My Favourite Cake is de nieuwe film van de Iraanse filmmakers Maryam Moghaddam en Behtash Sanaeeha (Ballad of a White Cow) en vertelt het hartverwarmende verhaal van twee eenzame mensen die de liefde opnieuw vinden.

This dark comedy is the directorial debut of popular Belgian writer Dimitri Verhulst. The film follows an eclectic funeral procession as they set out on foot to bury the recently deceased Christine in the completely unfamiliar village of Wettelen, as stipulated in her final wishes.

Sons is a Scandinavian prison thriller starring Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen) in the lead role. Director Gustav Möller once again keeps you on the edge of your seat, following Den Skylidge.

Swedish-Georgian director Levan Akin (And Then We Danced) tells, with great empathy, the story of two hesitant individuals who manage to overcome both inner and ideological barriers. At the same time, the film serves as an ode to the city of Istanbul, which proves to be as diverse as the people who inhabit it.

Director Jacques Audiard (Un prophète, De rouille et d’os) turned Emilia Pérez into a beautiful musical melodrama about crime and gender. This earned him the Jury Prize for Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival. Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Adriana Paz jointly won the award for Best Actress.

Renée Soutendijk and Raymond Thiry star in a new Dutch drama about a couple who discover that their 42-year-old son is entering the final stage of an euthanasia process due to psychological suffering. Can they find the strength to let him go out of love? Opening film of the NFF.