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Three Weeks After Review: A Painfully Realistic Look at the Lasting Effects of Bullying — Fantastic Fest 2026

★★★★★ Three Weeks After is a dark, gritty, and unforgivingly realistic insight into the lasting effects of bullying and harassment, […]

★★½☆☆ Glen Gould makes his directorial debut with Jeffery’s Turn, a family drama that is underwritten and overdirected. The film

★★★★☆ Zou Jing’s A Girl Unknown is an elliptical and naturalistic coming-of-age drama. A character study about identity, abandonment, belonging,

★★★★☆ One Minute To Midnight is a compelling and interesting look at modern society and standards, as it is very

★★★★☆ Grzegorz Dębowski’s latest feature, What Belongs to Others, is an obscure yet insightful drama that takes a new angle

★★★☆☆ Legend of the White Dragon is a love letter to ’90s kids and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The film

★★½☆☆ Lovers in the Blue Night is an intimate drama that takes a look at marriage and a side that

★★★½☆ Salón de Belleza is an obscure and unconventional exploration of life, death and what it means to live while

★★½☆☆ I figli della scimmia (Children of the Monkey) is a family drama that explores fatherhood, relationships, and the meaning

★★★★★ No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman not only demonstrates the horrifying realities of war but also