111 movies and 17 series screenings from March 7–15 are packed with a litany of A-listers, including (deep breath) Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Seth Rogen, Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick, Issa Rae, Matthew McConaughey, Kurt Russell, Laurence Fishburne, Ramy Youssef, Jacob Elordi, Kate Mara, André Holland, Zazie Beetz, Sadie Sink, Daisy Ridley, David Oyelowo, Annaleigh Ashford, Dennis Quaid, Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega — alongside a heady mix of buzzy documentaries and genre-bending indies aiming to enthrall and delight festivalgoers in Austin, Texas, between breakfast tacos and barbecue.
Here are some of the most promising offerings. Check in with the die-hard alien believers and UFO seekers in your life, and they’ll certainly already know about “The Age of Disclosure” — the documentary’s trailer reached millions of views on social media as soon as it was released.
From director Dan Farah, the film features 34 senior figures across the U.S. government, military and intelligence community coming forward about a space race of sorts.
They claim to have firsthand knowledge of a competition between several nations to reverse-engineer technology created by intelligent, nonhuman beings, with at least one interviewee saying he’s seen those beings himself.
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