Toronto International Film Festival: 2023 festival guide
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- DirectorTae-hwa EomStarsLee Byung-hunPark Seo-joonPark Bo-youngSurvivors from a massive earthquake struggle for a new life in Seoul.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorCraig GillespieStarsPaul DanoPete DavidsonVincent D'OnofrioDavid vs. Goliath tale about everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (the video-game store) into the world's hottest company.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorChloe DomontStarsPhoebe DynevorAlden EhrenreichEddie MarsanAn unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorJohn CarneyStarsEve HewsonJoseph Gordon-LevittOrén KinlanA single mom at war with her son is trying to find a hobby for him. One day, she rescues a guitar from a dumpster.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorLeigh BrooksStarsDaniel AdairChad KroegerMike KroegerAn intimate portrait of the Canadian stadium rockers roller coaster career. From their rural roots in Alberta to becoming one of the most successful, yet divisive acts in music history.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsAunjanue Ellis-TaylorJon BernthalNiecy NashThe unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorEllen KurasStarsJosh O'ConnorAlexander SkarsgårdKate WinsletThe story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsMichael FassbenderOscar KightleyKaimanaThe story of the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorJimmy ChinElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiStarsAnnette BeningJodie FosterAnne Marie KempfThe remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorSophie DupuisStarsThéodore PellerinFélix MaritaudAnne-Marie CadieuxFollows Simon, who must deal with the disappointment of two impossible loves: a passionate but destructive crush on Oliver and a distant and cold relationship with his mother Claire, who has just moved back in after a 15-year absence.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorBrian HelgelandStarsBen FosterToby WallaceJenna OrtegaA crew of fishermen tread dangerous waters when their debts start piling up.Festival Category: Gala Presentation
- DirectorMahalia BeloStarsJodie ComerJoel FryYves RassouA woman tries to find her way home with her newborn while an environmental crisis submerges London in floodwaters.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorHur Jin-hoStarsSol Kyung-guJang Dong-gunKim Hee-aeJae-wan's occupation as a lawyer includes defending killers. His brother is a religious doctor who constantly puts his patients ahead of his own interests. A circumstance involving their teenage children tests the brothers' consciences.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorNing HaoStarsNing HaoEliz LaoAndy LauActor Lau Wai-Chi has a huge following of devoted followers and is always keeping an eye on his rivals. After accepting to play the lead in a modest indie drama, Lau begins the laborious process of mastering the acting skills for the role.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorWarwick ThorntonStarsCate BlanchettAswan ReidDeborah MailmanA nine-year-old Aboriginal Australian orphan boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSoma SantokiMasaki SudaKô ShibasakiIn the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorKaran BoolaniStarsBhumi PednekarDolly SinghShibani BediWhen five best friends assemble together at a family gathering, they must navigate the hilarious and heartwarming consequences of their lie, discovering the true depth of their friendship and love.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorKitty GreenStarsJulia GarnerJessica HenwickHerbert NordrumBackpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situation that rapidly leaps out of their control.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorThom ZimnyStarsSylvester StalloneFrank StalloneJohn HerzfeldThe nearly fifty year prolific career of Sylvester Stallone, who has entertained millions, is seen in retrospective in an intimate look of the actor, writer, director-producer, paralleling with his inspirational life story.Festival Category: Gala Presentations
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsPio MarmaïJonathan CohenNoémie MerlantTwo swindlers, deep in debt, infiltrate a group of climate activists when they are attracted to the free food and drinks they are offered.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorCord JeffersonStarsJeffrey WrightTracee Ellis RossJohn OrtizA novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorJustine TrietStarsSandra HüllerSwann ArlaudMilo Machado-GranerA woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorDominic SavageStarsElliot PageHillary BaackWendy CrewsonFollow Sam who has the chance to encounter with an old friend on his way back home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorChloé RobichaudStarsSophie DesmaraisVincent LeclercNour BelkhiriaNaïlle enters Emma's life after she re-evaluates her professional and personal relationships with a demanding partner. The cellist and single mother offers Emma a new family dynamic.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorDaniela GoggiStarsRodrigo de la SernaJulieta ZylberbergGermán PalaciosFollowing the overthrow of the cruel dictatorship that had supplanted the country's long-standing democracy, Julio returns to Argentina with his family. After his brother is abducted he takes the lead in negotiations with the perpetrators.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorTony GoldwynStarsRobert De NiroVera FarmigaRose ByrneEZRA centers on comedian Max co-parenting autistic son Ezra with ex-wife Jenna. Faced with crucial decisions about Ezra's future, Max and Ezra go on a life-changing cross-country road trip.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorChristos NikouStarsJessie BuckleyRiz AhmedJeremy Allen WhiteAnna and Ryan have found true love, and it's proven by a controversial new technology. There's just one problem, as Anna still isn't sure. Then she takes a position at a love testing institute and meets Amir.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorKaouther Ben HaniaStarsOlfa HamrouniEya ChikhaouiTayssir ChikhaouiBetween light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorAzazel JacobsStarsJovan AdepoJasmine BraceyCarrie CoonA tense, captivating, and touching portrait of family dynamics starring Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, and Natasha Lyonne as sisters who converge after their father's health declines.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsGlen PowellAdria ArjonaRettaA professor moonlighting as a hit man of sorts for his city police department, descends into dangerous, dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to a woman who enlists his services.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsPaul SimonEdie BrickellCarrie FisherPaul Simon inside the studio making his new album Seven Psalms while looking back on his six-decade career with countless musical peaks from Sounds of Silence to Graceland.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsPaolo PierobonFausto Russo AlesiBarbara RonchiA Jewish boy is kidnapped and converted to Catholicism in 1858.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorMichael KeatonStarsMichael KeatonRay McKinnonCassie MoronezWhen a contract killer has a rapidly evolving form of dementia, he is offered an opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsJosh O'ConnorCarol DuarteVincenzo NemolatoA group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorCatherine BreillatStarsLéa DruckerSamuel KircherOlivier RabourdinFollows Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives with her husband Pierre and their daughters. Anne gradually engages in a passionate relationship with Theo, Pierre's son from a previous marriage, putting her career and family life in danger.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorLadj LyStarsAnta DiawAlexis ManentiAristote LuyindulaA local activist and a budding young mayor clash over the best path forward for their impoverished suburb.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorMichel FrancoStarsAlan NehamaDutch WelchAliya CampbellSylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorChristy HallStarsDakota JohnsonSean PennMarcos A. GonzalezA woman taking a cab ride from JFK engages in a conversation with the taxi driver about the important relationships in their lives.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsHitoshi OmikaRyô NishikawaRyûji KosakaTakumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to nature.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorAlejandro LozanoStarsAri AlbarránPamela AlmanzaAndrés AlmeidaThree separate groups navigate Christmas, the most emotionally fraught season of the year.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsSakura AndôEita NagayamaSoya KurokawaA mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorNiclas LarssonStarsEwan McGregorRhys IfansTaylor RussellThree children are brought together when their mother refuses to move from a couch in a furniture store.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorKristin Scott ThomasStarsScarlett JohanssonSienna MillerEmily BeechamThree sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But the mother and daughters are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colorful group of unexpected wedding guests.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorJames HawesStarsAnthony HopkinsLena OlinJohnny FlynnSir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorDavid YatesStarsEmily BluntChris EvansCatherine O'HaraLiza dreams of a better life for herself and her daughter. Hired to work for a bankrupt pharmaceutical company, Liza skyrockets with sales and into the high life, putting her in the middle of a federal criminal conspiracy.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorChris PineStarsChris PineJennifer Jason LeighDanny DeVitoDarren Barrenman is an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorGrant SingerStarsBenicio Del ToroJustin TimberlakeEric BogosianTom Nichols is a hardened New England detective, unflinching in his pursuit of a case where nothing is as it seems and it begins to dismantle the illusions in his own life.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorGeorge C. WolfeStarsColman DomingoChris RockGlynn TurmanActivist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsAmanda SeyfriedDouglas SmithRebecca LiddiardAn earnest theater director has the task of remounting her former mentor's most famous work, the opera Salome. Some disturbing memories from her past will allow her repressed trauma to color the present.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsDouglas BoothIrina StarshenbaumHarry MellingFollows two Brit police officers Thomas Wilkin and Geoffrey Morton in their hunt for charismatic poet and Zionist freedom fighter Avraham Stern, who was plotting to evict British authorities.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorGreg KwedarStarsColman DomingoSean Dino JohnsonClarence MaclinDivine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorRyu Seung-wanStarsKim Hye-suYum Jung-ahZo In-sungAn action crime film set in the 1970s in a small, peaceful village by the sea where two women get unexpectedly caught up in a high-stakes smuggling scheme.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorChelsea McMullanStarsJurgita DroninaShaelynn EstradaKaren KainA deep look of the incredible devotion, artistry and sacrifices that Karen Kain and the National Ballet of Canada dancers make in their pursuit of creating something unique, meaningful and beautiful.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorBertrand BonelloStarsLéa SeydouxGeorge MacKayGuslagie MalandaIn the near future artificial intelligence is in control of everyone's lives and human emotions are perceived as a threat.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorMaggie BettsStarsJamie FoxxTommy Lee JonesJurnee SmollettInspired by true events, a lawyer helps a funeral home owner save his family business from a corporate behemoth, exposing a complex web of race, power, and injustice.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorLee TamahoriStarsGuy PearceTioreore Ngatai-MelbourneAntonio Te MaiohaA lay preacher who arrives at a British settlement in 1830s. His violent past is soon drawn into question and his faith put to the test, as he finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorAnand TuckerStarsGemma ArtertonRomola GaraiMark StrongThe Critic is a story of ambition, blackmail and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its dark heart. A whodunnit wrapped in a Faustian pact which winds tighter and tighter. Patrick Marber adapted the script from Anthony Quinn's novel.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorViggo MortensenStarsVicky KriepsViggo MortensenSolly McLeodTwo pioneers fight for the survival of their lives and their love on the American frontier during the Civil War.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiDa'Vine Joy RandolphDominic SessaA cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorDK WelchmanHugh WelchmanStarsKamila UrzedowskaRobert GulaczykMiroslaw BakaJagna is a young woman determined to forge her own path in a late 19th century Polish village - a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by adherence to colorful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsChristian FriedelSandra HüllerJohann KarthausAuschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsDavid DencikJonas KarlssonHenrik LundströmA group of very different individuals who in 1975 lived in a commune called "Together". Now it is 1999, and the collective has turned into the world's smallest. It's time for a reunion with old friends.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorSally El HosainiJames Krishna FloydStarsBen HardyHannah OnslowMichael KarimIt follows a queer South Asian nightclub performer living a double life, and a young, single father who works as a mechanic. When they meet, a search for identity is sparked.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorPaul MiddleditchHamish BennettStarsMinnie DriverRhys DarbyJulian DennisonA 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorThea SharrockStarsJessie BuckleyOlivia ColmanTimothy SpallWhen people in Littlehampton--including conservative local Edith--begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town's women investigate.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsDavid ByrneBernie WorrellAlex WeirConsidered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time, the live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads' most memorable songs.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorEthan HawkeStarsMaya HawkeLaura LinneyPhilip EttingerFollows the life of writer Flannery O'Connor while she was struggling to publish her first novel.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorCharles-Olivier MichaudStarsChloé DjandjiChantal ThuyJean BuiBased on the Governor General's Award-winning novel by Kim Thúy, Ru is the story of the arduous journey of a wealthy family fleeing from Vietnam, before landing in Quebec.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorJessica YuStarsAwkwafinaSandra OhWill FerrellA game-show-obsessed woman and her estranged sister work together to help cover their mother's gambling debts.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorNikolaj ArcelStarsMads MikkelsenAmanda CollinSimon BennebjergThe story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: To make the heath bring him wealth and honor.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorLone ScherfigStarsBérénice BejoDaniel BrühlAntonio de la TorreMaría Margarita is the youngest of four siblings in a family living in a mining town in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The most special time of the week for this family is Sunday, when they all go to the movies to enjoy stories that let them escape their everyday lives by transporting them to other worlds. The girl's parents soon realise that the little girl has a very special gift: an almost uncanny ability to recount movies. The girl's extraordinary talent will spread throughout the village, changing the fortunes of her family as the country is transformed forever. With standout performances from Academy Award® nominee Bérénice Bejo, BAFTA nominee Daniel Brühl, and multiple-time Goya Award winner Antonio de la Torre, The Movie Teller is a celebration of our capacity to defy even the harshest circumstances, to find love, community, inspiration, and hope where there seems to be none. Through the stories we weave, we can elevate our lives with shared human emotion.Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorAnna KendrickStarsAnna KendrickTony HaleJedidiah GoodacreRodney Alcala was a killer in the midst of a killing spree when he brazenly took part in, and won a date on, the popular TV game show "The Dating Game."Festival Category: Special Presentations
- DirectorMolly McGlynnStarsMaddie ZieglerEmily HampshireDjouliet AmaraA teen girl is diagnosed with a reproductive condition that upends her plans to have a sex life, propelling her to explore unusual methods. Her relationships are challenged with everyone in her life, but most importantly, herself.Festival Category: Centerpiece
- DirectorHaofeng XuJunfeng XuStarsXu ChangchuJacky HeungMaotao HuFollows two bitter rivals as they duel for stewardship of a wushu academy.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsDeniz CelilogluMerve DizdarMusab EkiciA young teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after four years of mandatory service in a remote village, but is accused of inappropriate contact by two students. After losing hope, a colleague offers him new perspectives on life.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorHisham ZamanStarsSalah QadiRavand Ali TahaMohamed SalahThree teenage friends stuck in a frozen, hopeless place come up with a plan to escape over the mountain to a world where their dreams can be fulfilled. But when one of them falls in love, their plan begins to unravel.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorPaula HernándezStarsSergi LópezAlfredo CastroAlmudena GonzálezGripped by the blind faith of her father, Reverend Pearson, Leni accompanies him on his evangelical mission. A banal accident forces them to stop at El Gringo's garage. When the Reverend becomes obsessed with saving the soul of Tapioca, the mechanic's son, Leni realizes the time has come to take her fate into her own hands.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorNabin SubbaStarsDayahang RaiPashupati RaiPrem SubbaMaila, a basket weaver, his wife Maile, and seven-year-old son Bindray live a simple village life in the mountainous region of eastern Nepal. When a road to their village is finally built, they see it as a blessing. Soon, along with the first bus, soda, television, and hip hop beats arrive. But as modern amenities creep in, Maila's life begins to unravel. He's trapped between sticking to tradition at home or going beyond the village to survive.Meanwhile Bindray uses his resourcefulness to get closer to the gifts the the new road brings. Ultimately Maila and Maile must figure out how to continue in a world that is leaving them behind.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorRamata-Toulaye SyStarsKhady ManeMamadou DialloBinta Racine SyA young couple in Senegal must contend with the disapproval of their remote village.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorJanis PughStarsLouise BrealeyAnnabel ScholeyEmily AstonHelen lives with her ex-husband, his 20-year-old girlfriend, their new baby - and his dying mother Gwen. Her life is a grind, and like all the other women she toils with at the local chicken factory, is spent in service of the clock.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorLkhagvadulam Purev-OchirStarsTergel Bold-ErdeneNomin-Erdene AriunbyambaAnu-Ujin TsermaaZe, a 17-year-old, studies hard at school to succeed in the cold, callous society of modern Mongolia. When Ze encounters Maralaa, his senses are awakened and another reality seems possible.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorVíctor EriceStarsManolo SoloJose CoronadoAna TorrentA Spanish actor disappears during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police conclude that he has suffered an accident at the edge of a cliff. Many years later, the mystery returns to the present day.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorShin'ya TsukamotoStarsShuriMirai MoriyamaOuga TsukaoIn the black market, a war orphan is confronted with the struggles of people living in the immediate aftermath of WWII.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorNoora NiasariStarsLeah PurcellZar Amir EbrahimiMojean AriaA young Iranian mother and her six-year-old daughter find refuge in an Australian women's shelter during the two weeks of the Iranian New Year (Nowruz).Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorApolline TraoréStarsNafisatou CisseMike DanonLazare MinoungouAfter a brutal attack, a young nomad named Sira refuses to surrender to her fate without a fight and instead takes a stand against Islamist terror.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorPema TsedenStarsJinpaZiqi XiongTseten TashiA father and son argue over whether they should kill a snow leopard that broke into their home and killed 9 sheep.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorEna SendijarevicStarsHayati AzisRenée SoutendijkFlorian MyjerTumultuous events triggered by the death of a Dutch sugar plantation owner who ends up leaving his Indian Ocean island estate to his young illegitimate son - the child of his Indonesian housemaid.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorAnthony ChenStarsDongyu ZhouHaoran LiuChuxiao QuThe blossoming relationship between three young adults in their twenties.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorRodrigo MorenoStarsDaniel ElíasEsteban BigliardiMargarita MolfinoBank employee Morán schemes to steal enough money to never work again, then confess and serve prison time while his colleague hides the cash. Soon under investigative pressure, accomplice Román meets a woman who transforms him forever.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorJoanna ArnowStarsScott CohenBabak TaftiJoanna ArnowA mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorPawo Choyning DorjiStarsTandin WangchukTandin PhubzKelsang ChoejayAn American travels into Bhutan in search of a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorMonia ChokriStarsMagalie Lépine BlondeauPierre-Yves CardinalFrancis-William RhéaumeSophia's life is turned upside down when she meets Sylvain. She comes from a wealthy family, while Sylvain comes from a family of manual workers. Sophia questions her own values after abandoning herself to her great romantic impulses.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorCemil AgacikogluStarsHilmi AhiskaSevgi TemelGökhan YikilkanSet in a village in Anatolia at the foothills of the mountains, portraying the story of the resistance of a young man, Ali, against the domination of landlords and local gangs, striving to win back his wife's love and affection.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorFelipe Gálvez HaberleStarsSam SpruellMark StanleyAlfredo CastroIn Chile in 1901, three horseman are paid to protect a vast estate. Accompanying a British soldier and an American mercenary is a mixed-race sniper, who realizes that his true mission is to kill the indigenous population.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorIlker ÇatakStarsLeonie BeneschAnne-Kathrin GummichRafael StachowiakWhen one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorJavier MariscalFernando TruebaStarsJeff GoldblumTony RamosAbel AyalaNew York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorCarolina MarkowiczStarsMaeve JinkingsThomas AquinoIsac GraçaSuellen, a toll booth attendant, uses her job to help a gang of thieves steal watches so that she can afford to send her son to a gay conversion workshop.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorMariana ArriagaSantiago ArriagaStarsJulio BrachoManolo CardonaJulio Cesar CedilloTwo teen brothers and their newly-met stepsister take a road trip to the Mexico-U.S. border in a tense revenge journey to track down the man responsible for the accident that caused their father's death.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorMinhal BaigStarsTyla AbercrumbieEchaka AgbaMadisyn BarnesTwo young boys, best friends Malik and Eric, discover the joys and hardships of growing up in the sprawling Cabrini-Green public housing complex in 1992 Chicago.Festival Category: Centrepiece
- DirectorElisabeth ScharangStarsGerti DrasslBogdan DumitracheBrigitte HobmeierBased on a novel and the experience of the witnessing a terroristic gunman's attack in Vienna in 2020.Festival Category: Centrepiece