9 New Documentaries at the 2026 ASN
World Convention Documentary Festival
Films
THURSDAY
1:40 PM / LUNCHTIME / ROOM 1201
The Helsinki Effect Finland, Germany & Norway, 2025 (87 min.) Arthur Franck
The historic 1975 Helsinki Conference (pre-OSCE) as diplomatic theater.
1:40 PM / LUNCHTIME / ROOM 501A
The Peacemaker (Mirotvorac) Croatia, 2025 (99 min.) Ivan Ramljak
The story of a Croat politician who sought to avoid and was assassinated in 1991.
1:40 PM / LUNCHTIME / ROOM 501B
My Dear Théo Poland, Ukraine, 2025 (100 min.) Alisa Kovalenko
The filmmaker’s ode to her 5-year son while serving at the front in 2022.
5:20 PM / SESSION 4 / ROOM 501A
Facing War Norway, Denmark, 2025 (100 min.) Tommy Gulliksen
Unprecedented access to the NATO Secretary-General as the war explodes in Ukraine.
FRIDAY
1:40 PM / LUNCHTIME / ROOM 501B
Cuba & Alaska France, Belgium, Ukraine, 2025 (93 min.) Yegor Troyanovsky
The raw and powerful story of two female combat medics at the Ukrainian front.
1:40 PM / LUNCHTIME / ROOM 1201
Politzek France, Belgium, 2025 (90 min.) Manon Loizeau & Ekaterina Mamontova
A deeply human portrait of silenced resistance in Russia since 2022.
1:40 PM / LUNCHTIME / ROOM 501
80 Angry Journalists Hungary, Germany, Denmark, 2026 (94 min.) András Földes & Anna Kis
Journalists fighting back the Orban regime’s attack on the media.
1:40 PM / LUNCHTIME / ROOM 501A
Silent Flood Ukraine, Germany, 2025 (90 min.) Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
A closed religious community in Western Ukraine attempting to live away from war.
SATURDAY
10:30 AM / SESSION 8 / ROOM 1201
Horizons of Belonging Canada 2025, (64 min.) Oleksandr Pankieiev & Steven Brese
Four stories of Ukrainian refugees from the 2022 invasion in Canada.
12:00 PM / SESSION 9 / ROOM 1201
Facing War Norway, Denmark, 2025 (100 min.) Tommy Gulliksen
Unprecedented access to the NATO Secretary-General as the war explodes in Ukraine.