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A lonely fisherwoman in a small conservative seaside town has not found her perfect match yet and decides to commission herself a husband out of wicker at the local basket weaver, which causes an uproar of jealousy in the village. 

Zach Woods’ The Accompanist follows 8-year-old Emily, who tells her school nurse that an accident caused her grandfather with dementia nearly killed her. A welfare agent sends her to the 70-year-old Sylvia, a foster parent played by the fantastic Susan Sarandon. 

Newly sober, Julia starts afresh in a new home. Amidst the chaos of moving, packages she never ordered begin to arrive, containing strange personal items that anticipate her wants and needs. A paranoid fever dream in which surveillance culture becomes a tangible threat.

Actor James McAvoy (Split, Atonement) makes his directorial debut with California Schemin’. The film tells the true story of a Scottish rap duo pretending to be American in order to get taken serious in the London music scene.

When a conservative Romanian family moves to an isolated village in Norway, their devout Christian parenting sparks uproar. This courtroom drama, starring LIFF darlings Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan, won the prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes this year.

In a dystopian future, Fenna is living inside a wind turbine. When a powerful storm carries her away, she is forced on a treacherous journey through a flooded Netherlands. LIFF presents the Dutch premiere of this debut.

Fiction and reality blend seamlessly in this Austrian docufiction about blues musician Al Cook. His home is a time capsule of memories, but when the threat of his home being demolished arises, he must face his past and his future.