Opening Night Film: July 24, 2026

Red Carpet opens : 8:30PM Opening Ceremony: 9:00PM followed by screening

Liz Garbus is a two-time Emmy Award-winning and two-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker who has helmed some of the most celebrated documentaries and premium drama series today as a director and executive producer under her prolific company Story Syndicate. Garbus’ latest projects are the genre-defying series acclaimed for their victim-centric approach – Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer, which debuted atop the Netflix US Series Chart, and One Night In Idaho for Prime Video. Previously, Harry & Meghan, a six-part series that explores the span of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s relationship, repeatedly set weekly viewership record highs as Netflix’s most watched documentary. A select filmography of Garbus’ esteemed directorial work includes The Farm: Angola, USA; What Happened, Miss Simone?; Bobby Fischer Against the World; Nothing Left Unsaid; The Fourth Estate; I’ll Be Gone in the Dark; All In: The Fight for Democracy; and Becoming Cousteau, among others. After her Sundance-premiering scripted feature debut, Lost Girls, Garbus continued establishing herself in narrative, helming the season 4 finale of The Handmaid’s Tale, which earned her an Emmy nomination, as well as Yellowjackets (Showtime) and Good American Family (Hulu) in which she also executive produces.

Director: Liz Garbus

LOGLINE: This uniquely intimate portrayal of tennis legend and trailblazer Billie Jean King reveals the inner turmoil behind the immense sacrifices she made to transform her sport and the world.

SYNOPSIS: Billie Jean King is a global icon whose impact on tennis and equality resonates around the world. But the personal turmoil behind this transformational figure has in many ways remained hidden from view. In GIVE ME THE BALL!, we come to understand the sacrifices King was forced to make behind the scenes, even as she fought high-profile battles for the professionalization of her sport and equal treatment for women.

Directed By: Neven Hitrec

It's been a while since the last movie about Paulina P. and our heroine is now already eleven years old! Although the adults keep telling her that this is the "best part of her life", it doesn't seem like that at all to Paulina. In the fifth grade, she will have to face professor Mirković, a strict and indomitable geography teacher, as well as Marta from the class 5D, Paulina's first bully. As if that were not enough, she will soon discover that her dear grandmother Ljerka suffers from an unusual and incurable disease. Fighting the troubles that life brings, Paulina will once again use her strongest weapon, charm and vivid imagination, but also learn a valuable lesson - that life is not only about winning.