CLOSING NIGHT: Robin Hood Film Award

UK Premiere - Lesya and her daughter Anya are living in a refugee camp, grappling with the torment of blackmail related to the disappearance of Lesya’s husband, who went missing during the war a year ago. In the camp, Lesya reconnects with her old friend Maria, a widow who, like Lesya, is haunted by the loss of a loved one. As their bond deepens, the women find solace in each other’s shared grief. However, Anya begins to suspect that her mother’s relationship with Maria is evolving into something more than just a friendship.

The Cock Tavern is no ordinary East London pub. Renowned for its real ales and larger-than-life regulars it also plays host to one of the capital’s quirkiest underground traditions: the pickled egg eating competition.

A young woman watches her image emerge on a strip of film. Out in the streets, that image

multiplies in the eyes of countless men, past and present, who scrutinize it and feed on it.

Fleeing those gazes, she is drawn into a nightmare inhabited by women carrying the weight of

inherited words and imposed desires. In an ancestral ritual, they guide her toward a choice: let

her image dissolve into the waves, or finally learn to look back?

Ava remembers her childhood home as a place full of amazing things and adventures. The day she returns home from university, however, everything changes: what used to be an exciting playground has become an oppressive box, and her mother’s things and fear of letting go overwhelm their home and their relationship. By dipping into memories and sharing a moment in time, can mother and daughter reach an understanding?

Obroni Wawu, meaning “dead white man’s clothes”, follows Ghanaian creatives and traders as

they confront the environmental and social toll of secondhand clothing dumped from the Global North.

UK Premiere - In an average Hungarian family home, a straight-A-student, yearning to be free,

starts turning into a bear.