Gala Screenings
Dazzling and highly-anticipated, our Galas bring the biggest and brightest names to the silver screen. We’re proud to show the new films by CFF favourites Andrew Haigh, Martin McDonagh, Jesse Eisenberg, Pawel Pawlikowski and Lukas Dhont coming in fresh from Venice and Toronto, together with this year’s Palme d’Or Winner (Fjord), Cannes Jury Prize (The Dreamed Adventure), and more, including the indomitable Isabelle Huppert as a bloodthirsty, yet very gracious vampire countess.
The Dreamed Adventure
In rural Bulgaria, archaeologist Veska tries to keep the peace between opposing gangs. A simmering thriller about buried secrets, violence and patriarchy.
The Debut
Julianne Moore plays a shy housewife drawn into community theatre. As rehearsals take their toll, the line between artistic vision and cruelty begins to blur.
The Blood Countess
Isabelle Huppert’s Countess Báthory hunts a mystical book across Vienna and Bohemia in Ulrike Ottinger’s camp, comic vampire romp.
Minotaur
Pressured to send employees to war, company director Gleb also discovers his wife’s infidelity. A tense thriller about personal betrayal and systemic corruption.
I Love Boosters
Three shoplifters take on a fashion empire in Boots Riley’s gleefully wacky heist satire, starring Keke Palmer and Demi Moore.
Fjord
Religious belief, social expectation and a family newly arrived in Norway. Cristian Mungiu puts contemporary prejudices under the microscope.
Fatherland
Germany, 1949. Thomas Mann returns from exile with his children in a Cold War road trip that reflects on art, family and the shadows of war.
Coward
In the trenches of the First World War, a reluctant soldier encounters vaudeville and a different idea of masculinity. Lukas Dhont explores freedom within discipline.
A Long Winter
1950s Colorado. When his mother disappears in the season’s first blizzard, a young man faces an uncertain search in Andrew Haigh’s emotional drama.