2026 Naples International Film Festival
Narrative
A Real Man
2026, PG-13, Spain, Dramedy, 82 minutes
U.S. Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Spanish with English Subtitles
Director: Liteo Pedregal
Producers: Victoria Alberca, Eva Almaya, Yadira Ávalos, Elsa Núñez, David Torres, Liteo Pedregal
Writers: Liteo Pedregal, Roberto Alfaro
Cast: Carlos Olalla, Olivia Molina, Rosario Pardo, Laura de la Uz, Imma Sancho, César Martel, Pablo R. Montenegro, Saulo Trujillo, Nieves Bravo, Lara Corrochano, Aroa Núñez, Natalia Dicenta, Máximo Valverde
Maria has spent much of her adult life catering to her husband Guillermo’s traditional, macho values. After she suddenly dies, the retired neurosurgeon must unlearn his old ways, learn to care for himself and reconsider what it means to be a “real man.”
Friday, October 23, 11am
Sunday, October 25, 4:45pm
Narrative
A Woman's Work
2026, N/R, U.S., Drama, 92 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Juried Film
Director: A.R. Ephraim
Producers: Hal Lieberman, Scott Anderson
Writer: A.R. Ephraim
Cast: Louisa Harland, Alice Kremelberg, Ryan Begay, Shelby Mullins
After losing her parents to the opioid epidemic, a young woman in rural Kentucky takes a job as a coal miner to provide for her two younger sisters, but she must hide part of who she is to survive.
Friday, October 23, 7:30pm
Saturday, October 24, 4:45pm
Narrative
Jackrabbit
2026, N/R, U.S., Mystery, 96 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Director: Ballard C. Boyd
Producers: Andrew van den Houten, Clara Peterson, Ballard C. Boyd
Writer: Ballard C. Boyd
Cast: Kuhoo Verma, Taylor Ortega, Soojeong Son, Mark Gessner, Saamer Usmani
An investigative journalist and struggling actress who can’t stand each other are reluctantly forced to team up when their best friend mysteriously vanishes. As they search for answers, they discover her disappearance is only the beginning of the secrets she has kept.
Saturday, October 24, 7:15pm
Sunday, October 25, 1:45pm
Narrative
Line Cooks
2026, N/R, U.S., Comedy, 83 minutes
World Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Director: John Mossman
Producers: Ann Deer, Mary Jane Deer, Xanthe Brown, Ana Christian, Jennifer Jelsema, John Mossman, C. Ryan Stemple
Writer: Mary Jane Deer
Cast: Emma Knott, Beck Nolan, Jennifer Jelsema, David Stobbe, David Pasquesi, Andrew Bailes, Sebastian Keanu Rivera, Josué Martinez, Madison Kauffman, Carson Fox Harvey
A sheltered college student takes a summer job alongside ex-cons and cartel members at a chaotic Korean taco joint hoping to earn a recommendation letter before the health inspector shuts them down.
Friday, October 23, 7:45pm
Saturday, October 24, 11:45am
Narrative
Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint
2026, N/R, U.K., Comedy, 98 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Director: Jack Spring
Producer: Andy Brunskill
Writer: Chris Boyle-McQuarry
Cast: John Bradley, Celia Imrie, Sophia Di Martino, Ann Mitchell, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Adjoa Andoh, Dave Johns, Dustin Demri-Burns, Karl Pilkington, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant
Aubrey Flint, a reclusive painter of model soldiers with a lifelong hatred of Christmas, is sentenced to community service at a struggling retirement home. Reluctantly roped into helping stage A Christmas Carol, he finds himself drawn into the lives of its eccentric residents and forced to reconsider the holiday he has spent years avoiding.
Saturday, October 24, 11:15am
Sunday, October 25, 3:30pm
Narrative
Solitary
2025, N/R, Ireland, Drama, 86 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Juried Film
Director: Eamonn Murphy
Producer: Alan Breslin
Writer: Eamonn Murphy
Cast: Gerry Herbert, Cailum Carragher, Cate Russell, Emmet Kelly
In this intimate portrait of rural Ireland, Solitary follows Brendan, a widowed farmer living a quiet life in the countryside. But when his home is broken into and a growing sense of fear and isolation takes hold, Brendan must confront the realities of growing old.
Saturday, October 24, 6:50pm
Sunday, October 25, 11:45am
Narrative
Their Town
2026, N/R, U.S., Drama, 80 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Juried Film
Director: Katie Aselton
Producers: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Mel Eslyn
Writer: Mark Duplass
Cast: Ora Duplass, Chosen Jacobs, Jeffery Self, Annie Henk, Kim Shaw, William Parker, Leonard Nam, Daveed Diggs
When Abby’s boyfriend drops out of the high school play, she finds herself helping school outlier Matt step into the role opposite her. Over the course of a long night wandering their small town, the two examine their futures and uncover surprises from their past.
Friday, October 23, 2pm
Sunday, October 25, 6:15pm
Narrative
Too Soon
2026, N/R, U.S., Romantic Comedy, 99 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Directors: Jeff Dickamore, Aurora Florence
Producers: Summer Smith, Justin Nguyen
Writers: Jeff Dickamore, Aurora Florence
Cast: John Clarence Stewart, Aurora Florence, Vicki Lewis, Stacey Harkey
After meeting on the day of their spouses’ funerals, a young widow and widower form a two-person, music therapy-style support group. But when friendship begins to turn into something more, they face the question everyone around them is asking: Is it too soon?
Friday, October 23, 4:45pm
Saturday, October 24, 7:30pm
Narrative
Wake
2026, N/R, U.S., Dramedy, 102 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Director: Devon M. Schwartz
Producers: Kelly O’Malley, Michel Rangel, Eugenio Villamar
Writers: Kelly O’Malley, Devon M. Schwartz
Cast: Ali Astin, Sasha Compére, Ali Gallo, Nelson Franklin, Michael Learned, Riki Lindhome, Penelope Ann Miller, Kelly O'Malley, Chris Parnell, Willow Shields, Cole Sprouse
Four semi-estranged siblings reunite on the day of their father’s wake, navigating overbearing relatives, oblivious guests and a death-phobic funeral director as they fumble through their absurd new reality—one that, maybe, just maybe, could bring them closer together.
Friday, October 23, 7pm
Saturday, October 24, 4:10pm
Narrative
Yale
2026, N/R, U.S., Dramedy, 123 minutes
Florida Premiere
Filmmakers in Attendance
Director: Jay Silverman
Producers: Jay Silverman, Bethany Cerrona, Ian Christian Blanche, Kevin Dunn, Joe Gamache
Writer: Van Billet
Cast: Caitlin McGee, Kevin Dunn, Rachael Harris, Benjamin Mackey, Dominic Leeder
Mac’s life has been consumed by alcohol and run-ins with the law, but when her son needs an emergency kidney transplant, she turns to someone she hasn’t seen in 30 years: her deadbeat father, Yale, who abandoned her as a child.
Friday, October 23, 4pm
Saturday, October 24, 11am