September 24, 2026
LA GRADIVA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription A high school trip to Naples and Pompeii becomes a defining passage into adulthood in César-nominated cinematographer-turned-director Marine Atlan's remarkable first feature, in which the dormant emotions of a group of Parisian teenagers are stirred by an ancient landscape marked by desire, loss and tragedy. At the film's volatile center are a trio of...
September 24, 2026
HAROLD AND MAUDE
DescriptionTrailerDescription No matter how he fakes suicide — by hanging, throat slashing, drowning, gunshot — poor little rich boy Harold (Bud Cort) just can't seem to get his mom's (Vivian Pickles) attention. But while pursuing his favorite hobby — funeral watching — Harold meets Ruth Gordon's feisty septuagenarian Maude, sparking one of the oddest romances...
September 24, 2026
GENTLE MONSTER
DescriptionBioContactDescription With her searing Cannes-debuted sixth feature, Austrian filmmaker Marie Kreutzer (CORSAGE) turns personal experience and ripped-from-the-headlines stories into a bold study of trust, denial and the unsettling truth that monsters lurk in the most ordinary of places. Avant-garde concert pianist Lucy (Léa Seydoux in a fearless performance) has moved her small family from Munich...
September 24, 2026
GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD (ADIEU MONDE CRUEL)
DescriptionBiosDescription North American Premiere Félix de Givry (the lead of Mia Hansen-Løve’s EDEN, AFI FEST 2014) makes his directorial debut with this dreamy, fable-like teen romance, starring Milo Machado-Graner, known for his seismic performance as the blind son in the Academy Award®-winning ANATOMY OF A FALL. Fed up with being bullied by his high-school classmates,...
September 24, 2026
GAÏA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 Gaïa is a living planet whose body is inhabited by humans. As her resources begin to diminish, her inhabitants attempt to fertilize her egg to create another planet. But Gaïa intervenes. Bios Gwenola Heck is an experimental animation director using techniques that gravitate...
September 24, 2026
FULL PHIL
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Returning to the English language for the first time since 2013’s WRONG COPS, Quentin Dupieux (SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING, AFI FEST 2022) serves up another feast of gonzo comedy in a tale of attempted family bonding gone awry. Woody Harrelson and Kristen Stewart star as Philip and Madeleine Doom, staying in a luxury Parisian hotel...
September 24, 2026
EL FRÍO QUE GUÍA LUZ
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 While waiting for the bus, a single mother is suddenly swept into her painful past as she tells her six-year-old daughter a tale. Trailer
September 24, 2026
THE FRIEND’S HOUSE IS HERE
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director, screenwriter and producer Maryam Ataei and composer Arian Saleh. Pari and Hanna are artist friends in Tehran who divide their time between their day jobs, making art, socializing with fellow artists and sharing a home as roommates. Their daily lives unfold within a bubble of...
September 24, 2026
FOREVER YOUR MATERNAL ANIMAL (SIEMPRE SOY TU ANIMAL MATERNO)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director and screenwriter Valentina Maurel. Winner of the 2026 Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Actress Awards for the tempestuous performances of its three leads (Marina De Tavira, Daniela Marín Navarro and Mariangel Villegas), Valentina Maurel’s lyrical sophomore feature traces the knotty threads of an unraveling Costa...
September 24, 2026
FREE ELIZA (NOTES ON AN ANATOMICAL IMPERFECTION)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 1 Eliza works at a glamorous hotel resort designed to keep guests constantly satisfied. But within this world of toxic positivity, she possesses a rare liability: a condition leaving her physically unable to smile. Bios Alexandra Matheou is a screenwriter and director. Her...
