Sorry, Baby (in-person only)

Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, John Carroll Lynch

New from A24 (who acquired the film after a post-Sundance bidding war), Sorry, Baby is the quietly remarkable debut of actor and writer-director Eva Victor – who rose to fame for her satirical social media skits – and announces her as a formidable new filmmaking talent. Co-produced by Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), it’s set to screen in the Director’s Fortnight strand at Cannes and to open this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival.

Something bad happened to Agnes (Victor). Though a brilliant English professor – at a small college in rural New England – she suffers from crippling anxiety and her life has only inched forward while that of her adored best friend Lydie (Naomie Ackie), who’s moved to the city, has bloomed. Following their reunion, the film revisits in non-chronological chapters both the sexual assault that originally derailed Agnes and her staggered, imperfect recovery.

A wildly impressive debut that’s received high acclaim from critics as a rich and layered story investigating how trauma is processed both privately and publicly, and a tremendous calling card for Victor, Sorry, Baby will speak to audiences of all ages as a deft #MeToo story of uncommon complexity, curiosity and absurdist humour.