Festival Perspectives

A platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family overwatches the movement of US forces through insurgent territory. | Country: United States, United Kingdom | Language: English

A widowed mother's first date in years takes a terrifying turn when she's bombarded with anonymous threatening messages on her phone during their upscale dinner, leaving her questioning if her charming date is behind the harassment. | Country: United States | Language: English

The film follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan) back together. | Country: United Kingdom | Language: English 

A gay man makes a deal with his lesbian friend: a green-card marriage for him, in exchange for in vitro fertilization treatments for her. Plans evolve as Min's grandmother surprises them with a Korean wedding banquet. | Country: United States | Language: English

Director Q&A on Monday, April 21st! In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside a busy mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way. Far more than a prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all involved. | Country: United States | Language: English

When Naveen brings his fiancé Jay home to meet his traditional Indian family, they must contend with accepting his white-orphan-artist boyfriend and helping them plan the Indian wedding of their dreams. | Country: United States | Language: English

In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, and she will go to any length to catch the prince’s eye. | Country: Norway, Denmark, Romania, Poland, Sweden | Language: Norwegian

In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home. | Country: United States, Finland, United Kingdom | Language: English

Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, and he sets out to track down the perpetrators. | Country: France, Canada | Language: English, French

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

Sarah and Tom are in deep financial trouble. Their situation takes a terrifying nosedive with the shocking behavior of their uninvited dinner guest, Jessica. | Country: United Kingdom | Language: English

Told by the operatives in the rooms where it happened, White With Fear is an explosive deep dive into the decades-long quest by America's conservative political machine to amass power by exploiting racial fault lines and stoking narratives of White victimization. | Country: United States | Language: English

In the psychological thriller from the director of Vivarium (2019) and Nocebo (2022), a man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival. | Country: Australia, United States, Ireland, United Kingdom | Language: English

This is not a letter to this country, but to us inside this country. | Country: United States | Language: English

A fading midwestern town in which Frendo the clown, a symbol of bygone success, reemerges as a terrifying scourge. | Country: United States | Language: English

In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small town single mother embraces the danger to change culture as she dominates America's most masculine sport to become the first million dollar female athlete in history. | Country: United States | Language: English

A sudden loss catalyzes an unlikely bond between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens. Navigating lives far from home and the painstaking labor that supports them, they journey through grief together in hopes of finding family. | Country: United States | Language: Mandarin, English, Min Nan

British icons The Zombies reflect on 60 years of their musical path, from teenage friends to legends in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. | Country: United States | Language: English 

A photographer’s road trip takes a dark turn when he befriends a reckless couple, plunging him into a nightmarish neo-noir spiral of unpredictable horror.

A Japanese puppeteer’s daughter gets caught up with criminals when their show crosses paths with a crime gang, led by Sugarman and his son Little Sugar. | Country: United Kingdom | Language: English

Legendary musician Swamp Dogg, alongside housemates Moogstar and Guitar Shorty, has transformed his home into an artistic playground. Together they navigate the tumultuous music industry, and forge a unique and inspiring path across time and space. | Country: United States | Language: English

A story told in reverse, starting with the end of Chuck Krantz's life, and moving back in time to show how he lived that life. | Country: United States | Language: English