Films 2026

2026 Film Selection

A FOX UNDER THE PINK MOON

Mehrdad Oskouei, Soraya Akhlaghi |
Iran, France, United Kingdom, United States, Denmark |

A NATION’S FIGHT FOR IDENTITY AND JUSTICE

Pretty Mothata |
South Africa |

A RUSSIAN WINTER

Patric Chiha |
France |

AFTER OIL

Boima Tucker |
Algeria, Kenya, Sierra Leone, South Africa |

AFTER THE SILENCE

Jean-François Cameron |
Canada |

BESIEGED

Kiarash Ardeshirpour |
Iran |

BOY NO FEAR

Jonathan Curtiss |
Uganda |

BRAZA

Diane Maia |
Brazil |

BUAH (FRUIT)

Jen Nee Lim |
Singapore |

BUT FIRST DO NO HARM

Erin Mika Harding |
South Africa |

BUTTY

Liz Cartwright |
United Kingdom |

CAFE?

Bamar Kane |
France |

CALLE MALAGA

Maryam Touzani |
Morocco, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium |

CHRONICLES OF THE FORGOTTEN GENOCIDE

Ramesh Sharma |
India |

CLOSE YOUR EYES HIND

Amir Zaza |
Netherlands |

COLOUR OF DREAMS

Peter Smuts |
South Africa |

COTTON QUEEN

Suzannah Mirghani |
Germany, France, Palestine, Sudan |

DANCE WITH ME

Romanuse Lindelani Langa |
South Africa |

DEAR ANCESTOR

Nantenaina Lova |
Madagascar |

DËMM

Aida Captijn |
Senegal |

EARLY WINTER

Özcan Alper |
Turkey |

FEET

Oscar Campos, Paula Vélez |
Spain |

FLOCK

Mac Nixon |
United Kingdom |

FOSTA

Eldon Van Aswegen |
South Africa |

FRACTURE

Alex Fynn |
South Africa |

FROM DUST WE SPIN

Julia Jansch |
South Africa |

HAIR, PAPER, WATER…

Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý |
Belgium, France, Vietnam |

HOPE IS A WORD

Maria Galliani Dyrvik |
Norway, Italy, Nigeria |

HOPE IS LOST

Eno Enefiok |
North Macedonia, United Kingdom |

IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME

Walter Thompson-Hernández |
USA |

JUST LIKE CLOCKWORK

Saeedah Sayed |
South Africa |

LADY LIFERS: WOMEN BEHIND BARS

Jake J. Smith |
USA, United Kingdom |

LEFTY

Vladimir Besedin |
Russia |

MARI LWYD

Charlie Grayson |
United Kingdom |

MELUSI

Ntokozo Lwazi Mlaba |
South Africa |

MI TAZI

Blessing Bulus |
Nigeria |

MINE OF BLOOD

Thabang Mogoane Mhlabane, Olwethu Kuhle Dumzela |
South Africa |

MY BROTHER LYOSHA AND I

Lena Tronina |
Kazakhstan |

MY FRIEND

Mohamed Zran |
Tunisia |

MY SON THE SHRIMP

Jiae Kwon |
South Korea |

NELSON MANDELA: THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND

Alex Strizhevskii |
Russia |

NO GOOD MEN

Shahrbanoo Sadat |
Germany, France, Norway, Denmark, Afghanistan |

NO POOL FOR WILD ANIMALS

Elías De Martino |
Uruguay |

ONE DAY AT A TIME

Mehita Iqani |
South Africa |

ONE WOMAN ONE BRA

Vincho Nchogu |
Kenya, Nigeria |

PAIKAR

Dawood Hilmandi |
Netherlands |

PERCEPTION

Miselwa ‘Missy’ Ngamlana |
South Africa |

PLEASE HOLD

Solal Bouloudnine |
France |

POACHERS MOON

Tom Datnow |
United Kingdom |

PROTEA

Desmond Denton |
South Africa |

RED SILK

Andrey Volgin |
Russia |

SHAME AND MONEY

Visar Morina |
Germany, Kosovo, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium |

TABLEAU FERRAILLE

Moussa Séne Absa  |
Senegal |

THE BREAK-IN

Sizwe Kubeka |
South Africa |

THE COLOR OF EXILE

Azlarabe Alaoui |
Côte d’Ivoire, France, Morocco |

THE DRIVE

Bruce Retief, Tafara Nyansanza |
South Africa |

THE LEGEND OF THE JACK O’ LANTERN

Daniela Sandoval |
South Africa |

THE LITTLE SISTER

Hafsia Herzi |
France, Germany |

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN

Tawfik Sabouni |
Belgium, France, Saudi Arabia |

THE SOUL OF THE GIANT

Aser Álvarez |
Spain |

THEMBA

Luthando Mngomezulu |
South Africa |

THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING

Nienke Deutz, Digna Van Der Put |
Belgium, Netherlands |

TRUE NORTH

Michele Stephenson |
Canada, USA |

UNIDENTIFIED

Haifaa Al Mansour |
Saudi Arabia |

VERSES MY BROTHER TAUGHT ME

Thomo Tshipinyane |
South Africa |

VIMBA 2

Monde Gumede |
South Africa |

VULTURES

Dian Weys |
France, South Africa |

WHO IS STILL ALIVE

Nicolas Wadimoff |
France, Palestine, South Africa, Switzerland |

WITH THE WIND

Ines Lehaire |
Morocco |