Strand Galas
Red carpet Galas from our themed strands: Love, Debate, Laugh, Dare, Thrill, Cult, Journey, Sonic, Family, and Treasures.
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Archive Gala
The Informer
An early, silent adaptation of Liam O’Flaherty’s 1925 novel about betrayal amid the political and revolutionary environment of the newly independent Ireland of 1922.
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Love Gala
Mirzya
A compelling Romeo and Juliet-like Indian story of childhood sweethearts whose obsessive love is rekindled just as the heroine is about to be married into royalty.
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Dare Gala
The Handmaiden
Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, Stoker) channels Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith, to create a sumptuous twisty psychological thriller, full of erotic intrigue.
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Debate Gala
Nocturama
French director Bertrand Bonello imagines Paris in a state of apocalypse, in a provocative, troubling response to the contemporary age of terror.
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Laugh Gala in association with Sight & Sound
Toni Erdmann
A lonely prankster father visits his estranged, high-powered consultant daughter, creating a fictional alias to embarrassingly insinuate himself into her stressed corporate life.
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Thrill Gala in association with Empire
Bleed For This
The extraordinary true story of Vinny Pazienza, a world championship boxer left with a broken neck after a devastating accident.
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Cult Gala
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The director of cult hit Troll Hunter returns with a morgue-set shocker that will have you screaming in the aisles.
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Journey Gala
Paterson
Adam Driver excels in this effortlessly charming tale of a bus driver poet in New Jersey, filmed with typically groovy élan by Jim Jarmusch.
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Sonic Gala in association with MOBO Film
Chi-Raq
Spike Lee reimagines Aristophanes’ ancient Greek play Lysistrata as a dazzling modern-day hip-hop musical set in Chicago.
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Family Gala in partnership with Sky Cinema
Trolls
The happiest creatures in the world find themselves coming under threat when miserable giants want a bit of joy for themselves in this animated treat.
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