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A rich selection of acclaimed films from around the world

76 Days

Dir.: Hao Wu, Anonymous, Weixi Chen
| 93 minutes

In January 2020, the Chinese government locked down the city of Wuhan in an attempt to stop the mysterious disease outbreak in the region. The film takes us to the front lines of the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, and via intensive documentation of the 76 days of quarantine, reveals a series of breathtaking stories.

 

Antigone

Dir.: Sophie Deraspe
| 109 minutes

A contemporary, award-winning adaptation of the Greek classic Antigone by Sophocles. The modern-day Antigone is the daughter of a family of refugees – an outstanding student who concocts a brilliant plan to free her brother from prison.

 

Onsite screening

The Girl with a Bracelet

Dir.: Stéphane Demoustier
| 95 minutes

Seventeen-year-old Liz is arrested and interrogated following the tragic death of her best friend. The suspicions wreak havoc within the family but the daughter is surprisingly and disturbingly restrained. 

 

Golda Maria

Dir.: Patrick Sobelman, Hugo Sobelman
| 115 minutes

The testimony of Golda Maria Sobelman, who was but a hair’s breadth away from death during World War II but survived to tell her story and lived until the age of 102. A mesmerizing, moving, and inspirational documentary.

 

Kubrick by Kubrick

Dir.: Grégory Monro
| 73 minutes

Stanley Kubrick never liked to be interviewed or talk at length about his films. Hence the importance of Kubrick by Kubrick, a film which reveals, for the first time, rare recordings of the director and takes the viewers on a journey into the world of the cinematic genius.

 

La Llorona

Dir.: Jayro Bustamante
| 97 minutes

Thirty years after Alma and her children fall prey to a violent massacre, an indictment is filed against an aging general who was behind the atrocities. But the courts acquit him, and in the process, the spirit of the weeping woman comes to life and now walks among the living. 

 

Lapsis

Dir.: Noah Hutton
| 104 minutes

Delivery man Ray Tincelli is struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother. He turns to quantum cabling, a strange new corner of the gig economy, and faces a pivotal choice to either help his fellow workers or to get rich and get out. 

 

Last and First Men

Dir.: Jóhann Jóhannsson
| 70 minutes

Two billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.

 

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

Dir.: Alexandre O. Philippe
| 105 minutes

A documentary portrait of the brilliant American director, Willian Friedkin, that focuses on his successful film, The Exorcist. Friedkin candidly discusses the process of his work on one of the greatest films of all times, while revealing different techniques and his cinematic philosophy.

The Magic Mountain

Dir.: Eitan Efrat, Daniel Mann
| 68 minutes

The Magic Mountain connects three sites at the foot of the snowy Alps and the invisible powers that churn underground. Local residents and European tourists flock to the sites to expose geological layers that are believed to conceal a deep secret.

 

Moffie

Dir.: Oliver Hermanus
| 103 minutes

In South Africa, 1981, a young conscript’s task to survive his military service is made all the more difficult when a connection is sparked between him and a fellow recruit. The fourth feature by Oliver Hermanus (The Endless River).

 

Onsite screening

My Rembrandt

Dir.: Oeke Hoogendijk
| 95 minutes

Dutch director Oeke Hoogendijk embarked on a journey to follow the incessant pursuit of Rembrandt, the Master of Intimacy, whose paintings continue to be the source of obsession among collectors, aristocrats, art scholars and museums till this day. 

 

Nadia, Butterfly

Dir.: Pascal Plante
| 107 minutes

Nadia decides that after the Olympic games in Tokyo, she will put her glorious swimming career behind her to escape the harsh life of sacrifices. After the very last competition, she is swept into nights of drinking, partying, and loss of control, in an attempt to deal with her emotional crisis. 

 

The Pageant

Dir.: Eytan İpeker
| 83 minutes

Every year since 2011, a unique beauty contest has been taking place in Haifa. The contestants are female survivors of the Holocaust. Amid this spectacle sponsored by an Evangelical organization, the personal traumas of the survivors remain as deep as ever.

 

Proxima

Dir.: Alice Winocour
| 107 minutes

Sarah is a French astronaut trying to navigate her ambitious career with raising her daughter. When Sarah is chosen to be the only woman on a year-long space expedition, and is sent to a demanding training camp, she will have to reexamine her relationships with her daughter, colleagues, and with herself.

 

She Dies Tomorrow

Dir.: Amy Seimetz
| 86 minutes

Amy is convinced she is going to die. Her life is not in danger, but a gut feeling doesn't let her rest and draws her into an unusual emotional turmoil. When her skeptical friend discovers that Amy's feelings are contagious, the two find themselves on an extraordinary journey to what seems to be the last day of their lives.

 

The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs

Dir.: Pushpendra Singh
| 96 minutes

Trapped between her cowardly husband and regular harassment by a local authority, Laila, a nomadic shepherdess, decided to break out of her old identity and chart a new path. An original and captivating film that is charged with humor and exceptional cinematography. 

 

This is Not a Movie

Dir.: Yung Chang
| 90 minutes

For five decades, Robert Fisk reported from the most turbulent regions in the world. In 1976, he arrived in Beirut and since then, provided extensive coverage of the wars in the Middle East. A documentary portrait of a journalistic hero. 

 

Zappa

Dir.: Alex Winter
| 129 minutes

An in-depth and comprehensive portrait of the legendary Frank Zappa, based on previously unreleased materials from the artist's private archives, including rare musical recordings, documentation of performances, family films, and unfinished projects.