Films in First Feature Competition
The Sutherland Award recognises the most original and imaginative directorial debut.
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Chameleon
Two women are terrorised by an unwanted stranger in this gruelling but stylish bourgeois nightmare.
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A Date for Mad Mary
Dry, sarcastic, maddening Mary must find a date for her best friend’s wedding in this Irish feel-good hit for misfits everywhere.
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Divines
The gangster genre is given a shrewd feminist makeover in this arresting debut about a young girl embarking on a life of crime.
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The Giant
The tender story of Rikard, a severely deformed autistic man whose life is fueled by dreams of sports victory and imaginary worlds.
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Hedi
This taut, naturalistic, prize-winning drama about a dutiful son on the brink of an arranged marriage speaks volumes about Tunisia today.
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Lady Macbeth
A defiant, passionate young woman struggles against suffocating societal norms in this exceptional British debut starring the incandescent Florence Pugh.
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The Levelling
Debut writer/director Hope Dickson Leach delivers a hugely impressive first feature about a middle class farming family’s crisis, set against the backdrop of the Somerset floods.
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My Life as a Courgette
Funny and engaging animated first feature about an orphan named Courgette, written by Celine Sciamma, for kids, teens and adults alike.
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Playground
Two young Polish schoolboys perform acts of extreme violence in this remarkable but incendiary debut feature.
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Porto
Anton Yelchin and Lucie Lucas star in this elegiac and deeply cinematic lovesong to the pains and pleasures of a brief romantic encounter.
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Raw
A young woman discovers an insatiable appetite for flesh in this playful coming of age body horror tale.
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What’s in the Darkness
A killer is on the loose in a small town at the same time as a teenage girl is sussing out how womanhood works.
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Wùlu
What happens when a life of crime offers more opportunity than living an honest life? It’s a challenge Malian bus driver Ladji faces in this superb drama.
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