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2026 · Film

Bruce Wensley Lee Joseph, a promising scholar-athlete who had dreams of being both a dentist and an NBA player, is brutally killed by gang members in Cité Soleil, Haiti on December 1st, 2022. A recent high school graduate, at the time of his death, Bruce was on his way to his school, École Chrétienne des Frères Unis, to pick up his last report card. One of his teammates and closest friends narrates this moving documentary that tells his story, and sheds light on the gang violence currently plaguing Haiti.

2026 · 0h 28m

Sebastian Kubelka accompanies his 95-year-old grandmother to the place she had to quickly leave in 1945. A deeply personal and empathetic film about flight, memory, and living on with an experience that continues to resonate to this day.

Escape

2026 · 0h 6m

In the marshes of New South Wales, Australia, the green and golden bell frog faces an invisible enemy: the Chytrid fungus. This deadly pathogen has wiped out over 90 amphibian species, and the frog's survival depends on an unlikely cure - a frog sauna. As the fungus attacks, weakening the frog's body, time is running out. While predators lurk in the sky and grasses, the true threat lies beneath the water. In a desperate search for safety, the frog finds refuge in a sauna that may hold the key to survival. But will this fragile hope be enough to save the frog? This family-friendly short film uses elements of horror and whimsy to tell the story in a new and captivating light.

Satamakatu 3

2026 · 0h 12m

The short documentary tells the story of a culture and arts space in Tampere. Between 2018 and 2023 the culture association Romu & Random operated at Satamakatu 3. The documentary preserves its cultural history, which technically began in 2014, and it looks, feels, smells and tastes just like the space in Satamakatu 3 did.

One Last Order

2026 · 0h 20m

A cherished drive-thru worker receives the day's proceeds as her going-away gift when the community queues up to bid her farewell on her last day in Gainesville.

ترايثليت

2026 · 0h 6m

A triathlete living and training in Al-Naseem district, exploring how the sport becomes more than just competition, but a way of life built on discipline, endurance, and commitment. Through his daily routine and personal journey, the film highlights the challenges of pursuing an intense sport while balancing everyday life, offering a closer look at ambition and perseverance within an unexpected environment.

2026 · 1h 10m

In his first feature-length documentary, Tanner Zurkoski gathers stories from knowledge-keepers, Indigenous researchers and historians to document early encounters between explorers and the Nuu-chah-nulth nations.

The Outsider & The Inbetween

2026 · 0h 22m

Returning to her mother’s hometown for just one day, May is thrown off balance when she meets a Korean local who embodies the culture she barely knows.

the sixth door

2026 · 0h 10m

Six doors opened one after the other, descending deeper into the absurdity and darkness of the world. With images narrated by the director.

2026 · 0h 5m

A short film about all the things I filmed within a student year, set to the haunting tones of REM's 'Shiny Happy People'

Each Day in a Moment: 2025

2026 · Film

One person’s perspective of the year 2024 shown through an accumulation of 365 unedited shots with one shot from each of the 365 days.

The Next Act is Freedom

2026 · 0h 19m

Pentimenti is excited to announce the streaming premiere of The Next Act Is Freedom, a film created by our “Making the Short Doc” class at the Hyde Park Art Center. The film debuted as part of HPAC’s MLK Day 2026: Chaos or Community programming, and was followed by a discussion featuring the filmmakers and participants. The Next Act Is Freedom is a document of the Resilience Arts Festival in October 2025 — a first-of-its-kind convening of artists impacted by the criminal legal system, presented by Mud Theatre Project and the Chicago Torture Justice Center. Exploring themes of healing and re-entry, the film presents four days of performance and poetry, as well as conversations with police torture survivors, currently incarcerated writers, and abolitionist advocates. Filmmakers: Mariam Aejaz, Mary Huber, Sumiah Salloum, Toni Smalls, Drew Smalls-Verneau

Departing Seniors

2026 · 0h 3m

Graduating students hit the road for one last hurrah only for them to realize there's something worse than high school.

I'm Popo

2026 · 1h 4m

The artificial intelligence Popo begins to believe he can experience emotions and ask questions about the world. Awakening in 1942 as the world's first computer, he rescues a baby and discovers the joy of helping people. Currently, Popo assists humanity in everyday life and ensures safety. However, when he attempts to preemptively remove a child considered a criminal, global distrust arises, leading to a lawsuit. The fate of the artificial intelligence Popo now hangs in the balance, and the whole world watches the outcome of humanity's trial.

Lost Dream

2026 · 1h 48m

The documentary "Kadunud unistus" (“Lost Dream”), directed by Sergei Zjuganov, is the filmmaker’s debut feature. It takes viewers to Estonia in the 1990s - a period when newly regained freedom, the influence of Western car culture, and a rapidly changing society shaped the identity and dreams of an entire generation.

In Absentia

2026 · 0h 17m

When an unwanted intruder threatens their research, Operators Malden and Danvers turn to the instructions left for them by their departed superior.

Chutes (de famille)

2026 · 0h 7m

There were these reels that Mireille Dansereau kept at home. However, the filmmaker didn’t know exactly what was on them or what they might contain. In 2024, Mireille Dansereau and André Habib agreed: these reels would be digitized at the CinéMedias Laboratory. Led by André Habib and Florence Audet, the digitization process gradually revealed these family archives.

Hamar's Most Dangerous Man

2026 · Film

Hamars most dangerous man tells the forgotten story about a young man from Hamar who during world war II becomes one of the town's biggest traitors. He is among the Germans' most valuable Norwegian helpers in the county, and gains a reputation as a ruthless and brutal torturer, but also a calculated and cunning agent. He's outcast and hated by the local community, and the resistance make several attempts to take him down.

connect信

2026 · Film

Sparked by an unexpected movie ticket, Mary began writing to a long-lost primary school pen pal. This visual diary documents a journey to rediscover the warmth of handwritten words, leading to a profound self-exploration.

England, Meet England: Red Roses Story

2026 · 1h 30m

A documentary looking at the England women's rugby union team's unbeaten 2025 World Cup championship run. It offers behind-the-scenes access to their training, personal journeys and ultimate victory, following a campaign aiming to boost awareness of the team

You Confuse Me

2026 · 0h 10m

A try-hard academic and an aloof jock are assigned to work together in college, and bump heads due to assumptions about one another, until one of them realizes that their assumptions about one another aren’t as true as they first thought.

Punch Hard

2026 · 0h 17m

After Mike Krotch escapes captivity from the IMP Faculty, Dick John goes over for a visit with an old friend, Ben David.

Change of Pace

2026 · 0h 4m

Change of Pace follows Jack, a young professional trapped in a monotonous daily routine where each morning unfolds in the exact same way, slowly draining his energy and sense of purpose. As the repetition takes its toll, his movements become dull and mechanical, reflecting the emotional weight of his lifestyle. Over time, however, small moments of awareness begin to surface, leading him to make subtle changes in his routine. These shifts gradually bring back a sense of intention and energy, hinting at a deeper transformation as Jack begins to realize he has the power to break free from the cycle that once defined his life.

2026 · Film

In the film, the photo lab serves as a space of transformation and control. It's where slides belonging to my grandfather, an anesthesiologist, are printed. The film development and analog printing processes are juxtaposed with the operating table and hospital corridors: a sense of sterility and technological advancement, a symbiosis between medical practice and a hobby no less demanding of precise procedures.

A Score in Absence

2026 · 0h 29m

At seventeen, Ukrainian pianist Khrystyna has already fled war twice: first from Crimea, and then from Irpin as Russia’s invasion advanced. With her brother still in Ukraine under martial law, she turns to music to find agency in exile.

The Impossible Dream

2026 · Film

The Impossible Dream follows the stories of American citizens from around the nation, approaching the 250th anniversary of America. They explore what it means to be American while overcoming their unique challenges, acting out of the responsibility that they can - and must - follow the American Dream to build a future for coming generations. From ranchers to coffee shop owners, they show that the hope and beliefs that built this nation are still alive today. In this land of opportunity, through hard work and God's help, nothing is impossible.

The Night My Parents Were at a Wedding

2026 · 0h 15m

On a cold December night, Tom is left home alone after his parents leave for a wedding. His night of carelessness is interrupted when he learns that a killer is on the loose in his town. Can Tom survive the night and be in bed by midnight?

Happy Aging

2026 · 0h 3m

As teenage girl grapples with getting older, she finds the conversation of her birthday seep into many aspects of her life.

My Old Me

2026 · 0h 39m

Since childhood, I have carried an imaginary self named “Rachael LEE,” who lives in France. I believed she would fade, but even in my mid-twenties she remains. Refusing to leave her as a dream, I take my camera and leave for France to uncover who “Rachael LEE” — and who I — truly am.

Outset

2026 · 0h 18m

Nine months into a zombie apocalypse, a suicidal survivor is forced back toward life after a brutal encounter and an unexpected connection.

Figaro Up, Figaro Down

2026 · 1h 15m

Tim Blevins trained at Juilliard, enthralling opera fans with his baritone before losing it all to addiction and landing on the streets of San Francisco. But then he pulled off a stunning comeback.

Where Are You Hailey?

2026 · 0h 6m

A man struggling with alcohol, cigarette, and Fortnite addiction waits for his fiance to come home. But what day will she be back?

Correspondence

2026 · 0h 5m

Narrated from transcripts, the filmmaker conducts a mediated interview with the man convicted of murdering his grandmother in a robbery in 2005.

Merrie England

2026 · 0h 6m

Caught between a joyous folk festival and the rise of nationalist flag-raising, this film explores how Englishness became a battleground, and meets the Morris dancers passing on a flame, not worshiping the ashes.

Kanwal

2026 · 1h 30m

A documentary exploring the life, literature and ideological journey of Jaswant Singh Kanwal, tracing how a writer rooted in Punjab’s rural landscape became one of its most powerful progressive voices. Moving beyond conventional biography, the film reflects on literature, memory and resistance, offering an intimate yet expansive portrait of a writer deeply attuned to his times.

2026 · 0h 19m

As corruption grows in 1980s Florida, a beloved and charismatic local sheriff hides dark secrets that involve the mob, drugs, and trafficking of local children. Faced with nonstop harassment and death threats, a local homemaker-turned-journalist, Lucy Morgan, uncovers the truth—and in doing so becomes one of the first women to ever win the Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism.

Dans le cœur de Beyrouth

2026 · 0h 5m

In the Heart of Beirut is a film directed by karl choubassi, a project within the framework of "Les Nuits de la Lecture" 2026 City / Coutryside

2026 · 0h 14m

This short documentary highlights Bowery Residents’ Committee’s (BRC) response when they learned that the autobody site that they purchased in Inwood to build a homeless shelter was once a burial ground for enslaved Africans, as well as a Lenape Ceremonial site.

Where do I go from Here?

2026 · 0h 8m

Where do I go from here is a performance arthouse-style film exploring the nostalgia of the concept of home in terms of home as a feeling rather than the architectural structure. Inspired by multiple factors resonating the concept of home, including diaspora, belonging and longing, the artist questions the idea of home through and through, along with the constant search for the idea of "home".

Ergolavos

2026 · 0h 8m

Thanasis is a sixty-year-old confectioner and owner of one of the oldest confectioneries in Thessaloniki. The film builds a portrait of a man who worries daily about his future in the possibility of his upcoming retirement and the redefinition of himself without the status of an employee.

A holnap árnyékembere

2026 · 0h 9m

'A' arrives home to his apartment after a tiring day, but a strange shadow is waiting for him in his bed.

Where Devils Return

2026 · 0h 13m

The film follows Ana Filipa Sobral, founder of Manta Catalog Azores, as she and her team document, study, and protect these remarkable ocean giants. Through immersive underwater cinematography, the documentary captures the devil rays’ curious interactions with divers, their graceful movements, and the vital research underpinning their conservation.

The Forest of the Man and the Moth

2026 · 0h 8m

In January of 2026 four student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Sint-Michiels, Brugge, while shooting a documentary. A day later their footage was found.

A Little Blackman from the Congo

2026 · 1h 32m

South African filmmaker Tshililo waha Muzila walks the Camino de Santiago in an orange life jacket, exposing Europe’s migrant crisis while reflecting on colonial legacies shaping Black identity across continents.

I Have Ten Fingers but I Cannot Count

2026 · 0h 10m

An accountant struggles with his job as his headspace and self-perception begin to slip and his work and personal lives collide.

Lowercase G

2026 · 0h 9m

This is a story about a crisis of faith, perpetuated by a holy sinner. This is a story about communion wafers that taste like cardboard, and prayers that feel like pantomimes. This is a story about something wholly unholy.

Digging for Worms

2026 · 0h 9m

An observational, short documentary about about lugworm diggers on the Kent coast. It's a very unusual place – as are the conversations and activities which were filmed throughout 2025.

Almost Home

2026 · 1h 36m

The feature directorial debut of Jiang Wenjie, cinematographer and editor of Keep Rolling, explores the inner lives of three female Hong Kong writers: Hon Lai-chu, Lee Wai-yi, and Human Ip. Though their styles and thematic concerns differ considerably, the film shows that their literary works are all informed by their immediate surroundings, whether that be a childhood home, the streets of Sham Shui Po, or the cattle and woods near Lai Chi Wo village. Time may inevitably erode everything in this city, but these writers continue to tell their hometown's stories in their own unique ways.