Festival Perspectives

Leonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his mythologized life. | Country: United States, Israel | Language: English

World Premiere, 2024 Venice Film Festival, Golden Lion nominee. In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival of Eugene Allerton stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone. | Country: Italy, United States | Language: English, Spanish

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival 2024. Nocturnes (2024) transports us to the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas where in the dark of night, two curious observers shine a light on the secret world of moths. | Country: India, United States | Language: Hindi, English, Bugun with English subtitles

World Premiere, 2024 Cannes Film Festival. A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together. Selected as the Latvian entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. | Country: Latvia, Belgium, France | Language: None

Winner Palme d'Or, 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled. From writer-director Sean Baker | Country: United States | Language: English

World Premiere, 2024 Telluride Film Festival. From Academy Award-nominated director Joshua Oppenheimer comes a poignant and deeply human musical about a family that survived the end of the world. | Country: Denmark, Ireland, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States, Sweden | Language: English

A hypnotically cinematic love letter flowing through time and generations. Director Chloe Abrahams probes raw questions her mother and grandmother have long brushed aside, tenderly untangling painful knots in her family's unspoken past. | Country: United States, United Kingdom | Language: English

World Premiere, 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. | Country: United States, Poland | Language: English

A man journeys to a small Eastern European coastal town where he finds unexpected connections despite being the only black person in the area. | Country: United States, Bulgaria | Language: English, Bulgarian

World Premiere, 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. | Country: United States | Language: English

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. Starring Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo (Suze Rotolo), Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, and more. | Country: United States | Language: English

World Premiere, 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. The inspirational true story of Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, arguably the greatest female boxer of all time. Written and produced by Barry Jenkins. | Country: United States | Language: English

World Premiere, 2024 Venice Film Festival, Best Actress. A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern. | Country: United States, Netherlands | Language: English

Winner of the 2024 Sundance Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary. Under roaring fighter jets, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it's easy to make people afraid, it's hard to destroy their passion for living. | United States, Ukraine, Australia | Language: Ukrainian, Russian, English

There's a case to be made that Redd Kross is the seminal Los Angeles band of the last 40 years. And BORN INNOCENT is gonna make it. | Country: United States | Language: English

A riveting documentary detailing the case of Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis, a Native American woman who disappeared in 2020....

The true story of the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams. | Country: United States, United Kingdom, China, France, Australia | Language: English

When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, a glamorous showgirl must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the community she has built as she plans her next act. | Country: United States | Language: English

A bride-to-be is invited to her own fiancé's bachelor party, but when uncomfortable details about their relationship are exposed, the night takes a feral turn. | Country: Australia | Language: English

Fleeing from post-war Europe in 1947, a visionary architect and his wife settle in Pennsylvania where a wealthy and mysterious client changes their lives forever. |

Ingrid and Martha became close friends while working together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation. | Country: United States, Spain | Language: English

Amid the glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles, a woman finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, unraveling a visually captivating and magical tale of love, fragility, healing, and the delicate beauty in tiny acts of greatness. | Country: Australia | Language: English

Love isn't dead.