Directed by Beth Zeitlin, this visually stunning emotionally profound award-winning masterpiece invites us into six-year-old Hushpuppy’s half-mythical corner of the Louisiana bayous.

This breathtaking tale of hope and defiance is the perfect way to set the stage for this year’s festival theme, likely to leave you with poignant reflections on the vital role of imagination, resistance and community in the face of climate change, natural catastrophes and systemic dispossession.