Alex (Claire Danes) and Greg (Jim Parsons) have always known that their four-year-old son, Jake, was more interested in fairy tales than toy cars, but when the preschool director Judy (Octavia Spencer) points out that his gender (more…)
Alex (Claire Danes) and Greg (Jim Parsons) have always known that their four-year-old son, Jake, was more interested in fairy tales than toy cars, but when the preschool director Judy (Octavia Spencer) points out that his gender (more…)
Aya, in her late twenties, still lives with her parents in southern Tunisia and feels trapped in a life without prospects. One day, the minivan in which she commutes daily between her town and the hotel where she works crashes. As the sole survivor of the accident, she realizes it could be her chance to start a new life. She flees to Tunis under a new identity, but everything is soon compromised when she becomes the main witness to a police blunder.
“Audiences will enjoy all the possibilities Barsaoui gives his leading lady” Screen Daily
“Fatma Sfar is electrifying” Next Best Picture
On December 20th, 1989, Romania stands on the brink of revolution. The streets are alive with demonstrations, students mock the regime through art, and New Year’s shows glorify Ceausescu. Yet, behind closed doors, families grapple with personal conflicts and the omnipresent Secret Police.
Six seemingly disconnected lives intersect in unexpected (and unexpectedly humorous) ways. As tensions reach a boiling point, an explosive moment brings them together, culminating in the dramatic fall of Ceausescu and the communist regime.
“a confident and, at times, savagely funny work which captures the exhilarating impact of history in the making” – Screen International
When seriously ill teenager Milla falls madly in love with smalltime drug dealer Moses, it’s her parents’ worst nightmare. But as Milla’s first brush with love brings her a new lust for life, things get messy and traditional morals go out the window. Milla soon shows everyone in her orbit – her parents, Moses, a (more…)
Based on the true-life experiences of Dave Fishwick, BANK OF DAVE tells the story of how a working-class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community bank so that he (more…)
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger follows our hero Dave Fishwick who, having set up his
successful community bank in Burnley, decides to take on the Pay Day lenders who are
wreaking havoc. Dave assembles a team to take on the pay day lenders once and for all
with the help of a few friends along the way…
Don’t miss this sequel to the immensely popular Netflix film BANK OF DAVE, based on a true story.
Set in the underworld of debt-collecting and follows the homegrown hustler Peg Dahl, who will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.
It’s the future and we’ve solved all the world’s problems: mitigated climate change, eradicated poverty, achieved cross-species equality. There’s just one catch: humans have to end life at 50 and teenage artists have to document it. It’s Kiah’s first day on the job…
Global pop star Charli XCX enlists fans to help her produce the album how i’m feeling now while quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Operating alone in the field for more than 20 years, a CIA hitman uses the “Help Wanted” section of the newspapers to get his orders from the Agency. A young UK MI6 analyst) tracks him down to deliver shocking news: his CIA boss has been dead for years and the division long since shut down. Together, they set out to discover whose orders he’s been executing.
After losing everything in a cryptocurrency scam, a ragtag team of Redditors attempt to kidnap the kingpin who screwed them over. But when the home invasion takes a turn for the worst, they become victims in a sadistic game.
Steven Soderbergh presents this enthralling thriller from Cutter Hodierne (Sundance Award winning Fishing Without Nets) and acclaimed producers Vanishing Angle (The Beta Test, Werewolves Within).
Love. Fear.
Can the threat of a secret being revealed make you live as an honest man? Based on the novel by Domenico Starnone, CONFIDENZA (TRUST) is a thriller of the soul, telling us how love and fear can affect our lives forever.
Original score by Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke
“A film which forces you to think, doubt and hypothesize” – The Hollywood Reporter
67-year-old Edgar is the most successful elderly comedian in Germany. Every evening on stage, he makes fun of everything that concerns older people: failed relationships, ungrateful children, a declining libido, rapidly deteriorating health, general uselessness and imminent death. But as soon as the show is over, what’s left is a man who is really lonely and tries to fill his empty evenings with groupies and alcohol. When, after 25 years, he meets his ex-wife Eva again, who is terminally ill with cancer, the two begin to fall in love again against all odds and Eva decides to accompany Edgar on his comedy tour.
Executive producer: Martin Scorsese
Pablo is a university professor married with two children. He begins a secret affair with a student without imagining the consequences. At the same time, Natalia, a female university professor, married with two daughters, jumps into a secret romance with a male student, without thinking about the outcome. Two stories that are interspersed and mirrored: one starring a man, the other a woman.
“An exploration of the sexism and misogyny that permeates relationships both at home and in the workplace, pic offers a timely look at feminism, sexism, and the subtle ways these issues affect both men and women, all through the microcosm of two marriages” – Variety
“Murga looks at those lives suddenly altered by the emergence of extraneous bodies with delicacy and a very fine power of observation, two recognized qualities of her cinema and her way of seeing the world” – La Nación
Something is haunting Andrea, but no one can see it with the naked eye, not even herself. Twenty years ago, ten thousand kilometers away, the same presence terrorized Marie. Camila was the only person who could understand what was happening to her, but no one believed them. When they face this oppressive threat, all three hear the same thing: a wailing.
“The dramatic execution is steely and super-controlled, Martín-Calero making ingenious use of space, in particular with cleverly seeded glimpses of a mysterious apartment, the locale for the film’s climactic revelations” – Screen International
Cannes IFF: Cannes Première section.
San Sebastian IFF Winner: Audience Award
Thibaut is an internationally renowned conductor who travels the world. When he learns he was adopted, he discovers the existence of a younger brother, Jimmy, who works in a school cafeteria and plays the trombone in a small marching band. Everything seems to set them apart, except their love of music. Sensing his brother’s exceptional talent, Thibaut decides to remedy the injustice of fate, while Jimmy begins to dream of a different life…
“A sunny comedy-drama illuminated by Benjamin Lavernhe and Pierre Lottin“ Le Figaro
“A veritable box office machine, Emmanuel Courcol’s fourth film offers a perfect blend of social satire and family drama“ Les Inrocks
“This feel-good movie strikes just the right tone, or rather the right harmony, between laughter and drama, right up to its final, deeply moving movement“ Le Journal du Dimanche
18-year-old Jay has had enough of life. 28-year-old Liz can’t get enough of it. And as Jay (Jordan Dulieu) stands on a cliff top contemplating putting an end to the meaningless fog of his existence, Liz (Freyja Benjamin) lands in town on (more…)
A love story set in Scotland and London that follows romance between Kira and Ian, two 30-somethings, who meet all too briefly over a winter weekend on the Isle of Skye and form a sudden, deep, and surprising bond.
Back in London, they try to move on with their separate lives – but both have to stop running from themselves before they are ready to truly meet.
How well do we really know ourselves when we make a decision? What if there were multiple versions of ourselves, each with its own opinion? FolleMente is a delightful romantic comedy that goes beyond appearances, diving into the minds of the two main characters, Piero and Lara, and revealing their most hidden thoughts and the inner battles that we all face.
“gets right everything that other films get wrong” – Wired
A troubled teenage girl’s life is upended when her mother dies. With nowhere else to turn, she decides to find her estranged father, a former soccer star living in rural Mexico as a beach bum and coach to the local women’s team. Having never known (more…)
A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.
Top local film at the Italian box office during first two weeks of release!
Sicily, early 2000s. After serving several years in prison for Mafia-related crimes, Catello, a long-serving politician, has lost everything. When the Italian Secret Service “persuades” him to help capture Matteo, the last major Mafia boss still on the run, whom Catello has known since he was a boy, he sees an opportunity to stage a comeback. A shrewd man of a hundred masks, a tireless illusionist who turns truth into falsehood and falsehood into truth, Catello begins a correspondence with the fugitive, as unique as it is improbable, exploiting the younger man’s emotional emptiness. A gamble which, with one of the most wanted criminals in the world, is always going to involve a degree of risk…
“Servillo is impressive as this slippery, slightly ridiculous but sharp-witted man. Germano is authentically dangerous as the big shot in hiding” – Screen International
Tom is the tennis coach at a luxurious island hotel, filling the time between lessons with alcohol and casual dalliances. The arrival of the Maguire family pulls Tom out of his normal routine and he strikes up a relationship with Anne, her husband Dave and their son Anton. Tom is unable to shake the feeling that he has met Anne before, and this tension grows between them until one night, Dave goes missing and the police investigation points to both Anne and Tom as suspects.
“Hypnotic from start to finish and unexpectedly hopeful for a movie with so much arsenic in its blood”
IndieWire
At the end of a 60-year career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of her large, history-making life, and the personal struggles she’s kept private.
KÖLN 75 tells the rousing and true story of the rebellious 18-year-old Vera Brandes (Mala Emde), who confidently and passionately puts everything on the line to make her dream come true. Against the will of her conservative parents, she books the Cologne Opera House at her own risk to bring Keith Jarrett (John Magaro) to Cologne for a concert in January 1975. She doesn’t know it yet, but his piano improvisation, which threatens to fail until the end, is immortalized on record and considered by many one of the most popular works of art of the 20th century: Keith Jarrett’s “The Köln Concert”. With more than four million copies sold to date, the double album with its iconic white cover is still the best-selling jazz solo and best-selling piano solo recording of all time.
“A vivid vehicle for a dynamic, often very funny Mala Emde” – Screen International
Paris, May ’68: A 9-year-old boy is thrilled to stay a few extra days with his grandparents in their perennial apartment, joined by his two lively uncles – a visual artist and an aspiring intellectual – and his colourful great grandmother, while his parents join the historical protests. As the country is turned upside down, the family confront their past when an illustrious guest seeks shelter in their venerated hideout.
A buoyant comedy exploring the dynamics of a free-spirited family during the famous student protests that swept through France in May ’68. An eccentric family portrait, adapted from a novel written by the child at its core, Christophe Boltanski, nephew of the renowned visual artist Christian Boltanski.
“Lionel Baier delivers an atypical, colourful and high-energy film” – Cineuropa
Carole enjoys a tranquil life in rural France, where she teaches English. Her world crumbles when she learns that her son, Martin, who is conducting research for his Ph.D. in Indonesia, has been arrested for drug trafficking and could be sentenced to death. Convinced of his innocence, Carole discovers that Martin is, in fact, a crucial witness to crimes committed by powerful palm oil producers. To save her son, she decides to attend the trial and confront the powerful lobbies protecting the interests of the so-called “biofuels”. She soon realizes that to rescue Martin she will have to unmask the forces endangering the environment and human lives.
A family retreats to their cottage for winter break, only to discover signs of an intruder. While the parents focus on rallying the community to replace the gatekeeper, the children wander around unsupervised, making reckless choices. When tragedy unfolds, security becomes the least of their problems, and the family is forced to bury a dark secret of the horrors committed by their 12-year-old son.
“Schnicer proposes a gaze which is persistently laden with enigmas” – Micropsia Cine
“At times it is as suggestive as it is intoxicating, based on a mis-en-scène that in many cases appeals to what we cannot see on screen and to multiple layers which allow us to discover – or intuit – what is happening and what could happen” – Otros Cines
Louise, an aimless, 28 year-old Brooklynite, recently single, sort of a musician, depressed without admitting to it, drunkenly falls while doing something stupid and breaks her hip. This lands her in a physical therapy ward full of people twice her age. There, she meets Antonina – a cranky elderly Polish woman, who speaks no English. Louise gets a job caring for her. Neither woman loves the arrangement but it’s time to face the truth about aging. We all have to grow up sometime.
Strange storms of yellow dust fall on a town. Nacer, a 45-year-old journalist, is covering the phenomenon. As he observes the appearance of supernatural events, his dead wife Fajar comes back as though nothing had happened.
Faced with increasingly threatening storms, Nacer must unravel a haunting past…
“a solid demonstration of Reymond-Boughenou’s directorial chops” – Cineuropa
A captivating young woman agrees to work as a maid in an affluent household. With her unique charm, she sparks attraction in each member of the family, but soon discovers that behind their seemingly happy lives lies unexpected complexity.
Premiering at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival’s Discovery section (devoted to directorial debuts) this is an exploration of class, gender politics and the laws of attraction by Argentina’s newest major talent, director Mariana Wainstein, featuring a stellar cast. Don’t be fooled by first impressions – this powerful film is a truly thought-provoking, expertly observed and tightly scripted piece of modern cinema.
“the best kind of thriller, one that forces its audience to maintain rapt attention. Wainstein and Suárez superbly reveal the pathos behind an enigmatic and tantalizing lead character” – Variety
“Wainstein leaves the mystery of what might happen next up to the viewer” – Cineuropa
Scroll down for our THEATRICAL screener of this film, or click here for access to our EDITED screener.
Story of the one-of-a-kind rock ‘n roll icon who shaped the world of music.
An impossible love story that begins outside a movie theater, continues in a café and could end with the two protagonists together… if real life wasn’t much more complicated than the movies. United by their love of cinema, these two main characters decide to live the lives they dreamed of and not the lives they are destined to live. In a series of encounters, imagination triumphs over reality and everyday reality takes a back seat.
From one of Latin America’s most important directors: Buenos Aires Vice Versa; Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves starrer The Lake House; No somos animales, with John Cusack.
“an exploration of social pretense and performance in the real world“ – Variety
When Molly is released from prison after serving four months, she assumes it will be a matter of hours before she can pick up children from foster care. Instead, Molly finds herself in the mother of all catch-22s: she can’t get housing because she doesn’t have her kids living with her; but she can’t get them back without a roof over her head.
In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern day comediennes (including Amy Poehler), LOVE GILDA offers a unique window into the honest and whimsical world of a beloved performer whose greatest role was sharing her story.
After wandering into a regression pod following her best friend’s bachelorette party in Palm Springs, a 30-year-old writer wakes up to find that she has magically transformed into her 70-year-old self.
Following the death of his wife, professional chef CHENG travels with his young son to a remote village in Finland to connect with an old Finnish friend he once met in Shanghai. Upon arrival, nobody in the village seems to know his friend but local (more…)
It’s never too late to love. My Sailor My Love is a heart-warming drama on timeless love and forgiveness by Director Klaus Härö. Howard, a retired sailor and widow, lives in a house by the sea. His adult daughter Grace hires a carer for her father, a lady in her mature years, Annie. Recluse and stubborn, Howard rejects Annie’s company, but eventually opens his heart and gives his final love a chance.
Grace has her own crisis to unravel and finds her father’s romance difficult. Her father’s new love reminds her of the affection she missed, as a child and now again as an adult. Annie must face the complex father-daughter relationship, while Howard and Grace must realise their own imperfections.
Starring James Cosmo, Bríd Brennan and Catherine Walker. Written by Kirsi Vikman and Jimmy Karlsson,
A recent high-school graduate must choose between the future his father wants for him or following his own dream of becoming a pro skateboarder.
Elena and Jake meet by chance on New Years Eve, arguing for the same taxi. However, instead of going their separate ways after sharing a taxi, they start a passionate relationship.
An aging screen legend (Mariette Hartley) and an unemployed voice actor Jerry Sroka navigate the senior dating scene in Hollywood in this (mostly) true-life, delightfully sincere romantic comedy.
Julien, a young teacher, is wrongfully accused of misconduct by a teenage girl from his class. As he faces mounting pressures from the girl’s older brother and her classmates, the situation spirals out of control: allegations spread, the entire school is thrown into turmoil, and Julien must fight to clear his name.
“A tense and enlightening film, carried by a formidable François Civil” – Le Parisien
Poison is a love story about a couple reunited years after tragedy drove them apart. Their brief but intense meeting will bring simmering pain and resentments to the surface but will be a reminder too of cherished intimacies and the love they once shared.
“The nuanced, deeply-felt performances carry this emotionally charged two-hander” – Screen Daily
Critically acclaimed and well received at film festivals, this beautiful drama has already been greenlit for a sequel, due to start filming at the end of 2025.
Michelle is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a Burgundy village, close to her longtime friend Marie-Claude. When her Parisian daughter Valérie drops off her son Lucas to spend school vacation with his grandma, Michelle, stressed out by her daughter, serves her toxic mushrooms for lunch. Valérie quickly recovers, but forbids her mother from seeing her grandson anymore. Feeling lonely and guilty, Michelle falls into a depression… until Marie-Claude’s son gets out of prison.
“An elegant, slippery game of tonal bait-and-switch” – Variety
“François Ozon’s talent for directing actors is admirable. Hélène Vincent and Josiane Balasko are brilliant, forming a heartbreaking duo” – Les Inrockuptibles
Lucia and Aurora are about to leave their country forever with their mother – and they need
their absent father to sign exit papers. It’s been convenient for Carlos to not be a dad, but now if he wants his daughters’ love, he has to earn back his place before they leave.
“Klaudia Reynicke’s compact feature Reinas deals in intimate moments with an understated charm” – The Hollywood Reporter
“An accessible, tenderly observed heartwarmer” – Screen International
“Director Klaudia Reynicke combines grounded wonder and realism for a cleverly written family story embedded into a larger historical context” – Variety
An immersive ticking clock thriller that straps audiences in for a high-octane ride of redemption and revenge.
Sick Girl is a female-driven comedy centered around Wren Pepper, a woman who feels her lifelong friends are slipping away. In a desperate attempt to bring her crew back together, Wren blurts out a lie that quickly spins out of control, taking them all on a wild ride and leaving Wren (more…)
A story of love, loss and hope, STRANGE BUT TRUE is a family drama that begins in the shadow of tragedy. Laid up with a broken leg, Philip is living with his mother Charlene in upstate New York. It’s been five years since the death of Philip’s brother Ronnie, a devastating blow (more…)
From writer and director HARRY MACQUEEN (Hinterland) comes Supernova, a heartrending modern love story about a couple struggling with a diagnosis of early-onset dementia who take a road trip together to the Lake District in England to (more…)
A tender comedy drama featuring legendary actor Udo Kier as retired hairdresser, Pat Pitsenbarger, who escapes the confines of his small-town Sandusky, Ohio nursing home after learning of his former client’s dying wish for him to style her final hairdo for her funeral, rediscovering his sparkle along the way.
When a group of friends discovers how to conjure spirits by using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill — until one of them unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
A soon-to-be married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, murder and infidelity.
A boy, a girl, and the worst football team in Britain. You can’t choose who you’re going to fall in love with.
An off-the-wall comedy set in the world of the Bystanders – invisible immortals who watch over their human subjects and intervene in (or interfere with) their lives.
A true tale that took 50 years to tell, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story follows John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s personal assistant, May Pang as she recounts her 18-month relationship with John—a relationship orchestrated by Yoko herself. During this extraordinary period, May helped John reunite with his son Julian and participated firsthand in his most productive period post-Beatles in which he released albums like “Mind Games”, “Walls and Bridges”, and collaborated with powerhouses like David Bowie and Elton John. Featuring moments with Julian Lennon, Mick Jagger, Alice Cooper, and Paul McCartney, May chronicles it all from her unique perspective as a 22-year-old experiencing her first unforgettable love.
The Stones and Brian Jones examines the musical creativity of Jones, the secret to the band’s success, through candid interviews with all the essential performers and previously unreleased archive.
“The Swearing Jar” is Carey’s story: a music teacher who throws a birthday concert for her husband, Simon, which rekindles reminiscences of their past. Through comedy, music and memory, we follow the story of their relationship, (more…)
Montana. 1873.
In the moments before his execution, Isaac Broadway gives his estranged son Henry (Brandon Lessard) an impossible task: murder the Sheriff who framed him for a crime he didn’t commit.
Intent on fulfilling his promise, Henry travels to the remote town of Trinity, only to discover that the man he’s come to kill is already dead. But before he can leave, an unexpected turn of events traps him in town and leaves him caught between Gabriel Dove (Pierce Brosnan), the town’s upstanding new Sheriff, and a mysterious figure, cryptically named St. Christopher (Samuel L. Jackson).
As Henry’s quest for revenge turns into a struggle for his own survival, he discovers that his father built the town of Trinity on a dark secret — and a stash of stolen gold that St. Christopher is hell-bent on retrieving. Henry aligns with Dove’s wife Sarah (Veronica Ferres), but to stay alive, he will have to face his father’s demons and the history of violence that threatens to put the town at war with itself.
When estranged siblings Joseph and Sidney rendezvous at a local diner after a close-call robbery, they hightail it to an abandoned farmhouse that transports them to a different time in order to escape the local cops. Their getaway is derailed when an unknown and cryptic metaphysical force emerges and blocks them from returning home. Trapped on the puzzling plot of land, their captor makes it clear that no one can leave until their deadly demands are met. What results from their entrapment not only bends the forces of spacetime —forcing the two to question everything they know about their own reality— but bends Joe and Sid’s familial bonds beyond the point of trust and forgiveness.
Michael Felker makes his feature debut through this twisty science-fiction thriller with dark doses of horror and suspense. THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT is a tragic puzzle of a film where time, blood, and isolation spur endless cycles of false hope and damning despair.
A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother, while at the same time struggling to raise his daughter.
Malaga French Film Festival winner: Audience Award
Michel and Cathy, married for longer than they can remember, lead a quiet but monotonous life in the mountains.
When a bear bursts out in front of Michel’s car, accidentally killing two drug dealers and revealing a €2 million loot in the process, their life takes an unpredictable turn, especially when they decide to cover up the incident and keep the money!
But their plan leads them to stumble upon an unexplained trail of dead bodies. More used to being honest than crooked, Michel and Cathy’s clumsy cover-up efforts soon put an interfering inspector hot on their trail.
“Franck Dubosc becomes a filmmaker who counts” Le Figaro
The Maynards and their children lead an almost perfect billionaire family life. Amon is a passionate hunter, but it’s not animals he shoots, as the family’s wealth allows them to live free from consequences.
“Like a (less violent) version of ‘American Psycho’ presented in the ironic, arm’s-length style of double Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund“ – Variety
“Mixes a spikily provocative edge with pleasingly poisonous glamour“ – Screen International
Jasmine is 40 and has everything she ever wanted: a devoted husband, three loving sons, and a thriving hair salon just south of Naples. But after her father’s death, she experiences a recurring dream in which a little girl runs into her arms, offering Jasmine a new sense of fulfilment which she can’t ignore. She decides to follow her dream of having a daughter and dives headfirst into the challenging world of international adoption, risking her marriage, her sons’ well-being, and her own moral compass along the way. The entire family is in crisis, until they finally realize that the only way out is together.
Based on true events and featuring non-professional actors portraying their own lives, VITTORIA delves deep into the complexities of family dynamics and the seemingly irrational desires of the human psyche.
“grounded in an intensely real place but with more than a touch of the fable about a story which is scripted with admirable efficiency” – Screen International
Jane (Hale), a freelance journalist, and Will (Wolff), a photographer, are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s wedding. After the pair sneak off to hook up in the coat room, it looks like they might be headed to an empty one-night stand. But instead, (more…)
Young Tom and his misfit friends fight to save ‘Buster’ the baby elephant during the air raids of Belfast in 1941.