Centre Piece 2023

This year we have chosen ›All of Us Strangers‹ by Andrew Haighs as our Centre Piece. The erotic-emotionally charged ghost story starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal has been causing a sensation since its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in late August and is considered a major contender for the top international awards.

Adam (Andrew Scott) struggles with the finality of parting in ›All of Us Strangers‹. He lives in seclusion in a hauntingly empty hotel. When he begins an affair with Harry (Paul Mescal), his life changes drastically. He visits his childhood home, where his father and mother, who died in a car accident many years ago, still seem to live. Trying to reconcile both worlds - the very present love for Harry and the supernatural connection to his parents - he risks losing everything.

Andrew Haigh, whose career began in Ridley Scott's editing room, directs a quite extraordinary, mysterious film in which past and present, grief, loss and new beginnings are mystically condensed. Andrew Haigh already achieved a festival sensation with the love story ›Weekend‹ in 2011. At the Berlinale 2015, ›45 Years‹ won both acting awards.