THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2026 — STRAWBERRIES
This story of Hasna (Nisrin Erradi) and her coworkers as they work the fields of Spain picking strawberries is one of exploitation but ultimately empowerment, as the bonds of solidarity once again prove unbreakable.
THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2026 — THE GREEN EYES
Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s beautifully realized new film centers “resignation syndrome” as a portal to magic realism.
THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2026 — WOMEN ON TRIAL
“In a political trial, we must speak above the heads of the judges, to public opinion as a whole, obliging the public authorities to assume their responsibilities.” — Gisèle Halimi
AFI FEST 2026 — AT NIGHT
Beatrice Gibson’s AT NIGHT is a revelation of discourse between a group of women across one night in Paris. Featuring Diocouda Diaoune (who cowrote the script), psychotherapist Kátia Belo Cardoso, poet Sophie Robinson, producer Denna Cartamkhoob, artist Pauline Curnier Jardin,
AFI FEST 2026 — FLESH AND FUEL
Queer truckers are on a cinematic roll. As a place to grab a bite, catch a nap, and score a bit of rough trade, truck stops are a perennial locus of action in the gay imaginary, but not so much
AFI FEST 2026 — IVÁN AND HADOUM
As a relationship between Iván and Hadoum is formed and then flourishes, the film explores how the performance of gender is navigated within the shifting modes of personal and familial expectation.
DIMITRI CHAMBLAS — ULYSSE MARION
For the American premiere of his new work ULYSSE MARION, choreographer Dimitri Chamblas transforms REDCAT’s audience-theatrical setup into a vast open space that will, paradoxically, engender a feeling of intimacy with his performers—emotions unfettered, movement unencumbered.
ANNIE SPRINKLE AND BETH STEPHENS — PLAYING WITH FIRE
Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens are touring the country with their sui generis documentary PLAYING WITH FIRE: AN ECOSEXUAL EMERGENCY, the third their a series of ecosexual films.
DAVID PABLOS — EN EL CAMINO
A remarkable twist to the standard lovers-on-the-run genre, EN EL CAMINO—screening twice at the 2026 Hola Mexico Film Festival—is an explicit revelation of both the tenderness and extreme brutality of life on the road, laying bare a world where affinities
FILIPIÑANA
Meticulous in sound design and choreography, with a rich visual formality that gives fresh meaning to the term “sunshine noir,” a deliberate and inevitable sense of torpor overwhelms FILIPIÑANA’s mise en scène.