Festival Perspectives

From visionary filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo (Colossal, Time Crimes), starring Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) and Beatrice Grannò (The White Lotus), Daniela Forever is a sci-fi journey through love, loss, and illusion. | Country: Spain, United States, Belgium, France, Finland | Language: English

The story of a family and a family business. | Country: United States, Germany | Language: English

In a post-apocalyptic world with food scarcity, a Black family of Canadian farmers descended from American Civil War migrants defend their homestead against cannibals trying to seize their resources. | Country: Canada | Language: English, Cree

Explores Marlee Matlin's life as a groundbreaking performer. | Country: United States | Language: American Sign Language, English

From the director of Past Lives (2023), a young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex. | Country: United States, Finland | Language: English

TIFF Official Selection. Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, as Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives. | Country: United States | Language: English

From a tumultuous Bronx upbringing, the movie chronicles Harley Flanagan's rise to punk stardom at 13, featuring raw NYC footage and interviews with icons like Flea and Ice-T, depicting his transformative journey. | Country: United States | Language: English

A hilariously dark and unconventional love story, following two people on the edge of life who find purpose and romance through an unlikely connection, escaping the darkness in search of some sunlight. | Country: United Kingdom | Language: English

Familiar Touch is a coming of (old) age film. It follows an octogenarian woman’s transition to life in assisted living as she contends with her conflicting desires and self-narratives amidst her shifting age identity and memory. | Country: United States | Language: English

A woman looking for an end to her suffering, checks in to the House of Abraham, home to a mysterious cult that promises a way out. She soon discovers all is not what it seems and must plan an escape before it's too late. | Country: United States | Language: English

In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico. | Country: United States, Finland | Language: English

Growing up in the midst of the Zimbabwean War for independence, 8-year-old Bobo internalizes both sides of the struggle. Conflicted by her love for people on opposing sides, she tries to make sense of her life in a magical way. | Country: South Africa | Language: English, Shona

A grammar documentary for all of us who are devoted to the Oxford Comma | Country: United States | Language: English

A Great Teacher Inspires Hope. | Country: United States | Language: English

A comedy movie made in Fargo, North Dakota on a nano budget with lots of jokes in it.

A Palestinian refugee living on the fringes of society in Athens gets ripped off by a smuggler and sets out to seek revenge. | Country: United Kingdom, Greece, Denmark, Netherlands, Palestinian Territories, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Qatar | Language: Arabic, English, Greek

When AJ loses his favorite dog park, he must fight, fish, scrap, scrape, and sap to get it back. | Country: United States | Language: English

Iris has met her perfect guy, Isaac, and is enjoying their first romantic getaway together — what could go wrong? | Country: United States | Language: English

Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least. | Country: United States, Spain, France | Language: English

A British police officer and a Jewish woman fall in love amidst the political turmoil of 1930s Tel Aviv. | Country: United Kingdom, Italy | Language: English, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian

When AJ loses his favorite dog park, he must fight, fish, scrap, scrape, and sap to get it back. | Country: United States | Language: English

Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country. With tensions already flaring, an encounter with an unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love and their flesh. | Country: Australia, United States | Language: English

The Film Center welcomes the world’s #1 cat video festival back to Columbus!

Jack ventures to remote New Zealand for the funeral of his estranged mother and meets her widow Jill. But his mother's spirit returns to inhabit each of their bodies, instigating a life-threatening three-way nocturnal dance. | Country: Australia, New Zealand | Language: English

A shitstorm of bad news sends out of work filmmaker Jimmy spiraling into an out of control bender in which he claims to have been abducted by aliens. Fearing they'll come back, he contacts his old friend Stiggs to help him gear up for war. | Country: United States | Language: English