The Little Sister — [La petite dernière], dir. Hafsia Herzi, France/Germany 2026, 106'

Seventeen-year-old Fatima (awarded for this role by Nadia Melliti) is the youngest of three daughters of a French-Algerian family living in the suburbs of Paris. The girl is a good student, she is engaged in sports, she has loving parents. On the surface, her life is an idyll. Her reality, however, is a constant balancing act between loyalty to a loving but fairly conservative family, her Muslim faith and her innate attraction to women. Fatima fears that the latter for her loved ones it would be unacceptable.

By registering on a dating site, the heroine begins to explore her sexuality, learn about her own needs, reflect on her identity, especially when she enters into a relationship with nurse Ji-Na (Ji-min Park). The relationship brings both joy and pain to Fatima, allowing her to better understand herself.