All descriptions are from press releases, unless stated otherwise.
January 1
Yosemite – Written and Directed by Gabrielle Demeestere (Opens in New York)
It’s the fall of 1985. The intertwining tales of three fifth-grade friends, Chris (Everett Meckler), Joe (Alec Mansky) and Ted (Calum John), unfold in the suburban paradise of Palo Alto, as the threat of a mountain lion looms over the community. (Press materials)
January 8
The Forest – Co-Written by Sarah Cornwell
Wazir – Co-Written by Supriya Kelkar
Two unlikely friends are brought together by grief and a peculiar twist of fate. One is an ATS officer that is widowed and the other is a wheelchair bound chess grandmaster with a mysterious past. The two must play the biggest game of their lives in an unfinished game before the malevolent ‘Wazir’ checkmates them.
The Abandoned
Take a terrifying plunge into the warped mind of a disturbed young woman. Desperate to get her life back on track, the unstable Streak (Louisa Krause) takes a job as a security guard, working the graveyard shift at a once upscale, now abandoned apartment complex. But on her first night on duty, she discovers a horrifying presence lurking deep within the bowels of the decaying building. With her nerves already on edge, Streak must confront demons both real and imagined as she struggles to keep a grip on her sanity.
January 22
The 5th Wave – Co-Written by Susannah Grant
Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Cassie (Chloe Grace Moretz) is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother (Zackary Arthur).
The Boy
An American nanny (Lauren Cohan) is shocked that her new English family’s boy is actually a life-sized doll. After violating a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.
January 29
Jane Got a Gun
A woman (Natalie Portman) asks her ex-lover (Joel Edgerton) for help in order to save her outlaw husband (Noel Emmerich) from a gang out to kill him.
Kung Fu Panda 3 – Co-Directed by Jennifer Yuh
Continuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po (Jack Black) must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to his home.
Rabin, the Last Day – Co-Written by Marie-Jose Sanselme
Itzhak Rabin’s murder ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel died. The movie shows the last of his days as prime minister, and what led to his murder.
