogues Urgent, provocative, and unexpectedly funny, “Steal This Story, Please!” follows iconic independent investigative journalist Amy Goodman – from the wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi to the frontlines of global conflicts and her daily news show Democracy Now!....See more details