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The third feature film by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge (Tanta agua) is a heartwarming, magical-realist tale about grief and everlasting friendship. After the death of her best friend, Adela embarks on a journey through time and rediscovers joy.

After their two-year-old daughter disappears without a trace, Darren and Tara begin receiving mysterious videos of their private lives. The police are ready to arrest a suspect, just as the family starts to fall apart. Secrets come to light while they are being closely watched from all sides.

The iconic film The Graduate - featuring the now-legendary title track Mrs. Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel - is rightfully considered a classic. The film was awarded the Oscar for Best Director (Mike Nichols) and can now be experienced anew in a 4K restoration that makes it visually shine like never before.

In the summer of 1990, when East German citizens are given only six days to exchange their Ostmarks for West German marks, childhood friends and lovers Maren, Robert, and Volker decide to steal a fortune in nearly worthless currency from an underground bunker. Together with family, friends, and neighbors, they devise a creative plan to quickly convert the money into valuable goods and outsmart the capitalists.

Nina (12) lives with her father, an animation film director, and her little brother. Although she lost her mother at a young age, she wants nothing to do with people who show pity. She believes she’s perfectly fine on her own. Nina dreams of becoming a writer and reaches out to her neighbor Lidia, a real author struggling with writer’s block. Lidia agrees to help Nina in exchange for a little help in the garden.

Aïcha not only offers a glimpse into the life of the main character Aya but also exposes the tensions within Tunisian society. What would you do if you suddenly had the chance to start a new life with a clean slate?

Mara rekindles her friendship with Matt. What do you do when you run into someone from your past? That’s the question Mara, a literature professor in Toronto, asks herself when Matt, her college buddy, suddenly reappears in her life. An intense portrait of a friendship that comes close to becoming a romance but never fully crosses that line, this film has never before been shown in the Netherlands.