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Still from 'Elephants in the Fog' by Abinash Bikram Shah
A Fragile Sanctuary: 'Elephants in the Fog' (2026) by Abinash Bikram Shah
CANNES 2026: Between a supportive community that suffocates and an anonymised village that condemns, a Kinnar trans woman searches for her own path of belonging in this Cannes-awarded Nepalese feature debut.
Still from SUMMER DRIFT by Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter
Oh, What Beautiful Machinery: 'Summer Drift' (2026) by Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter
CANNES 2026: The Swiss filmmakers create a little piece of magic in their debut feature, a docufiction about a trans woman determined to fix up her old VW Beetle for racing: her quest for personal redemption.
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The Ecstasy of the Monstrous: 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma' (2026) by Jane Schoenbrun
CANNES 2026: The US filmmaker creates something psychosexually irresistible in this queer fantasia on the ecstasy of spectatorship and embracing the darkness of desire.
Still from Paloma Schneideman's 'Big Girls Don't Cry'
Covering the Tiers: 'Big Girls Don't Cry' (2026) by Paloma Schneideman
SUNDANCE 2026: The New Zealand filmmaker's debut feature leans into rationality and the retrospective gaze as a means of emotional comfort, where its narrative neatness is exceedingly alluring.
Still from Pete Muller's 'Bucks Harbor'
Beneath the Lobster’s Shell: 'Bucks Harbor' (2026) by Pete Muller
BERLINALE 2026: Men of a small fishing town are revealed for who they are beyond stereotypes in this gentle, multifaceted portrait of masculinity and community.
'La belle année' by Angelica Ruffier
The Fluidity of Desire: 'La belle année' (2026) by Angelica Ruffier
ROTTERDAM 2026: This graceful documentary self-investigation uncovers all that remains in the home of her late father, including her now 20-year-old desire for her childhood teacher.
Cooper Hoffmann and Olivia Wilde in Gregg Araki's 'I Want Your Sex'
Be Careful What You Wish For: 'I Want Your Sex' (2026) by Gregg Araki
SUNDANCE 2026: Gregg Araki is back with this fun but surprisingly tame BDSM dramedy set between the riotous art world and the fantasies of the boy-next-door turned upside down.
Still from Moshe Rosenthal's 'Tell Me Everything'
Scent Memories: 'Tell Me Everything' (2026) by Moshe Rosenthal
SUNDANCE 2026: Hateful thinking might be difficult to unlearn, but words are the most powerful way to disrupt a socially enforced fear of queerness in the director’s moving sophomore feature.
Nadia Melliti in Hafsia Herzi's 'The Little Sister'
Sapphic Origami: 'The Little Sister' (2025) by Hafsia Herzi
TROMSØ 2026: Starring breakout Nadia Melliti, this Queer Palm winner unfolds a potent queer coming-of-age story that’s soft to the touch and warm to the heart.
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