The Palm Springs International Film Festival is gearing up for its 37th edition, setting Maryam Touzani’s Calle Malaga to open and Brian Cox’s Glenrothan to close the fest, which runs Jan. 2-12.

The fest rolled out its full lineup Tuesday, revealing that it will screen 168 films from 72 countries and territories, a tally that includes 53 premieres and 44 films in Oscar contention for best international feature. Calle Malaga stars Carmen Maura as an aging Spanish woman in Tangier who is fighting to keep her home and sense of self as her daughter seeks to sell her home. Cox’s Glenrothan stars the veteran actor opposite Alan Cumming as two estranged brothers who reunite in their idyllic Scottish hometown, bound by the traditions of their family’s whiskey distillery. Shirley Henders

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