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Mesmerising, stimulating and unsettling, Niels Schneider and Léa Seydoux star in this body-swap tale that grapples with the existential implications of being trapped inside someone else’s physical being.

David, a withdrawn photographer, meets a mysterious woman at a party. The two share a sexual encounter, only for David to wake up the morning after in the woman’s body. Arthur Harari’s (co-writer of Anatomy of a Fall) vertiginous, occasionally harrowing and ultimately rewarding ride eschews straightforward resolution in favour of a reflection on the aftermath of severing the link between body and mind.

French Language with English subtitles

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In this stunning, blood-soaked homage to Technicolor horror films, a woman in medieval England rises from the grave to wreak revenge on her husband.

Returning as a ghost after a cruel betrayal results in her death, Eleanor and her sister deliver bloody vengeance on the man who took her life and murdered their father. Anna Biller, writer-director of The Love Witch, here delivers a rich visual feast. Gloriously shot on 35mm, this supernatural Gothic melodrama vibrantly brings 14th-century England to life.

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In this deliciously unhinged mash-up of rural thriller and dark comedy, enormous wild boars create havoc in a small French town.

Farmers and hunters are openly at war in the rural town of Sérieux. Wild boars are ruining crops and putting everyone on edge. When a local farmer mysteriously disappears, gendarme Fulda is put on the case. As he reluctantly teams up with psychologist Stéphane, the investigation gradually spirals out of control, and so does this offbeat and absurdly funny comedy.

French Language with English subtitles

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Katherine Mallen Kupferer and Sophie Okonedo excel in this moving drama about facing up to life in the aftermath of a tragedy.

Lifelong friends Callie and Minnie are like ying and yang: one loud and popular, the other shy and quiet. Abruptly forced out from her friend’s shadow, it’s finally time for Minnie to figure out who she is on her own terms. Kupferer and Okonedo’s performances drive this beautiful film that’s guaranteed to have audiences alternating between crying and laughing out loud.

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The sequel to Takashi Yamazaki’s acclaimed 2023 film is a true cinematic spectacle that’s sure to grip fans of Godzilla, as well as newcomers to the franchise.

Japan, 1949. Pilot Kōichi, his wife Noriko and adoptive daughter Akiko are attempting from recover from Godzilla’s recent attacks. But just as everything seems settled, a new danger emerges. Meanwhile, at the bottom of the sea, something is stirring. The first Japanese film to be shot for IMAX, Godzilla Minus Zero combines high-octane thrills with more than a little heart.

Japanese Language with English subtitles

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Aimee Lou Wood and Johnny Flynn are superb as Anna and Fyodor Dostoevsky in Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert’s acerbic and joyful period film.

Anna Dostoevsky loves her husband Fyodor. Fyodor loves his wife, but he also loves gambling and booze. Living in self-imposed exile in Germany, Fyodor’s biggest obstacle to creative progress is himself. Anna tries desperately to rid him of his procrastination so he can deliver a new novel and they can avoid destitution. Sending up the myth of the male genius, The Idiot(s) is also a beautiful love story about the writer and the wife that saved him.

English and French Language with English subtitles

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A forest inhabited by magical beings is the setting for this epic stop-motion saga from LAIKA Studios.

When her baby brother is kidnapped by a large flock of crows, Prue hotfoots it to a local forest where a wondrous world of mystery and peril awaits. This breathtaking, hugely ambitious new film from LAIKA Studios (Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings) is a masterpiece of stop-motion storytelling on an epic scale and quite unlike anything previously seen.

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James Gray goes back to his roots with this tense and atmospheric thriller, set in 1980s New York, which finds two brothers becoming embroiled with the Russian mafia.

Irwin Pearl (Miles Teller, on top form) is an engineer and family man living in Queens. When his brother, a showboating ex-police officer (a magnetic Adam Driver), enlists him for a high paying job, things rapidly take a turn for the worse. Channelling the spirit of Sidney Lumet and Michael Mann, Gray’s own, distinctive directorial style is on full display in this instant classic of American crime cinema.

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Spanning more than a decade, Hirokazu Koreeda’s tender coming-of-age story follows two girls who bond over their passion for and dream of becoming manga artists.

Aspiring manga artist Fujino meets Kymoto, a shy admirer of her work. Seemingly opposites, they create the perfect team with their shared love of the form. But as their work draws praise and attention, they find themselves confronted with decisions that threaten their artistic collaboration. Koreeda’s striking love letter to friendship and the creative process offers keen insight into the craft.

Content Warning: Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury.

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In a sleepy Welsh fishing village, Barry’s life starts to unravel after an intimate encounter in this gripping mystery drama starring Tom Cullen and Joe Locke.

Barry has always kept his personal life tightly under wraps. But as hidden truths come to light, he is no longer able to control the double life he leads. Barry must decide what lengths he will go to cover up his private life and ultimately his true self. Black Church Bay is a tense and thought-provoking drama that affirms Rhys Marc Jones as an exciting queer filmmaker.

Content advice: Contains scenes of nudity and sex

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Bassam Tariq follows Mogul Mowgli (LFF 2020) with this gripping, inventive thriller, featuring a commanding central performance by Oscar winner Mahershala Ali.

An assassin and father of three, Latif’s life is turned upside down when his wife dies. He struggles to balance his two very different worlds, but when a hit goes south and as forces close in around him, he sets off on a desperate journey to protect his children. Amid all the mayhem, Tariq’s stylish and exhilarating thriller offers a tender portrait of grief and fatherhood, and a testament to maintaining one’s faith.

English and Arabic Language with English Subtitles

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Content Warning: Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury.

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A jaded New York club promoter finds his messy lifestyle upended by the discovery that he has a son, in Jordan Firstman’s hilarious feature directorial debut.

A decade of drinking, drugs and clubs is finally starting to take its toll on Peter. The unexpected arrival of an infant son means it’s finally time for him to get his life together. How hard can it be? The perfect skewering of millennial malaise that is also deeply touching, it’s easy to see why Club Kid was one of the most talked-about films at Cannes this year.

This screening will be presented with Descriptive Subtitles.

Content Warning: Contains flashing images, scenes of drug use and sex, and themes of suicide.

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For LFF 2026’s curtain call, writer-director Jesse Eisenberg delivers a rapturous and raucously funny love letter to community theatre, featuring a luminous lead performance by Julianne Moore.

Quiet housewife Mona has become a supporting role in her own life; her husband barely acknowledges her presence and their children are on the cusp of fleeing the nest. So when, on an impulse, she auditions for a local production of an original musical, Mona suddenly finds herself in the spotlight when she is cast in a leading role, as Miss Danielle. However, she is unprepared for the theatrical hurricane that is Jerry, her enigmatic director and the ‘biggest name in New Jersey community theatre’. As she continues to be creatively pushed by him, Mona finds herself going to extreme lengths to unlock her character. The Debut once again finds the perfect balance between humour and drama that Eisenberg delivered with his previous films A Real Pain (LFF 2024) and When You Finish Saving the World. It’s both sparklingly witty and laugh-out-loud funny, while every scene works to build on the emotional undercurrents and heartbreaking revelations that make the characters so credible. This time, Eisenberg’s talents even stretch to writing the songs for the fictional stage musical. Moore is in her element, giving one of her finest performances, while Paul Giamatti’s Jerry continues his run from The Holdovers as the master of dramedy. Ultimately, The Debut is an elegant and intelligent coming-of-older-age story about how it’s never too late to find our true selves, and the redemptive powers of community and art. Take your seats... It’s showtime!

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