Foreign

Double bill of features from Czech film-maker Vera Chytilová. 'Something Different' (1963) follows the lives of frustrated housewife Vera (Vera Uzelacová) and gymnast Eva (Eva Bosáková). While Vera struggles to get her husband to appreciate her and...

Anand Patwardhan directs this documentary exploring the militarisation of his native India since the death of peace activist Mahatma Gandhi. Since Gandhi's assassination in 1948, the country has joined the global race to arms along with their...

Historical drama directed by Albert Serra. As his life comes to an end, Giacomo Casanova (Vicenç Altaió) travels to the mountains of Carpathia to seek out young peasant girls with whom he can satisfy his sexual desires. When he arrives, however, he...

With delirious visuals conjured by cinematographer Jaroslav Kucera (Daisies, Diamonds of the Night) and often described as 'the last film of the Czechoslovak New Wave', Juraj Herz's delirious tale of terror is a surreal phantasmagoria of dark desires and...

Tsai Ming-liang directs this comedy drama following a Japanese tourist who seeks shelter in bad weather. Desperate to get in from the rain, the man takes refuge inside an old cinema that is showing martial arts film 'Dragon Inn' (1967). Although...

Alfréd Radok directs this Czech war drama that follows the long-lasting impact of the Nazi regime on a Jewish family. The cast includes Blanka Waleská, Otomar Krejca and Viktor Ocásek.

Karel Zeman directs this Czech adventure set in New York. After a visit to a dinosaur exhibit at the New York City Museum of Natural History, four young boys decide to row out onto the lake in Central Park. There they discover a hidden cave which turns...

Czech drama co-written and directed by Milos Forman. The film follows Petr (Ladislav Jakim), a 17-year-old boy who gets a job as a security guard at a busy local shop. However, Petr soon finds it difficult to get along with his boss as he struggles in...

Brazilian drama written and directed by Gabriel Mascaro. The film follows Iremar (Juliano Cazarré), a bull handler working on rodeos in the north of Brazil. Dreaming of leaving to start a career as a fashion designer, Iremar begins designing custom...

Hungarian drama co-written and directed by Miklós Jancsó. In 1919, with Hungary in disarray following the fall of communist rule, former Hungarian Red Army soldier István Cserzi (András Kozák) escapes to the countryside in an attempt to evade the...

Yorgos Lanthimos directs this experimental Greek drama. The film follows the local police detective of a run-down coastal town as he enlists the help of a photographer and a hotel maid to try and get to the bottom of a series of murders.

Czech historical comedy combining live action and animation directed by Karel Zeman. The film follows Petr (Petr Kostka), a young farmer who is forced to fight during the Thirty Years' War in 17th-century Europe. Together with his new friends, Petr...

Surreal Czechoslovakian drama directed by Juraj Jakubisko. The film follows three adult orphans, Martha (Magda Vásáryová), Andrej (Philippe Avron), and Yorick (Jirí Sýkora), who live together in an abandoned and dilapidated church building. Faced...

Polish award-winning existential drama directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. The film follows a young physicist (Stanislaw Latallo), who, feeling disappointed with the lack of answers to how he should live, is searching for some meaning in life. Only through...