Special Presentation

Be the first to catch the year’s most highly anticipated films by esteemed directors, which showcase actors giving career-defining performances.

A gray-haired man with glasses in yellow sits with his laptop at a desk in a vibrant home office, surrounded by colorful books and trinkets.

Bitter Christmas Amarga Navidad

DirPedro Almodóvar

The line between fiction and reality blurs as two filmmakers draw inspiration from the lives of those around them in Almodóvar’s latest metafiction on art and legacy.

A woman sits in a rehearsal room, she has auburn hair and a blue cardigan over a white collared shirt and a black skirt. She folds her hands in her lap with a nervous expression and sits alone as many other people work around her.

Comedy Special Presentation

The Debut

DirJesse Eisenberg

When an unassuming housewife (Julianne Moore) is unexpectedly cast in a small community theater production, she loses herself in the role under the spell of a strong-willed director (Paul Giamatti).

OutLook Special Presentation

Elsinore

DirSimon Stone

This deeply emotional true story follows Ian Charleson, an actor facing his own mortality, who delivers the most courageous performance of his lifetime.

Black-and-white, a woman and older man sit side-by-side at a table, while a uniformed official watches behind them.

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Fatherland

DirPaweł Pawlikowski

At the height of the Cold War, writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) embark on a road trip across a divided Germany.

Two women, one older, sit closely together in a dimly lit room. The younger woman wears blue and her hair down, sadly speaking as the older woman in a brown blouse holds a drink and listens.

Special Presentation

Gentle Monster

DirMarie Kreutzer

Concert pianist Lucy (Léa Seydoux) must protect her son after her husband is accused of an unspeakable crime in this thriller about trust and survival.

A low-lit resturant with two men in collared shirts, one in suspenders, another in a vest, sharing an intense coversation, behind them various paintings and a warm amber light.

Special Presentation

Ink

DirDanny Boyle

An explosive cinematic rollercoaster about a group of visionaries and misfits who completely transformed the world of tabloid news.

A woman in all black, bags slung over both shoulders, briskly walks away from a group of people who are also all dressed in black formal wear. They follow her with concern through a rain-soaked residential neighborhood on a tree-lined street.

Special Presentation

Rita (Carrie Coon), a mother escaping a harrowing past, finds solace in a female empowerment cult led by the charismatic Ricki (Lily James). But when Rita’s daughters arrive, she must choose between the freedom she’s found and the life she left behind.

A woman with long blonde hair in a blue shirt tensely sits in a prison cafeteria opposite a male inmate in a orange jumpsuit during visitng hours.

Special Presentation

The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

DirTim Blake Nelson

A mesmerizing Amanda Seyfried stars as a writing teacher whose relationship with an Oklahoma prisoner offers both a hope of escape in this riveting drama.

Two young girls sit on a rocky cliff surrounded by trees at midday and make flower crowns out of dandelions, the first girl in a striped shirt and overalls looks down as she works, the other in a pink bathing suit watches her quizzically.

Centerpiece Special Presentation

Mouse

DirKelly O’Sullivan & Alex Thompson

The latest gem from the talented Chicago filmmaking duo (Ghostlight) follows teenager Minnie, who forms a complicated relationship with her best friend’s mother.

In the entrance of a warmly-lit 1980's home a suited man takes the hand of a woman with curly blonde hair, there is a second man standing in the doorway dressed casually in a collared shirt, behind the man and woman are two young boys standing on a staircase.

Special Presentation

Paper Tiger

DirJames Gray

Adam Driver and Miles Teller deliver standout performances as brothers who get entangled with the Russian mafia in James Gray’s intense family drama.

An animation of two men standing behind a large portrait of a blonde women with a sultry expression, the men stare at the image, one with an expression of awe, the other with a slight smile and tired demeanor.

Animate!Special Presentation

Ray Gunn

DirBrad Bird

From Oscar winner Brad Bird comes this noir-infused sci-fi epic about a private eye and a case involving aliens, murder, and a multimedia star.

Three women stand in a kitchen, one in cheetah print holds a kitchen towel and leans against the counter, an older woman stands next to her in a dress and burgundy cardigan, she smiles at the woman in cheetah. The third woman stands slightly at a distance, she wears a striped sweater and her hair in a bun, she leans agasint the counter, reserved.

Special Presentation

Tender Loving Care

DirMike Leigh

Legendary British filmmaker Mike Leigh returns with a profoundly moving story—filled with humor, hardship, and compassion—about how we look after each other.

Two men sit on an airport bench in vintage clothing. One man has mutton chops and suspenders, the other a cowboy hat and a thick mustache. Behind them a plane is visible through the window, they lean in laughing together.

Comedy Special Presentation

Wild Horse Nine

DirMartin McDonagh

Ahead of the 1973 Chilean coup, two CIA agents (John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell) travel to Easter Island, where their dark pasts threaten to reveal their current conspiracies.

Special Presentation

Bitter Christmas Amarga Navidad

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