Narrative Feature
Spotlight
120 min
New York Premiere
In his highly anticipated follow-up to ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, Academy Award® winner Edward Berger delves into one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events—selecting...
Directed By Edward Berger
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
88 min
World Premiere
"Sometimes I'm afraid the tale might be forgotten. Sometimes I'm afraid it is forgotten already." Told primarily through his own eloquent words, ELIE WIESEL: SOUL ON FIRE seeks to understand the man behind the searing and widely read memoir Night. Penetrating at the heart of the known and unknown, the film dives into the…
Directed By Oren Rudavsky
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
133 min
Through liberating song, dance, and bold visuals, EMILIA PÉREZ follows the interconnected journeys of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing her own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death and…
Directed By Jacques Audiard
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
140 min
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead and inspired by real-life events, Academy Award® nominee RaMell Ross’ NICKEL BOYS chronicles the powerful friendship...
Directed By RaMell Ross
Narrative Feature
Closing Night
98 min
East Coast Premiere
Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams delivers a bold, transformative performance as a woman who pauses her successful career as an artist to become a stay-at-home mom to her toddler. As her husband (Scoot McNairy, HIFF Breakthrough Artist 2012) works long hours as the family’s sole breadwinner, the unrelenting demands of parenthood…
Directed By Marielle Heller
Documentary Feature
World Cinema Documentary
93 min
North American Premiere
Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Errol Morris confronts one of the darkest chapters in recent American history: family separations at the US-Mexico border. Based on Jacob Soboroff’s book Separated: Inside an American Tragedy, Morris merges bombshell interviews with government officials and artful narrative vignettes to trace…
Directed By Errol Morris
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
97 min
North American Premiere
Devoted father Bill Furlong (Academy Award® winner Cillian Murphy) works as a coal merchant to support his family. In the days leading up to Christmas, he discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent—and uncovers truths of his own—which force him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town…
Directed By Tim Mielants
Narrative Feature
World Cinema Narrative
178 min
US Premiere
The target of a sinister plot, young Edmond Dantès (Pierre Niney), is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After fourteen years in an island prison, he manages a daring escape and claims the legendary treasure hidden on the isle of Monte Cristo. Now wealthy beyond his dreams, he hatches an extraordinary…
Directed By Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
123 min
A New York writer (Academy Award® nominee Naomi Watts) reels in the aftermath of the unexpected death of her lifelong mentor (Academy Award nominee Bill Murray). In the midst of mourning him, she finds that she is the one left to deal with his complicated literary legacy, three eccentric ex-wives, and a massive, brokenhearted…
Directed By Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
114 min
East Coast Premiere
For over a year, a series of bold daylight bank robberies and armored car heists leaves law enforcement baffled and the public panicked throughout the Pacific Northwest...
Directed By Justin Kurzel