
BUGONIA
East Coast Premiere
Narrative Feature | UK | 2025 | English | 118 minutes
Academy Award® winner Emma Stone (LA LA LAND) and nominee Jesse Plemons (THE POWER OF THE DOG) star in this explosive psychological thriller about a high-powered pharmaceutical CEO (Stone) who gets kidnapped by two conspiracy-obsessed young men (Plemons and newcomer Aidan Delbis). Convinced she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth, the pair hold her hostage in hopes of disrupting her sinister plans. Academy Award winner Yorgos Lanthimos (POOR THINGS, THE FAVOURITE) returns to HIFF with this pitch-black comic window into our modern age of madness. A Focus Features release.
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Directed by
Yorgos Lanthimos
Produced by
Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Miky Lee, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko
Executive Produced by
Yoon Sang Hyun, Khan Kwon, Mark Byrne, Chistian Vesper, Seb Shorr, Jang Joon Hwan, Handae Rhee
Written by
Will Tracy
Featuring
Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone