Special Presentations

Alpha Gang

Alien invaders, in the form of a 1950’s biker gang, are sent on a mission to conquer Earth.

• David Zellner
• Nathan ZellnerDirectors
• Cate Blanchett
• Chris Pine
• Dave Bautista
• Léa Seydoux
• Riley Keough

Bucking Fastard

Two sisters, Jean and Joan Holbrooke, are so close to each other that they speak in unison, love the same man, and have the same dreams. They even make the same slip of tongue in unison. We cannot see the world as they see it, but we do see how the world reacts to them – through the courts and the press, through those that want to help and those who want to use them, through the eyes of beasts both tame and wild, and even through their own echoes in the core of the earth.

• Werner HerzogDirector
• Orlando Bloom
• Domhnall Gleeson
• Kate Mara
• Rooney Mara
• Simon Delaney

The Julia Set

Julia, a gifted mathematician, navigates the cutthroat world of academia. Pascal, a teaching assistant, recruits her to join an exclusive training program for the prestigious and notoriously difficult Putnam mathematics competition.

• Niki ByrneDirector
• Jason Isaacs
• Gillian Anderson
• Carmen Ejogo
• KKarl Farrer
• Nina Hoss

Hombre al agua

Thousands of kilometers apart, two married colleagues meet during a corporate crisis, sparking a passionate connection that makes them question their lives and choices.

• Gael García BernalDirector
• Gael García Bernal
• Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
• Esmeralda Pimentel
• Anna Diaz
• Jorge Salinas

All That She Wants

Emma desperately wants a baby but as she sets about getting her life in order to make it happen, she just won't let herself give in to the idea that the man she really loves is a recent college grad ten years younger than her, whom she used to babysit when she was a teenager and he was four.

• Scarlett Bermingham
• AAndrew RhymerDirectors
• Christine Baranski
• Finn Wittrock
• Bill Irwin
• Zosia Mamet
• John Gemberling

A Long Winter

High in the mountains, autumn comes to an end and a family prepares for the long winter ahead.

• Andrew HaighDirector
• Caitríona Balfe
• Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach
• Kit Connor
• Fred Hechinger

Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo

A corrupt gambler in the Metropolitan Police Force finds himself thrown into a tangled case after an enigmatic FBI agent arrives in Tokyo to investigate the disappearance of a politician’s daughter.

• Takashi MiikeDirector
• Lily James
• Jun Kunimura
• Shun Oguri
• Gionna Daddio
• Jun Murakami

The Idiot(s)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky and his wife Anna travel to Europe for their honeymoon and end up staying in a health resort in Switzerland, only to return to Russia after four years. Fyedya can’t shake his roulette habit and keeps losing their money. His wife accepts this fate since he keeps assuring her that it’s all for inspiration and soon he shall write his to-be masterpiece, 'The Idiot'.

• Małgorzata Szumowska
• Michał EnglertDirectors
• Rainer Bock
• Vicky Krieps
• Johnny Flynn
• Christian Friedel
• Aimee Lou Wood

Everybody Wants to F*ck Me

An original razor-sharp dark comedy thriller set in the world of modern dating in London.

• JJonathan ScheyDirector
• Taron Egerton
• Jessica Henwick
• Mia McKenna-Bruce
• Herbert Nordrum
• Antonia Clarke

Closing Night

A celebrated actress's life begins to unravel on the eve of her greatest performance. When her sister April arrives in New York after a 30-year estrangement, the stage is set for a tense family confrontation.

• Cody FernDirector
• Naomi Watts
• Sarah Paulson
• Dianne Wiest
• Odessa A'zion
• Toby Wallace

Faith

Gina, a hard-working and devoted single mother, meets a quietly enigmatic stranger, Michael. The presence of someone who appears to care for her brings a new and exciting dynamic to her life, despite the fact she knows nothing about him or what his intentions towards her really are. Is he a friend, a potential lover or something more sinister?

• Paul Andrew WilliamsDirector
• James McAvoy
• Clea Martin
• Erin Doherty
• Liv Hill
• Sandra Huggett

The Housewife

A young New York Times journalist tracking down a potential Nazi officer living secretly in Queens.

• BBen ShirinianDirector
• Naomi Watts
• Tye Sheridan
• Michael Imperioli
• Norman Reedus
• Hannah Marks

Whatcha Want

• Mina ShumDirector
• Tzi Ma
• Ming-Na Wen
• Hugh Tran
• Isabella Wei
• Russell Lee

Neil Peart: No One's Disciple

• Scot McFadyen
• Sam DunnDirectors
• Chad Smith
• Stewart Copeland
• Geddy Lee
• Alex Lifeson
• Danny Carey

Paradise Lost

• Yeon Sang-hoDirector
• Koo Kyo-hwan
• Kim Jong-tae
• Kim Hyun-joo
• Lee Hyun-kyun
• Bae Hyeon-seong

Glaxo

In a small provincial town between the late 1950s and the 1980s, four young men whose friendship is shattered forever when a former policeman and his beautiful wife arrive in the town where the titular factory is located.

• Benjamín NaishtatDirector
• Esteban Bigliardi
• Alan Sabbagh
• Lali Espósito
• Esteban Lamothe
• Marcelo Subiotto

Happily Ever After

As one sister prepares for marriage and the other resists every convention it represents, their fragile bond is tested by love, family expectations, and the question of whether happiness can ever truly be chosen.

• Feng-I Fiona RoanDirector
• Jack Kao
• Yang Kuei-mei
• Kent Tsai
• Yeh Shu-hua
• Heather Chen

A Good Little Soldier

• Stéphane BrizéDirector
• Alba Rohrwacher
• Vincent Lindon

In Alaska

• JJaap van Heusden
• Vinnie KaretakDirectors
• Noomi Rapace
• LLeo Matthew Temela

The Age of Goodbyes

Set in Malaysia, the film follows a young woman named Du Li An who falls in love with a man named Lin Sang in 1969 before he mysteriously disappears. Years later, after marrying a gangster and becoming stepmother to a teenage girl, Du Li An encounters a man who looks exactly like her vanished lover. The decade-spanning narrative blends elements of romance, mystery and coming-of-age storytelling.

• Edmund YeoDirector
• Vivian Sung Yun-hua
• Troy Liu
• Stanley Yau Sze-Chun

Phoolan

Follows an impoverished 17-year-old girl who becomes a famous outlaw and survives a brutal 48-hour siege when thousands of armed men trap her in a village.

• RRichie MehtaDirector