At 11 a.m.,
First Lady Michelle Obama and actress and advocate Charlize Theron participate in a «global conversation» on the power of educating adolescent
girls, hosted by
Glamour magazine, Apollo Theater, Manhattan.
Its opening film is the British - produced mountaineering thriller Everest, featuring Anglo - American
glamour in the shape of Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley and Josh Brolin; its competition strand has an impressive list of international auteurs, including Tom Hooper (The Danish
Girl), Alexander Sokurov (Francofonia), Luca Guadagnino (A Bigger Splash) and Charlie Kaufman (Anomalisa); and a number of authentic coups, including the world premiere screening of Black Mass, the much - hyped gangster film featuring Johnny Depp as James «Whitey» Bulger, and a
first look at Beasts of No Nation, the African - set war thriller that represents Netflix's most serious shot yet across Hollywood's bows.