Upcoming Movies
Riverboom
In the year following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, young journalist Claude Baechtold finds himself in the war zone of Afghanistan. Not entirely voluntarily, the avowed anti-militarist is dragged by two fearless reporters on a round trip through the entire country.
Black Glass
Before his legendary proto-cinematic studies in motion, photographer Eadweard Muybridge was commissioned to document the United States Army’s war against the Modoc tribe in Northern California in a series of stereographs, many of them staged. Alternately unnerving, meditative, and explosive, Adam Piron’s Black Glass examines the entangled histories of visual technology and the genocide and expropriation of Indigenous populations by white settlers through a violent collision of image and sound.
The Deep West Assembly
Short film commissioned by the Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo, Norway
Ramón y Ramón
Having received the ashes of his father, with whom he had no more than a distant relationship, Ramón meets Mateo during lockdown. Despite their differences, a profound connection grows between them, prompting them to question themselves. Mateo decides to accompany Ramón on the journey to scatter the ashes in Huancayo. On the way, Ramón will realise that he was looking for answers to the wrong questions, and that he must heal from within in order to move on.
To Live, To Die, To Live Again
Emma loves Sammy, who loves Cyril, who loves her back. What could have been a love story at the end of the last century is blown apart by the arrival of AIDS. Expecting the worst, each character's destiny takes an unexpected turn.
Unification of Japan 64
Joji (Takashi Kitadai) is shot by Isamu (Hidemi Higa) and collapses. Ishizawa (Hiroto Honda) and Yamamura (Kenta Kawasaki) rush towards him and he flinches when they draw their guns, but Joji stops them. Concerned about the fate of Yuu and his friends, Joji decides to instead flee to Kawatani (Hitoshi Ozawa) and Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya) in order to help them escape from the Masaki group.
Maple Leaf Dreams
Maple Leaf Dreams is the story of Macky and Molly, a young, poor couple who work as a restaurant manager and an office secretary. Although they have decent jobs in the Philippines, they soon realize that their current routine won't give them a promising future in their home country. So, Molly applies for a student program in Canada.
I Remember (depth of flatten cruelty)
Artists Tolia Astakhishvili and James Richards’s collaboration cultivates a sense of ruin and renovation, an architectural ouroboros in which previously created work yields new use. In this digitally composed space, volume is collapsed, vertiginously upending our visual perception. The camera-eye floats unsteadily within it, as the soundtrack weaves together heterogeneous materials, further propelling and disorienting us through their world.
Bridgeport II: Retribution
After the successful containment of Bridgeport, the world tries to pick up the pieces. Lost in the shadows, September, Mark, and Brian, the children of Bridgeport, grapple with the changing world and their own morality - holding both the keys of salvation and destruction within their very existence.
Emmanuelle
A young woman embarks on a series of sexual adventures with a series of men and women against the backdrop of expatriate life in Bangkok.
Blank Room
The genuine definition of life varies from plane to plane, eroding...extracting, giving, gifting...there's no finite direction in which the tale travels...
TELEOS-1
The crew of TELEOS-1 has been sent out to perform research on recently discovered exoplanets. The longer they explore the universe, the more they can let go of earthly norms.
After
A club in Paris. Driving techno beats sweep everyone away. People dance, consume and talk. Félicie meets Saïd and takes him to her place for an afterparty. On the cusp between night and day, different lives and views collide.
Edward Scissorhands
In a castle high on a hill lives Edward; a boy created by an eccentric inventor. When his creator dies he is left alone and unfinished with only scissors for hands until a kindly townswoman invites him to live with her suburban family. Can Edward find his place in the well-meaning community which struggles to see past his curious appearance to the innocence and gentleness within?
This Time Next Year I'll Be Famous
When Rayna's theatre company faces bankruptcy, she takes one last roll of the dice to turn things around with an experienced director. However due to her non existent budget she ends up with a washed up has been with a bad temper.
Work to Do
Joon-hee, a fourth-year assistant manager at Hanyang Heavy Industries gets assigned to the human resources department. As the shipyard suffers a dearth of orders, the creditors instruct the HR to restructure the company. Although reluctant to do so, the team supposes that it is inevitable for keeping the company afloat. The HR proceeds to make the restructuring as smooth and efficient as possible. In an attempt to set the criteria for dismissal in company’s favor, the team first tries to elect employee's representatives who will cater for the demands of management. Some of the so-called blacklisted employees who are well aware of the conventional procedure start to put on a brake…
Seven Veils
Jeanine, an earnest theatre director, has been given the task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, she allows her repressed trauma to color the present as she re-enters the opera world after so many years away.
Previously Saved Version
In the year 2200, Naoki and Mayumi live in a luxurious floating residence in space. Outwardly the perfect couple, Naoki secretly seeks revenge on his wife and transforms her into an android to pursue and recreate his own ideal.
Bride Hard
A renowned secret agent has been tasked with one of her hardest missions yet – being a maid of honor for her childhood best friend.
The Children of Korntal
In Korntal, a small town of 9,000 souls in Baden-Württemberg, hundreds of children were abused in the homes of the Evangelical Brethren since the 1950s. Forced labour, physical punishment and sexualised violence were the order of the day. To date, more than 150 former children have broken their silence, more than 80 perpetrators have been identified. Because the latter covered for each other and the neighbours looked away, the children were defenceless against the abuse for decades. When the scandal was exposed in 2013, the community and the village were hostile at first: That which must not be cannot be. It was only when the pressure from the outside grew that the community initiated a process of dealing with the scandal. But it is controversial: victims are re-traumatised, their statements doubted. To this day the children from Korntal are fighting for investigation and compensation.
Bangkok Breaking: Heaven and Hell
An emergency rescue worker fights for survival after getting caught in the crossfire of Bangkok's deadly underbelly.
I Saw Juan Gabriel
Santiago, reluctant owner of a rifle, is approached by Don Ceballo for help in getting rid of a problematic dog. Meanwhile, their tragedy-stricken village witnesses the Spirit of late beloved singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel.
Die Schule der magischen Tiere 3
Ida wants to perform with her class at the annual Forest Day to campaign for the protection of the local forest. Even Helene is there, as she hopes to use the footage of the performance to build up her influencer channel. What nobody knows is that Helene's family is on the verge of bankruptcy and Helene urgently needs followers to avert the threat of bankruptcy. Helene is also under pressure from the high expectations of her magical animal, Karajan the cat from Paris, who imagines a life of pure luxury.
Megdan: Between Water and Fire
A sports drama that follows a disco security guard who is nearing the end of his martial arts career, but also has a moral debt from the past coming to pay. A drama about a group of guys who have to choose between water and fire but want to keep both.
White Flash
After a long and torturous psychiatric history, a date is finally set for the much desired humane termination of the life of forty-two-year-old Rick. Will his parents be able to let him go out of their love for him?
The Day I Met You
Zeca tries to get up early to catch the bus and arrive an hour and a half later at the neighboring town’s school, where he works as a librarian. Waking up early is evermore difficult: something prevents him from maintaining his routine. One day, Zeca meets Louisa.
Крест
The creators explore what the cross is like as a cornerstone symbol for humanity, what its installation on Earth means for people and how this changed the picture of the world of peoples and generations.
At Night
The careful order of Gio's nightly running group is disrupted when newcomer Santi challenges him to a race.
Kill the Jockey
Remo's self-destructive behavior overshadows his talent. Abril, an upcoming jockey is pregnant by Remo and has to decide between child or continuing to race. They both race for Sirena, an businessman who saved Remo's life in the past.
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Experience your favourite Bing episodes and join in with new interactive games on the big screen with Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration. Featuring 6 beloved stories from the hit CBeebies series, join Bing, Flop and all their friends at the cinema for 70 minutes of singing, dancing, counting and more.
Wishing on a Star
A comedy documentary about the search for happiness. The Italian astrologist Lucciana can alter the destinies of people. On their birthdays they have to travel to whatever location on Earth has the ideal constellation of planets over it. They will be reborn on that day and so be able to change their nature. On the one hand, the film follows the everyday (and unchanging) life of the fortune-teller who changes the lives of people while, on the other hand, it follows five protagonists who set out to various places in the world in order to change their lives.
American Chick
What do you do when the whole world is against you and you're still a child? Ema Černá, the heroine of a story inspired by real fates, finally manages to find the strength and will to survive in herself. The most important thing is to believe in yourself. But if you are truly alone, you have to create someone else in yourself with whom you can talk, argue and hope. It is not easy. When your own mother betrays you, you also need to believe that somewhere far away, someone who cares about you is waiting. And even if it's only in America, it's a light for you to help you get through even the darkest moments. On her way, Ema Černá overcomes the hardships of a children's home, foster care and a "shepherd."
The Jane Mysteries: Too Much to Lose
Jane investigates the disappearance of a journalist after a significant game show win.
Arthur & Diana
Arthur & Diana are siblings. Together with Diana's 2-year-old son, they leave Berlin for Paris for a small, relaxed trip to do the annual safety inspection of their old rusty Renault. But the journey will not be relaxed, the direction not Paris and whether the car will go along is all too questionable...