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Amina lives alone with her 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her already fragile world collapses the day she discovers that her daughter is pregnant. The teenager does not want this pregnancy. In a country where abortion is not only condemned by religion, but also by law, Amina finds herself facing a losing battle.
On the outskirts of London, Portuguese couple and parents of three, Bela and Jota, struggle to make ends meet. When a misunderstanding arises at school with their deaf daughter, social services grow concerned for the safety of their children. LISTEN portrays their battle against the law to keep their family together.
THE LOST LEONARDO recounts the battle over the fate of the Salvator Mundi, an ancient painting of Christ. After its unexpected reappearance in 2004, the artwork became considered a long-lost Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece and has been embroiled in personal, economic, legal, and geopolitical disputes, all before disappearing once again.
After 62 years of a loving marriage, Yosef and Zilli decide to take their lives together. The memories of their love and their planned death are brought to life through the videotapes of their youngest son, Doron. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 1
The new film by French director Quentin Dupieux (RUBBER, DEERSKIN) is an unusual comedy about two men who meet a giant fly, and that is not the last surprise in store for them – and us. The film is one of the best works screened in the most recent Venice Film Festival and stars Adele Exarchopoulos, who has become a steady guest at film festivals in the past decade and excels in her role, as usual.
Recently, Louis, a painter, has been experiencing strange events. His world seems to be mutating. Slowly, pieces of furniture, objects, people, lose their realism. They are de-structuring, sometimes disintegrating. The European Film Academy 2020: A Selection of Short Films - Program II
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, winner of the 2010 Palme D’or for his film UNCLE BOONMEE, returned to Cannes this year with MEMORIA, a film set in Colombia and starring Tilda Swinton, and left with the Grand Jury Prize. Swinton plays Jessica, who arrives in Bogota to visit her sister, but an irritating sound keeps echoing in her ear, giving her no respite.
Israel 2021, a flood of riots filled the streets. The police brutally fight civilians. Ariel Semmel, a film director and political activist, decides to fight back. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 4
Fei makes a living in the big city working as a hustler. His world collapses when he realizes that his family accepts his money but not his homosexuality. Broken-hearted, Fei struggles to create a new beginning in his life. An arresting film debut which premiered at the Cannes Un Certain Regard Competition.
Pinhas asks his single mother, Tamara, to join his classmates in preparing for their Bar Mitzvahs. Tamara, an immigrant from Ukraine, who resists religion, refuses. When the religious neighbor volunteers to help, the two form a strong bond. Gradually Tamara falls for him too. Will the idyll hold up?
In 1970, filmmaker Luchino Visconti travelled throughout Europe looking for a boy who could personify absolute beauty for his film adaptation of Thomas Mann’s DEATH IN VENICE. In Stockholm, he discovered Björn Andrésen, a shy 15-year-old teenager whom he brought to international fame. This documentary returns to Anderson, 50 years later.
On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on Mother’s Day. She has the rare chance to spend some quality time with her secret lover, Paul, the boy from the manor house nearby, who is engaged to be married to another woman.
MR. BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS is an intimate documentary portraying the bond between an elementary school teacher and his students. His unconventional teaching methods clash with the complex social and cultural realities of the provincial German industrial town in which they live.
Michelle and Rita, total opposites, are arrested for theft and placed in the same cell. Their conflicts and personality clashes lead to screaming battles and cat fights before a prison riot brings deadly violence and newfound respect for each other. The secret world of a women's cell block finally exposed. Presented with Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects Introduction by Quentin Tarantino
Naomi and a group of girls break into the local swimming pool as a prank one evening. But their adventure will force her to come to terms with how far she is prepared to go in order to hide her disability. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 1
World War II, occupied Soviet Union. István Semetka is a Hungarian farmer who serves in a special unit whose mission is to locate and execute partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander is killed and chaos ensues, Semetka is forced to overcome his fears and take command.
Rory (Jude Law), an ambitious entrepreneur and former commodities broker, persuades his American wife, Allison (Carrie Coon), and their children, to leave the comforts of suburban America and return to his native England during the 1980s. Sensing an opportunity, Rory rejoins his former firm and leases a centuries-old country manor, with grounds for Allison’s horses and plans to build a stable. Soon, the promise of a lucrative new beginning starts to unravel, and the couple is forced to face the unwelcome truths lying beneath the surface of their marriage.
A lavish wedding of the upper echelon – spectacular dresses, bottles of champagne, a nervous bride, delighted guests. But beyond the secure boundaries of home, a coup is in the making and the joyous event quickly turns into a violent class struggle that overtakes the entire city. A new film by Michel Franco (AFTER LUCIA) awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the last Venice Film Festival. For Adults 18+ only
After 14 years away from her homeland, Salomé returns to Cape Verde to see her dying brother. During her stopover at Lisbon airport, Águeda, a cleaning lady, recognizes Salomé as "Mila," her childhood friend. The European Film Academy 2020: A Selection of Short Films - Program II
Mikaël is a doctor on night call. He looks after patients from underprivileged neighborhoods, as well as drug addicts. Torn between his wife and his mistress, embroiled in trafficking fraudulent prescriptions with his cousin, Mikaël is left with no choice: Tonight, he has to reclaim control over his life.
Edson Oda’s feature film debut follows Will, a reclusive man who conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born. He soon faces a challenge in the form of free-spirited Emma, a candidate unlike the others who forces him to reckon with his own tumultuous past.
Dr. Rudy was an iconic psycho-guru and founder of "The Rudy Psychoanalytic Institute" – the largest in Israel during the 70’s. His controversial therapy methods forced him to fight for his reputation and the institute's survival. His demise raises questions regarding abuse of power and moral boundaries.
Written and directed by award-winning filmmaker and former Pixar animator Erick Oh, OPERA, is an animation project that can be defined as a contemporary animated edition of the Renaissance fresco mural paintings. 2021 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation
Secret Agent OSS 117 is back! The year is 1981, and he has a new mission – more sensitive, more dangerous, and hotter than ever. This time, he is sent to Africa to track down the young and promising Agent OSS 1001, who disappeared on the Black Continent. The great Jean Dujardin returns to the role of the French spy in a new episode of the successful spy parody series.
They come from all over the world but they have one thing in common: The Foreign Legion, their new family. OUR MEN tells these stories: Stories of women who struggle to keep their love alive; stories of men who leave for battle.
