Annual Awards 2026 | Program 1 — Fierce Voices: Women in Focus

11:00 AM – 12:55 PM · Cinema 8 · 🔴 18+

Pandaal

Shaily Sanghvi (USA)

A female pimp, dispensing her own brand of justice by pimping out abusive men, must confront her darkest secrets when a new case brings her haunting past to light.

16:03

Nocturnal Cheetah

Ana Soares Coelho (Portugal)
World Premiere

A Lisbon woman heads out for a night at a club, but a sense of being followed unsettles her. Even inside, she remains on edge, avoiding contact. After a brief exchange of messages, she leaves in a taxi, revealing a hidden intention for the night.

18:00

Edgar: Enhanced Data Gathering Analysis Robot

Virginia de Witt (USA)
Los Angeles Premiere

In a near-future desertscape, a suicidal woman discusses life, love, and loss with an AI android resembling her estranged father, while her neighbor focuses on his passion for tap dancing.

13:48

EDGAR: Enhanced Data Gathering Analysis Robot

Raven’s Room

Jawsh Ojeda (USA)

A neon-soaked feminist horror thriller about a magnetic stripper named Raven who lures a wealthy, predatory man into a private encounter, only for the power dynamic to slowly, violently invert.

15:06

Brown Hare

MK McGehee (USA)

A pregnant woman flees a dangerous cult with the help of her best friend and lover, but powerful allies pursue her relentlessly—determined to reclaim her baby and her life.

25:27

Aicha

Sanaa El Alaoui (Morocco)

A 17-year-old girl struggles with an emotionally distant mother as her life takes a tragic turn. The mother joins a mystic ceremony to face her grief and the lost bond with her daughter.

25:44