Genre: Film on Film

A man and a woman walk through a sprawling rocky desert. The woman wears a red dress and has short brown hair, the man wears sunglasses, a black windbreaker and gray pants. They both have serious expressions as they walk.

The Beloved El ser querido

DirRodrigo Sorogoyen

When a legendary filmmaker (Javier Bardem) offers his estranged daughter a role in his latest film, tensions percolate and old wounds are reopened.

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.

Special Presentation

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.

Two women sit closely together in a white room, one woman has shoulder length brown hair and the other blonde hair worn in a bun. They wear colorful clothing and casually talk.

New Directors Competition

Dear Future Self Erzähl Mir Dein Morgen

DirElla Cieslinski & Nina Wesemann

In this keenly observed drama, a filmmaker returns home to lead a workshop with a childhood friend, but the exercise illuminates the growing distance between them.

A tired woman sits in the middle of a lived-in home with a cello, she wears slippers and an oversized blue shirt.

Comedy Departures

Everything Else is Noise Lo demás es ruido

DirNicolás Pereda

A pretentious television crew stumbles through an interview with composers Rosa and Tere in this hilarious, satirical chamber comedy.

A woman and man converse outside on a rug, tea glasses in front of them. The woman wears an orange shirt and blue jeans, photography equipment and a walkie-talkie. The man wears simple linen clothing, and a deep purple head scarf.

Comedy New Directors Competition

Head to Head Sar beh Sar

DirGhasideh Golmakani

A filmmaker returns home to Iran to shoot a new project—one in which male actors are costumed in headscarves and skirts—in this razor-sharp comedy.

A man in sweats, a beanie, and hand wrappings lifts both his fists triumphantly in the air against a hazy city skyline.

Spotlight

I Play Rocky

DirPeter Farrelly

The electrifying true story of how Sylvester Stallone bet everything on himself to play the lead role in Rocky against seemingly impossible odds.

A woman in a large brown coat and blue scarf, hair in a wind-swept bun, stands outside with a video camera against a bright blue sky, she focuses on her filming, in the distance is a small city and shoreline against vibrant blue water.

Departures

Nowhere to Lay My Eyes

DirHong Sangsoo

Sanghee arrives at a windswept Jeju Island to reconnect with her mother in this gentle rumination on aging, parenthood, and artistic expression.

Two couples stand on a beach as a wave hits the shore, behind them an expanse of trees, both men and one of the women look off into the distance contemplative, the other woman smiles as she stares at the man furthest from her.

International Competition

Possible Love

DirLee Chang-dong

When an affluent documentarian centers a working-class couple in her new film, their lives become dangerously intertwined in this bold, searing drama.

A young black woman wearing a blue t-shirt and a name tag carries mutliple VHS tapes in her arms inside a video store. The videos behind her are blurry and grainy in the distance with colorful covers.

Black Perspectives Comedy

The Watermelon Woman

DirCheryl Dunye

A video clerk unearths the hidden history of a 1930s Black actress in Cheryl Dunye’s landmark queer comedy.