Foreground
Foreground spotlights popular cinema through the power of film genre, celebrating timeless tropes while pushing their boundaries.
Spanning future cult classics and hidden gems, these 10 films deliver sensations that keep audiences on the edge of their seats—across pulsating action, beguiling storylines, and charismatic performances. It is an immersive celebration of storytelling, whether fulfilling classic expectations or completely subverting them for a thrill.
Opening Film
The House on the Moon
In this science-fiction, fantasy, romance and wuxia mashup, the fairy maiden Chang’e embarks on a journey to the moon to find her missing lover and is joined by a bandit from earth.
Nelson Yeo / Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Germany / 2026 / 104 min / NC16 (Sexual Scene and Some Mature Content) / Singapore Premiere
Feature Films
Fujiko
1970s, Japan. Former disco dancer Fujiko finds her groove as a single mother after reclaiming her baby from her in-laws. Fusing an irreverent rock ’n’ roll spirit with comedy, the drama celebrates independence in a patriarchal society.
Taichi Kimura / Japan / 2026 / 95 min / PG13 (Some Coarse Language) / Singapore Premiere
La Bola Negra
Across epochs—Republican Spain in 1932, the Civil War in 1937 and contemporary Madrid in 2017—three men navigate historical turmoil and repression, connected by love, loss and literature, in this sweeping work of queer cinema.
Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo / Spain, France / 2026 / 157 min / R21 (Homosexual Content) / Singapore Premiere
Paper Tiger
A modest father in 1980s New York and his unremarkable family find their lives upturned by a get-rich scheme gone wrong. This textured crime thriller is anchored in performances that underscore the grandness, despair and humanity of wanting more.
James Gray / USA / 2026 / 114 min / NC16 (Some Coarse Language) / Singapore Premiere
Sleep No More
Two sisters attempt to uncover the truth of their mother’s death amid possessions and hauntings in a wig factory. Indonesian director Edwin’s foray into horror highlights the systematic exploitation of workers through grotesque means.
Edwin / Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Germany, France / 2026 / 96 min / M18 (Violence and Gore) / Singapore Premiere
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
The road to a queer woman’s sexual awakening is paved with geysers of blood and radical vulnerability, powered by fantasy and imagination. Guilty pleasures have never felt more seen in this healing, tonally surprising take on the slasher genre.
Jane Schoenbrun / United States, Canada / 2026 / 112 min / R21 (Sexual Scenes and Coarse Language) / Singapore Premiere
The End of It
Claire announces at her 250th birthday party her decision to die, which is challenged by family and friends. As her final day approaches, she turns her death into an artist’s statement.
Maria Martínez Bayona / UK, Norway, Spain / 2026 / 102 min / M18 (Nudity) / Asian Premiere
The Spiral
When a freak accident threatens Anna’s image of a perfect family, the matriarch makes a Faustian deal that leads to a spiral of annihilation in this morality tale hinged on bourgeois anxieties.
Paolo Strippoli / Italy, France, Belgium / 2026 / 115 min / M18 (Some Homosexual Content) / Southeast Asian Premiere
The Unknown
A reclusive Paris photographer follows a woman home from a party and wakes up the next morning inside her body, setting off an unnerving search for her identity and what he has become.
Arthur Harari / France, Italy / 2026 / 139 min / M18 (Sexual Scenes and Nudity) / Southeast Asian Premiere
Vertiginous
Jacques wakes Bruno up at daybreak to deliver a life-changing revelation: nothing is real—they are living in a simulation and he has the evidence to prove it. Struck by existential vertigo, Bruno soon reaps the benefits of this discovery.
Quentin Dupieux / France / 2026 / 67 min / NC16 (Some Disturbing Scenes) / Southeast Asian Premiere