Narrative Feature
Spotlight
102 min
World Premiere
Herbert Heller (Stephen Lang, AVATAR) carries a traumatic secret: now the beloved owner of a toy store in Northern California, Herbert is a Holocaust survivor. The Nazis forced him into the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp at age 12, but he managed to escape and kept the secret from everyone—including his own children—for…
Directed By Finn Taylor
Narrative Feature
Closing Night
127 min
Academy Award® nominee Bradley Cooper takes up the complicated life of legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein (Cooper), digging beyond his musical brilliance to tenderly chronicle his lifelong relationship with Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Academy Award nominee® Carey Mulligan).
Directed By Bradley Cooper
Narrative Feature
Opening Night
121 min
East Coast Premiere
A remarkable true story of tenacity, friendship and the triumph of the human spirit, NYAD recounts a riveting chapter in the life of world-class athlete Diana Nyad. At the age of 60, three decades after giving up marathon swimming in exchange for a prominent career as a sports journalist, Diana (four-time Academy Award® nominee…
Directed By Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
127 min
In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, frustrated teacher Sergio (Eugenio Derbez, CODA) experiments with inventive new methods to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity and potential. Based on a true story, RADICAL is a playful and honest look at how children can discover…
Directed By Christopher Zalla
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
106 min
East Coast Premiere
The architect of 1963’s momentous March on Washington, Bayard Rustin (Emmy Award® winner Colman Domingo, ''Euphoria'') was one of our country’s greatest unsung activists and organizers. He challenged authority, and never apologized for who he was, what he believed, or who he loved. He made history, and in turn, he was…
Directed By George C. Wolfe
Narrative Feature
Narrative Competition
117 min
East Coast Premiere
The brilliant Zar Amir Ebrahimi (2022 Best Actress Award winner at Cannes for HOLY SPIDER) stars as Shayda, an Iranian woman living in Australia who flees her husband Hossein (Osamah Sami) and finds refuge in a women’s shelter, with her frightened 6-year-old daughter Mona (Selina Zahednia) in tow. When a judge grants Hossein…
Directed By Noora Niasari
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
144 min
North American Premiere
In 1972, an Uruguayan rugby team’s charter flight to a tournament in Chile crashes into the heart of the Andes. Trapped in one of the most hostile and inaccessible environments on the planet, and forced to resort to extreme measures, those who survive the crash itself are faced with agonizing decisions...
Directed By J.A. Bayona
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
106 min
Based on a novel of the same name by the late Martin Amis, THE ZONE OF INTEREST is the latest feature from English director Jonathan Glazer (UNDER THE SKIN). This Cannes Grand Prix-winning film centers on the domestic lives of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller, 2006 HIFF…
Directed By Jonathan Glazer