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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

In 1934, the novel The End of Old Times by Vladislav Vančura was published. Fifty years later, it was revived by Jiří Menzel’s film adaptation. The nostalgic comedy is set shortly after the First World War on a farm with a castle, where a Russian emigrant, Megalrogov (Josef Abrhám), a would-be prince, arrives. A charming man of refined manners, he is in fact above all a skilful storyteller and fantasist who likes to embellish his stories. That is why he manages to charm the snobbish society so much that the running of the estate starts to revolve around him. The basic theme of Vančura’s satirical story is the conflict between two social orders. Menzel has shifted this conflict to a more conciliatory lyrical level through the camera of Jaromír Šofr, and has strengthened the comedy by imitating the style of silent slapstick.

This episodic portrait of a Bohemian village is built around the wobbly friendship between two men of opposing natures – farm truck driver Pávek (Marián Labuda) and his mentally challenged assistant Otík (János Bán). Pávek wants to get rid of his unreliable protégé once the harvest is over, after which Otík would move to Prague. But the naïve assistant is unprepared for life in the big city. The young man’s broad smile while wearing headphones over his ears is now viewed as an inherent component of the colourful village idyll. The film also features the tetchy Turek (Petr Čepek), jealous of his wife Jana (Libuše Šafránková), and the absent-minded dreamer, Doctor Skružný (Rudolf Hrušínský), who enjoys admiring the wonder of the Bohemian countryside while driving.

Jiří Menzel directed six films based on literary works by Bohumil Hrabal. The penultimate of these was the 1983 film A Feast of Snowdrops. Hrabal’s eponymous book, which is a colorful collage of portraits of the inhabitants of a cottage settlement in the Central Bohemian village of Kersko, was first published in 1978, but then still in censored form. Jiří Menzel wanted to rehabilitate the long-censored author for film, so he prepared a film script based on his book. However, the film was only allowed to be made by the state cinema management after the audience success of Cutting in Short, another adaptation of Hrabal’s work. The film is set in the local restaurant, where seasonal holidaymakers and old-timers from Kersko gather day after day. The peaceful life of the village is disrupted by a grotesque boar hunt and the ensuing dispute between two groups of gamekeepers over who should get the trophy. The tragicomedy, which accentuates the bucolic rather than the existential level of the subject, was filmed in the real cottage village of Kersko.

On February 19, 2023, the Teatro alla Scala opened its doors to an extraordinary event: Paolo Conte and his ensemble of instrumentalists gave a concert with a setlist specially designed for the occasion. This concert has become a documentary, with footage of the preparation of the show, the rehearsals, snapshots of the sound check. A tribute to an unforgettable career and a testimony to Paolo Conte's musical legacy.

Ema (Mariana Di Girolamo), a young dancer, decides to separate from Gastón (Gael García Bernal) after giving back Polo, the son they both adopted and were unable to raise. In a desperate search through the streets of the port city of Valparaíso, Ema seeks love affairs in order to overcome her guilt. However, she has a secret plan to recover everything she’s lost.

Chela and Chiquita have been a couple for a very long time. Over the years they have become adapted to a fixed allocation of roles. Extroverted Chiquita is responsible for managing their life together. Chela on the other hand is reluctant to leave the house, preferring to spend the day at her easel. Financial difficulties force them to sell some of their inherited furniture, each part of which is a beloved piece of memorabilia. When Chiquita is sent to prison for debt, Chela is suddenly left on her own. She uses her old Daimler to provide a taxi service to wealthy older ladies in the neighbourhood. In her new role as chauffeur, she meets one of these ladies’ daughters – the young and life-affirming Angy. The encounter lures the rather passive Chela out of her reserve and helps her rediscover her own desires. Exploring the outside world as tentatively and carefully as its heroine, the film increasingly trains its gaze on a social strata that is strangely cut-off from reality and lives without a thought for tomorrow. However, when Chela visits her girlfriend in prison, a completely different picture emerges of conditions in Paraguay.

Rio de Janeiro, 1950. Eurídice, 18, and Guida, 20, are two inseparable sisters living at home with their conservative parents. Although immersed in a traditional life, each one nourishes a dream: Eurídice of becoming a renowned pianist, Guida of finding true love. In a dramatic turn, they are separated by their father and forced to live apart. They take control of their separate destinies, while never giving up hope of being finding each other. A tropical melodrama from the director of Madame Satã.

Eleven-year-old Chala (Armando Valdés Freire) lives with his addict mother Sonia (Yuliet Cruz). In order to provide for the two of them, he raises carrier pigeons and trains fighting dogs with a man who may or may not be his biological father. School provides a stabilizing force in Chala's life, thanks to his close relationship with his spirited sixty-something teacher, Carmela (Alina Rodríguez). When the boy is sent off to live in a "re-education facility" and Carmela mounts a campaign to have him released, she becomes the target of a witch hunt spearheaded by a school board administrator who regards Carmela's permissive beliefs as incongruent with the new Cuba. But the idealistic, strong-willed woman remains defiant and manages to recruit allies from amongst her fellow teachers, leading to a conflict in which one boy's future reflects the systemic dynamics of contemporary Cuba.

Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house to supervise its renovation. Her husband, children and grandchildren come back and forth during the winter vacation. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.

In 1999, retired Argentinian federal justice agent Benjamín Espósito is writing a novel, using an old closed case as the source material. That case is the brutal rape and murder of Liliana Coloto. In addition to seeing the extreme grief of the victim's husband Ricardo Morales, Benjamín, his assistant Pablo Sandoval, and newly hired department chief Irene Menéndez-Hastings were personally affected by the case as Benjamín and Pablo tracked the killer, hence the reason why the unsatisfactory ending to the case has always bothered him. Despite the department already having two other suspects, Benjamín and Pablo ultimately were certain that a man named Isidoro Gómez is the real killer. Although he is aware that historical accuracy is not paramount for the novel, the process of revisiting the case is more an issue of closure for him. He tries to speak to the key players in the case, most specifically Irene, who still works in the justice department and who he has always been attracted to but never pursued due to the differences in their ages and social classes. The other issue is that Gómez is still at large, no one aware if he is alive or dead. But as Pablo at the time mentioned that passion is one thing that cannot be changed in behavior, Benjamín learns now that that premise still holds true.

In the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily life for years. When an uncommonly long drought threatens their entire way of life, Virginio and his wife Sisa face the dilemma of resisting or being defeated by the environment and time itself.

Self-discovery journey of two girls in their mid twenties while they travel along the Ecuadorian mountains and coasts. Esperanza (Hope) and Tristeza (Sadness) will not find postcard views or perfect love, but their journey will teach them there’s a world beyond that.

When her mother dies, Fausta is forced to face her fears, that she got as ababy with the milk of her mother. Fausta now sets out on a journey - a journey that will lead her out of her fear and into freedom. Peruvian director Claudia Llosa’s film addresses a dark era of her country’s history. It won the Golden Bear in Berlin and was nominated for the Oscars in 2010.

Jacob Kaplan lives an ordinary life. Nothing differentiates him from his other Jewish friends who fled Europe to South America because of WWII. Turning 70 has had a strange effect on him: he refuses to accept he is getting old. Grumpy, fed up with the new rabbi, his community and his family’s lack of interest in its own heritage, he embarks on an unusual and quixotic project: to capture a restaurant owner, who he is convinced is a runaway Nazi. Ignoring his wife’s concerns about his health, Jacob secretly recruits the help of a more loyal than honest police officer named Contreras. Together, they will try to emulate the historic case of Adolf Eichmann’s capture, to unmask and kidnap a quiet and elderly German man and secretly take him to Israel. In this way, he hopes to recover his family’s pride, dignity and prestige in the community. His journey triggers a number of curious situations, characters and events that all lead to a surprising and unexpected conclusion.

Through her child’s eyes, Patpro will go through three periods of the history of her indigenous people, in the heart of the Brazilian forest. Tirelessly persecuted, but guided by their ancestral rites, their love of nature and their fight to preserve their freedom, the Krahô never stop inventing new forms of resistance.

Claudia, a lonely young woman, works in a supermarket. One night, she ends up in the hospital with a severe case of appendicitis. There, she meets Martha, the woman resting in the bed next to hers. Martha, who lives alone with her four children, gains Claudia's trust. When she gets out of the hospital, she spontaneously offers Claudia to go home with them. Getting to know this family makes Claudia feel at ease. And for the first time she experiences a sense of belonging in this peculiar little tribe. As Martha's health weakens every day the bond Claudia has with each member of the family grows stronger.

A journey through the vastness of the Argentine desert and what appeared to be the end of the road will become the beginning of a new life.

A comedy that chronicles a chance encounter between Robert and a Chinese named Jun who wanders lost through the city of Buenos Aires in search of his uncle after being assaulted by a taxi driver and his henchmen.

Embrace of the Serpent tells the epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, travel through the Amazon in search of a sacred plant that can heal them. Inspired by the journals of the first explorers of the Colombian Amazon, Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes.

Magdalena hasn’t heard from her son in months — not since he left their town to cross the border into the United States. The authorities want her to sign her son’s death certificate, but an encounter with a bereaved parent makes Magdalena realize that she cannot live without knowing his fate. She begins an odyssey across Mexico, though areas of violence and desolation, chasing any available lead despite being warned not to publicly ask such questions. Along the way, she meets and travels with recently deported Miguel, who finds himself journeying home through a changed country. Grappling with the painful issue of migrants disappearing on their way to the U.S., writer/director Fernanda Valadez’s ambitious feature debut employs a tremendous economy of film language as it traverses across a varied contemporary Mexican landscape, expanding as our emotional experience of Magdalena’s journey swells to meet her own. The solemn Sin Señas Particulares punctuates its contemplation of family and loss with fleeting moments of human connection, allowing one woman’s aching personal story to encapsulate the weight of a tremendous real-world humanitarian crisis.

The story begins with the death of a model worker, who is buried with his labor card as a badge of honor. However, his widow is told she needs that card to claim the benefits she is entitled. The story then takes several surreal turns, as the family of the dead man try to recover the precious card from the grave.

Patagrande, Rambo, Leidi, Sueca, Pitufo, Lobo, Perro and Bum Bum. Eight stray teenagers, each bearing a code name, form a paramilitary squad on a remote hilltop. They are instinctively drawn towards hedonism and ferocity. A messenger delivers instructions from the Organisation: they are to look after a dairy cow called Shakira and an abducted woman from the USA known as Doctora. But their carefree time comes to an end when death pays them a visit and their position is compromised, forcing them to relocate deeper into the jungle. Alejandro Landes and co-writer Alexis Dos Santos have created a disquieting take on the war film and survival thriller. Theirs is a work of scant explanations but of visceral emotions. Heightened by Jasper Wolf’s piercing cinematography, Mica Levi’s superbly tense score and uncannily sharp editing by Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Ted Guard and Santiago Otheguy, Landes’ exhilarating third feature impresses by zooming in on the shifting allegiances and power struggles of an adolescent, primal tribe.

The street urchin Pixote flees the inhumane conditions at a correction facility and returns to life on the streets. He seeks a mother-figure in the aging prostitute Sueli.

El Dorado, a fictional country. Paulo, a poetry-writing intellectual, oscillates between the political extremes. First he devotes himself to the right-wing conservative Diaz, until he sees through the latter’s pseudo-religious fascism. Then he takes the side of Vieira, the populist reformer who wants to free the country of its misery. But Paulo’s true love is for Sara, the communist who works for Vieira. Paulo is forced to realize that both are interested only in power, not in change, and that they are willing to use any means to achieve their end. Disappointed and despairing, he sets off on his own path as a revolutionary, a path on which Sara is no longer able to follow him. He is shot and dies a lonely death, with a gun in his hand, sending a signal for others to take up arms. The lasting relevance of this masterpiece lies in the scene of long agony before Paulo dies. Sara calls out the question to him, “What does your death prove?” And he answers, “The victory of beauty and justice!” Glauber Rocha trusts in culture’s power of survival and connects it with the necessary struggle for social justice.

A young man living in a cold southern village in South America, decides to start a trip looking for his father. By doing this he discovers unexpected facts about his Latin American essence.

In this newly restored Bolivian classic, a man remembers his life while on a journey which will help him expiate his sins and which will result in his death. The focus on the story is on a man who has betrayed everyone he knows. He is planning to perform an ancient ritual dance which will end with his life being taken. He journeys from where he was living back to the village where most of the people he wronged still live. As he journeys, carrying his distinctive dance costume, his story is told in flashbacks. Once he gets there, he gets involved in the affairs of the villagers once more.

Five young men from Medellin embark on a journey to the Colombian Bajo Cauca to claim a piece of land that one of them has inherited. On their odyssey to the land where they can finally be free, they will confront violence and discover beauty. They will celebrate life and friendship, but they will not be able to escape the fate the world has in store for them.

Seven-year-old Sol spends the day at her grandfather’s home, helping her aunts Nuri and Alejandra with the preparations for a surprise party they are throwing for Sol’s father, Tonatiuh. As daylight fades, a strange and chaotic atmosphere takes over, shattering the bonds that hold a family together. Sol will come to understand that her world is about to change dramatically, embracing the essence of letting go and cherishing the breath of life.

«October 2019: an unexpected revolution, a social turmoil. A million and a half persons demonstrated in the streets of Santiago demanding more democracy, a better life, a better education and health system and a new Constitution. Chile had recovered its memory. What I had been waiting for since my student struggles in 1973 had finally become reality.» Patricio Guzmán

In the sorrow of exile, a group of Argentinians in Paris seek solace and connection to their culture by staging a set of tangos. The film alternates between their vibrant rehearsals and their circumscribed lives in low-rent apartments, underemployed, fitfully communicating with families back home, trying to make do with what they hope are only temporary arrangements in a foreign land. Director Fernando Solanas had to spend several years in exile, some of them in Paris. There he tells us the story of people from Argentina spending their time in Paris and longing for Buenos Aires. One of the strongest movies about living in exile.

Oliverio is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sale his ideas to an advertising agencie in order to make a living or exchange his poems for a steak. One night he meets a prostitute in a bar in Montevideo. Her name is Ana and soon he falls in love with her. Back in Buenos Aires, he accepts a contract with a publicity agencie to get the money for three days of love with her. Will he get what his searching for when his ideal of love's pleasure is literaly going in levitation while making love?

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.