Elena Ferrante has captivated millions of fervent fans since the beginning of her career in the 1990s. But her true identity remains a mystery. This documentary explores Ferrante’s oeuvre and attempts to identify what led to her success.
What happens on a Swedish beach when someone yells “Seig Heil” or calls someone’s wife “whore”? This charged film shows what generation gaps, poor communication, and too much beer lead to: boxing.
In 1950s Tokyo, a sophisticated woman grows tired of her arranged marriage to a man focused on his work. A restored version of Yasujiro Ozu’s (Tokyo Story) tender and insightful portrait of marriage which premiered at Venice FF.
An Ethiopian girl who lost track with her parents since arriving in Europe, is temporarily placed in Switzerland along with other refugees while their legal status is sorted out. She falls hopelessly in love with Kabir, until the day he mysteriously disappears.
In her 1993 documentary, Chantal Akerman travels through post-Cold War Eastern Europe. From East Germany to Russia—life is portrayed through prolonged camera movements and a fascinating sequence of gazes.
A teenager is walking through the forest with his classmates, looking for Gabriel, a kid from his boarding school who went missing. After a violent incident, he drifts away from the searching crew, deeper into the forest.
Two amphibians are the only ones left in a deserted rich house: frogs who showcase their animal instincts. This journey between land and water demonstrates the power of digital animation to mimic reality and highlight its magic.
Saltanat’s mother sends her to the city to marry a man who will pay off her father’s debts. Accompanied by her admirer Kuandyk, she discovers that city men do not keep their word. This wonderful Kazakh film recently premiered at Cannes.
Dafna is a drummer with lots of love to give, but no one to give it to. The guitar sounds coming from next door will lead to a chance.
In a remote alley in Seoul, lies a café where guests sit and chat. As the hours pass, they mingle and get to know one another. A lone woman observes the others and records her thoughts. Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo’s new film.
Hannah escorts her husband to the prison gate and tries to stick to her routine as a way to face his crime and its consequences. A minimalistic portrait of a woman in deep emotional distress starring the legendary Charlotte Rampling.
Lazzaro is a laborer on the Marchesa de Luna’s tobacco plantation. When her son Tancredi visits the fields, he is captivated by Lazzaro’s sincerity and kindness. Alice Rohrwacher’s (The Wonders) new, critically-acclaimed film.
By excavating strange moments in German history, the film explores the idea of historical mistranslation and presents a meditation on irrationality and nationalism through the legacy of Expressionism.
Andrey, a young immigrant living in the slums of Ashdod, forms a hip-hop band with his three best friends. When his family suffers a crisis, he must struggle to care for his sister, work, and the band's rehearsals.
Based on archival footage from German films produced between 1933-1945, this documentary debates the entertainment industry’s submission to Nazi demands and ponders its double role as a propaganda mouthpiece and escapist space.
In a small apartment in Tel Aviv, in the hot and humid days of August, 17-year-old Noga's parents are going through an ugly divorce. She searches for a place of her own.
Two bookend films in Amos Gitai’s oeuvre epitomizing his unique view on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The first is a new digital version of House,the second is his latest film, Letter to a Friend in Gaza.
A distorted social portrait about the illusion of free will and choice, using a collage of images from the realms of advertising, art history, and the Internet.
A rowdy forty-year-old Berlin photographer feels empty, until he awakes to discover that he is the only human being in the world. An ambitious critique on modern Western society seasoned with a touch of comic relief.
Romanian master Corneliu Porumboiu’s documentary follows a man whose life is dedicated to developing an alternative version of soccer. Rooted in a childhood trauma, changing the rules of the game is his life’s work behind which is a vision of solidarity and revolution.
An insightful, ambient work that unabashedly confronts the “post-truth” era while forging an appropriate aesthetic. This is a story about a couple that constructs a fantastic world threatened by a painful trauma.
An 80-year-old man sets out to take revenge on the SS officer who executed his parents, but instead, finds his 70-year-old son who avoided his father throughout his entire life. The two old men embark upon a bittersweet journey to meet surviving witnesses of the wartime tragedy.
Jamilia, the Soviet-Kyrgyz novel from 1958, become a Soviet classic even though the main character broke all the rules. The film takes us to Kirgizstan, where the book is still widely admired, to meet women who talk about Jamilia and reveal their own private lives and desires.
