Fleeing persecution in the US, Hungarian architect László Tóth is commissioned to construct a monumental building. Driven by a powerful performance from Adrien Brody, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist explores trauma, art’s value, and ambition’s price.

Bookworm Yui (FUJIYOSHI Karin) has been given a unique entry requirement for her school’s literature club: she must find out the true identity of an elusive but famous student writer. Yui infiltrates the newspaper club to investigate, but quickly discovers darker secrets that will shake her school to its very core…

Edo-era samurai KOSAKA Shinzaemon (YAMAGUCHI Makiya) is suddenly transported through time – onto the set of a 21st-century period drama. Lost, confused and alone, he eventually finds purpose in utilising his sword skills as a TV extra. A clever, characterful comedy featuring remarkable observations of today’s film industry.

Awarded Best Film in the BFI London Film Festival’s Official Competition, Adam Elliot’s heartfelt animation about twins navigating loss, blends humour and darkness.

KAWABE Ichiko (SUGISAKI Hana) vanishes after her boyfriend HASEGAWA’s (WAKABA Ryuya) marriage proposal. Bewildered, HASEGAWA sets out to find her, and discovers a shocking truth: there is no record of KAWABE Ichiko ever existing. Who is Ichiko, and where has she gone?

Mahdi Fleifel’s first fiction feature portrays Chatila, a Palestinian refugee in Athens, as he cares for his addicted cousin Reda while seeking an escape to Germany.

From Tokyo to the Lake District – a universal portrait of love, acceptance and family loss in which the true journey toward forgiveness and reconciliation will prove the hardest of all.

IWAMORI Jun (WAKABA Ryuya) wants revenge for his girlfriend’s death. He kills the man (ISEYA Yusuke) who murdered her... and then wakes up to find himself trapped in a time loop of that day, exacting his revenge over and over again. Gradually this never-ending chase grows into a bizarre relationship between the two.