Competition

Grand Jury Fiction

Eight fiction films will be selected from the festival’s full film programme. These are films where cinematography and content go hand in hand. An international jury will declare the winner of €5,000.

Nominations

Truly Naked

When porn has become the norm, intimacy is the new taboo. Introverted teenager Alec only experiences intimacy through the lens working for his father’s pornography business. When a classmate challenges him to embrace real connection, he’s forced to step out from behind the camera. Alec, a soft-spoken, introverted teen...

Jury

Jolein Laarman

Credits: NEWNOISE

Khalid Shamis

Khalid Shamis is a documentary director, producer and editor with a film-making practice over 20 years. Khalid’s practice is strongly dedicated to the pedagogy of independent filmmaking and story construction in Africa, teaching and consulting in and outside film institutions and organised frameworks. Khalid is on the executive board of the South African Guild of Editors, a doctoral fellow at the Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) at the University of the Western Cape and is founder and director of Rough Cut Lab Africa RCLA, a support programme for independent African films at the rough cut stage.

Mandy Chang

Mandy Chang is a successful filmmaker, Producer, Curator & Story Consultant. She won awards for her own films like The Mona Lisa Curse, (Emmy, Grierson, Rose D’Or & Banff Grand Jury Prize). As head of global documentary strand BBC Storyville, Mandy commissioned and co-produced over a hundred acclaimed documentary features and series, the last being One in a Million, which premiered at Sundance2026. She was Global Head of Documentaries at Fremantle, founding a label that delivered films like Devo, It’s Never Over: Jeff Buckley and Two Strangers: Trying not to Kill Eachother. Her work has premiered at Sundance for the past 8 years. Mandy works independently and runs Undeniable Productions, creating a diverse slate of feature docs. She sits on many juries and boards and is a seasoned speaker on documentary issues.