Foreign

Vaclav Vorlicek's 1973 reworking of the classic Cinderella is one of the most beloved films in all Central European cinema. Delightful and unconventional, Three Wishes for Cinderella places the familiar fairy tale into a wintry setting with down-to-earth...

Catalan historical drama co-written and directed by Lluís Miñarro. The film follows ruler Amadeo I (Alex Brendemühl) as he attempts to establish himself as the King of Spain in the early 1870s. After being elected during a period of violent social...

Low-budget Romanian drama co-written and directed by Cristi Puiu. Struggling entrepreneur Ovidiu (Alexandru Papadopol) is approached by a local crime lord with a job offer. Tempted by the prospect of earning some quick cash, Ovidiu and his two friends...

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...

Karel Kachyna writes and directs this Czech drama starring Radoslav Brzobohaty and Jirina Bohdalova as husband and wife Ludvik and Anna. Ludvik, a senior official of Prague's Communist regime, returns home with his wife after a dinner party to find that...

Zoltán Fábri's striking film is a powerful love story set against the turbulent changes to rural life in 1950s Hungary. In her dazzling debut performance, the late, great Mari Törocsik plays a young girl who falls for a farm worker, but is betrothed...

Oldrich Lipsky's one-of-a-kind Czech black comedy employs an ingenious twist - telling the life story of a philanderer and condemned murderer entirely in reverse: from his 'birth' at the guillotine, to his departure as an infant. Starring the great...

Second Run presents a selection of essential works by Polish filmmaker and iconoclast Jerzy Skolimowski, one of international cinema's most prolific and celebrated filmmakers. This special edition box set contains three features - Walkover (1965),...

A manifesto for a new generation of young filmmakers, Pearls of the Deep is one of the delights of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Based on stories by Bohumil Hrabal, the film is a compendium of five films each demonstrating the differing styles of five...

Based on true events, and reflecting the Stalinist terror of the early 1950s, Ryszard Bugajski's harrowing film was banned under martial law in Poland, but survived and thrived on underground VHS through a copy smuggled out by the director at great...

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...

Eduard Grecner writes and directs this Slovakian drama. Set during medieval times, reclusive potter Martin Lepis (Radovan Lukavsky), who the villagers refer to as Dragon, returns to the mountain community that ousted him years before for a crime he...

Classic Hungarian drama directed by Károly Makk. Luca (Mari Töröcsik)'s husband has been arrested by the secret police. As she cares for his sick mother (Lili Darvas), she can't bear to tell her the truth, and so she weaves a story that he is in...