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Looking for inspiration for your next film night? These upcoming titles are ones you won’t want to miss.
Agenda
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Angel's Egg | 40th Anniversary
Mamoru OshiiThu 11 DecRELEASEA mysterious girl carries a giant egg through a desolate mystical world, accompanied by a silent stranger. A legendary anime from 1985, now restored in 4K and showing in theaters for the first time.
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ETERNITY
David FreyneThu 11 DecRELEASEIn the afterlife, souls are given one week to decide where they will spend the rest of their “eternity.” Newcomer Joan is confronted with the impossible choice between her husband Larry, with whom she has spent her entire life, and her first love Luke, who died young in a war and has waited decades for her arrival.
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House of Hope
Marjolein BusstraThu 11 DecRELEASEIn Al-Eizariya, in the occupied West Bank, Manar and her husband Milad run House of Hope, a free school where Palestinian children learn, sing, and breathe in an atmosphere of art and humanity. But as tensions rise outside, it becomes increasingly difficult for Manar to maintain her pacifist ideals and continue to give her students a sense of security and dignity.
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Julian
Cato KustersThu 11 DecRELEASEThe moving and true love story of Fleur and Julian, inspired by Fleur Pierets' book, is Belgian director Cato Kusters' feature film debut. After a brief encounter at a concert, the two women quickly fall madly in love and make plans for the future. They want to get married and come up with an intriguing idea. Would it be possible to say “I do” in every country where it is legal?
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Sentimental value
Joachim TrierThu 11 DecRELEASESentimental Value is Joachim Trier's new film, once again starring Renate Reinsve. The film follows actress Nora (Reinsve) and her sister Agnes, who recently lost their mother. When their estranged father, the successful filmmaker Gustav, re-establishes contact with a film script, he offers Nora the lead role. This is a first step in an attempt to rebuild the bond between father and daughters.
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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Mary BronsteinThu 18 DecRELEASEWhen Linda's life falls apart, she tries to hold on while struggling with her sick child, a missing person, her absent husband, and a therapist who seems less and less trustworthy.
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La femme la plus riche du monde
Thierry KlifaThu 18 DecRELEASEMarianne Farrère seems to have it all: a lavish estate, a prestigious inheritance, and a life free of financial worries. Yet the successful businesswoman feels increasingly unhappy, tormented by boredom, the ailments of old age, and the emptiness behind her public image.
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Left-Handed Girl
Shih-Ching TsouThu 18 DecRELEASESingle mother Shu-Fen and her two daughters, teenager I-Ann and five-year-old I-Jing, return to Taipei after living in the countryside for years. All three of them have quite a lot to deal with. Shu-Fen has to clean up her ex's mess while working herself to death at a food stall, and I-Ann wants to stand on her own two feet but keeps making the wrong decisions. When left-handed I-Jing is forced by her traditional grandfather to never use her “devil's hand” again, three generations of family secrets suddenly begin to unravel.
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Nawi
Vallentine Chelluget, Apuu Mourine, Kevin SchmutzlerThu 18 DecRELEASEThirteen-year-old Nawi lives in Turkana, a remote region in northern Kenya, where child marriages are still commonplace despite being officially banned. The story begins with the determined and studious young protagonist achieving the highest marks in her secondary school entrance exams. While she is being celebrated by her teacher and friends, and a TV news crew interviews her about her academic achievements, her father devises a plan to marry her off to a much older man.
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Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho HanThu 25 DecRELEASEThe life of young Amélie is one big adventure: as she discovers the beauty of life and encounters tragedy, a tender and moving story unfolds in a film that visually enchants and surprises.
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Song Sung Blue
Craig BrewerThu 25 DecRELEASEBased on the true story of two musicians and unlucky individuals (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) who form a vibrant Neil Diamond tribute band, proving that it is never too late to find love and pursue your dreams.
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To New Beginnings
Paprika SteenThu 25 DecRELEASEA close-knit group of friends reunites on New Year's Eve for a night of festive traditions and memories. However, the group has not been complete since Martin died years ago. Tonight, Nomi, Martin's girlfriend at the time, introduces her new boyfriend Finn. Finn doesn't seem to fit in with the group. He keeps asking the wrong questions and unexpectedly confronts them with suppressed feelings. It turns out to be an evening they will never forget...
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Urchin
Harris DickinsonThu 25 DecRELEASEIn this powerful directorial debut by Harris Dickinson (Babygirl, Triangle of Sadness), homeless drug addict Mike (Frank Dillane) tries to get his life back on track after a stint in prison. He finds work, a roof over his head, and even a tentative new relationship. Mike longs for peace and stability, but on the streets of London, a misstep is always lurking. The hopeful yet self-destructive Mike not only reaches his own limits, but also encounters a system that repeatedly fails him.
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Folktales
Heidi Ewing, Rachel GradyThu 1 JanRELEASEThe new documentary Folktales by Oscar®-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady takes viewers to the far north of Norway. At Pasvik Folk High School, 200 miles above the Arctic Circle, a group of teenagers opt for an unconventional gap year: no classroom lessons or screens, but dog sledding, surviving in the Arctic wilderness, and learning to rely on each other, and on a loyal pack of Alaskan huskies.
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It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Amy BergThu 8 JanRELEASEIt's Never Over, Jeff Buckley, directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg (Deliver Us From Evil, Janis: Little Girl Blue, West of Memphis), chronicles the life of the rising young star with an extraordinary voice and groundbreaking artistry, who took the music world by storm in the 1990s when he died suddenly at the age of 30, following the release of his critically acclaimed debut album, Grace.
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Rental Family
HikariThu 8 JanRELEASEA lonely, down-and-out American actor (Brendan Fraser) living in Tokyo starts working for a Japanese “rental family” company, playing various stand-in roles in other people's lives. Along the way, he discovers unexpected happiness within his new, blended family.
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The Chronology of Water
Kristen StewartThu 8 JanRELEASEDrowned in memories, reborn in words. In her long-awaited directorial debut, Kristen Stewart brings Lidia Yuknavitch's raw, poetic memoirs to the big screen. Thanks to a sports scholarship, talented swimmer Lidia (Imogen Poots) manages to escape her violent childhood, but her past continues to haunt her. The film follows her descent into self-destruction—into sex, drink, drugs, and anger—and her difficult road back, in which she learns to transform her trauma into art.
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Winter in Sokcho
Thu 8 JanRELEASEThe life of a young Korean woman takes an unexpected turn when a French artist visits her country and disrupts her daily routine.
