Children's book illustrator Juliette returns from Paris to her hometown in the French provinces, hoping for two relaxing weeks with her family. Instead, she meets her sister, who is going through an existential crisis, her loving but moody father, her mother, who is going through an esoteric phase, and her beloved grandmother, who is struggling to come to terms with her new life in a nursing home. In her charming, warm-hearted comedy, French director Blandine Lenoir ("Aurore" and "Annie Colère") tells a story about family relationships, the search for meaning in one's own life and the small absurdities of our daily lives in a profound yet highly entertaining way. Brilliantly played by Izïa Higelin, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Noémie Lvovsky, "Juliette au printemps" is an adaptation of the successful graphic novel by Camille Jourdy.

Elisabeth, formerly a big movie star, is in her 50s and host of a Jane Fonda-style fitness show when her boss fires her. He wants to replace her with a younger, more attractive woman. But there is a solution to the problem, a liquid called The Substance, which promises to create a more youthful, beautiful and perfect doppelganger. The only condition is to share the available lifetime with your second self - one week for yourself, one week for the new version, a perfect balance of seven days each. If you follow the instructions, what could go wrong? Following her feature film debut “"Revenge", French director Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance" once again focuses on a woman who is pushed to her limits by the demands of a patriarchal society, this time with a focus on ageism and sexism in the entertainment industry. Hollywood legend Demi Moore ("G.I. Jane", "Striptease") shines in the leading role, with a superb Margaret Qualley ("Kinds of Kindness", "Poor Things") as her alter ego. A masterpiece of the body horror genre, satirical, thrilling and visually breathtaking. The film won the prize for Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival.

A spiritual shaman is a crucial member of the community, the one who everyone depends on when in need of moral and spiritual guidance. What happens when that shaman is a 17-year-old high school student who must balance his profound Spiritual responsibilities while also juggling another life - that of a high school student - working hard to success in the cold, callous society of modern Mongolia. Introducing Ze, 17-year-old gentle Mongolian shaman...

Passion is overrated - and certainly has nothing to do with love! At least that's how Charlotte (Sandrine Kiberlain) sees it. For her, tales of passion no longer fit into the 21st century - after all, good sex is also possible without feelings. Accordingly, her first date with married family man Simon (Vincent Macaigne) ends up in her bedroom. He is completely flabbergasted – in 20 years of marriage, he has often longed for non-binding affairs, but has never met the right woman - until now. Pressure to divorce and serious feelings are not to be feared from Charlotte, who is disillusioned with relationships. The two make a pact: pleasure desired, feelings forbidden – only as long as it goes well. Because the secret lovers are not only on the same wavelength in bed, but also let all the covers down in intimate conversations, the hours they spend together become longer, the intervals between meetings shorter. Soon Charlotte and Simon have to face an uncomfortable truth: they may be done with passion, but passion is not yet done with them... About the art of infidelity, the end of passion and the true dramaturgy of love: with "Chronique d'une liaison passagère", director Emmanuel Mouret presents a language of love that couldn't be funnier, more romantic or more playful. Filled with artful situational comedy and adorned in the most beautiful colors of spring: one of the smartest and most beautiful love films in a long time.

In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis (George MacKay) and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever. Memorable performances from Léa Seydoux and George MacKay and time travel through three eras, imbued with a deep, existential angst make "La bête" an engaging and offbeat sci-fi film. It shows that the greatest dangers lie not in the ecological crisis or the automation of life, but in the loss of the emotional core that makes us human.

A crazy referendum throws Switzerland into a state of emergency. By the acceptance of the initiative “No Bilangue” there should be from now on only one national language: French. Many German-speaking Swiss are therefore having a crisis. Including fifty-six-year-old Walter Egli, who works for the Federal Police and must ensure that the transition to monolingualism is carried out properly. Although he hardly speaks any French himself, he is sent to Ticino with a French-speaking partner to uncover a Ticino resistance group that is fighting the new law by all means necessary. Peter Luisi and Beat Schlatter have created a wonderfully contemporary hymn to multilingualism in the form of a comedy that has attracted over 350,000 viewers to Swiss cinemas. Luisi and Schlatter were nominated for the Swiss Film Award for Best Screenplay.

Kingdom of Bhutan, 2006. Modernization has finally arrived. Bhutan becomes the last country in the world to connect to the internet and television, and now the biggest change of all: democracy. To teach the people how to vote, the authorities organize a mock election, but the locals seem unconvinced. Traveling to rural Bhutan where religion is more popular than politics, the election supervisor discovers that a monk is planning a mysterious ceremony for the election day.

Peter (Hugh Jackman) as his busy life with new partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby) and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas. After "The Father", Director Florian Zeller adapts a new part of his famous theatrical trilogy "The Father", "The Mother" and "The Son". The film had its world premiere in 2022 at the 79th Venice Film Festival.

Chef Andy (Stephen Graham) is under stress: his luxury restaurant has just been stripped of two stars, all the tables are overbooked because of the holiday season, and his former mentor, a culinary icon, has shown up unannounced accompanied by a respected food critic. If that wasn’t enough, the mounting pressure is slowly but surely bringing the mood of his team members, helmed by sous chef Carly (Vinette Robinson), to the boil. How long will Andy manage to keep it all together? Director Philip Barantini takes us on a breathless journey through the fascinating hustle and bustle of a gourmet kitchen where different minds collide. Shot in one single impressive sequence that condenses an evening at the restaurant into 94 minutes, "Boiling Point" casts its inevitable spell.

Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home. Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.

Chiara lives on an island off the Atlantic coast, where her husband grew up. They are a happy couple, and very much in love. Antoine is a fisherman and having learned his demanding trade, Chiara has worked alongside him for 20 years. The arrival of a new trainee, Maxence, will disrupt their lives and cast everything Chiara believes in into question. Héloïse Pelloquet's romantic first feature follows a woman's great passion and her quest for freedom. Starring an amazing Cécile de France.

This is the story of Marco Carrera, known as "the hummingbird". As a teenager in the early 1970s, during a vacation by the sea, he meets Luisa Lattes. The two never become a couple, but their love for each other would fade, either. The gentle Marco later marries and lives with his wife and daughter in Rome. Fatal coincidences and losses characterize his eventful life - and he has to learn to deal with the unexpected and major changes. "Il Colibrì" tells of the fate of a sensitive man, of family misfortune, the power of memories and of a great, unbreakable love. The film skillfully oscillates between different time periods, from the 1970s to the present day. "Il Colibrì" is based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Sandro Veronesi. Italian director Francesca Archibugi has assembled a great ensemble of actors in front of the camera, including Pierfrancesco Favino, Nanni Moretti und Bérénice Bejo. The result is an unconventional, disarming and deeply touching family story.

Keiji and Ryoichi have recently moved house and now have to find their way around their new neighborhood. No easy feat for kids. School is boring and so they prefer to skip it. What's more, they don't get on at all with the other children at first and are constantly arguing. Gradually, however, normality returns to everyday life, but there are still conflicts: the brothers are particularly shocked when they find out that their father is making a fool of himself in front of his superior. Ozu wonderfully succeeds in showing – through the eyes of children – society in Japan during the interwar period. In addition to this portrait of society, it is above all a film about childhood and childlike innocence. This silent gem is one of the most beautiful films about childhood in the big city.

Chaos has four names. Livi (Lilit Serger), Tessa (Momo Beier), Malea (Cara Vondey) and Kenny (Rona Regjepi). The sisters have nothing in common. Except for the surname Martini. Which makes each of them more than fine. Because let’s be honest: it’s not just parents who are super embarrassed – but mostly their own siblings too. And if you can’t choose your family, then you have to try to have as little to do with them as possible. But that will change soon. The reason for this is Paul. A penguin. Paul is kidnapped from the zoo and ends up in a roundabout way at the martinis. The Chaos sisters find out that a magic duo is behind the kidnapping. They want to make the penguin part of their show and thereby get their stalled career in Las Vegas going again. The sisters realize that they must stop this plan and bring the penguin back to his family at the zoo. All for one – and one or none! Now in 10 volumes, the popular book series about the four "Chaos Sisters" with a sold circulation of over 270,000 copies has been offering great entertainment for young and old for many years. The first cinema adaptation has a top-class cast with Janine Kunze, Max Giermann and Denis Moschitto.

Passion is overrated - and certainly has nothing to do with love! At least that's how Charlotte (Sandrine Kiberlain) sees it. For her, tales of passion no longer fit into the 21st century - after all, good sex is also possible without feelings. Accordingly, her first date with married family man Simon (Vincent Macaigne) ends up in her bedroom. He is completely flabbergasted – in 20 years of marriage, he has often longed for non-binding affairs, but has never met the right woman - until now. Pressure to divorce and serious feelings are not to be feared from Charlotte, who is disillusioned with relationships. The two make a pact: pleasure desired, feelings forbidden – only as long as it goes well. Because the secret lovers are not only on the same wavelength in bed, but also let all the covers down in intimate conversations, the hours they spend together become longer, the intervals between meetings shorter. Soon Charlotte and Simon have to face an uncomfortable truth: they may be done with passion, but passion is not yet done with them... About the art of infidelity, the end of passion and the true dramaturgy of love: with "Chronique d'une liaison passagère", director Emmanuel Mouret presents a language of love that couldn't be funnier, more romantic or more playful. Filled with artful situational comedy and adorned in the most beautiful colors of spring: one of the smartest and most beautiful love films in a long time.

Daniel Berger, a civil servant in land registry office in the canton of Vaud has an enviable life with his own villa and expensive car... It is well known around Lake Geneva that keeping relations on an even keel makes for good relations. But, the senior member of the Council of State decides to apply methods of New Public Management and assigns Werner Schäfer from Zurich to carry out the job. When Werner Schäfer also comes to live next door to Daniel Berger, life takes on a more complicated nature...

This short film collection comprises five original children's films. Two of them combine live-action film with animation: in "Linard, Monti und die Musik" by Annette Carle and Karin Heberlein, well-known Swiss singer-songwriter Lindard Bardill, in search of inspiration for a new song, immerses himself in the magical mountain world of an Alpine king, with his cheeky (cuddly toy) dog at his side. Just as playful is another film by the same directing team, "Linus trifft Marius und die Jagdkapelle", in which an animated cartoon boy observes a quirky hunting band rehearsing in a forest hut and discovers various instruments. A clip animated by seven school classes in the four Swiss national languages ("Pixi Dixi") and two animated films round off the short film program: "Valise" by Isabelle Favez tells the story of clumsy bank robbers who lose their loot, and "Queen Po" by Maja Gehrig which takes place in the highly entertaining imaginary world of a girl who, before going to sleep, makes up a story about Queen Po floating far above the clouds.

A spiritual shaman is a crucial member of the community, the one who everyone depends on when in need of moral and spiritual guidance. What happens when that shaman is a 17-year-old high school student who must balance his profound Spiritual responsibilities while also juggling another life - that of a high school student - working hard to success in the cold, callous society of modern Mongolia. Introducing Ze, 17-year-old gentle Mongolian shaman...

Children's book illustrator Juliette returns from Paris to her hometown in the French provinces, hoping for two relaxing weeks with her family. Instead, she meets her sister, who is going through an existential crisis, her loving but moody father, her mother, who is going through an esoteric phase, and her beloved grandmother, who is struggling to come to terms with her new life in a nursing home. In her charming, warm-hearted comedy, French director Blandine Lenoir ("Aurore" and "Annie Colère") tells a story about family relationships, the search for meaning in one's own life and the small absurdities of our daily lives in a profound yet highly entertaining way. Brilliantly played by Izïa Higelin, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Noémie Lvovsky, "Juliette au printemps" is an adaptation of the successful graphic novel by Camille Jourdy.

Set against the landscape of the Polish transformation from communism to capitalism, "Woman of..." spans 45 years of the life of Aniela Wesoły, who lives more than half of her adult life in a provincial Polish town as a man. Aniela’s journey to find personal liberty as a trans woman reveals hardships in marriage and parenthood, strained family relations and complicated attitudes in her environment, which constantly place her in impossible situations. What choices will Aniela have to make? Will she be ready to sacrifice all to become who she truly is?

Now ninety-three years old, Claudia Andujar managed to survive the Holocaust as a child. The award-winning photographer has been travelling the Amazon since the 1960s. This has resulted in a profound contact with the Yanomami people. The Yanomami learnt from Andujar how to defend themselves against the overexploitation of the rainforest and their expulsion. Victims become activists.

Markus Imhoof has always been drawn to faraway places - both professionally and privately. Today, Markus Imhoof lives in Berlin. Whenever the filmmaker sets out to work on a new story - he always looks for the references in his own experience, often they emerge from his past or from the stories of his ancestors. In doing so, Imhoof never loses sight of the big picture, and with seemingly effortless ease he explores themes that have global relevance far beyond the borders of Switzerland. It is perhaps this skill that characterizes his long career and with which he reaches an audience that is fascinated by his unique films that start small and yet mean the whole world. Markus Imhoof is one of the most important Swiss film directors. "Das Boot ist voll" or "More than Honey" received worldwide recognition. The documentary film by Stefan Jäger pays tribute to his oeuvre and shows a work that tells more about Switzerland than one might assume at first glance.

Young warrior Ainbo lives in the deep jungle of the Amazon. When her village is threatened, she embarks on a fantastic journey to save her home. A magical adventure about a young girl who, together with her animal friends, wants to protect her family and the entire rainforest.

Elisabeth, formerly a big movie star, is in her 50s and host of a Jane Fonda-style fitness show when her boss fires her. He wants to replace her with a younger, more attractive woman. But there is a solution to the problem, a liquid called The Substance, which promises to create a more youthful, beautiful and perfect doppelganger. The only condition is to share the available lifetime with your second self - one week for yourself, one week for the new version, a perfect balance of seven days each. If you follow the instructions, what could go wrong? Following her feature film debut “"Revenge", French director Coralie Fargeat's "The Substance" once again focuses on a woman who is pushed to her limits by the demands of a patriarchal society, this time with a focus on ageism and sexism in the entertainment industry. Hollywood legend Demi Moore ("G.I. Jane", "Striptease") shines in the leading role, with a superb Margaret Qualley ("Kinds of Kindness", "Poor Things") as her alter ego. A masterpiece of the body horror genre, satirical, thrilling and visually breathtaking. The film won the prize for Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival.

Gisèle Ansorge (1923-1993) and Ernest, known as Nag Ansorge (1925-2013) had a lasting influence on national and international animated film with their animated films. Inspired by the work of Jiří Trnka, they began experimenting with a Super 8 camera and animated puppets. Encouraged by the festival success of "Les Corbeaux", they created ten more short films together. filmo is releasing a series of their wonderful films made between 1957 and 1991. It is a representative selection of short films from the Ansorges' entire oeuvre, which have been restored by the Cinémathèque suisse. Some of the most beautiful works are created using the sand animation technique developed by Gisèle Ansorge: In "Anima" (1977), living creatures are in constant transformation, and bodies, such as those of mother and child, also flow into one another; a bonus of the collection shows the making-of of "Anima". "Les Corbeaux" (1967) tells a fantastically gruesome fairy tale about the adventures of a horseman, while "‘Le petit garçon qui vole la lune" (1988) is a highly imaginative fable about how a boy's theft is connected to the phases of the moon. A collection of 15 works: Pam et Poum (1957) La Danseuse et le mendiant (1958) Le Pont du diable (1959) Alunissons (1965) Les Corbeaux (1967) Tempus (1969) Smile 1,2 & 3 (1975) Anima (1977) Scenes de la vie domestiques (1980) Das Veilchen (1981) Les enfants de laine (1984) Le petit garçon qui vola la lune (1988) Sabbat (1991) Bonus: Gisele ansorge au travail animation sable («Making of» Anima)

In the depths of winter, hunter S. discovers the mummified corpse of a 40-year-old man in one of the most remote parts of the country. The dead man's detailed notes reveal that he actually committed suicide through self-imposed starvation only the summer before. A stunning rapprochement of a fictional text, which itself is based upon a true event: a cinematic manifesto for life, challenged by the main character's radical renunciation of life itself.

In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis (George MacKay) and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever. Memorable performances from Léa Seydoux and George MacKay and time travel through three eras, imbued with a deep, existential angst make "La bête" an engaging and offbeat sci-fi film. It shows that the greatest dangers lie not in the ecological crisis or the automation of life, but in the loss of the emotional core that makes us human.

Twenty years ago, in Koudougou, a hamlet in Burkina Faso, Cécile (Sylvie Yameogo), an unwed mother who refuses to reveal the identity of her child’s father, is thrown out by her parents. She abandons her baby and disappears... The child is taken in by a family, which tries to hand him over to local authorities, to the Naaba (traditional village chief), then to the priests. Against its will, the family keeps the child fallen from the sky and calls him Wendemi (« God knows » in mooré). An ill-loved child, he will grow up against many odds. After reaching adulthood, Wendemi falls in love with Pogbi, and wants to marry her. An ambition, which proves impossible: he has no name, and society refuses to grant him official recognition...

Peter (Hugh Jackman) as his busy life with new partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby) and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas. After "The Father", Director Florian Zeller adapts a new part of his famous theatrical trilogy "The Father", "The Mother" and "The Son". The film had its world premiere in 2022 at the 79th Venice Film Festival.

Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home. Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.

Six-year-old Cléo lives with her father in Paris. Since the death of her mother, Cape Verdean nanny Gloria has been looking after the lively girl. Cléo loves her dearly and finds protection and security in her arms. But when Gloria's mother passes, she returns home to look after her own children. The impending separation is very painful for both of them, so Gloria invites Cléo to Cape Verde for one last summer together. Although Cléo is Gloria's "little one", the girl must learn to understand that the world does not revolve around her alone. From the producers of Celine Sciamma's "Petite Maman" and "Portrait of a Lady on Fire", "Àma Gloria" beautifully captures themes of family, separation and the bond between people through the eyes of its headstrong protagonist. Young Louise Mauroy-Panzani is a natural in front of the camera, expressing every facet of the childlike joy, sadness and courage that Cléo experiences as she grapples with the upsetting changes. Her captivating performance is at the heart of this deeply moving film. "Àma Gloria" premiered as the opening film of the Semaine de la Critique at the Cannes International Film Festival.

Black dust, shrill metallic noises, dark tunnels, muscular bodies – all that is the past. At the end of 2018, extraction of coal throughout Germany came to an end. That same year, the voices of the emerging climate protest movement Fridays for Future grew louder. Against the backdrop of these media and socio-political events, the film follows five miners on their tragic, humorous and heartwarming search for a new role in life.

Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begins to investigate, and soon finds himself at the center of an escalating underworld gang war between Serbian drug dealers and a sociopathic criminal mastermind known only as “The Count.”

In mid-1970s, fleeing life with her abusive husband Rolf, Elisabeth moves into her brother Goran's commune, with her two children Stefan and Eva. A big house in suburban Stockholm, the commune is called "Together" and inhabited by a crowded assortment of people. Initially resistant to Elisabeth's entry, the commune soon accepts her and her children as part of their family. Soon Elisabeth is acclimating to her new surroundings and the commune's liberal attitudes towards sex, drugs and politics. But just as she's becoming settled, her husband shows up looking to get the family back together. Despite showing tenderness for his characters, Lukas Moodysson takes an ironic, sometimes sarcastic look at the quirky commune of the seventies. Re-release of the Swedish cult film on the occasion of the 2023 sequel "Tillsammans 99".

Julie is turning thirty and her life is an existential mess. Several of her talents have gone to waste and her older boyfriend, Aksel – a successful graphic novelist – is pushing for them to settle down. One night, she gatecrashes a party and meets the young and charming Eivind. Before long, she has broken up with Aksel and thrown herself into yet another new relationship, hoping for a new perspective on her life. But she will come to realize that some life choices are already behind her. The third film in Joachim Trier’s Oslo trilogy is a comic drama about love in our time and about having all the opportunities in life, but still feeling like the worst person in the world. With her impressive performance, Renate Reinsve wins the Best Actress Award at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

In Ruben Östlund's wickedly funny Palme d'Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl and Yaya, are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain. What first appeared instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.

In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country's best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi's sheep, the entire valley comes under threat. The authorities decide to cull all the animals in the area to contain the outbreak. This is a near death sentence for the farmers, whose sheep are their main source of income, and many abandon their land. But Gummi and Kiddi don't give up so easily - and each brother tries to stave off the disaster in his own fashion: Kiddi by using his rifle and Gummi by using his wits. As the authorities close in the brothers will need to come together to save the special breed passed down for generations, and themselves, from extinction

In the middle of the imposing Icelandic mountain landscape, Maria and Ingvar lead a secluded life on their farm. Their wish to have children has not yet been fulfilled, but they lovingly take care of their sheep flock. One day during lambing season, Maria and Ingvar discover a curious specimen that needs their special attention. Despite all warning signs, they take the strange new-born in. Far from civilization, the new addition to their family makes life complete - but the idyll soon proves deceptive. In his feature film debut, which is fantastic in every way, director Valdimar Jóhannsson skilfully uses dialogue only sparingly, and creates a fairy-tale atmosphere with original imagery. Bittersweet, but not without humour.

Astronaut or beer taster, globetrotter or forester, but above of all, comic book artist. Rakel can imagine many things for her future. But there's one thing the young woman definitely doesn't want to be: a mother. Rakel's plans go out of the window when she learns that she has already been pregnant for over six months. It is too late for an abortion, and Rakel can no longer ignore the unborn baby. After six months of not noticing it at all, it now creeps into her already chaotic life in the form of a comic foetus. Mixing drawings with live-action film in an original and humorous way, the refreshing coming-of-age drama NINJABABY always manages to hit the right note.

A group of very different individuals who in 1975 lived in a commune called Tillsammans, "together". Now it is 1999, and the collective has turned into the world's smallest. The commune consists of only two people - Göran and Klasse. Feeling a bit lonely, the idea occurs of a reunion with their old friends... Lukas Moodysson and an ensemble of Sweden's best actors are back with the follow-up to the Swedish cult original "Tillsammans! - Together" that offers Moodysson's signature mix of humor and seriousness.

When insurance examiner Max (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) investigates the case of Arthur’s disappearance, his inquiries lead him to the mysterious Aurora Hotel – a luxury hotel that advertizes planned and supported suicides. Driven on by his investigation and his own existential crisis, Max decides to pay the hotel a visit. Here he is confronted with an unsettling truth, that forces him to question life, death and his own perception of reality. But once he’s checked into the Aurora Hotel, it seems there’s no way back.

In a desperate attempt to cure his midlife crisis, MARTIN has fled his family to live high up in the Norwegian mountains. Hunting and gathering like his ancestors did thousands of years ago.

Esmail, a young and charming Iranian lives in Denmark where he works as a mover. However, in the evening, he frequents the posh places in the city to seduce women, hoping to get married and obtain a residence permit. When he meets Sara, everything changes. On the verge of achieving his goal, he is hunted down by a mysterious man...

Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care about my future on earth, why should I care about my future in school? Within months, her strike evolved into a global movement as the quiet teenage girl on the autism spectrum becomes a world-famous activist.

Fifty-year-old Halla is secretly waging a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry, engaging in everything from petty vandalism to outright industrial sabotage. But then, she receives notice that her application to adopt a child has finally been accepted and there is a little girl waiting for her in Ukraine. As Halla prepares to abandon her role as saviour of the Highlands, she decides to carry out one final attack to deal the aluminium industry a crippling blow.

Christian is the respected curator of a contemporary art museum, a divorced but devoted father of two who drives an electric car and supports good causes. His next show is “The Square”, an installation which invites passersby to altruism, reminding them of their role as responsible fellow human beings. But sometimes, it is difficult to live up to your own ideals: Christian’s foolish response to the theft of his phone drags him into shameful situations. Meanwhile, the museum's PR agency has created an unexpected campaign for ”The Square”. The response is overblown and sends Christian, as well as the museum, into an existential crisis.

A widowed farmer begins a new life on her own terms by fighting against corruption and injustice in her community.

“You’re too baked, sweetheart”, says Mads’ mother after greeting him with a kiss on the lips. In this family it is okay to bend the law, as long as you do it right. A twisted lesson the 17-year-old Ida is about to learn. Having recently lost her mother in a car accident, she has been taken in by her aunt and three cousins, whom she barely knows. Theirs is a loving home, but it soon transpires that the family, led by its caring but disciplinarian matriarch, engages in criminal activities. As boundaries keep on being pushed, Ida finds herself torn between her safety and the allure of her cousins’ ferocious behaviour. When the clan descends into conflict with the police, Ida has to decide what is more dear to her: the loyalty to her new family or her own life. Featuring a superb central performance by newcomer Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Jeanette Nordahl’s fiercely intelligent debut is an arresting study of family and dysfunctionality, the nourishing and burdensome nature of love, and the complexity of desire. An impressive mix of remarkable camerawork, exquisite writing, and a visceral, electronic score. An intense film that runs deep.

Like a young bird yet to find the courage to lift its wings, Fúsi (43) lives alone with his mother, where they've always lived.

Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years. A thrilling documentary made with a blend of animation and archive footage tells an immensely powerful tale of a gay Afghan survivor and his need to confront his past in order to truly have a future. Amin arrived as an unaccompanied minor in Denmark from Afghanistan. Today, at 36, he is a successful academic and is getting married to his long-time boyfriend. A secret he has been hiding for over 20 years threatens to ruin the life he has built for himself. For the first time he is sharing his story with his close friend. FLEE weaves together a stunning tapestry of images and memories to tell the deeply affecting and original story of a young man grappling with his traumatic past in order to find his true self and the meaning of home.

A film between fiction and reality, highlighting questions about group dynamics and established hierarchies. A group of people meet for their high school reunion 20 years later. One of them talks about her being bullied and outcast and soon the former classmates fall back to the roles they used to have back in school. But this is just half of the film.

Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.

Emma (11) has a perfectly normal family until one day it turns out her dad, Thomas, is transgender. As Thomas becomes Agnete, both father and daughter struggle to hold on to what they had, while accepting that everything has changed.

In 1930s Lapland, the 14-year-old indigenous Sámi girl, Elle Marja, leaves the wild ancestral grounds and the family's reindeer camp to attend a remote draconian boarding school along with her younger sister, Njenna. However--as the bright rural student pursues a denied education and an opportunity, desirous of integrating herself into the modern Swedish society--a painful visit by a team of anthropologists paired by a traumatic experience will be the harsh reminders of an ever-present brutal prejudice and a deep-seated racism. Uppsala promises a bright future in the bustling metropolis, but to pass as a regular Swedish teenager, Elle Marja will have to make a greater sacrifice than just changing her name. But, can an outcast sever ties and renounce his proud lineage so easily?

Astrid and her siblings count themselves lucky to be growing up on their parents’ parsonage farm in Vimmerby. Although their daily routine is shaped by strict religious values, their mother Hanna and father Samuel always manage to give them security and a sense of freedom. Astrid’s parents enable her to attend a secondary school that would normally be the preserve of wealthy bourgeois kids, and they do not get in the way of the 18-year-old when the owner of the local newspaper offers her a position as a volunteer in the editorial office. Not only does Reinhold Blomberg teach her to proof-read and write texts, he also falls in love with her. When she becomes pregnant, Astrid makes a momentous decision: she refuses to marry him and instead decides to take care of herself and her son Lasse on her own. In her film about the youth of the writer Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), Pernille Fischer Christensen portrays a strong, independent young woman who breaks social norms and faces difficult decisions with courage. Alba August plays Astrid as both wild and thoughtful, a responsible young woman battling her own feelings of guilt.

About Endlessness sees writer-director Roy Andersson surveying the human condition with equal parts striking clarity, tenderness, and deadpan existential wit.

Set in a traditional world of bullfighting ranches in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, Our Time tells the story of Juan and Ester, who have an open relationship, and the problems that arise when Ester falls in love with another man and Juan struggles to meet the expectations he has of himself.

MAIDAN chronicles the civil uprising against the regime of president Yanukovych that took place in Kiev (Ukraine) in the winter of 2013/14. The film follows the progress of the revolution: from peaceful rallies, half a million strong, in the Maidan square, to the bloody street battles between protestors and riot police. MAIDAN is a portrait of an awakening nation, rediscovering its identity.

In the 1970s, the Greina, which connects Graubünden with Ticino, became famous throughout Switzerland. The architect and artist Bryan Cyril Thurston campaigned for 20 years with his art against a reservoir on this magnificent plateau. At the time, his saying "only poetry can save the Greina" seemed rather abstruse to his son. But today he finds an unexpected strength in it. Everyone wants beauty!

Aden, Yemen. Isra’a and Ahmed put all their efforts offering a normal life and education to their three young children. When they find out that Isra'a is pregnant again, they have to make difficult decisions guided only by their family's interest.

Sooner or later, every police investigator comes across a case that remains unsolved and that haunts him. For Yohan, Clara’s murder proves to be that case. What starts as a thorough investigation into the victim's life soon turns into a nagging obsession. One interrogation follows another, there is no shortage of suspects, and Yohan has more and more doubts. Only one thing is sure, the crime occurred on the night of the 12th. Dominik Moll's thrilling feature is inspired by Pauline Guéna's book "18.3. Une année à la PJ", which reconstructs a real case. Moll's film won six prizes at the 2023 César Awards, including Best Film and Best Director.

During the Second World War, Anne Frank wrote in her diary to her imaginary friend Kitty. 75 years later, Kitty magically comes to life. Confused, and with the diary in her hand, the 13-year-old girl goes in search of Anne in modern-day Amsterdam, but is only laughed at for her research. The only one willing to help is the pickpocket Peter. Through him, Kitty learns how migrants to the country are marginalised or have to wait in camps for deportation. Horrified, she hatches a plan to help them. In this original and magnificently animated film, director Ari Folman brings the story of Anne Frank back to life, and reminds us that her message has not lost its relevance in today's refugee crisis.

Music enthusiast Duncan (Chris O'Dowd) is pretty much obsessed with singer-songwriter Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke), who, after two decades, finally releases a new album with "Juliet, Naked". But when Duncan's girlfriend Annie (Rose Byrne) listens to the new songs first and on her own, she can't get much out of them, which makes Duncan furious. While he publishes a euphoric review on his fan website after listening to the album, Annie writes an article in which she scathes the record - whereupon Crowe finally contacts her personally. Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by "About A Boy" and "High Fidelity" author Nick Hornby.

Blanco (Javier Bardem), the "patron" of a factory making industrial scales, is under enormous pressure: he is desperate to win the local business award. Everything has to be perfect when the investigating commission arrives, but nothing goes according to plan. A vengeful ex-employee, a depressed supervisor and an overambitious intern with a crush on him make life difficult for Blanco. Despite all the obstacles, he does everything he can to win the competition – even if it means crossing moral boundaries. In the process, he unwittingly sets off a series of wild events. A delightful tongue-in-cheek social satire by Spanish director Fernando León de Aranoa, starring Javier Bardem as a model boss who shamelessly manipulates the lives of his employees.

In New York in the early 1950s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) is working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol Aird (Cate Blanchett), an alluring woman trapped in a failing marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens. When Carol's involvement with Therese comes to light, her husband retaliates by challenging her competence as a mother. And as Carol and Therese take refuge on the road, leaving their respective lives behind, a confrontation emerges that will test each woman's assumptions about herself and commitments to one another. Director Todd Haynes ("Dark Waters") adapts the successful novel by Patricia Highsmith, which was first published in 1952 under the title "The Price of Salt" and (then later re-published as "Carol"), which the author denied writing until 1989. In the leading roles, Oscar winner Cate Blanchett as the modern Greta Garbo is her usual impressive self though the real sensation is Rooney Mara, who finally made her breakthrough with her portrayal of a character that would probably have been played by Audrey Hepburn in classic Hollywood.

Minna’s life is turned upside down when her dad’s new fiancée Helena and her daughter Jenny move in. Her new stepsister Jenny turns out to be horrible and Minna is frustrated. She wants her gone! One night, Minna discovers a world behind her dreams in which the dreambuilders create our dreams on theater stages and finds out how to manipulate Jenny’s dreams. But interfering with people’s dreams has dire consequences and when Minna goes too far one night, Jenny can’t wake up any more. Minna must enter the dream world one final time to face the dreams she has created in order to save Jenny and her new family.

Etienne (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) is barely twenty when he falls in love with Valérie. They are hardly older when their daughter Rosa is born. And then, one day, Valérie leaves and never returns. He chooses not to make a drama of it and builds a happy life for him and his child. Sixteen years later, when Rosa (Céleste Brunnquell) is about to lead her own life, Etienne recognizes his wife in a television report. The past brutally resurfaces, and father and daughter are propelled into one last chaotic family journey. Director Erwan Le Duc walks a fine line between slapstick and emotion and manages to walk it throughout the film without giving in to cheap effects. Formally innovative and rhythmically told, the film surprises with its poetic lightness.

From 1962 to 1972, Landrían made numerous documentaries for the Cuban state film institute (ICAIC), including commissioned works for revolutionary propaganda. Landrián was a free spirit. "The system" tormented, punished and ostracized him, his work was censored. Fifty years later, part of it has been found and rescued. The initiator of this project is filmmaker Ernesto Daranas, who has dedicated a feature-length documentary to his compatriot in addition to restoring his film work: Landrián. The restoration of Nicolás Guillén Landrián's documentaries brings to light his lost legacy and the dark truths about the censorship of his work by the Cuban revolution. trigon-film and filmingo present the following 7 short films: 1. En un barrio viejo | In einem alten Viertel | Dans un vieux quartier -1963 – 9' 2. Los del baile | Die Tanzfreudigen | Ceux qui aiment danser - 1965 - 6’27 3. Reportaje Plenaria Campesina | Reportage Bauernversammlung | Reportage à l’assemblée paysanne - 1966 - 9,53’ 4. Ociel del Toa | Ociel vom Toa | Ociel du Toa - 1965 - 16'28 5. Un festival | Ein Festival | Un festival - 1963 - 10,12' 6. Coffea Arábiga | Kaffee Arabica | Café Arabica - 1968 - 17'37 7. Taller Claudio A. Camejo de Línea y 18. | Werkstatt Ecke Línea und 18 | Atelier à l'angle de Línea et 18 – 1971 – 14’55

Nicolás Guillén Landrián was an original, a stupendous documentary filmmaker and painter whose name and work – for a long time – were only remembered by insiders in Cuba. Successful Cuban director Ernesto Daranas ("Conducta") has now dedicated a film to the talented, long-forgotten first black filmmaker in Cuba: an approach to the artist, his work and his life, as well as a documentary about the search for and rescue of film material that had almost been lost. At the same time, Landrián shows in exemplary fashion how the Cuba of the Castros treats people who step out of line. Ernesto Daranas not only created the documentary film "Landrián", but also found and painstakingly restored ten short films. The restoration of Nicolás Guillén Landrián’s documentaries unearths the lost legacy of Cuba’s first black filmmaker and the dark truths surrounding the censorship of his work by the Cuban Revolution.

When simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they decide to train it in the hope of making a ton of cash. From internationally acclaimed director Quentin Dupieux, "Mandibules" is a wild and surreal road movie, an utterly unique comedy about friendship, big dreams and bigger disasters.