The Animal Kingdom
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In THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, a visionary new thriller that drops viewers into an extraordinary world where mutations in human genetics cause people to transform into hybrid creatures, François (Roman Duris) does everything he can to save his wife, who is affected by this mysterious condition. As some of the creatures disappear into a nearby forest, François embarks with Emile (Paul Kircher), their 16-year-old son, on a quest to find her with help from a local police officer (Adèle Exarchopoulos). From acclaimed directorThomas Cailley, the film world premiered as the opening night selection of Cannes Un Certain Regard.
STARRING:
Romain Duris
Paul Kircher
Adèle Exarchopoulos
DIRECTED BY:
Thomas Cailley
Amelia's Children
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When Edward’s search for his biological family leads him and his girlfriend Ryley to a magnificent villa high in the mountains of Northern Portugal, he is full of excitement at meeting his long-lost mother and twin brother. Finally, he will discover who he is and where he comes from. But nothing is as it seems, and Edward will soon learn that he is linked to them by a monstrous secret.
STARRING:
Brigette Lundy-Paine
Carloto Cotta
Anabela Moreira
Alba Baptista
Rita Blanco
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY:
Gabriel Abrantes
The Seeding
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When a hiker gets lost in the desert, a gang of feral children propelled by haunting legacies traps him in a sadistic battle for survival with a frightening endgame.
STARRING:
Scott Haze
Kate Lyn Sheil
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY:
Barnaby Clay
What You Wish For
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Ryan (Nick Stahl) is a talented, down-on-his-luck chef with crushing gambling problems. Circumstances being what they are, he leaves town in a hurry for the safe haven of an unnamed Latin American country where his friend Jack (Brian Groh), a more prestigious chef with his own unique troubles, welcomes him into his home. Ryan has no idea how Jack’s able to afford his extravagant lifestyle cooking for the elite in paradise; he doesn’t want to feel envious, yet he can’t help but want this life for himself as well. Soon, a grim twist of fate will give that to him. Ryan assumes his friend’s identity and soon discovers just what Jack’s been doing to maintain the lifestyle he so desperately craved.
STARRING:
Nick Stahl
Tamsin Topolski
Randy Vasquez
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY:
Nicholas Tomnay
SLEEP
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Hyun-su (LEE Sun-kyun, PARASITE) and Soo-jin (JUNG Yu-mi) are newlyweds. Seemingly out of nowhere, he starts talking in his sleep. “Someone’s inside.” From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, he transforms into someone else with no recollection of what happened the night before. Soo-jin is overwhelmed with anxiety that he’d hurt her family while she sleeps and can barely sleep a wink because of this irrational fear. Despite sleep treatment, Hyun-su’s sleepwalking only intensifies, and she begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger...
STARRING:
LEE Sun-kyun
JUNG Yu-mi
DIRECTED BY:
Jason Yu
Lord of Misrule
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Directed by William Brent Bell (THE BOY, ORPHAN: FIRST KILL), LORD OF MISRULE follows Rebecca Holland (Tuppence Middleton), who has recently taken over as priest of a small town. When her young daughter Grace (Evie Templeton) goes missing at the local harvest festival, a desperate search begins. The closer they edge towards finding Grace, the more secrets emerge from the town’s dark past. Soon, Rebecca must decide just how much she is willing to sacrifice to rescue her daughter from the grip of evil.
STARRING:
Tuppence Middleton
Ralph Ineson
Matt Stokoe
Evie Templeton
DIRECTED BY:
William Brent Bell
Deliver Us
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When Yulia, a nun living in a remote convent, claims immaculate conception, the Vatican sends a team of priests to investigate. Concerns grow about an ancient prophecy that a woman will give birth to twin boys: one the Messiah, the other the Anti-Christ. Hearing her unborn children speak to her, Yulia becomes convinced that she’s been chosen by God. Following the arduous birth of her twins, the world around Yulia – and that of everyone she knows – begins to collapse into chaos. The prophecy demands the evil child must be sacrificed in order to save humanity. Torn between her motherly instincts and the fate of the world, Yulia is faced with the ultimate battle between good and evil.
STARRING:
Maria Vera Ratti
Lee Roy Kunz
Aleksander Mikoš McCarthy
Hans Robert Varts
Alexander Siddig
Jaune Kimmel
Thomas Kretschmann
DIRECTED BY:
Lee Roy Kunz
Cru Ennis
WRITTEN BY:
Lee Roy Kunz
Kane Kunz
Operation Napoleon
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Icelandic lawyer Kristin gets drawn into the vortex of an international conspiracy when she receives footage of an airplane wreck, recently revealed by the melting of one of Iceland’s largest glaciers. The old German World War II plane not only brings ruthless criminals onto the scene, but also CIA director William Carr, who has been secretly trying to remove the wreck for a long time. Kristin refuses to rest until the key has been discovered that will solve the riddle of Operation Napoleon.
STARRING:
Vivian Ólafsdóttir
Jack Fox
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Iain Glen
Smoking Causes Coughing
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A wildly inventive new comedy from Quentin Dupieux (MANDIBLES, RUBBER), SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING follows the misadventures of a team of five superheroes known as the Tobacco Force - Benzene (Gilles Lellouche), Nicotine (Anaïs Demoustier), Methanol (Vincent Lacoste), Mercury (Jean-Pascal Zadi), and Ammonia (Oulaya Amamra). After a devastating battle against a diabolical giant turtle, the Tobacco Force is sent on a mandatory week-long retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion. Their sojourn goes wonderfully well until Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.
STARRING
Gilles Lellouche, Anaïs Demoustier, Vincent Lacoste, Jean-Pascal Zadi and Oulaya Amamra
DIRECTED BY
Quentin Dupieux
Baby Ruby
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BABY RUBY tells the story of Jo, a successful lifestyle entrepreneur who is happily pregnant, awaiting the arrival of her first child. But soon after Jo welcomes baby Ruby home, something starts to feel off-- even though she's assured it's all perfectly normal. Is something wrong with her? Is something wrong with Ruby? And why are the seemingly perfect neighborhood moms so desperate to befriend her? As Jo fights to protect herself and her baby, she is plunged into a waking fever dream where everyone is a threat and nothing is what it seems. At last, she must confront the truth of her own darkness and contend with the ultimate human sacrifice: The one mothers make for their children.
STARRING:
Noemie Merlant, Kit Harrington and Meredith Hagner
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY:
Bess Wohl
KOMPROMAT
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Based on incredible true events, Jérome Salle's gripping new espionage thriller depicts the remarkable story of a French public servant who unwittingly finds himself in conflict with one of the modern era's most powerful and dangerous forces: Russia's FSB. Gilles Lellouche stars as Mathieu, a gregarious and dedicated diplomat who accepts a posting to Irkutsk as the head of Siberia's Alliance Francaise. He hopes the change will be good for his family and struggling marriage, but before long Mathieu's staging of cultural events and support of artistic expression sees him fall afoul of local authorities. Accused of a terrible crime, he soon realises someone has fabricated a case with Russia's Federal Security Service - he has been framed. Arrested, imprisoned and isolated, Mathieu has nowhere to turn. Defending himself is impossible, the French authorities are helpless - it seems he has no choice: to try and escape.
STARRING:
Gilles Lellouche and Joanna Kulig
DIRECTED BY:
Jérôme Salle
Hunt
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After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho (LEE Jung Jae, star of SQUID GAME) and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do (JUNG Woo Sung) are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other. In this tense situation where if they cannot find the mole, they may be accused themselves, Pyong-ho and Jung-do slowly start to uncover the truth. In the end, they must deal with an unthinkable plot to assassinate the South Korean president...
STARRING:
LEE Jung Jae, JEON Hye Jin, HEO Sung Tae, GO Youn Jung, KIM Jong Soo, JUNG Man Sik and Jung Woo Sung
DIRECTED BY:
LEE Jung Jae