This year’s Australian International Screen Forum will be held at New York’s Lincoln Center from March 25-29 and feature screenings, seminars, roundtables, keynote conversations, masterclasses, and educational activities.

Headlining the event is a retrospective marking the 35-year anniversary of Fred Schepisi’s A Cry in the Dark, known as Evil Angels in Australia, for which the director will participate in a Q&A and present a masterclass.

Also on the screening program is a preview of Robert Connolly’s Force of Nature: The Dry 2 ahead of its US release via IFC Films in May, featuring cast member Deborra-lee Furness. Simon Baker will discuss his lead role in Ivan Sen’s Limbo as part of the Screentalks line-up, which also includes conversations about the business of creative producing with Paramount Global content strategy and acquisitions SVP Rob O’Neill, and another on story development in AI with Othelia co-founder Joe Couch.

Offering insights as part of this year’s industry talks are former New York Film Festival director Kent Jones, AMC Film Group head and IFC Films president Scott Shooman, Frankfurt Kurnit entertainment attorney Alan Sacks, Archer Gray production president Anne Carey, Nomadland producer Mollye Asher, and producer and former head of content at Cinereach Caroline Kaplan.

The forum will also welcome Cinetic’s Alec Ring, Killer Film’s Claire Edelman, Sony’s Seth Horowitz, TV screenwriter Lara Shapiro, former Topic President and SVP at HBO Films Maria Zuckerman, and A24 TV executive Eloise Lyton.