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ROYAL HOTEL Section: Gala Presentations Director: Kitty Green Screenwriter: Oscar Redding, Kitty Green Logline: Two American girls (Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick) run out of cash while backpacking around Australia. To get home, they take a job in a rowdy pub in a remote mining…

AGGRO DR1FT Section: Midnight Madness Director: Harmony Korine Screenwriter: Harmony Korine Logline: In a surreal, dystopian Miami, the world's greatest assassin is pursued by a demonic crime lord. U.S. Sales Agent: CAA Panelists: Harmony Korine (director) First Screening…

RUSTIN Section: Special Presentations Director: George C. Wolfe Screenwriter: Julian Breece, Dustin Lance Black Logline: In 1963, Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin (Colman Domingo) helps to organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, only to find himself marginalized by…

ONE LIFE Section: Special Presentations Director: James Hawes Screenwriter: Lucinda Coxon, Nick Drake Logline: One Life tells the story of Sir Nicholas Winton (Anthony Hopkins), a British stockbroker who visited Prague in 1939 was shocked by the country's desperate situation…

PAIN HUSTLERS Section: Special Presentations Director: David Yates Screenwriter: Wells Tower Logline: Pain Hustlers is the story of a woman named Liza Drake (Emily Blunt), a struggling divorcee who gets a job at a low-rent pharma company. She transforms it into a hugely successful…

FINGERNAILS Director: Christos Nikou Section: Special Presentations Screenwriters: Christos Nikou, Sam Steiner, Stavros Raptis Logline: In the near-future, in a time when the existence of love can be scientifically proven with a simple procedure, a young woman (Jessie Buckley) finds…

QUIZ LADY Director: Jessica Yu Screenwriter: Jen D'Angelo Logline: Awkwafina and Sandra Oh play sisters who are forced to think on the fly when gangsters come to demand payment of their mother's gambling debts. US Distributors: Hulu, Disney+ Panelists: Jessica Yu (director) Fi…

I TOLD YOU SO Director: Ginevra Ellkann Screenwriters: Ginevra Elkann, Chiara Barzini, Ilaria Bernardini Logline: When a freak heatwave hits Rome in January, the lives of several very different people become unexpectedly intertwined. International Sales: The Match Factory Panelists…

THE BEAST Director: Bertrand Bonello Screenwriter: Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud, Benjamin Charbit Logline: In 2044, A.I. has taken over the world, and a woman named Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) is undergoing a treatment that will "purify" her by depriving her of strong emotions. In doing…

THE ZONE OF INTEREST Section: Special Presentations Director: Jonathan Glazer Writer: Jonathan Glazer Logline: Loosely based on the 2014 novel by the late Martin Amis, The Zone of Interest tells the story of concentration camp commandant Rudolph Höss (Christian Friedel), his wife…

IN RESTLESS DREAMS: THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON Section: Special Presentations Director: Alex Gibney Logline: A documentary portrait of an artist at work, following musician Paul Simon as he records his latest album, "Seven Psalms", and, in a dreamlike fashion, looks back at his life and…

SHOSHANA Section: Special Presentations Director: Michael Winterbottom Writers: Michael Winterbottom, Laurence Coriat, Paul Viragh Logline: Inspired by real events, Shoshana is a political thriller set in 1930s Tel Aviv, a brand new European-Jewish city being built on the shores of the…