‘Club Kid,’ ‘Camp Miasma,’ Festival Circuit Hits to Screen at QCinema 2026

The 14th edition of QCinema International Film FestivalFilm FestivalAn organized event that screens a curated selection of films, often with premieres, awards, and talks with filmmakers. Festivals are important launching pads for independent and international cinema, and inGo to Film Festival Glossary as usual is packed with festival circuit favorites as well as critically acclaimed masterpieces from Filipino filmmakers. Happening from November 13 to 22 at Gateway Cineplex 18, Robinsons Movieworld Galleria, Ayala Malls Cinemas TriNoma, Fisher Mall Cinemas, and SM City Fairview Cinema, the 2026 edition in the UNESCO Creative City of Film, Quezon City, the film festival has 19 short films in competition, as well as its usual programs.

This year’s curatorial concept is called “Genre’teurs,” a portmanteau of “genre” and “auteurAuteurA filmmaker whose personal vision and consistent style are so strong that they are seen as the main author of their films. The term comes from French film criticism, andGo to Auteur Glossary,” that looks at films that work within recognizable genres while reflecting the personal style, perspective, and creative choices of their directors.

Genre’teurs will be explored across several sections of this year’s festivalFestivalA multi-act music event, often held over several days, where many artists perform across different stages. Festivals combine live music, food, art, and community, and they give audiences a chanceGo to Festival Glossary, including Screen International, the festival’s selection of notable international films; Asian Next Wave, the festival’s main competition section; RainbowQC, its LGBTQIA+ competition section; New Horizons, its competition for emerging filmmakers; Before Midnight, its genre-focused section; QCSelects, its curated selection of notable films; Rediscovery, which revisits significant films from different periods and places; Dokyu Days, its documentary section; and QCShorts International, which showcases short films from the Philippines and abroad.

In its Rediscovery section, which features restored classics, are two masterpieces by Lino Brocka and Mike De Leon, Jaguar and Sister Stella L., both written by the prolific screenwriter, poet, journalist, and activist, Jose “Pete” Lacaba, who is being honored with these screenings under the Focus On: Pete Lacaba subsection.

Official 2026 QCinema International Film Festival Lineup

Asian Next Wave

• ‘9 Temples to Heaven’ by Sompot Chidgasornpongse
• ‘A Girl Unknown’ by Zou Jing
• ‘Hearing’ by Lê Bão
• ‘Fujiko’ by Taichi Kimura
• ‘Fruit Gathering’ by Aung Phyoe
• ‘The Burning Giants’ by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
• ‘The World Before’ by Yoon Dan-bi

New Horizons

• ‘Angh’ by Theja Rio
• ‘Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava’ by Nông Nhât Quang
• ‘Beach Fictions’ by Lim Ha-Yeon
• ‘Furies’ by Rami Kodeih
• ‘La Gradiva’ by Marine Atlan
• ‘Sad Girlz’ by Fernanda Tovar
• ‘The Color of the Sun’ by Xavier Tera
• ‘We Are Aliens’ by Kohei Kadowaki

RainbowQC

• ‘Big Little Things’ by Michelle Zhou
• ‘Flesh and Fuel’ by Pierre Le Gall
• ‘I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming’ by Isabelle Stever
• ‘Jim Queen’ by Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané
• ‘Little Trouble Girls’ by Urška Djukić
• ‘Lovers in the Blue Night’ by Anuparna Roy
• ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ by Jane Schoenbrun
• ‘The Riverbank’ by Matheus Farias and Enock Carvalho

QCinema at the Park

‘Magic Kingdom: Ang Alamat ng Damortis’ by Lore Reyes and Peque Gallaga

QCShorts International

• ‘And If Thuy Didn’t Exist’ by Carlo Francisco Manatad
• ‘Body Works’ by Maki Makilan
• ‘Is this Desire’ by Apa Agbayani
• ‘She Said’ by Ivan Tan
• ‘Through the Cracks’ by Lê Hoàng
• ‘Bleat!’ by Ananth Subramaniam
• ‘Fruit’ by Jen Nee Lim
• ‘Run Shirley Run’ by Rodiell Veloso
• ‘The Bovine Comedy’ by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
• ‘The Dream is a Snail’ by Thien An Nguyen
• ‘Gandang Lola’ by Kylechandler Bigay
• ‘Maanaa Kanimo’ by Toni Cañete
• ‘Sana’y Nandito Ka’ by Clister Santos
• ‘The 4Ply Clandestine System’ by Natalie Sin
• ‘Agsangit Laeng Ti Al-alia’ by Carla Pulido Ocampo
• ‘Golden Island’ by Arief Budiman
• ‘Incident on the Mountain’ by Savunthara Seng
• ‘Obscura’ by Timoteus Anggawan Kusno
• ‘They Made Monsters’ by Jaime Morados

Before Midnight

• ‘Arrested Memory’ by Sabu
• ‘Chronovisor’ by Kevin Walker and Jack Auen
• ‘I Love Paris’ by Nicky Murphy
• ‘Moonglow’ by Isabel Sandoval
• ‘The Unknown’ by Arthur Harari

QCSelects

• ‘11’ by Bebe Go
• ‘You are the Film’ by Makoto Ueda
• ‘Club Kid’ by Jordan Firstman
• ‘Fucktoys’ by Annapurna Sriram
• ‘I Grew an Inch When My Father Died’ by P.R. Monencillo Patindol
• ‘Ibuku’ by Eddie Gahyono
• ‘The Remotes’ by John Torres
• ‘The Tigers’ by Alberto Rodríguez

Rediscovery

• ‘Amores Perros’ by Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu
• ‘Batang West Side’ by Lav Diaz
• ‘Patay na Si Hesus’ by Victor Villanueva
• ‘Possession’ by Andrzej Żuławski
• ‘Perfect Blue’ by Satoshi Kon
• ‘Jaguar’ by Lino Brocka
• ‘Sister Stella L.’ by Mike De Leon

Dokyu Day

• ‘Bomba Bernal’ by Khavn
• ‘I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise Sets Fiery Dooms Raging Across the Skies’ by Mani Haghighi
• ‘To The Moon and Back’ by Elisa Gómez Alvarez
• ‘The Illusion of Everlasting Summer’ by Alessandra Sanguinetti
• ‘Union Town’ by Barbara Kopple

Screen International

• ‘A Long Winter’ by Andrew Haigh
• ‘Fatherland’ by Paweł Pawlikowski
• ‘Fjord’ by Cristian Mungiu
• ‘Makikiraan Po’ by Lav Diaz
• ‘Nowhere to Lay My Eyes’ by Hong Sang-soo
• ‘The Beloved’ by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
• ‘The Diary of a Chambermaid’ by Radu Jude
• ‘Vintage Violence’ by Eugene Kotlyarenko

closing film

‘Look Back’ by Hirokazu Kore-eda

Opening Film

‘Ella Arcangel: Awit ng Pangil at Kuko’ by Mervin Malonzo

For more information about screening schedules, visit qcinema.ph.