Foreign

Jean, (Gabin, La Grande Illusion) a deserter, arrives in Le Havre and looks for a shelter before leaving the French territory. Housed in a shed on the harbour, at the end of the docks, he meets an eccentric painter and a mysterious and beautiful girl...

Elias navigates the complexities of first love when he meets confident new neighbour Alexander. As their friendship deepens, Elias grapples with his growing feelings while fearing the reactions of those around him. A heartfelt conversation with his...

Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel star in this grisly French crime thriller, co-written and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine). Two French policemen - one an experienced detective, the other a reckless rookie - are brought together by the clues from...

From acclaimed director Walter Salles (I'm Still Here, The Motorcycle Diaries) comes a profoundly moving tale of resilience and redemption. Nominated for two Academy Awards in 1998 and featuring a landmark performance from Fernanda Montenegro, Central...

DIVA (1981) was the directorial debut of Jean-Jacques Beineix (Betty Blue). Jules (Frédéric Andréi) is a Parisian mail courier in possession of two highly sought-after tapes: the first contains a rare recording of American opera singer Cynthia Hawkins...

A director with a dark sensibility comparable to Chabrol, Claude Miller made these two twisty Polars (French Police-Noir films) with Michel Serrault (Kill the Referee), showcasing the actor in stunning performances alongside stars including Lino Ventura...

After fifty years of prosperous offshore drilling in one of the world's largest oil fields, a seismic rift rips through the ocean floor of the North Sea, causing an oil rig to collapse. A team of researchers, including submarine operator Sofia (Kristine...

Luc Besson's sophomore feature is a stylish urban odyssey which helped to consolidate Besson's reputation for unique, visually creative cinema. After stealing sensitive documents from a mob boss, Fred (Christopher Lambert) takes refuge in the Paris Métro...

Krzysztof Kieslowski's award-winning trilogy explores the French Revolutionary ideals of freedom, equality and brotherhood and their relevance to the contemporary world. It is a snapshot of European life at a time of reconstruction after the Cold War,...

With peaceful times in Edo resulting in wide ronin unemployment, poverty-stricken samurai Hanshiro calls on the House of Ii, seeking a noble end by ritual suicide. Hoping to dismiss the demand, headstrong lord Kageyu recounts the tragic story of another...

Japanese sci-fi comedy directed by Junta Yamaguchi. When cafe owner Kato (Kazunari Tosa) discovers that his PC monitor shows what will happen two minutes in the future and a screen in his cafe shows what happened two minutes in the past, he and his...

Japanese comedy horror written and directed by Shin'ichirô Ueda. Low-budget film-maker Higurashi (Takayuki Hamatsu) is shooting his latest zombie horror in an abandoned water filtration plant when the plot of the film becomes a reality as real zombies...

Cult Japanese thriller directed by and starring Shin'ya Tsukamoto. When Kiriko (Kyôka Suzuki), his girlfriend of ten years, commits suicide by a gunshot wound to the head, Goda (Tsukamoto) goes in search of the reasons behind her death. Owing to Japan's...

Post-disaster drama written and directed by Shion Sono. Two neighbouring farmers and their families live in the small town of Oba in Nagashima. When an earthquake strikes causing a devastating accident at a nearby nuclear power plant a 20km exclusion...

Tsuda is a young insurance salesman whose life, and the life of his fiancée Hizuru, is turned upside down when he meets an old schoolfriend, Takuji. Soon after Takuji's visit to Tsuda's apartment, Hizuru has her nipples pierced and starts making moves...