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Arco

2025 · 89 mins · Animation, Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy
languages French & English directed by Ugo Bienvenu
starring Alma Jodorowsky, Swann Arlaud, Vincent Macaigne, Louis Garrel, Oxmo Puccino, William Lebghil, Margot Ringard Oldra & Oscar Tresanini

“What if rainbows were people from the future traveling in time?”

Arco, 12 years old, lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls in the past. Iris, a little girl his age from 2075, saw him fall. She rescues him and tries by all means to send him back to his era.

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Rose

2026 · 94 mins · Drama
language German directed by Markus Schleinzer
starring Sandra Hüller, Caro Braun, Marisa Growaldt, Godehard Giese, Robert Gwisdek, Maria Dragus, Annalisa Hohl, Augustino Renken, Maurice Leonard, Emma Bahlmann, Annika Molke, Bastian Trost, Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Rainer Egger, Anne Klein, Marius Huth, Benedikt Kauff, Till Schmidt & Peer-Uwe Teska

In the turmoil of the Thirty-Years' War, a mysterious soldier appears in a secluded Protestant village claiming to be heir to a long-abandoned manor. His quest for recognition and acceptance are complicated by his secret: under a false identity, false name, and pretense of a false gender, he has made his way to the village. But to achieve her goals, Rose, as the soldier is actually called, will stop at nothing.

Michael

2026 · 130 mins · Music, Drama
language English directed by Antoine Fuqua
starring Jaafar Jackson, Colman Domingo, Nia Long, Kendrick Sampson, Miles Teller, Juliano Krue Valdi, Joseph David-Jones, Jamal Henderson, Jessica Sula, Kat Graham, Laura Harrier, Kevin Shinick, Larenz Tate, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Nathaniel Logan McIntyre, Rhyan Hill, Trey Horton, Liv Symone, Judah Edwards, Jayden Harville, Jaylen Hunter & Effie Spence

“Discover the making of a king.”

The film tells the story of Michael Jackson’s life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fueled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world. Highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career, the film gives audiences a front-row seat to Michael Jackson as never before. This is where his story begins.

Allegro Pastell

2026 · 99 mins · Drama, Romance
language German directed by Anna Roller
starring Sylvaine Faligant, Jannis Niewöhner, Vera Flück, Luna Wedler, Wolfram Koch, Haley Louise Jones, Martina Gedeck, Nico Ehrenteit, Steven Preisner, Riccardo Campione, Fabian Baumgarten, Jakob Schreier, Manuel Zschunke, Claudia Kozma & Davide Jakubowski

In the summer of 2018, novelist Tanja Arnheim and web designer Jerome Daimler have a seemingly ideal long-distance relationship in the heat of Berlin, the idyll of an inherited bungalow in the Hessian Main Valley and many train journeys in between. But the carefully cultivated balance of trust and detachment between the two hyper-reflective millennials is shaken when Tanja realizes on the night of her thirtieth birthday that the relationship could become existential.

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Girls Don't Cry

Mädchen weinen nicht

2025 · 91 mins · Documentary
languages German, English, Spanish, Swahili, Serbian & Korean directed by Sigrid Klausmann & Lina Lužytė
starring Nancy Julias Sureli, Selenna Pérez, Nina Aklapi, Sinai Oh, Paige Jordan & Sheelan Alomar

Six girls from Tanzania, Chile, Germany, Korea and Serbia tell us their thoughts about the rights of self-determination and identity issues such as circumcision, biases and plastic surgery. It includes their experiences while they face the tradition and historical reality: the memory of the Tanzanian girl who ran away from circumcision and the story of the refugee girl who had to move to Germany.

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Vier minus drei

2026 · 121 mins · Drama
language German directed by Adrian Goiginger
starring Valerie Pachner, Robert Stadlober, Stefanie Reinsperger, Hanno Koffler, Ronald Zehrfeld, Margarethe Tiesel, Paul Wolff-Plottegg, Michael Gampe, Petra Morzé, Michael Fuith, Wolfgang Lampl & Sophia Laggner

Barbara and her partner Heli are professional clowns, living out their dream of an alternative, joy filled life with their two children, laughing at what doesn't work out. But when a tragic car accident takes Heli and the children, Barbara is left alone. In the face of unspeakable loss, her belief in humor, hope, and humanity is put to the ultimate test. Can her way of seeing the world — through both its light and shadow — help her find a way back to life? She bets she'll laugh again.

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Father Mother Sister Brother

2025 · 110 mins · Comedy, Drama
language English directed by Jim Jarmusch
starring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Sarah Greene, Indya Moore, Luka Sabbat, Françoise Lebrun, Beatrice Domond, Stephen Ostrowski, Eduardo Hoffman, Daire Mcgorman, Dave Murphy, Tom O'Reilly, Sébastien Rolando-Lapierre & Sarah Ribeiro

Three stories concerning the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other: a reclusive father visited by his grown children in the US, sisters visiting their novelist mother in Dublin, and adult twins called back to their Paris apartment to address a family tragedy.

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Der Astronaut – Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

2026 · 156 mins · Science Fiction, Adventure, Mystery
language English directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
starring Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, Lionel Boyce, Ken Leung, Milana Vayntrub, Liz Kingsman, James Ortiz, Orion Lee & Priya Kansara

“Believe in the Hail Mary.”

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone.

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American Sweatshop

2025 · 100 mins · Thriller, Mystery
language English directed by Uta Briesewitz
starring Lili Reinhart, Daniela Melchior, Jeremy Ang Jones, Josh Whitehouse, Tim Plester, Christiane Paul, Joel Fry, Sean O. McGuiness, Faith Delaney, Mark Ryder, Chris Ginesi, Max Croes, Levi Mattey, Joplin Sibtain, Alex Lee, Keanu Visscher, Paul Cless & Sonja Joanne Geller

“Some things should never be seen.”

A content moderator is tasked with purging offensive media from the internet. When she witnesses a crime in a video, she is lured away from the safety of her keyboard as she obsessively seeks to hold someone accountable.

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Babystar

2025 · 98 mins · Drama
language German directed by Joscha Bongard
starring Maja Bons, Bea Brocks, Liliom Lewald, Joy Ewulu, Maximilian Mundt, Verena Altenberger, Tiana Vanitha R., Katharina Ley, Anton Egbers, Josephin Kuhn, Matthias Matschke, Maria Matschke, Julia Neidhardt, Dario Scheffler, Christian Koch, Leonard Burkhardt, Klara Stöve, Esra Uğurlu, Aki Tougiannidis & Alexander Schuster

Luca is an influencer. For as long as she can remember, she has been the star of her parents' family social media business and their only pride and joy. When her parents decide to have another child, things change. Luca feels betrayed and is afraid of no longer being needed by her parents, whose attention remains tied to her performance for the family account.

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