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Mar 12, 2026

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Dailies March 12th, 2026

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

9:30 PM – 11:15 PM at the ZACH THEATER

WISHFUL THINKING: At a loss for how to save their relationship, Julia and Charlie are pressured by Julia’s friend to take a twin healer-run couples’ therapy. However, a karmic universal system triggered during their session combines the state of their relationship with real-world consequences. The couple must confront the reality of their love, all while surviving natural disasters, stock market crashes, and mass destruction.

HEADLINER

5:00PM – 6:45PM at the PARAMOUNT THEATRE

I LOVE BOOSTERS: A fashion icon becomes the new target of a team of professional shoplifters.

FESTIVAL FAVORITES

2:45PM – 4:18PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 3

AMERICAN DOCTOR: Caught between medicine and politics, three prominent doctors with different backgrounds (Palestinian, Jewish and Zoroastrian) fight and risk everything to expose the truth.

2:45PM – 4:18PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 1

AMERICAN DOCTOR: Caught between medicine and politics, three prominent doctors with different backgrounds (Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian) fight and risk everything to expose the truth.

6:00PM – 7:30PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 9

TIME AND WATER: Converting loss into a time capsule, Icelandic poet and writer, Andri Snær Magnason is inspired by the melting glacial ice in his homeland to use his grandparents’ photographs, films and his own collected archives to create a cinematic time capsule.

6:15PM – 7:34PM at the VIOLET CROWN CINEMA / VIOLET CROWN 4

JOYBUBBLES: Discovering the power to control phones by whistling a special tone, Joybubbles, a blind and lonely boy, soon becomes an essential component for the future of technology and hacking culture.

6:15PM – 7:34PM at the VIOLET CROWN CINEMA / VIOLET CROWN 2

6:30PM – 7:41PM at the STATE THEATRE

ERUPCJA: When Nel, a florist in Warsaw, is visited by her childhood friend Bethany and her new boyfriend, the romantic lives of these two women begin to get complicated.

9:00PM – 10:53 at the PMPARAMOUNT THEATRE

MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES: A recent college dropout and young mother needs to make ends meet. Inspired by advice from her ex-pro wrestling father, Margo starts an OnlyFans account. However, she soon learns that fame and fortune may not be worth it.