True West(1984)

Stolen Summer(en)

Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a nun to follow the path of the Lord, and not that of the Devil. Perhaps taking this message a bit too seriously, Pete decides it's his goal for the summer to help someone get into heaven - by trying to convert a Jew to Catholicism.

The Hidden Filmmaker(es)

The premiere in 2000 of the film "Presence of Mind" ("El celo"), a horror film starring Lauren Bacall, Sadie Frost and Harvey Keitel, augured a promising future for its director, Antoni Aloy, but after that experience the Mallorcan filmmaker disappeared from the film scene with little explanation. But what happened?

El contrabando del paso(es)

A shady associate from the past tempts the owner of a failing nightclub into a drug-smuggling scheme.

The Impossibility(cs)

The director Tomáš Hlaváček is loosely building upon the time-lapse documentary Housing Against Everyone, in which he captured the dispute surrounding the Rapid Re-Housing project in Brno. The topic of decent housing for families in need is also addressed in The Impossibility. People occupying rental apartments in Brno's “Kuncovka” wanted hot water, electricity and fair negotiations. Instead, they received bullying and threats from the owner, who, in his own words, “does not like coloured people”. Neither the police nor the city helped them. So they joined forces with activists and lawyers to fight for their rights. Hlaváček chronicles the months-long conflict with its legal follow-up as an engaged observer.

UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida(en)

UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on May 23, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Quinton Jackson, former UFC Light Heavyweight champion, was to fight the undefeated current champion Rashad Evans but had to undergo arthroscopic surgery to repair ligament damage in his jaw that he received in a previous training camp. Instead, Evans headlined the card against fellow undefeated contender Lyoto Machida.

SS Olympic(xx)

The construction and launch of the SS Olympic, the sister ship of the Titanic, at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

Be a Woman(cn)

Over the course of 3 years, Fan Popo visited a bar called “Only-Love” in Nanning, China, getting to know the dancers and drag queens there and discovering who they really were behind their exuberant costumes and personas.

Michael Lives Alone(en)

A young photographer's home is haunted by it's former residents.

Home(en)

The ostensibly calm and courteous Gerald Ballantyne lives in and embodies modern suburbia. But he is haunted by the memory of a recent car crash and hounded by his estranged wife and her demands for divorce. Slowly, a festering insanity takes over and unwilling to face the outside world he embarks on a lunatic experiment. Confining himself to his middle-class home, he eschews contact with others and survives entirely off 'food' which he can find in his house. Based on JG Ballard's The Enormous Space.

Η Ωραία Ελένη(el)

After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer

Cephalopods: The Reign of Suckers(fr)

Lacuna(pt)

Transgender Kids: Who Knows Best?(en)

Around the world there has been a huge increase in the number of children being referred to gender clinics. Increasingly, parents are encouraged to adopt a 'gender affirmative' approach - fully supporting their children's change of identity. But is this approach right?

Six Weeks to Twelve Years(en)

After the death of their abusive father, two estranged twin brothers must reunite and sell off his property.

Paramedics(en)

Two paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to sell their organs.

The False Story of a Real Legend(it)

An important poet is found apparently suicidal dead and the people who were close to him reconstruct the history, the vices, the strengths and the immense qualities. What will be the truth about his death?

Ranbhool(mr)

Lokesh, an innocent kid who loves playing his guitar, is turned into a psychotic killer thanks to a traumatic childhood experience, courtesy his ruthless father. Lokesh's passion for playing the guitar turns into an obsession for making disturbing tunes for spreading a message to the world, a message by God, and Lokesh believes himself to be God's Messenger. Whoever is unfortunate enough not to understand his music and his message doesn't deserve the right to live. Reva, a lonely young girl, torn apart by her parent's separation, feels the pain and the passion behind Lokesh's music, but oblivious to his psychotic killing spree, she puts herself, her friend and her kid sister, in danger of Lokesh's wrath!

Spanking the Jello(es)

Short Art film.

Constance(fr)

Stratford Festival: Antony and Cleopatra(en)

Reason and judgement prove no match for the tsunami of mutual passion engulfing Mark Antony, one of the three joint rulers of the Roman republic, and Cleopatra, the seductive queen of Egypt. Surrendering everything to their desires, they open the floodgates to a civil conflict that will shake the very foundations of their world.

Stratford Festival: King John(en)

When the King of France demands that John relinquish his crown in favor of his nephew, the young Prince Arthur, war is the inevitable result. Excommunication, attempted atrocity, rebellion, and assassination all contribute to political turmoil and personal grief for a mother who has lost her son.

National Theatre Live: The Audience(en)

For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.

Tuntematon sotilas(fi)

Kristian Smeds's sensational debut at the National Theater. Smeds's adaptation of Väinö Linna's The Unknown Soldier had a powerful impact even on those who had not seen the play. In the National Theater's interpretation, modernity and intensity are strongly present throughout the play. The cast includes Antti Luusuaniemi, Kristo Salminen, and Jaakko Kytömaa.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again(en)

After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr. Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.

Le Dindon(fr)

Vatelin and his wife Lucienne love tender love. Rédillon, a friend of the couple, has been courting Lucienne for years. Pontagnac, notorious womanizer and friend of the husband, has only been courting her for a few hours ... And Vatelin is enjoying this unusual situation. Everything spoils when Maggy returns, a very old English mistress of Vatelin who blackmails her by suicide if he refuses an appointment ... Lucienne has always sworn that she would take a lover as soon as proved her husband's infidelity. Who will be elected, who will be the turkey?

Actresses(fr)

Marcelline is an actress. Forty, single and childless, she begins rehearsals for Turgenev’s A Month in the Country. Denis, the director, admires her greatly and promises he’ll make her happy on stage — she will shine. But things don’t go to plan.

Hibernatus(fr)

Thin Skin(pt)

While writing an adaptation of the play "4.48 Psychosis", by English playwright Sarah Kane. Luisa (Ingrid Trigueiro) travels to a desert beach with her family. Immersed in the text, Luisa finds the work's impulses increasingly immersed into her own reality, driving her to the threshold of adaptation and delirium. Between theater, sketch, archival images, and complex memories and family relationships, Arthur Lins uses different staging references to compose a small tropical tale about complex creation process.

National Theatre Live: Julie(en)

Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean – which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival.

National Theatre Live: King Lear(en)

Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.

Manon Lescaut(cs)

One of Vítězslav Nezval's most striking stories about unfaithful yet devoted love, full of suspenseful twists and turns and an enchanting chivalrous world, was first staged at the National Theater in 2016, losing none of its impressiveness and power. In 2021, Daniela Špinar, director of the original theater production, retold it in a highly original form using the language of film, shooting it as a film project in the authentic surroundings of the historic theater building.

Iphigénie(fr)

On the shores of Aulis, the Greeks prepare to attack Troy. But their ships are unable to set sail because the gods are holding back the winds necessary for departure. Agamemnon consults the oracle. The solution is tragic. To appease the goddess Artemis, whom he had offended, he must sacrifice his own daughter.

Amis(fr)

A comedy about friendship that has many surprises in store for us! How can we find the perfect friend? By connecting to Amitic, the friendly version of Meetic. Pierre, a snobbish Parisian banker, one day sees Serge Brown who claims to be... his best friend! Contrary to all evidence, their friendly compatibility reaches 100% according to the computer program! Brown then turns into a real ball, ready to do anything to live this unexpected friendship, leaves to blackmail Pierre. The latter is not helped in this ordeal by his wife Martine, totally seduced by Marron and very happy with the prospect of a little weekend for three in Creuse.

Sherlock Holmes et l'Aventure du Diamant Bleu(fr)

Sherlock and Doctor Watson are back and investigate the curious disappearance of an exceptional diamond in a hotel room. A theater adaptation of one of the 56 short stories featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes.

Encore un instant(fr)

In love, there are miracles that cannot be explained. Even after thirty years of marriage, Suzanne and Julien are still madly in love with each other. A happy, close-knit couple. Suzanne is an actress adored by the public. An adoration that sometimes goes as far as fetishizing her young tenant Simon. For her return to the stage, she hesitates to act in Max's new play, specially written for her. What Suzanne wants is to be alone, for just a moment longer, with Julien. Julien whom she loves and who loves her, Julien who grumbles and laughs, Julien who lives but whom no one sees or hears. Except Suzanne...

Semestersångarna(sv)

Povel Ramel's 1962 show as filmed for television. This time the usual gang of four is joined by promising young comedian Hasse Alfredsson.

National Theatre Live: Macbeth(en)

Performing from within the walls of a deconsecrated Manchester church, Kenneth Branagh takes the lead role in this ambitious production of William Shakespeare's tragic tale of ambition and treachery.

Taming of the Shrew(en)

Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew introduces one of theatre’s great screwball double-acts, a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to the play’s equivocal and controversial conclusion.