Constellation
The opening and closing films of Constellation this year are both much-anticipated comedy dramas, featuring stand-out lead performances with Kieran Culkin in Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain and Amy Adams in Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch.
New British films in Constellation this year include Andrea Arnold’s Bird, the director’s first fiction feature made in the UK since Wuthering Heights, and Mike Leigh’s latest film Hard Truths starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who also starred in the director’s Secrets & Lies. Other films from established filmmakers include I’m Still Here from Brazilian director Walter Salles, and hilarious satire Rumours from Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddin.
Constellation is full of great new discoveries too, including Nelicia Low’s gripping thriller Pierce, Leonardo Van Dijl’s powerful drama Julie Keeps Quiet, Raam Reddy’s political allegory The Fable, beautifully shot in the Indian Himalayas, and Duong Dieu Linh’s surreal marital drama Don’t Cry, Butterfly.