She then starred as Eleanor Finch in Ricky Gervais' comedy "Special Correspondents", which premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. She next appeared as Alise Firth in Jordan Roberts' adventure comedy-drama "Burn Your Maps", which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Farmiga co-starred as Dr. Nora Phillips in Neill Blomkamp's BMW short film "The Escape" (2016), alongside Dakota Fanning and Clive Owen. The following year, she executive produced the documentary film "Unspoken", which premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival in October 2017.