Last year’s Spotlight Section managed to nab pair of highly sought-after titles in Bones and All and Women Talking and a pair of world premieres in She Said and Till. For 2023, Bradley Cooper’s Maestro is being joined by some of the first episodes to Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s “The Curse” and the world premiere of Garth Davis‘ Foe – a highly anticipated which Amazon Studios feature with Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal. They’ll be joined by Trân Anh Hùng‘s savoury The Pot-au-Feu (heading to Telluride) and the U.S premiere of The Boy and the Heron by Hayao Miyazaki (just selected as the opening film for the San Sebastian Festival). Here are the Spotlight selections:
AGGRO DR1FT – Harmony Korine w/
Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection
David Cronenberg, Canada/Italy, 4m
Bleat – Yorgos Lanthimos, 2022, Greece, 35mm, 30m
The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki
The Curse – Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie World Premiere (first three episodes)
Foe – Garth Davis (World Premiere)
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project – Joe Brewster / Michèle Stephenson
Hit Man – Richard Linklater
Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros – Frederick Wiseman
Occupied City – Steve McQueen
The Pigeon Tunnel – Errol Morris
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus – Neo Sora
Strange Way of Life – Pedro Almodóvar
The Sweet East – Sean Price Williams
The Pot-au-Feu – Trân Anh Hùng
