Narrative Feature
World Cinema
117 min
Adapted from his eponymous short film, filmmaker Jonas Carpignano returns to the southern Italian setting of his debut M (…)
Directed By Jonas Carpignano
Narrative Feature
World Cinema
103 min
A shatteringly intimate and nuanced performance from newcomer Daniela Vega anchors Chilean director Sebastián Lelio’s (…)
Directed By Sebastián Lelio
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
173 min
At the dawn of the second World War, the Edenic life of peasant farmer Franz Jägerstätter (August Diehl) and his famil (…)
Directed By Terrence Malick
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
89 min
New York Premiere
In A LITTLE PRAYER, an extraordinary ensemble cast brings empathy and witty charm to a deeply personal tale of complex family dynamics. In a small Southern town in North Carolina, Bill (Academy Award® nominee David Strathairn) begins to suspect his son is having an affair. He is caught between an urge to protect his…
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Directed By Angus MacLachlan
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
106 min
In an industry defined by those willing to place themselves in the midst of tremendous danger, photojournalist Marie Col (…)
Directed By Matthew Heineman
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
100 min
Still reeling from survivor’s guilt in the years following the AIDS epidemic, NYC artist Sam (Emmy®- and Golden Globe (…)
Directed By Vincent Gagliostro
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
105 min
On a lonely night in contemporary London, Adam (Emmy® nominee Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with mysterious neighbor Harry (Academy Award® nominee Paul Mescal). As a relationship develops between them, Adam finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and to the childhood home where his parents (Claire…
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Directed By Andrew Haigh
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
117 min
East Coast Premiere
Tony and Emmy Award® winner Jeffrey Wright stars in this biting comedy as Thelonius “Monk” Ellison, an under-appreciated author fed up with the state of Black literature in America. When he uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, he is propelled into the hypocritical madness he claims to disdain.
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Directed By Cord Jefferson
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
120 min
Mary (Academy Award® winner Kate Winslet), a gifted paleontologist long overlooked by patriarchal scientific societies (…)
Directed By Francis Lee
Narrative Feature
World Cinema
116 min
ARRHYTHMIA, Boris Khlebnikov’s explosive portrait of a fractured marriage, follows the young, gifted paramedic Oleg (A (…)
Directed By Boris Khlebnikov
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…
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Directed By Finn Taylor
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
111 min
Adapted from father and son David and Nic Sheff’s best-selling memoirs, HIFF alum Felix van Groeningen (THE MISFORTUNA (…)
Directed By Felix van Groeningen
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
97 min
Set amidst the sociopolitical turmoil of late-1960s Northern Ireland, BELFAST follows Buddy (Jude Hill), a nine-year-old (…)
Directed By Kenneth Branagh
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
103 min
On Christmas Eve, the Burns family is stunned by the unexpected arrival of their son Ben (Academy Award® nominee Lucas (…)
Directed By Peter Hedges
Narrative Feature
Spotlight
108 min
Writer-director Mike Mills (BEGINNERS, 20TH CENTURY WOMEN) returns to the festival with the story of Johnny (Joaquin Pho (…)
Directed By Mike Mills
