Unfolding against the backdrop of the Finnish countryside, The Beauty of Errors observes Tero’s relationship with his son Henri, at the threshold of adulthood, showcasing a story that at times resembles a pocket-sized epic (all passion and intensity), and at other times a wistful waltz, carrying a bittersweet affirmation of life.

In addition to the in-person offering for Doc Day 2026, the Festival will host a series of online sessions, complementing this year’s non-fiction programme and encompassing in-depth filmmaker conversations and case studies.

In a future where the Netherlands has been flooded by sea-level rise, Fenna, a hardened and solitary woman, lives above the vast sea in a wind turbine. When a violent storm sweeps her far from this "home", Fenna must navigate a labyrinth of half-flooded, perilous islands and diverse communities.

In a neon-lit Rio de Janeiro favela where radical joy is an act of resistance, MC Sabrina (Duda Santos), a fearless young queer talent, catches the eye of an influential music producer. Thrust into the spotlight of the music industry, she must navigate aggressive attempts to “whitewash” her sound and her identity

Comedic documentary filmmaker John Wilson turns his curious gaze to the bedrock of his beloved New York City. Concrete, the world’s most widely used building material, becomes an unlikely life force as Wilson embarks on an entertainingly eccentric quest to make the definitive documentary about the stuff beneath our feet.

Pepa, the film’s writer and narrator, has "order" in her life, but her brother and two cousins David and Marco have taken to the street, where each faces addiction. A balancing act between love and contempt, care and destruction on film, that seeks to find whether family saves our life or – on the contrary – destroys it.

Sasha Waters’ intimate documentary traces poet Mary Oliver’s solitary childhood, literary rise and lifelong devotion to nature, attention and love. Drawing on rare archival material and intimate testimony, it illuminates the woman behind the celebrated poems, creating a contemplative portrait of an intensely private writer whose work continues to invite wonder.

Immaculate and successful, hand surgeons Ingeborg and Adam form a perfect couple. But under an over-controlling facade lie unusual desires, and a sudden encounter soon disrupts their neat and tidy existence. Sensual and deviant, this curious object makes cinema a tantalising experience—come for the pristine imagery, stay for the organically mind-bending sequence.

Jacky has made a crazy discovery that might entail an alternative, virtual reality. When he tells his childhood friend Bruno, they realise they’re onto something, until… Bonkers yet truly vertiginous, this comedy is like being stuck in a glitchy Sims game, one that definitely reaches the absurdity levels of our high-tech world!

Marius is the chief medical officer at a hospital in his small hometown, raising a teenage son, Ioan, alone after the death of his wife. He is a confident professional, who has no idea what his son gets up to at night, cycling through town vandalising cars with a gang of masked vigilantes. Marius’s world is shaken when he learns that the police have come to suspect his son of murder.