A newly minted competition lining up some of the best narrative debuts of the last 12 months. Discover the most exciting and promising new voices in international cinema.
Festival Programme
Films — by Strand
Fresh
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Birdeater
This Australian debut marks the arrival of incredibly promising new directing talents as a bride-to-be tags along to her fiancé’s stag do from hell. An audacious, rollicking deep dive into power, control and the rituals of toxic masculinity.
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Janet Planet
Acclaimed playwright Annie Baker ruminates on the evolving relationship between an 11-year-old misfit and her single mother during the summer holidays in this intimately observed debut feature.