North America
From breakout indies to star-powered dramas, this strand captures the energy and complexity of North American cinema.
The Baltimorons
In this SXSW Audience Award winner, a dental mishap plays cupid for a washed-up comedian and a disillusioned dentist on a life-changing Christmas Eve.
By Design
In this absurdist satire, a woman is magically transformed into a chair – and discovers that everyone likes her better that way.
Drunken Noodles
Familiar Touch
The winner of a trio of awards at Venice, this profoundly empathetic drama creatively portrays a woman’s experience of dementia from her own vantage point.
Lucky Lu
Fresh from Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Lloyd Lee Choi’s first feature pulses with the desperate plight of an immigrant gig worker whose fate is tied to a stolen e-bike.
Lurker
A cunning wannabe enters the orbit of an ascendant celebrity in this thrillingly tense debut about the hunger for – and hollowness of – stardom.
Omaha
A single father’s cross-state trip with his two children carries a slowly unfolding secret in this superbly shot road movie.
Peter Hujar's Day
Ben Whishaw reunites with Passages (MIFF 2023) director Ira Sachs for another revealing account of the queer experience, this time turning the lens on a brilliant photographer.
Rebuilding
In this heart-wrenching rural drama, Josh O’Connor plays a rancher rising from the ashes of a wildfire that destroys his home.
Twinless
Two young men meet in a twin bereavement support group and form an unlikely bromance.