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Sasquatch Sunset by directors David and Nathan Zellner

From the misty, dense forests of North America a family of Sasquatches can be found hiding  among the trees. The last of their species, they start a funny, epic journey in fighting for their survival. The giant big-foots struggle to understand the changes in their forest and in the world that they inhabit.

Starring: Riley Keough (Mad Max: Fury Road), Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland), Christophe Zajac-Denek, Nathan Zellner

Director, Screenwriter and Producer: David Zellner, Director and Producer: Nathan Zellner, Producers: Lars Knudsen, Tyler Campellone, George Rush, Jesse Eisenberg

Kneecap is about an Irish rap group called Kneecap in Northern Ireland. Its a real story about a rap trio from Belfast became leaders and contributors of a civil rights movement to save their Irish language.

Cast: Liam Og O hAnnaidh, Naoise O Caireallain, JJ O Dochartaigh, Michael Fassbender, Josie Walker, Simone Kirby

Director: Rich Peppiatt, Screenwriter: Rich Peppiatt, Producers: Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling, Co-producers: Patrick O’Neill

Rob Peace by Chiwetel Ejiofor, and adaptation of Jeff hobbs’ bestselling biography.

Rob Peace is based on Jeff Hobb’s bestelling work of non-fiction. Its a biography about his life in Newark as a struggling student who later graduates from Yale University. He becomes an recognised scholar in molecular biophysics and biochemisry but suffers an injustice as his father is wrongly imprisoned for murder.

Cast: Mary J. Blige, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Camila Cabello, Michael Kelly, Mare Winningham

Director: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Producers: Andrea Calderwood, Antoine Fuqua, Kat Samick, Rebecca hobbs, Jeffrey Soros, Alex Kurtzman

Your Monster, a monster rom-com a debut by Caroline Lindy.

Laura Franco is an actress who suffers a break-down but finds herself again after she meets, as they say… the monster in her closet.

Cast: Melissa Barrera, Tommy Dewey, Meghann Fahy, Edmund Donovan, Kayla Foster Director, Screenwriter and Producer: Caroline Lindy, Producers: Kayla Foster, Shannon Reilly, Melanie Donkers, Kira Carstensen

My Old Ass about Megan Park’s coming-of-age angst starring Maisy Stella (Nashville) and Aubrey Plaza (Emily the Criminal).

Elliott (Maisey Stella) tries a magic mushroom and has an unexpecting trip when she gets high on her 18th birthday. She meets her wiser and funny older self at 39 years old, (Aubrey Plaza). Elliott’s “old ass” warns her about the dos and don’ts for her the younger version of herself she realises that she may have taken her family and love for granted.

Cast: Maisy Stella, Percy Hynes White, Maddie Ziegler, Kerrice Brooks, Aubrey Plaza

Director: Megan Park, Screenwriter: Megan Park, Producers: Tom Ackerley, Margot Robbie, Josey McNamara, Steven Rales

Girls Will Be Girls by Shuchi Talati, winner of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award.

Set in the Himalayas, it tells the story of Mira a 16 year ikd at boarding school who falls in love. She experiences a sexual rebellious awakening which her mother misunderstands. It explores the difficulties and angst of growing up and family life.

Cast: Preeti Panigrahi, Kani Kusrati, Kesav Benoy Kiron

Director, Screenwriter and Producer: Shuchi Talati, Producers: Richa Chadha, Claire Chassagne.

Handling the Undead, a disturbing horror zombie film by Thea Hvistedahl.

Set in Oslo in the Summer, suddenly an electric shock electrifies the city. The city descends into chaos and destruction with TVs and electronics which affect its residents, particularly three families, Mahler and his daughter. Its a story about family and loss.

Cast: Renate Reinsve, Bjorn Sundquist, Bente Borsum, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bahar Pars

Director and Screenwriter: Thea Hvistedahl, Screenwriter: John Ajvide Lindquist, Producters: Kristin Emblem, Guri Neby

Didi, written and directed by Sean Wang, Didi is set in 2008, in the California Bay Area. It’s a funny story about first generation teenagers as they find their way through their adolescence.

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