OFFSCREENINGS 2026 | Offscreen

Under the Offscreenings banner, we present no fewer than 18 new and unreleased films, any one of which could be a cult favourite of tomorrow. Our lovingly curated line-up includes the tense Argentinian coming-of-age story The Virgin of the Quarry Lake; Ben Wheatley's hilarious, unhinged, semi-experimental Bulk; the wild and crazy Japanese horror-comic nightmare New Group, and Mark Jenkin's eerie time-slip mystery The Rose of Nevada. Meanwhile, Shortscreen presents a showcase for a selection of new and unconventional shorts.

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EGGHEAD REPUBLIC - 1ST SCREENING

11 March 2026 - 19h00 | Cinema Nova

In an alternative Cold War reality, aspiring writer Sonja tags along with a sleazy gonzo journalist to check out rumours of mutated centaurs in radioactive Kazakhstan. But what she finds there is even more bizarre! A funny, offbeat ride, a long way from the same directors' Aniara, but in its own mad way just as special.
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EGGHEAD REPUBLIC - 2ND SCREENING

11 March 2026 - 21h30 | Cinema Nova

In an alternative Cold War reality, aspiring writer Sonja tags along with a sleazy gonzo journalist to check out rumours of mutated centaurs in radioactive Kazakhstan. But what she finds there is even more bizarre! A funny, offbeat ride, a long way from the same directors' Aniara, but in its own mad way just as special.
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JUNK WORLD

12 March 2026 - 21h30 | Cinema Nova

Prequel to the same director's Junk Head is another incredible feat of stop-motion animation and next-level worldbuilding. En route to examine an interdimensional anomaly, a woman warrior, her faithful robot and a clone encounter grotesque mutations, an intrepid cat-girl - and an army of religious zealots in S&M gear.
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THE VIRGIN OF THE QUARRY LAKE

13 March 2026 - 19h00 | Cinema Nova

Amid the economic turmoil of 2001 Argentina, 16-year-old Natalia sets her sights on Diego, but he prefers an older girl, and Natalia's jealousy begins to manifest itself in Carrie-like ways. This slow-burning coming-of-age yarn ratchets up tension until the undercurrent of violence finally erupts in a shocking climax.
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EXORCISMO: THE TRANSGRESSIVE LEGACY OF CLASIFICADA 'S'

14 March 2026 - 17h00 | Cinema Nova

During Franco's regime, many of Spain's most gifted directors smuggled subversive themes into thrillers, horror or fantasy, but after the dictator's death there was a surge of explicit sex and violence in Spanish cinema. This documentary is the perfect introduction to "fantaterror" and S-rated films. Narrated by Iggy Pop!
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BALEARIC

14 March 2026 - 19h00 | Cinema Nova

Vicious guard-dogs trap four teens in the pool of a deserted villa. Meanwhile, further up the mountain, posh partygoers celebrate the arrival of summer, unfazed by an approaching wildfire. A beautifully filmed parable from the director of Mamántula, packed with symbolism, social criticism and a dash of Luis Buñuel.
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BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD

15 March 2026 - 17h00 | Cinema Nova

Sixty-year-old twin brothers live on a farm on the Czech-German border, where they bicker, arm-wrestle and get high on nature. They look almost identical with their grizzled beards, but one-armed Franta hopes to build a flying machine, while Ondra is more pragmatic. A poignant, poetic "docufiction" - narrated by a cow.
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FEELS LIKE HOME

15 March 2026 - 21h30 | Cinema Nova

After being made redundant, Rita is kidnapped by a man who greets her as his missing sister. A potential torture-porn set-up morphs into a much more absorbing and thought-provoking nightmare, shot through with wicked humour, in which family ties, identity, patriarchy and even capitalism are called into question.
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SHORTSCREEN

19 March 2026 - 19h00 | Cinema Nova

Offscreen also focuses on the cult short films of tomorrow, with a selection of five original, unusual or downright bizarre short films.
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BULK

20 March 2026 - 19h00 | Cinema Nova

Between blockbusters, Wheatley serves up a no-budget, surreal sci-fi thriller. Searching for a tech-bro who vanished when his "Brain Collider" exploded, Sam Riley's kidnapped reporter is sucked into a gallimaufry of time loops, multiverses, genres and lo-fi effects. Semi-experimental fun, a must-see for DIY filmmakers!
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DAWNING

21 March 2026 - 19h00 | Cinema Nova

On a visit to their remote holiday home, two sisters agree not to tell their suicidal younger sister that their mother has just died. What begins as glum Bergman-esque family drama slides into darker, more horrific territory, capped by a devastating ending that forces you to reassess everything you've seen and heard.
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BABY INVASION

22 March 2026 - 17h00 | Cinema Nova

"This is not a movie. This is a game." Korine pushes the cinematic envelope in this experimental mindfuck driven by Burial's gnarly electronic score. An armed gang of home invaders, faces masked by baby avatars, livestream their crimes, first-person shooter style, while viewers leave comments in the sidebar. Also, rabbits!
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NEW GROUP

22 March 2026 - 19h00 | Cinema Nova

A high school pupil is perturbed when her classmates become fixated on forming bigger and bigger human pyramids in the yard. Can she resist the madness? The director of Best Wishes to All serves up his anti-conformist message in ways that are funny, bizarre and terrifying, like a Junji Ito horror manga come to life.
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BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL

24 March 2026 - 19h00 | Cinematek

Not just an enthralling documentary about John Boorman's ill-fated sequel to The Exorcist, but a study of the gulf between aspiration and audience expectation, a flashback to when studios gambled on artistic vision, and a tribute to this brilliant director. It'll make you want to watch Exorcist II: The Heretic afterwards!
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THEY COME OUT OF MARGO

25 March 2026 - 19h30 | Cinéma Aventure

Seven years after her last album flopped, reclusive pop singer Margo celebrates her 40th birthday in her flat, where demons from the past resurface. Voulgaris's horror-musical uses fast-cut freeze frames and an eclectic, semi-experimental soundtrack to probe its protagonist's psyche, to surprisingly warmhearted effect.