In 1982, during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, an Israeli paratroop company was ordered to guard hundreds of Lebanese war prisoners for 10 hours. #Schoolyard: An Untold Story is the anatomy of a murder – the step by step, blow by blow, memory by memory chronicle of a horrible moment in Israeli military history.
Charles Bronson plays a tough L.A. cop whose daughter is stalked by a cunning sex-killer in this riveting police thriller that offers a first-rate cast including Wilford Brimley.
The Woman pours herself a cup of coffee and sits in the same place, at the same time, every day, calling the same number on her phone. The European Film Academy 2020: A Selection of Short Films - Program I
Peter is having a secret relationship with his married neighbor, Roje. He tries to convince him to leave his wife so they can live together, but Roje refuses and asks for more time. Peter is tired of waiting and demands from Roje to make a decision. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 3
Alvin Ailey was a visionary artist who found salvation through dance. An immersive portrait told in his own words and through the creation of a new dance commission inspired by his life, AILEY fully profiles this brilliant and enigmatic man who, when confronted by a world that refused to embrace him, was determined to build one that would.
Christian lives with his two cats. They are inseparable. As he yearns to become a father, he decides to breed his beloved cat Marmelade with an exquisite tomcat from abroad. The European Film Academy 2020: A Selection of Short Films - Program II
Danny is looking for Max at a party to let him know that she’s pregnant with his child. But Max just started a new relationship with Avishag and is trying fulfill her rough sexual fantasies. Truth is, Avishag actually has someone else in mind.
Alma is working as a “Cam Girl.” One night, she gets an offer to work at a party. She loses consciousness and suddenly wakes up wearing only her underwear, lying on the ground in a wild forest. Her instincts tell her she’s not alone. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 3
An American ambassador, his wife, and her Arab lover are caught up in a dangerous game of intrigue, extortion, and murder, in the explosive Middle East. A beautiful woman gambles her marriage for a moment of love, one man risks his reputation for lust, and another risks his life for peace.
Colombia, 1998. Amparo, a single mother, struggles to free her teenage son after he is drafted by the army and assigned to a war zone. She is thrown into a race against time in a society ruled by men, corruption, and violence. Simón Mesa Soto’s feature film debut which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Present day Los Angeles. Henry is a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humor. Ann, an internationally-renowned opera singer. Under the spotlight, they form a wholesome and glamorous couple. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious little girl with an exceptional destiny, will turn their lives upside down.
Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities. Prescribed daily tasks on cassette tapes so he can create new memories and document them on camera, Aris slides back into ordinary life, meeting Anna, a woman who is also in recovery.
An animated documentary film about invented islands. About an imaginary, linguistic, political territory. About a real or dreamed country, or something in between. ARCHIPELAGO is a film of drawings and speeches telling and dreaming of a place and its inhabitants, of our world and times.
A young man who believes he has caused a fatal accident develops an ambiguous relationship with the dead man’s widow, while a policeman tries to resolve the investigation that will change his life forever.
Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, travels to Argentina during the dictatorship to replace his partner who disappeared. Between hushed lounges, swimming pools, and luxurious gardens, a remote duel ensues between two bankers who, despite different their methods, are the accomplices of a discreet and merciless form of colonization.
On September 29 and 30, 1941, 33,771 Jews were shot dead in Babi Yar by Nazi and Ukrainian troops. Sergei Loznitsa’s new film reconstructs the historical context of this tragedy through archival footage documenting the German occupation of Ukraine and the subsequent decade.
Radu Jude’s new film, winner of the 2021 Berlinale Golden Bear, follows Emi, a schoolteacher whose reputation is threatened after a personal sex tape is uploaded onto the internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender. For Adults 18+ only
Mina’s life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband Babak was innocent of the crime for which he was executed. Just as her money is running out, a stranger named Reza knocks on her door, saying he has come to repay a debt he owed to Babak. Mina is guarded at first, but gradually lets Reza into her life.
Henry is a part-time writer and full-time lush, who spends most of his time in a seedy downtown L.A. bar. He is “discovered” by a female publisher, who is convinced that he’s a literary genius. Henry is forced to choose between success and his familiar life on skid row. Presented together with Runaway Train Prior to the screening, a panel discussion with Quentin Tarantino
In a sleepy provincial town in Georgia, a Jehovah’s Witness community is attacked by an extremist group. Amid this conflict, the world familiar to Yana, the wife of the community leader, slowly crumbles. Yana’s inner discontent grows as she struggles to make sense of her desires.
In this spectacular animated film by Mamoru Hosoda (MIRAI), Suzu is a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has been a shadow of herself. One day she enters “U,” a virtual world of 5 billion members. There, she is not Suzu anymore, but Belle, a world-famous singer.
Over the course of one summer, a filmmaking couple settles down to write on the Swedish island of Fårö, where Bergman lived and found inspiration. As their respective scripts progress, they encounter the wild landscapes of the island as memories of a first love resurface, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
Basketball coach Benny Furman (Uri Zohar) has it all, but he is insatiable and gets tangled up in complicated situations with his wife, with the other women in his life, and with his best friend (Arik Einstein). This masterpiece by Uri Zohar shows the first signs of the director's self-critique about his lifestyle that is ultimately destined, in later years, for a deep change. A new and restored copy.
A man learns from a Moroccan fortune-teller that his sister is about to die. Together, they embark upon a fictional journey in an attempt to alter the prediction, revisiting the past and the present to defy an implacable future. But the prophecy still shadows them - as in life, so in cinema. Black Notebooks – Viviane, 100 min.; Black Notebooks – Ronit, 108 min.
Margot and Alma are two best friends with a tremendous zest for life. They are ready to conquer the stage and the world, until reality gets in the way. Their strong friendship can seemingly get them through anything – the show must go on.
