Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, The Banshees of Inisherin follows lifelong friends Padraic and Colm, who find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship. A stunned Padraic, aided by his sister Siobhan and troubled young islander Dominic, endeavours to repair the relationship, refusing [...]
Final Cut of the Dead
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:22:45+00:00Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies. In a frenetic one-shot where body parts and fluids are flying, the actors fight the undead, and their director, for their lives before the film comes to a shocking conclusion and the credits roll... [...]
Spencer
Jan Smacka2021-12-07T16:24:35+00:00The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumours of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be a whole lot different. SPENCER [...]
Compartment No. 6
Jan Smacka2021-12-01T14:31:57+00:00Originally planned as a joint train trip with her lover, the shy Finn Laura embarks on the journey to the arctic port of Murmansk to visit ancient rock paintings alone by herself. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment [...]
The Truffle Hunters
Jan Smacka2020-12-07T14:09:15+00:00Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, seventy or eighty years young, hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle — which to date has resisted all of modern science’s efforts at cultivation. They’re guided by a secret culture and training passed down through generations, as well as by the [...]
Seberg
Jan Smacka2020-06-24T12:43:36+00:00Inspired by true events, "SEBERG" tells the story of the "Breathless" star and darling of the New French Wave, Jean Seberg, who, in the late 1960s, was targeted by an illegal FBI surveillance program. Seberg’s political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal made her a target of the FBI’s ruthless attempts to [...]
The Farewell
Jan Smacka2020-06-24T12:44:29+00:00In this funny, uplifting tale based on an actual lie, Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi (Awkwafina) reluctantly returns to Changchun where her family has gathered under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding to avoid telling their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai (grandma), that she’s been given mere weeks to live. Billi, who has a secret of her own, [...]
Asche ist reines Weiß
Jan Smacka2019-05-03T15:56:30+00:00“A gangster’s ex-girlfriend struggles to adapt to life and find her way in the new "capitalist" China after five years in prison, in the latest from Festival favourite Jia Zhang-ke. More than any filmmaker of his generation, Jia Zhang-ke has crafted a body of work that holds a mirror to contemporary China in all its [...]
Shoplifters
Jan Smacka2019-05-03T15:58:19+00:00“The latest from Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda (Nobody Knows) begins with the mischief and intrigue of a heist movie, but Shoplifters is much more. Osamu (Lily Franky), a middle-aged man, and Shota (Kairi Jyo), a young boy, walk into a grocery store. They play it cool, not speaking but, rather, signalling to each other with [...]
A Beautiful Day
Jan Smacka2018-08-16T16:41:41+00:00“The film drop-kicks you into a cosmos of pain, depravity and blunt-force trauma with only the faintest flickers of light at the end of the tunnel. It’s not an experience to relish, exactly, but it’s still one that’s fully capable of blowing you away. The Scottish director begins this, her first film since We Need [...]