Like performers recalled to the stage by thunderous applause, the Curtain Call section invites audiences back to the latest works of master filmmakers who have spent decades shaping distinct cinematic voices. This year's lineup features Claire Simon’s Writing Life – Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students, in which the French documentary master revisits Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux through teenage perspectives; Arnaud Desplechin’s Two Pianos, a resonance of music and memory by one of France's leading directors; and Anders Thomas Jensen’s The Last Viking, the newest piece from the Danish master of black comedy. Accumulated observation is no mere repetition, but the mark of a new beginning. Curtain Call invites you to encounter the present work of directors who see the world through cinema, and to witness filmographies that are still unfolding.