Standpoint
In Standpoint, the personal and the sociopolitical are intertwined in profoundly compelling ways. These seven films plunge into today’s most pressing debates alongside deeply intimate struggles, confronting each subject through an uncompromising lens.
Stylistically distinct and emotionally resonant, these works challenge audiences to stand up to uncomfortable truths, sparking debate and offering fresh perspectives long after the credits roll.
Opening Film
Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava
With humour and heart, a queer filmmaker turns the camera on his family, revealing how love, identity and belonging are reshaped in contemporary Vietnam.
Nông Nhật Quang / Vietnam, South Korea / 2026 / 105 min / R21 (Homosexual Content) / Southeast Asian Premiere
Feature Films
32 Meters
In central Anatolia, a woman shares her love of competitive shooting with her friends. While training begins in earnest for an upcoming competition, they face continued dismissal by the men in their community and are subject to demeaning limitations.
Morteza Atabaki / Turkey / 2025 / 83 min / PG / Southeast Asian Premiere
Amazomania
A 1996 expedition to the Amazon rainforest to make contact with the Korubo people yields huge professional success for journalist Erling Söderström. He meets the tribe again three decades later, only to be confronted by the impact of his ignorance.
Nathan Grossman / Sweden, France, Denmark / 2026 / 93 min / NC16 (Some Nudity) / Singapore Premiere
Gaza’s Twins, Come Back to Me
Forcibly separated from her premature twins in a hospital at the start of the Gaza war, a mother juggles between raising four small children, attempting to reunite with her babies, and survival in the midst of a brutal siege.
Mohammed Sawwaf / Palestine, Qatar, The Netherlands / 2025 / 87 min / R21 (Mature Content) / Asian Premiere
Mariinka
The lives of childhood neighbours—a promising boxer, a young orphan and four brothers—intersect, implode and diverge across a decade of war in this stirring documentary of the battle in Mariinka, a destroyed city in eastern Ukraine.
Pieter-Jan De Pue / Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden / 2026 / 94 min / M18 (Mature Content and Nudity) / Southeast Asian Premiere
Prosecution
Amid a rise in far-right extremism and racially motivated attacks, Seyo Kim, a young German-Korean state prosecutor, impartially executes the law. But when a masked individual attempts to set her on fire, her engagement with the law becomes personal.
Faraz Shariat / Germany / 2026 / 113 min / M18 (Some Mature Content) / Singapore Premiere
Rehearsals for a Revolution
Through five generations of personal stories, this documentary reveals how memories of resistance survive beyond political upheavals. A poetic portrait of Iran’s ongoing struggle, it explores storytelling and everyday acts of defiance as quiet forms of revolution.
Pegah Ahangarani / Iran, Czech Republic, Spain / 2026 / 95 min / Rating To Be Advised / Southeast Asian Premiere