Two Co-Productions Selected for the San Sebastián Film Festival

The San Sebastián Film Festival takes place from September 18–26, and the lineup for the New Directors competition has now been completed. Among the 14 first and second feature films by filmmakers from 13 countries are two co-productions by Film i Väst: Billy Lumby's "Florid" and Marlene Emilie Lyngstad's "Cute". Florid has also been selected as the closing film of the section.

Cute

Troubled by forbidden feelings for his seven-year-old stepdaughter, Richard decides to leave his girlfriend. He retreats to his childhood home to renovate ahead of its sale, but his self-imposed exile is disrupted by the childlike presence of his mother's caregiver, Stella. He soon discovers her double life as a Lolita camgirl, and the two develop a transgressive surrogate father-daughter relationship. Their constructed reality begins to unravel when the stepdaughter he left behind reaches out.

Director: Marlene Emilie Lyngstad
Screen writers: Marlene Emilie Lyngstad & Emilie Koefoed Larsen
Producer: Carl Osbæck Adelkilde

Produced by Nordisk Film Production in co-production with Nordisk Film Production Sverige (Johanna Bergenstråhle) and Film i Väst, and with support of Danish Film Institute. World sales by TrustNordisk.

Cute

Marlene Emilie Lyngstad

Florid

25-year-old Jamal, who has a diagnosis of schizophrenia, lives in a supported housing block, alongside other people with mental health issues. Frustrated by the side effects of his medication, he decides to stop taking it, resulting in the voices that he hears becoming more frequent and extreme. Increasingly changeable in mood, Jamal builds a friendship with Kyla, another resident of the housing block. But as the voices become more intense, Jamal must confront the blurred line between reality, and past family events, to come to terms with his voices, and accept who he is.

Director & Screen writer: Billy Lumby
Producers: Rupert Lloyd, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor

Produced by Atar Studios & Joi Productions, in co-production with Film i Väst and Filmgate Films (Sean Wheelan), in association with Academy Films. With support from BBC Film, in association with Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology.

Florid

Billy Lumby

Image credit Cute: Thomas Dyrholm
Image credit Florid: © Florid Limited, British Broadcasting Corporation & Film I Väst 2026 / Simon Wheatley