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Looking for inspiration for your next film night? These upcoming titles are ones you won’t want to miss.
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Jim Queen
Marco N'Guyen, Nicolas AthaneAt the heart of Paris’s gay scene, Jim reigns supreme: the ultimate Gym Queen, influencer and object of everyone’s desire.Thu 13 AugRELEASEAt the heart of Paris’s gay scene, Jim reigns supreme: the ultimate Gym Queen, influencer and object of everyone’s desire. But when he is struck by Heterosis, a bizarre virus that turns gay men straight, his rule comes to an abrupt end. Unfollowed, abandoned and stripped of his status, Jim is left with just one loyal follower: Lucien, a devoted, slender twink with a domineering mother.
Together, they embark on an absurd and hilarious quest for a mysterious cure: not only to save Jim, but to prevent the gay community from dying out altogether. Jim Queen is a hilarious, wild ride through identity, image and the absurd things we do to be seen and stay queer.
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Les enfants vont bien
Nathan AmbrosioniJeanne's carefully constructed existence is turned upside down when her estranged sister Suzanne suddenly appears on her doorstep with her two young children.Thu 13 AugRELEASEJeanne has deliberately chosen a life without children. Her carefully constructed existence is turned upside down when her estranged sister Suzanne suddenly appears on her doorstep with her two young children. The unexpected visit seems to be an attempt to repair their relationship, but the next morning Suzanne has disappeared. Without an explanation, and without the children. When the search for Suzanne leads nowhere, Jeanne is left to care for her nephew and niece. What begins as a temporary emergency forces Jeanne to reconsider her ideas about family, responsibility and the future she had mapped out for herself.
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Los tigres
Alberto Rodríguez*Los Tigres is a gripping Spanish thriller about family ties, loyalty and sacrifice.Thu 13 AugRELEASEBrother and sister Antonio and Estrella work as industrial divers off the rugged coast near the Spanish port city of Huelva. Antonio, better known as the Tiger, is fearless and unrivalled underwater, but a mess on dry land. While Estrella sacrifices her own dreams to keep her brother afloat, Antonio’s financial troubles and declining health push them further into a corner. Then they discover a shipment of cocaine hidden inside the hull of a ship. What initially seems like an unexpected lifeline soon turns into a dangerous game that tests their loyalty and family bond to the limit.
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Sunny Dancer
George JaquesAn energetic and disarming coming-of-age story about a group of young people determined to live life to the fullest.Thu 13 AugRELEASEHanging out with friends, partying and pushing boundaries… That is how most teenagers spend the summer before turning eighteen. But not Ivy.
Her loving but overprotective parents have other plans: four weeks at Children Run Free Camp, a summer camp for young people living with the effects of cancer.
After one look at the terrible promotional video, packed with sunsets and cheap crossfades, Ivy has had enough. As if cancer were not bad enough, now she has to go to summer camp too.
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The Desert of the Real
Luuk BouwmanA profound and visually daring documentary about psychosis, consciousness and what we choose to call reality.Thu 13 AugRELEASEHow do you know whether something is real? Six people who have experienced psychosis take the viewer into their worlds and ask fundamental questions about reality and consciousness. Despite their different backgrounds, including a psychologist, a philosopher, a musician, a mental health professional and an artist, they share profound reflections on how psychosis has shaped the way they see the world.
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Jane SchoenbrunA bloody meta-horror about a derailed franchise, a mysterious film star and the thin line between desire and madness.Thu 20 AugRELEASEAfter years of terrible sequels, the Camp Miasma franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director to bring it back to life. But when she visits the star of the original film, a now reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women are drawn into a bloody world of desire, fear and madness.
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Below the Clouds
Gianfranco RosiBreathtaking black-and-white portrait of Naples and its surroundings.Thu 27 AugRELEASEBreathtaking black-and-white portrait of Naples and its surroundings. Documentary filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi travels through the area between Vesuvius and the coast, both above and below ground. A warm-blooded homage to the residents of a region where the earth is never still.
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Hundreds of Beavers
Mike CheslikA drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.Thu 27 AugRELEASEAfter his apple brandy business is completely destroyed, a drunken salesman is left penniless and homeless in a frozen wilderness. Struggling to survive, he gradually learns the art of fur trapping through trial and error. When he falls in love with the daughter of a fur trader, he is given a seemingly impossible task: catch hundreds of beavers and he may marry her. What begins as a simple hunt escalates into an increasingly absurd battle involving ingenious traps, madcap chases and an army of beavers determined to make his life as difficult as possible.
