Genre: Music

A man lounges in bed at home in headphones and sweatpants as he works on editing sheet music by hand.

Behemoth!

DirTony Gilroy

Gifted cellist Alex Serian (Pedro Pascal) returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road to face a personal reckoning in this epic journey through time and music.

A young man in a red cap and lots of bracelets performs into a microphone as he gestures to the crowd, the atmosphere is colorful and moody and the lighting is low.

Black Perspectives New Directors Competition

Congo Boy

DirRafiki Fariala

A Congolese teen refugee in Bangui fights to protect his family and hold onto his musical dreams through rap amid growing civil precarity.

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).

A man and woman in close up stand face to face, leaning against one another nose to forehead. The man wears a gray sweater and an earring, he has chin lentgh brown hair and a beard. The woman, wearing black, has brown hair worn in a ponytail, they smile at each other against a red background.

International Competition

The Echo Chamber

DirAndrea Pallaoro

A therapist and a music producer are drawn into an unlikely affair in this riveting psychological drama interrogating desire, addiction, and obsession.

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.

Two men stand back to back, the man in front has long hair and is holding a gun, the two are surrounded by sharks below them, sprawling wooded mountians stand behind them along with a harbor building.

After Dark Comedy

HotSpring SharkAttack: Great Kyushu Showdown Onsen Shark2: Kyushu Dai-Kessen

DirMorito Inoue

An aspiring music student attempts to save her town from an onslaught of vicious flying sharks in this riotous flick brimming with outrageous B-movie thrills.

A man stands alone, facing away, in a simply decorated yet elegant room. He has gray hair and wears a blue checkered suit and stares into his reflection in a distant standing mirror.

Comedy Departures

The Loneliest Man in Town

DirTizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

When a real estate company targets blues legend Al Cook’s apartment for demolition, he’s forced to forge a new path in this winning blend of reality and fiction.