Theatrical Starts November 23, 2023
“Orlando, ma biographie politique”
FRANCE - 98 MINUTES - 2023 - IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY PAUL B. PRECIADO
Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando” tells the story of a young man who grows up to become a 36-year-old woman. Almost a century after its publication, Paul B. Preciado speaks to Virginia Woolf to tell her that her fictional character has become a reality. The transition of Orlando’s body now lies at the root of all non-binary bodies and there are Orlandos all over the world.
Theatrical starts May 19, 2023
“LE OTTO MONTAGNE”ITALY, BELGIUM, FRANCE - 147 MINUTES - 2021
A FILM BY FELIX VAN GROENINGEN, CHARLOTTE VANDERMEERSCH
The Eight Mountains is the story of a friendship. Of children becoming men who try to erase the footprints of their fathers, but who, through the twists and turns they take, always end up returning home. Pietro is a boy from the city, Bruno is the last child of a forgotten mountain village. Over the years Bruno remains faithful to his mountain, while Pietro is the one who comes and goes. Their encounters introduce them to love and loss, reminding them of their origins, letting their destinies unfold, as Pietro and Bruno discover what it means to be true friends for life.
Theatrical starts February 24, 2023
FRANCE - 2022 - FRENCH, ENGLISH - 162 MINUTES - COLOUR
A FILM BY ALBERT SERRA
On the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the High Commissioner of the Republic and French government official De Roller (Benoît Magimel) is a calculating man with flawless manners. His somewhat broad perception of his role brings him to navigate the high end ’establishment’ as well as shady venues where he mingles with the locals. Especially since a persistent rumor has been going around: the sighting of a submarine whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear testing.
Theatrical February 24, 2023
2022 - ROMANIA/ FRANCE - 102 MINUTES - IN ROMANIAN WITH ENGLISH AND FRENCH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY ALEXANDRU BELC
2022 Cannes Film Festival - Official Selection - UN CERTAIN REGARD - BEST DIRECTING PRIZE
Bucharest, 1972. Ana, 17, dreams of love and freedom. One night, while partying with her friends, they decide to send a letter to Metronom, the musical program which Radio Free Europe broadcasts clandestinely in Romania. It is then that the Securitate, Ceausescu’s secret police, arrives...
Theatrical starts February 3, 2023
2022 - 143 MINUTES - COLOUR - 1:33:1
A FILM BY HLYNUR PÁLMASON
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.
Theatrical January 20, 2023
FRANCE - 2022 - 122 MINUTES
A FILM BY ALICE DIOP
Saint-Omer court of law. Young novelist Rama attends the trial of Laurence Coly, a young woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama’s convictions and call into question our own judgement.
Theatrical starts December 23, 2022
IRAN - 2022 - 107 MINUTES - 16:9 - 5.1 - IN FARSI, AZARI - ORIGINAL TITLE: KHERS NIST
A FILMY BY JAFAR PANAHI
NO BEARS portrays two parallel love stories. In both, the lovers are troubled by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition and the mechanics of power.
Theatrical starts November 25, 2022
2022 - POLAND, ITALY, UNITED KINGDOM - 86 MINUTES - WITH FRENCH AND ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI
*Nominated “Best International Feature Film” at the 95th Academy Awards®
The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.
Theatrical Starts February 2023
2022 - 199 MINUTES - 2.39:1 - 2K - 5.1 - GERMANY/ FRANCE (IN GERMAN, TURKISH AND ENGLISH)
A FILM BY ANDREAS DRESEN
FEATURING: MELTEM KAPTAN, ALEXANDER SCHEER, CHARLY HÜBNER
The battle for the release of her son Murat from Guantanamo catapults Turkish housewife Rabiye Kurnaz from her terraced house in Bremen straight into world politics and all the way to the Supreme Court in Washington. At her side is human rights lawyer Bernhard Docke - the reserved, level-headed lawyer and the temperamental Turkish mother with a wicked sense of humour – now fighting side-by-side to get Murat out.
