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All The Mountains Give
(Country: Iran; Year: 2024; Director: Arash Rakhsha)
World premiere
Documentary about the covert goods trade between Kurdish cities and towns and the Iraq borders.
The Ceremony
(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Jack King; Writer: Jack King; Stars: Erdal Yildiz, Liam Thomas, Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu, Arnold Baksi, Catalin Vasile, Mo'min Swaitat, Mihai Visan, Mustafa Husseini)
World premiere
A fight over stolen property and a tragic death bring together two migrant workers as they search for a suitable burial place.
Fugue (Fuga)
(Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France; Year: 2024; Director: Mary Jimenez, Bénédicte Liénard; Writer: Mary Jimenez, Bénédicte Liénard; Stars: Valentina Linares Gonzalez, Saor Sax)
World premiere
Drama set in the Peruvian Amazon, where a lover must be laid to rest.
Lilies Not For Me
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Will Seefried; Writer: Will Seefried; Stars: Fionn O'Shea, Robert Aramayo, Erin Kellyman, Louis Hofmann, Jodi Balfour, Celeste Loots, Aidan Scott, Alexander Maniatis, Jacques Bessenger, Albert Pretorius, Nicholas Pauling, Gabe Gabriel, Adrienne Pearce, Michael Everson, Marc Pleass)
World premiere
Two men wrestle with their sexuality in Twenties England.
Lollipop
(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Daisy-May Hudson; Writer: Daisy-May Hudson; Stars: Posy Sterling, Idil Ahmed, TerriAnn Cousins, Aliyah Abdi, Tegan-Mia Stanley Rhoads, Luke Howitt, Johanna Allitt, Brenda Birungi, Mandy Ogunmokun, Andrea Lowe, Melanie Wilder, Kasha Bajor, Chloe Driver, Alannah Southerton, Oriana White)
A mum is desperate to regain custody of her children after release from jail.
World premiere
A Shrine
(Country: Canada, France, Iran; Director: Abdolreza Kahani; Writer: Abdolreza Kahani; Stars: Nima Sadr, Farhad Zarei, Kamelia Simab, Shahrooz Rezania, Mojan Safari, Keyvan Safari, Sholeh Lajevardi, Masoud Motehaver)
World premiere
Comedy drama centred on a mobile religious shrine.
Smiles And Kisses You
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Bryan Carberry)
World premiere
Drama about a man and his lifesize AI-animated doll.
Sunlight
(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Nina Conti; Writer: Shenoah Allen, Nina Conti; Stars: Nina Conti, Melissa Chambers, Bill Wise, Rachel Kylian, William Sterchi, Shenoah Allen, Asha Bee, William Troy Ford, Dyron C Thompson)
World premiere
A woman in a monkey suit strives to break free from a toxic relationship.
To Kill A Wolf
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Kelsey Taylor; Writer: Kelsey Taylor; Stars: Kaitlin Doubleday, Michael Esper, David Knell, Maddison Brown, Dana Millican, Ivan Martin, Jessica Catalano, Annika Cowles, Grant Jay, Julie Elizabeth Knell)
World premiere
Reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood, set in Oregon.
Xibalba Monster (Monstruo De Xibalba)
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2024; Director: Manuela Irene; Writer: Manuela Irene; Stars: Gibran Alonzo, Leonel Pat Yeh, Manuel Irene, Rogelio Ojeda, Socorro Loeza, Teresa Sanchez)
World premiere
A young boy forms an unlikely friendship with an ageing hermit while coming to terms with the death of his parents.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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