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This gentle, enlightening film ny Nocholar Philibert invites us to join the welcoming microcosm of the Adamant. In their company we may, as one patient suggests, decide in the morning to make sure that we will have a good day.

Director Nicolas Philibert

Country: France/Japan

Producers Céline Loiseau, Gilles Sacuto, Miléna Poylo

World Sales: Les Films du Losange

Making her cinematic debut here with Past Lives is New York based playwright Celine Song. But nothing about this intensely resonant meditation on the trajectory of life would mark her as a newcomer. Drawing from personal experience, Song is guided by a precise vision of the story’s conflicted emotional core.

Director: Celine Song

Country: USA

Producers: David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon

World Sales: A24

Jennifer Reeder’s new feature-length film is a dark, queer-feminist genre mix of body horror, gore and mystery. As in her earlier works, she looks at the world predominantly through the eyes of her young protagonists who, armed with biting humour and an unbroken sense of justice, manage to wrest moments of light-heartedness and solidarity from the twisted world of adults.

Director: Jennifer Reeder

Country: USA / France

Producers: Derek Bishé, Gregory Chambet

World Sales: WTFilms