Hurt, who is to appear in the next Harry Potter films, has two movies - 44 Inch Chest and The LimitsOfControl - premiering at the festival while Cisse's Tell Me Who You Are will also have its UK premiere.
In Tuesday's 70-minute arguments, several justices disputed the claims of Bowman's lawyer that the so-called "exhaustion" doctrine of patent law limits the control the patent holder can exert after the first authorized sale of the item.