Written by Mariane Tremblay
I Want Your Sex
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| Photo: Lacey Terrell / Sundance |
Director: Gregg Araki
Cast: Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Daveed Diggs, Charli xcx
When fresh-faced Elliot (Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon, and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal, and murder.
Letterboxd rating: 3.5/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 88%
Magnolia Pictures has acquired the U.S. rights to I Want Your Sex, and Elevation Pictures is set to distribute the movie in Canada. In theatres later this year.
The Invite
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| Photo: Sundance |
Director: Olivia Wilde
Cast: Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton
Joe (Rogen) and Angela (Wilde) are on thin ice, and tonight might be when it all falls apart. Unfortunately, their upstairs neighbors are about to arrive for dinner, and everything that can go wrong goes worse.
The Invite has been acquired by A24 for U.S. distribution, and VVS Films is set to distribute the movie in Canada.
Release date: In theatres later this year.
Josephine
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| Photo: Greta Zozula / Sundance |
Director: Beth de Araújo
Cast: Mason Reeves, Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan, Philip Ettinger, Syra McCarthy, Eleanore Pienta
After eight-year-old Josephine (Reeves) accidentally witnesses a crime in Golden Gate Park, she begins to act out violently to protect herself. This emotional trauma leads to conflicts between her parents as they search for justice and a way to feel safe again.
Release date: TBA
Wicker
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Directors: Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson
Cast: Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan, Richard E. Grant
An outcast in a fishing village commissions a husband for herself made out of wicker from the local basketmaker, but her unexpected romance with the intricate creation sparks jealousy and threatens the village’s social order.
Letterboxd rating: 3.8/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 95%
Wicker has been acquired by Black Bear for the North American distribution.
Release date: TBA
Leviticus
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Director: Adrian Chiarella
Cast: Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Jeremy Blewitt, Ewen Leslie, Davida McKenzie
Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other.
Letterboxd rating: 3.6/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 95%
Leviticus has been acquired by Neon for worldwide distribution.
Release date:
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
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Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka
Cast: Rinko Kikuchi, Alberto Guerra, Alejandro Edda, YOU, Yoh Yoshida, Damián Alcázar, Cristina Rodlo
Haru (Kikuchi) and Luis (Edda) love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor. She must face what comes next as sparks fly.
Letterboxd rating: 3.7/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 93%
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! has been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for worldwide distribution.
Release date:
The Weight
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| Photo: Matteo Cocco / Sundance |
Director: Padraic McKinley
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Julia Jones, Austin Amelio, Avi Nash, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Sam Hazeldine, George Burgess
In 1933 Oregon, Samuel Murphy (Hawke) is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp. Warden Clancy (Crowe) tempts him with early release if he smuggles gold through deadly wilderness, but betrayal festers within the crew, and Murphy questions how far he’ll go to see his child again.
Letterboxd rating: 3.7/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 94%
Undertone
Director: Ian Tuason
Cast: Nina Kiri, Adam DiMarco, Michèle Duquet, Keana Bastidas, Jeff Yung, Ryan Turner, Brian Quintero
The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
Letterboxd rating: 3.5/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 88%
Undertone has been acquired by A24 for worldwide distribution, though VVS Film is set to distribute the movie in Canada.
Release date: March 13, 2026.
If I Go Will They Miss Me
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Director: Walter Thompson-Hernández
Cast: Danielle Brooks, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Kelvin Adekunle, Bre-Z, Myles Bullock, J.J. Boone, Bodhi Dell, Kameron J Meadows
Twelve-year-old Lil Ant (Dell) struggles to connect with his father when he begins to see surreal, almost spectral visions of boys drifting around his neighborhood. Their presence reveals a link between father and son, laying bare the threads that bind family, legacy, and place.
Letterboxd rating: 3.8/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 96%
Tuner
Director: Daniel Roher
Cast: Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu, Tovah Feldshuh, Jean Reno, Lior Raz, Nissan Sakira, C. S. Lee, Gil Cohen
A talented piano tuner’s life is turned upside down when he discovers that his meticulous skills for tuning pianos can equally be applied to cracking safes.
Letterboxd rating: 3.7/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 94%
Black Bear has acquired U.S. distribution rights, and Elevation Pictures is set to distribute Tuner in Canada.
Release date: May 22, 2026
The Incomer
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| Photo: Anthony Dickeson / Sundance |
Director: Louis Paxton
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Gayle Rankin, Grant O'Rourke, Emun Elliott, Michelle Gomez, John Hannah
On an Orkney isle, siblings Isla (Rankin) and Sandy (O'Rourke) hunt birds and talk to mythical beings while fighting off outsiders. Their lives change when Daniel (Gleeson), an awkward official, arrives to relocate them.
Letterboxd rating: 3.7/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 91%
BURN
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| Photo: Sundance |
Director: Makoto Nagahisa
Cast: Nana Mori, Aoi Yamada, Ryosuke Sota, Wataru Ichinose, Kanata Mori, Mei Takahashi
When runaway teen Ju-Ju (Mori) is embraced by a tribe of misfit youths in Kabukicho, she finds belonging for the first time — until betrayal and despair twist her haven into a prison, and she’s left with one way to take back control.
Letterboxd rating: 3.6/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: -
Hold Onto Me
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| Photo: Sundance |
Director: Myrsini Aristidou
Cast: Hristos Passalis, Maria Petrova, Jenny Sallo, Aulona Lupa, Achilleas Grammatikopoulos, Giorgos Kyriacou
11-year-old Iris (Petrova) learns her estranged father, Aris (Passalis), is back in town for his own father’s funeral. Determined to know him, Iris tracks him down to a dilapidated shipyard, where he’s been keeping to himself. What begins as a stubborn attempt to reconnect slowly unfolds into a fragile bond.
Letterboxd rating: 3.6/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 100%
The Friend’s House is Here
Directors: Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei
Cast: Mahshad Bahram, Hana Mana, Farzad Karen, Zohreh Pirnia, Parham Ghanavat, Erfan Tehranifar, Ali yar ahmadi
In Tehran’s underground art scene, two young women build a blissful world of freedom and sisterhood. But when their creative circle is exposed, they must fight to save each other.
Letterboxd rating: 3.6/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 100%
Hot Water
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| Photo: Alfonso Herrera Salcedo / Sundance |
Director: Ramzi Bashour
Cast: Lubna Azabal, Daniel Zolghadri, Dale Dickey, Gabe Fazio, Charlotte Hacke, Tedd Taskey
After he’s kicked out of his Indiana high school, an American kid and his Lebanese mom wind up on a road trip across the West for the first time.
Letterboxd rating: 3.5/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 88%
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
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Director: Noah Segan
Cast: John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Will Price, Tatiana Maslany, Victoria Moroles, Steve Buscemi, Jamie Lee Curtis, Karina Arroyave
When a theft goes awry, a veteran pickpocket is sent on a mission through New York to reclaim the stolen goods.
Letterboxd rating: 3.5/5
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 100%
Movie synopsis from Letterboxd
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