All films in the Official Competition are feature film debuts and come from promising young directors. The debut works will have a Swiss premiere at the BRUGGGORE Filmfestival. The complete program with around 50 films will be announced on April 1, 2026.
Affection, USA, 2025, BT Meza. A man who claims to be her husband. A daughter she doesn't recognize. Time and again, Ellie loses her memory and with each time her disorientation increases and the memory of her unknown past becomes more threatening. But memory loss is by far their smallest problem.
Karmadonna, Serbia, 2025, Aleksandar Radivojevic. Pregnant Yelena receives a phone call from someone who pretends to be God and provides convincing arguments that he really is. Jealous of her offspring, he demands that she support him in his desire to kill. With her cell phone in her hand and God's voice in her ear, Yelena falls ever deeper into an endless spiral of violence that demands more and more victims and reveals her own dark sides.
La Casa En El Arbol (The Treehouse), Spain, 2025, Luis Calderón. During a romantic weekend in a tree hut, Ale has to watch her boyfriend Jesús fall to his death. She returns a year later, grieving, traumatizing and firmly convinced that Jesus' death was not an accident. Something must be hiding in this forest and should now be held accountable.
Mag Mag, Japan, 2025, Yuriyan Retriever. After Sanae's partner is killed by a creepy two-meter ghost named Mag Mag and relieved of his two eyes, she wants revenge. However, she soon realizes that it is not so easy to exact revenge on the right people.
Zycie dla początkujących (Life for Beginners), Poland, 2025, Paweł Podolski. Life as a vampire isn't easy. Especially not if you're shy and don't primarily like people to eat. For example, Monia works in a nursing home, where she occasionally draws blood from residents. When work colleague Czarek uncovers her secret and dead people suddenly appear with bite marks, Monia's regular life gets pretty out of hand.
