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» Director: Olivia Wilde (Booksmart) » Genre: Science Fiction » Actors: Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Florence Pugh, Olivia Wilde

Florence Pugh plays a young 1950s housewife leading an exemplary life with her husband (Harry Styles), who works for an experimental community they form part of. As time passes, the veneer of perfection begins to crack and she starts suspecting that the community is hiding disturbing secrets.

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE

» Director: David Cronenberg (Crash) » Genre: Science Fiction / Horror » Actors: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart

In the far future, the devastating effects of pollution and climate change have led to major advances in biotechnology – including the invention of machines and computers that can interact with and control bodily functions. Physical pain and infectious diseases have disappeared for the majority of people. Some, however, experience radical physiological changes. Tenser (Viggo Mortensen) is one of them. He suffers from ‘accelerated evolution syndrome’, which causes him to grow new organs and which puts him in the eye of a revolutionary group that seeks to fight the government’s anti-evolution stance.

WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING

» Director: Olivia Newman (First Match) » Genre: Mystery / Thriller » Actors: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson

The worldwide phenomenon and best-selling book has made it to the big screen. Where the Crawdads Sing is the story of Kya – a little girl who has raised herself in the dangerous North Carolina marshlands. She meets two young men from town and opens herself up to a passionate, yet dangerous world. When one of them is found dead, she becomes the main suspect, judged because of her ‘wildness’ and previous isolation from humankind.

TICKET TO PARADISE

» Director: OI Parker » Genre: Romantic Comedy » Actors: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever

When University of Chicago graduate, Lily (Kaitlyn Dever), visits Bali to celebrate her academic achievements, she is swept off her feet by a local, with whom she enjoys a whirlwind romance. When he asks her to marry him, her parents (played by George Clooney and Julia Roberts) grow determined to stop her from repeating their own mistake (that of getting married too soon). Now divorced, they can barely stand being in a room together, but their desire to save their daughter from tragedy leads them to join forces to stop the wedding from happening.

THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING

» Director: George Miller (Mad Max) » Genre: Fantasy » Actors: Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Aamito Lagum

While attending a work conference in Istanbul, Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) releases a djinn (Idris Elba). He offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom “There is no story about wishing that isn’t a cautionary tale,” she warns herself. However, the djinn seduces her with extraordinary stories and soon, she succumbs to her hidden desires and goes on a fantastical ride that sees her experiencing passion, adventure and love. The film is an adaptation of the short story, The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye, by A.S, Byatt. e