Josephine
“Too young to understand. Too old to forget.”
After eight-year-old Josephine accidentally witnesses a brutal assault, she begins acting out violently to protect herself. This emotional trauma leads to conflicts between her parents as they search for justice and a way to feel safe again.
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Cast
30 people
Beth de Araújo Director · Miles Ross Composer Greta Zozula Cinematographer
United States release November 20, 2026 · Produced in United States · Production Vibrato, Kinematics
Production
Kaplan Morrison
Production
Vibrato
Production
Kinematics
Production
Spark Features
Production
Yintai Entertainment
Production
Free Association
Production
MACRO
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 23, 2026
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · November 20, 2026
Limited theatrical
United States
October 2, 2026 · Premiere · Aspen Film Festival
October 3, 2026 · Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival
October 4, 2026 · Premiere · Woodstock Film Festival
October 6, 2026 · Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival
October 9, 2026 · Premiere · Buffalo International Film Festival
October 15, 2026 · Premiere · Orcas Island Film Festival
October 16, 2026 · Premiere · Twin Cities Film Festival
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · Middleburg Film Festival
October 18, 2026 · Premiere · Montclair Film Festival / Philadelphia Film Festival
October 19, 2026 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
October 20, 2026 · Premiere · Newport Beach Film Festival
October 22, 2026 · Premiere · Hawai'i International Film Festival / Virginia Film Festival
October 23, 2026 · Premiere · Vermont International Film Festival
October 24, 2026 · Premiere · AFI Fest
October 25, 2026 · Premiere · Denver Film Festival
October 27, 2026 · Premiere · SCAD Savannah Film Festival
November 3, 2026 · Premiere · Miami Film Festival GEMS
November 6, 2026 · Premiere · Coronado Island Film Festival
November 7, 2026 · Premiere · Ojai Film Festival
December 4, 2026 · Theatrical
Argentina
November 7, 2026 · Premiere · Mar del Plata International Film Festival
Australia
August 19, 2026 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
October 16, 2026 · Premiere · Adelaide Film Festival
October 22, 2026 · Premiere · Capital Film Festival
January 14, 2027 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 9, 2026 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
November 19, 2026 · Theatrical
Canada
September 13, 2026 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
September 19, 2026 · Premiere · Atlantic International Film Festival
September 23, 2026 · Premiere · Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival
September 28, 2026 · Premiere · Calgary International Film Festival
October 18, 2026 · Premiere · Forest City Film Festival
October 29, 2026 · Premiere · Windsor International Film Festival
November 27, 2026 · Theatrical
Colombia
October 30, 2026 · Premiere · 30 Salón Audiovisual
Croatia
November 13, 2026 · Premiere · Zagreb Film Festival
Czechia
January 21, 2027 · Theatrical
Estonia
November 10, 2026 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
France
February 24, 2027 · Theatrical
Germany
February 20, 2026 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Greece
November 14, 2026 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
August 29, 2026 · Premiere · Summer International Film Festival
Hungary
October 28, 2026 · Premiere · Budapest International Film Festival
Indonesia
October 31, 2026 · Premiere · Jakarta World Cinema
November 14, 2026 · Premiere · Bandung World Cinema
Latvia
November 27, 2026 · Theatrical
Lithuania
November 20, 2026 · Theatrical
Mexico
October 20, 2026 · Premiere · Morelia International Film Festival
December 10, 2026 · Theatrical
Poland
July 24, 2026 · Premiere · TAURON New Horizons International Film Festival
October 10, 2026 · Premiere · Warsaw International Film Festival
November 8, 2026 · Premiere · ToruńCAMERIMAGE
November 17, 2026 · Premiere · TAURON American Film Festival
Russia
February 4, 2027 · Theatrical
Serbia
October 8, 2026 · Premiere · Belgrade International Film Festival
February 11, 2027 · Theatrical
Spain
September 24, 2026 · Premiere · San Sebastián International Film Festival
October 23, 2026 · Premiere · Valladolid International Film Festival
October 24, 2026 · Premiere · International Social Film Festival of Catalonia
January 29, 2027 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 15, 2026 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
November 29, 2026 · Premiere · Umeå Filmfestival
January 29, 2027 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 27, 2026 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
Türkiye
February 5, 2027 · Theatrical
Ukraine
December 3, 2026 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 13, 2026 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
October 23, 2026 · Premiere · Bath Film Festival
October 31, 2026 · Premiere · Leeds International Film Festival
November 9, 2026 · Premiere · CINECITY Brighton Film Festival
November 14, 2026 · Premiere · Inverness Film Festival
November 17, 2026 · Premiere · Cornwall Film Festival
November 20, 2026 · Theatrical
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