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Set in present-day Punjab, Rehmat weaves together three interconnected stories shaped by grief, displacement and difficult choices. A woman secretly shelters a wounded stranger from the police, a family struggles with the disappearance of a loved one, and an elderly man returns from England to the village of his birth, carrying with him memories of a home and history transformed by Partition.

Writer and director Gurvinder Singh adapts three stories by acclaimed Punjabi writer Ajeet Cour, bringing narratives written across different decades into contemporary Punjab. Starring Naseeruddin Shah, alongside Suvinder Vicky, Mita Vashisht and others, the film continues Singh’s exploration of Punjab and its social and political history. Rehmat had its world premiere in the Main Competition at the 2026 Locarno Film Festival.

Rehmat — meaning compassion — is a meditation on the forces that divide people and the humanity that can endure despite them, exploring faith, belonging and the possibility of compassion across religious and generational lines.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 AT 9:00 PM
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In a remote village in Nepal, surrounded by forests where wild elephants roam, Pirati is the matriarch of a household of Kinnar women, a third-gender community navigating discrimination alongside their religious traditions. Pirati dreams of leaving with a local drummer, but when one of the young women in her care disappears during a nightly elephant patrol, those plans are put aside. With little help from the police and resistance from the surrounding community, she begins searching for answers on her own.

Writer and director Abinash Bikram Shah is a Nepalese filmmaker and alumnus of Berlinale Talents, the Sundance Institute and the Locarno Filmmakers Academy. A co-writer of Nepal’s Oscar submissions The Black Hen and Shambhala, Shah became the first Nepali director with a film in Cannes’ official selection with his short Lori. Elephants in the Fog received the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, the first Nepali film to win at the world’s most prestigious film festival.

Elephants in the Fog is both a mystery and an intimate portrait of a community rarely represented on screen, exploring identity, belonging, love and the bonds of a chosen family as Pirati fights to find one of her own.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 AT 6:00 PM
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In contemporary Iran, a doctor is arrested for secretly treating injured protesters and has his medical practice shut down. Disillusioned and unable to see a future for himself, he decides to end his life. He sets out to visit his siblings and mother one final time, but their affection, concern and companionship begin to unsettle the certainty of his decision.

Director Ali Asgari, one of the leading voices in contemporary Iranian cinema, has built a body of work exploring people navigating personal vulnerability amid social and institutional pressures. His films have appeared at Cannes, Berlin and Venice, including Until Tomorrow, Terrestrial Verses and Divine Comedy. A Bit of Light premiered in competition at the 2026 Venice International Film Festival.

A Bit of Light is an intimate story about despair, family and human connection, asking what can draw someone back towards life when their faith in institutions, work and the future has been exhausted.