“Surgery is the new sex” Body horror master David Cronenberg (see The Fly, Videodrome at SWIFF’23), returns with his first film in eight years, a seductive and haunting vision of the future where the lines between technology and humanity have been blurred and humans have moved beyond their natural state. As the human species adapts …
Sisi the Empress gets an irreverent make-over in Austrian director Marie Kreutzer’s exhilarating period drama. In a perceptive, mesmerizing performance, Vicky Krieps (also in More Than Ever, SWIFF’23), quietly dominates the screen as Empress Elizabeth of Austria, who begins to see her life of royal privilege as a prison as she reaches her 40th birthday. …
Thirteen-year-olds Léo and Rémi spend the long summer holidays in innocent intimacy, making fort’s in Léo’s family dahlia farm and dreaming of the future. Come the new school year, their friendship is the subject of comments and questions which neither quite know the answer to, or how to fit in. Suddenly, a rift develops. Lukas …
Sometimes we do get to choose our family. Five years after winning the Palme d’Or for Shoplifters (SWIFF’19), Academy Award nominee Hirokazu Kore-eda returns with his cherished themes of forsaken childhood, adoption, and broken families, starring Cannes Best Actor winner Song Kang Ho (Parasite). Sang-hyeon runs a humble laundry business but also a more lucrative …
A delicate, human three-hander, Maryam Touzani (Adam) tenderly explores a complex marriage in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas, weaving an elegant tale about the convergence of tradition, culture, and love. Mina and Halim run a bespoke caftan business, built on a lifetime together. But to keep up with modern demands, they must hire new help. …
For as long as they can remember, the Solé family have spent every summer picking the peaches from their orchard in Alcarràs, a small village in Spain. But this year’s crop will be their last, as they soon discover, the landowners of the orchards they farm plan to replace peach trees with solar panels. As …
“Shia LaBeouf shines in this funny, heartwarming adventure … [but] Gottsagen, an actor with Down syndrome, is a real find, and is the heart and soul of the entire film.” – The Playlist. Tyler (Shia LaBeouf in a career-best performance) skirts conflict wherever he goes, scratching out a simple life fishing for crabs in sun-drenched …
Antonio Banderas in a career high, earned himself the Best Actor Award at Cannes for this reflection of life, love and pain from legendary Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. Banderas plays Salvador Mallo, a director in the autumn of his life and career with a range of medical ailments in artistic limbo. This, and the fleeting …
“A Hidden Life feels stunningly relevant”- Variety. Terrence Malick, director of the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winning Tree of Life, makes a triumphant return to form in this epic, spiritual journey of quiet unsung heroism based on a true story during World War II. Based on real events, Franz Jägerstätter, (August Diehl, Inglorious Basterds) …
Acclaimed director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s (Shoplifters, SWIFF’19) first feature film made outside of Japan is an exquisite dramedy, pairing beloved French screen icons and Oscar nominees Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche for their first time together on screen. Septuagenarian screen legend Fabienne (Deneuve) is charismatic and fiercely talented, utterly driven by her work. The publication of …