Among a clutch of films receiving their world premiere in the competition section of the festival are The
Dinner, which features Gere alongside Steve Coogan, Laura Linney and Rebecca Hall in a thriller about two married couples who meet to discuss what to do about a
crime apparently committed
by their children; and political fable The Party, written and directed
by Sally Potter, whose cast includes Scott Thomas, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer and Cillian Murphy.