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The Ballad Of Wallis Island and The Thing With Feathers
All That’s Left Of You
(Country: Cyprus, Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Cherien Dabis; Writer: Cherien Dabis; Stars: Cherien Dabis, Adam Bakri, Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri, Maria Zreik, Adam Khattar, Hayat Abu Samra, Muhammad Abed Elrahman)
World premiere
After a Palestinian teen confronts Israeli soldiers at a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the series of events that led him to that fateful moment, starting with his grandfather’s forced displacement.
April & Amanda
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Zackary Drucker)
World premiere
Two legends contested their identities as women in the court of public opinion: April Ashley, who was immortalised as a trailblazer by embracing her transgender history; and Amanda Lear, who has consciously denied and obfuscated her history for decades. Their divergent paths reveal disparate but intertwined legacies.
The Ballad Of Wallis Island
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: James Griffiths; Writer: Tom Basden, Tim Key)
Eccentric lottery winner, Charles, dreams of getting his favorite musicians, Mortimer-McGwyer, back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.
World premiere
Come See Me In The Good Light
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Ryan White; Stars: Andrea Gibson, Megan Falley)
World premiere
Two poets, one incurable cancer diagnosis. Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley go on an unexpectedly funny and poignant journey through love, life, and mortality.
Deaf President Now!
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim; Stars: Greg Hlibok, Bridgette Bourne-Firl, I. King Jordan, Tim Rarus, Jerry Covell)
World premiere
During eight tumultuous days in 1988 at the world’s only Deaf university, four students must find a way to lead an angry mob - and change the course of history.
Jimpa and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Free Leonard Peltier
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: David France, Jesse Short Bull)
World premiere
Leonard Peltier, one of the surviving leaders of the American Indian Movement, has been in prison for 50 years following a contentious conviction. A new generation of Native activists is committed to winning his freedom before he dies.
Heightened Scrutiny
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Sam Feder; Stars: Chase Strangio)
World premiere
Amid the surge in anti-trans legislation that Chase Strangio battles in the courtroom, he must also fight against media bias, exposing how the narratives in the press influence public perception and the fight for transgender rights.
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Mary Bronstein; Writer: Mary Bronstein; Stars: Rose Byrne, Danielle Macdonald, Josh Pais, Daniel Zolghadri, Ivy Wolk, Conan O'Brien, A$AP Rocky, Helen Hong, Ella Beatty, Delaney Quinn, Mark Stolzenberg, Lark White, Eva Kornet)
With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child’s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
World premiere
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Amy Berg)
World premiere
Rising musician Jeff Buckley had only released one album when he died suddenly in 1997. Now, never-before-seen footage, exclusive voice messages, and accounts from those closest to him offer a portrait of the captivating singer.
Jimpa
(Country: Australia, Netherlands, Finland; Year: 2025; Director: Sophie Hyde; Writer: Matthew Cormack, Sophie Hyde; Stars: Aud Mason-Hyde, Olivia Colman, John Lithgow, Eamon Farren, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Cody Fern, Daniel Henshall, Kate Box, Deborah Kennedy, Bryn Chapman Parish, Melany Maximus, Hanna van Vliet, Romana Vrede, Ani Sidzamba, Aarne Lehti, Nicholas Brown)
Hannah takes her nonbinary teenager, Frances, to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather, Jim - lovingly known as Jimpa. But Frances’ desire to stay abroad with Jimpa for a year means Hannah is forced to reconsider her beliefs about parenting and finally confront old stories about the past.
World premiere
Peter Hujar’s Day and Lurker
Kiss Of The Spider Woman
(Year: 2025; Director: Bill Condon; Writer: Bill Condon, Terrence McNally, Manuel Puig; Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, Will Fitz, Lynn Favin, Bruno Bichir, Driton 'Tony' Dovolani, Aline Mayagoitia, Thomas Canestraro, Christian Galvis, Debra Cardona, Eduardo Ramos, Kevin Michael Brennan, David Turner, Josefina Scaglione)
World premiere
Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna.
Last Days
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Justin Lin; Writer: Ben Ripley; Stars: Sky Yang, Radhika Apte, Marny Kennedy, Apinderdeep Singh, Ken Leung, Naveen Andrews, Claire Price, Ali Fardi, Ciara Bravo, Toby Wallace, Olamide Candide-Johnson, Ellis Eyres, Aldous Ciokajlo Squire, Dieudonné Ngabo, Archie Fisher)
World premiere
Determined to fulfill his life’s mission, 26-year-old John Allen Chau embarks on a dangerous adventure across the globe to convert the uncontacted tribe of North Sentinel Island to Christianity, while a detective from the Andaman Islands races to stop him before he does harm to himself or the tribe.
The Librarians
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Kim A Snyder)
World premiere
As an unprecedented wave of book banning is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy.
Lurker
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Alex Russell; Writer: Alex Russell; Stars: Havana Rose Liu, Sunny Suljic, Archie Madekwe, Daniel Zolghadri, Théodore Pellerin, Mikaela Poon, Rene Leech, Hannah Christine Shetler, Willa Jane Shaw, Zack Fox)
A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he gets closer to the budding music star, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.
World premiere
Magic Farm
(Country: US, Argentina; Year: 2025; Director: Amalia Ulman; Writer: Amalia Ulman; Stars: Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Simon Rex, Joe Apollonio, Amalia Ulman, Valeria Lois, Camila del Campo, Guillermo Jacubowicz)
World premiere
A film crew working for an edgy media company travels to Argentina to profile a local musician, but their ineptitude leads them into the wrong country. As the crew collaborates with locals to fabricate a trend, unexpected connections blossom while a pervasive health crisis looms unacknowledged in the background.
Oh, Hi! and The Librarians
Middletown
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss; Writer: Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss; Stars: Varda Appleton, Jeffrey Dutemple, Rachel Raimist, Jack Stone, Amy Parra-Gonzalez, Grant S. Johnson, David Birmingham, Michael Regan, Fred Isseks)
World premiere
Inspired by an unconventional teacher, a group of teenagers in upstate New York in the early 1990s made a student film that uncovered a vast conspiracy involving toxic waste that was poisoning their community. Thirty years later, they revisit their film and confront the legacy of this transformative experience.
Move Ya Body: The Birth Of House
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Elegance Bratton; Writer: Elegance Bratton)
World premiere
Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.
Oh, Hi!
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Sophie Brooks; Writer: Sophie Brooks, Molly Gordon; Stars: Logan Lerman, Molly Gordon, Geraldine Viswanathan, John Reynolds, Jimmy Gary Jr.)
World premiere
Iris and Isaac’s first romantic weekend getaway goes awry.
Peter Hujar’s Day
(Country: US, Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Ira Sachs; Writer: Ira Sachs; Stars: Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall)
A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
World premiere
Rebuilding
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Max Walker-Silverman; Writer: Max Walker-Silverman; Stars: Josh O'Connor, Meghann Fahy, Amy Madigan, Kali Reis, Jefferson Mays, Lily LaTorre, Jules Reid, Binky Griptite, Sam Engbring, Nancy Morlan)
World premiere
After a wildfire takes the family farm, a rancher seeks a way forward.
All That’s Left Of You and Deaf President Now!
Sally
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Cristina Costantini; Writer: Cristina Costantini, Tom Maroney; Stars: Lindsey Lamer, Billie Jean King, Varda Appleton, Sally Ride, Tam O'Shaughnessy, Anna Lee Fisher, Kathryn D. Sullivan)
World premiere
Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her unflappable composure was a secret. Sally’s life partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, reveals their hidden romance and the sacrifices that accompanied their 27 years together.
Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden Of Black Genius)
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Questlove; Stars: André 3000, Chaka Khan, Jimmy Jam, George Clinton, Q-Tip, Clive Davis, Nile Rodgers, Terry Lewis, D'Angelo, Ruth Copeland)
World premiere
An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone - the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone - captures the band’s rise, reign, and subsequent fadeout while shedding light on the unseen burden that comes with success for Black artists in America.
The Thing With Feathers
(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Dylan Southern; Writer: Dylan Southern; Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, David Thewlis, Sam Spruell, Jessie Cave, Leo Bill, Vinette Robinson, Tim Plester, Adam Basil, Garry Cooper, Pierre Bergman, Eric Lampaert, Claire Cartwright, Lesley Molony, Joakim Skarli, Max Porter)
Struggling to process the sudden and unexpected death of his wife, a young father loses his hold on reality as a seemingly malign presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.
World premiere
Train Dreams
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Clint Bentley; Writer: Clint Bentley, Denis Johnson, Greg Kwedar; Stars: Kerry Condon, Felicity Jones, Joel Edgerton, William H. Macy, Clifton Collins Jr., Sean San Jose, Ron Ford, Frank A. Gaimari, Alfred Hsing, Johnny Arnoux, Bonni Dichone, Tim Altevers, Zoe Rose Short, Jennifer Simmons, Chris Kardos)
World premiere
Robert Grainier is a day laborer building America’s railroads at the start of the 20th century as he experiences profound love, shocking defeat, and a world irrevocably transforming before his very eyes.
The Wedding Banquet
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Andrew Ahn; Writer: Andrew Ahn, James Schamus; Stars: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-jung, Iris Paluly, Mia Golden, Nick Preston, Carolyn Yonge, Andrew Woo, Bobo Le, Han Gi-Chan, Marlee Walchuk, Lily Yawson, Emma Yi)
World premiere
Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend, Chris, and out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green card marriage with his friend Angela in exchange for expensive in vitro fertilisation treatments for her partner, Lee. Plans change when Min’s grandmother surprises them with an elaborate Korean wedding banquet.
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