Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued
A young man named Julian moves to New York City. He rents a small room and one day, as he repaints the room, he finds a book and a pencil drawing of a deer concealed in the wall.
A young man named Julian moves to New York City. He rents a small room and one day, as he repaints the room, he finds a book and a pencil drawing of a deer concealed in the wall.
Amid a failing counteroffensive in 2023, the director and his Associated Press colleague Alex Babenko follow a Ukrainian brigade battling through approximately one mile of a heavily fortified forest on their mission to liberate the Russian-occupied village of Andriivka.
Haunted by a personal tragedy, home care worker Shoo is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman who fears the neighbours as much as she fears the Na Sídhe – sinister entities who she believes abducted her decades before.
Russell Kingston, a lifelong extra, has spent decades on Hollywood’s periphery, slipping in and out of roles without ever stepping into the spotlight. A drifter in the world of cinema, he takes on the personas of the characters he has played, those he admires, and those he invents himself.
Every year, the team at the Mugaritz works behind closed doors to design a vocationally different gastronomic proposal each new season.
The story of an 85-year-old man who has recently lost his wife. By mixing his wife's ashes in a cup of hot water and drinking it, she appears to him, and they share memories of their life together.
In a remote village in the Talysh montains between Iran and Azerbaijan, Samid, a TV repairman, dusts off his old Soviet film projector. He dreams of bringing his village together in front of the silver screen once more.
A group of relatives and friends walk behind a hearse, accompanying the recently deceased
Years after leaving the small town behind, Joel returns to move his mother Monika to a home for the elderly struggling with dementia. However, Monika’s health takes a turn for the worse soon after her arrival.
When the brutally murdered mother of Alina, a drug addict, is found on the beach one day, the question arises whether Alina is a cold- blooded manipulator or a lifelong victim of abuse.
Leni Riefenstahl is considered one of the most controversial women of the 20th century as an artist and a Nazi propagandist. Her films Triumph of the Will and Olympia stand for perfectly staged body worship and the celebration of the superior and victorious.
The story of a naive man, whose direct behavior stirs in people moral unrest, rage and embarrassment over their own pettiness, making them yearn for goodness. An atypical adaptation of Dostojevski's novel of the same title.
Directed in 1928 by Charles Reisner, Steamboat Bill, Jr. is an exceptional example of Buster Keaton’s talent for physical comedy and stunts.
When Ditte Jensen retires from the Danish Secret Service, she moves into an apartment block in Reykjavik where should live her life in anonymity. But Ditte can not stop being how she is: when she sees her neighbors’ problems she is compelled to help, whether they want her help or not.
Willy and Jojo are childhood friends who never leave each other's side. Training at the motocross track is their way to beat boredom. One evening, Willy discovers Jojo's secret.
Sonny and Akiko’s joy upon the arrival of their first child quickly turns to panic when their doctor gives them unimaginable news.
18:30 – Film Screening: La Réparation (dir. Régis Wargnier, France, 104’) | Cercul Militar
A legendary chef disappears on the eve of receiving his third Michelin star. In his wake, a young daughter must keep his culinary legacy alive. A mysterious and moving story about family, identity, and rebuilding.
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
A few hours before his third Michelin star was awarded, a renowned chef disappeared with his second chef during a hunting trip. His daughter Clara found herself alone at the head of the restaurant, harassed by paparazzi...
Tuesday, June 17, 7:00 PM
Kostiantyn Pochtar, better known as Postman, began his musical odyssey in Kyiv, crafting intimate 'city folk' songs with just a guitar and harmonica. His early works captured the everyday wonders of his hometown’s urban life, offering a raw, acoustic sound that reflected his surroundings. One of those early songs, ‘Kyivski Vulytsi’ (The Streets of Kyiv), was a huge success and has since been considered by many as an unofficial hymn of Ukraine’s capital.
When two girls go missing, Paul Chartier, an impulsive young police recruit, is assigned to Maldoror. This secret unit has been set up to monitor a dangerous sex offender.
The tragic story of peasant girl Jagna forced to marry a much older, wealthy farmer Boryna, despite her love for his son Antek. With time, Jagna becomes the object of envy and hate of the villagers...
"In 2018 my grandfather was arrested for child abuse and attempted kidnapping. Now I meet him again and am confronted with his looks, his responses, and my own feelings.
Ada, a pregnant American journalist of Polish descent, receives a mysterious package – an autobiographical book about childhood trauma, authored by her friend, Roksana. Ada, on her last journalistic adventure before maternity leave, joins Roksana in Poland to recount the gripping story.
Just as he does every year, Gerrie flies from sunny Portugal for a three-day visit to the Netherlands, the drab country of his birth. He has his usual errands to run and he visits his doctor for his annual check-up, accompanied by his eccentric grown-up son, Dick.
Famous film director Levent is completely unaware of Aliye, a housekeeper at the hotel where he is staying. However, Aliye, who is trying to tailor a new life story for herself, knows Levent and his films very well.
Rio de Janeiro, early 1970s. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. One day, Rubens Paiva, the patriarch of a happy family, vanishes without trace...
This instant classic is screened at the 100th anniversary of FIPRESCI!
Marie no longer feels at home in her native Mikulov, nor does she feel like she belongs to America. The phenomenon of pulling up one’s roots, migrating elsewhere, and finding a new home in a foreign land is a universal theme.
After finding out that their father left a huge sum of money behind after his death, Mariam and Noura come up with an elaborate scheme to abscond with the money before their brother — who is legally entitled to half the inheritance — finds out about their father’s death.