Geoff Macnaughton, Vice President, Industry & Theatrical, Lead Programmer, PrimetimeOpening the tenth year of Primetime, Sterlin Harjo's The Lowdown is a modern noir set in Tulsa, with Ethan Hawke playing Lee Raybon, a latter-day Philip Marlowe. Jason Anderson, Lead Programmer, Canada; International Programmer, Nordic and Benelux regionsGripping, unnerving yet visually elegant, Mathieu Denis' drama is a superb cautionary tale about wealth, status and success. Kelly Boutsalis, International Programmer, CanadaA small town in Cape Breton becomes home to an international drug smuggling ring, featuring Stephen Amell, Stephen McHattie, Sean Astin and Colombian musician J Balvin. Peter Kuplowsky, Lead Programmer, Midnight Madness; International Programmer, US IndiesThey were never in time to book a gig at The Rivoli, then one day… they weren't in their time at all. June Kim, Associate International Programmer, Southeast AsiaThai filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke upends pre-existing genres with a fantastical story about a ghost that inhabits a vacuum cleaner to become useful.