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**"Post-Screening Q&A / Discussion (Lead, Love Bites)"** **LEAD** Fiction; Azerbaijani; Turkish, English Subtitles; Azerbaijan; 2026; Color; 20' DIRECTOR: Rustam Babazade PRODUCER: Ali-Sattar Guliyev, Rustam Babazade, Zaur Shafiyev, Ali Isa Jabbarov SCREENPLAY: Rustam Babazade, Ali-Sattar Guliyev CINEMATOGRAPHER: Vasif Valizade EDITING: Ulvi Babayev CAST: Rasim Jafar, Zaur Shafiyev, Asiman Aga Rovshan SYNOPSIS: After ten years away, a younger brother secretly returns to his native village, hiding from the consequences of a crime committed in the city. He takes refuge in his parents’ abandoned house, where his older brother now lives alone. When the older brother discovers him, he chooses silence over betrayal and hides him in the basement. But with a police inspector questioning him and closing in, the brothers are forced to confront the years of distance between them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **LOVE BITES** Fiction; Arabic; Turkish, English Subtitles; Egypt; 2025; Color; 12' DIRECTOR: Mahmoud Zain PRODUCER: Mahmoud Zain, Ali Soliman, Baho Bakhsh SCREENPLAY: Mahmoud Zain CINEMATOGRAPHER: Moamen Alameldin EDITING: Mohamed Mamdouh CAST: Sedky Sakhr, Sohila Alanwar, Nadia Hassan, Mahmoud Yehia SYNOPSIS: Hayam, an unmarried twenty-year-old girl, passes away, and her brothers, Zaher and Murad, discover love bites on her neck and chest just before the body washing, which hinders the completion of the washing for fear of scandal. WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU Fiction; German; Turkish, English Subtitles; Germany; 2025; Color; 17' DIRECTOR: Janina Hüttenrauch PRODUCER: Tobias Königsbüscher, Hamburg Media School SCREENPLAY: Leonard Pawlis CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tobias Bosseck EDITING: Alissa Conway CAST: Jannik Büddig, Philip Günsch, Isabell Giebeler SYNOPSIS Michael endures a mundane life filled with small humiliations, coping through quiet apathy. However, when he discovers signs of his son Max's violent fantasies and an attempted break-in at the home gun safe, he realizes he must act. Michael rushes to school to pick him up, but his efforts to tread carefully during the drive home quickly unravel. Feeling cornered, Max lashes out, and the situation rapidly escalates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KEMENT DEATH Fiction; Yakut, Evenki; Turkish, English Subtitles; Russia; 2026; Color; 17' DIRECTOR: Dimitrii Davydov PRODUCER: Dimitrii Davydov SCREENPLAY: Dimitrii Davydov CINEMATOGRAPHER: Alexander Krasnovskii EDITING: Dimitrii Davydov CAST: Sergey Stepanov, Yaroslav Kuzmin, Lidiya Enokhova SYNOPSIS Yakutia. Winter. In a remote reindeer herders’ camp, Nikolai lives with his wife and son Grisha, continuing a family tradition passed down through generations. But Grisha rejects this way of life and decides to leave for the city. On the eve of his departure, Nikolai faces a quiet inner crisis and struggles to accept letting his son go. FIN BEFORE IT GOES OUT Fiction; No Dialogue; Palestine; 2025; Color; 5' DIRECTOR: Ward Kayyal PRODUCER: Donna Hawa SCREENPLAY: Ward Kayyal CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ashraf Dowani EDITING: Nour Abukamal CAST: Ziad Bakri SYNOPSIS: In the middle of the square, a man in his forties stands, wearing the uniform of the company he works for. He tries in vain to light a cigarette in the heavy rain. The lighter repeatedly fails to ignite, as the wind and rain prevent it. He persists, the rain intensifies, but the lighter still won't light. After several attempts, a stranger approaches and offers him a light.