Film Under the Stars 2018
Full Time À plein temps
Éric Gravel / France / 2021 / 88 min / French
A social drama crafted as a heart-pounding thriller, the film follows a single mother struggling to make ends meet and build a better future in a constant race against time. Best Director and Best Actress Awards in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival, and a Special Mention at the Ljubljana International Film Festival.
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Ana Lily Amirpour / USA / 2021 / 106 min / English
From the Iranian-American director Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone), this is a story of an outsider in search of her place under the (full) moon amidst the chaos of the modern world. Imbued with neon and B-movie aesthetics, Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon is tall tale for adults meets sweet sci-fi comedy meets a bizarre fantasy thriller.
The Talented Mr. Ripley The Talented Mr. Ripley
Anthony Minghella / USA / 1999 / 139 min / English
Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) adapted The Talented Mr. Ripley from the first in a series of novels Patricia Highsmith wrote about “her favourite character”. The film opened to critical and commercial acclaim, winning five Oscar nominations, including for Best Adapted Screenplay.
The Third Murder Sandome no satsujin
Hirokazu Koreeda / Japan / 2017 / 125 min / Japanese
With The Third Murder, Japanese master of the family drama Hirokazu Koreeda, winner of this year’s Palme D’Or at Cannes for Shoplifters, directs his lens towards the crime genre for the first time.
Patrick and the Whale Patrick and the Whale
Mark Fletcher / Austria / 2022 / 73 min
Patrick Dykstra has dedicated the past twenty years of his life to travelling the globe, following and diving with whales. Over the years, Pat has learnt how whales see and hear, how they perceive other creatures in the water and how they behave at close quarters. He has a finely tuned sense and knows how to act when within touching distance of a whale – what to do, what not to do and when. This allows him to consistently get closer than anyone else alive – a truly unique skill.
The March on Rome Marcia su Roma
Mark Cousins / Italy / 2022 / 98 min
Through little-seen archive and his characteristically cinematic analysis, Mark Cousins narrates the ascent of fascism in Italy and its fall-out across 1930s Europe. Both essay film and historical document, Cousins contextualises history through the now, holding a mirror to a political landscape of a creeping far right and manipulated media.
All That Breathes All That Breathes
Shaunak Sen / India, USA, United Kingdom / 2022 / 97 min
In one of the world’s most populated cities, two brothers — Nadeem and Saud — devote their lives to the quixotic effort of protecting the black kite, a majestic bird of prey essential to the ecosystem of New Delhi that has been falling from the sky at alarming rates. Amid environmental toxicity and social unrest, the ‘Kite Brothers’ spend day and night caring for the creatures in their makeshift avian basement hospital.
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Werner Herzog / USA, Switzerland, United Kingdom, France / 2022 / 84 min
On 3 June 1991, a deadly cloud of hot gas and rock spewed out of Japan’s Mount Unzen. Among the 43 people consumed by it were scientist-filmmakers Maurice and Katia Krafft. They left behind over 200 hours of footage from their decades of work, which Herzog draws on for this stunning eulogy.
Matter Out of Place Matter Out of Place
Nikolaus Geyrhalter / Austria / 2022 / 100 min
Waste on the shores, waste on the mountains. On ocean floors and deep down in the earth. Matter Out of Place is a film about rubbish, which has spread across the world, to the most remote corners of the planet.
Saint Omer Saint Omer
Alice Diop / France / 2022 / 122 min / French
A French director of Senegalese origin immerses herself in the complex case of a young immigrant accused of infanticide, in order – as she puts it – to talk about the unfathomable emotions of a mother and to give a voice to invisible women. The film won the Grand Jury Prize and the Lion of the Future for Best First Film at the Venice Film Festival.
Europe in Short - Section 2 (2022) Europe in Short - Section 2 (2022)
razno / 100 min
On Xerxes’ Throne, Jobs For All! The Potemkinists, SierraPink Rider, The Saboteur, The Stopover
Loving Highsmith Loving Highsmith
Eva Vitija / Switzerland, Germany / 2022 / 88 min
A unique look at the life of celebrated American author Patricia Highsmith based on her diaries and notebooks and the intimate reflections of her lovers, friends and family.
Alps Alpeis
Yorgos Lanthimos / Greece / 2011 / 93 min / Greek
The third feature from Yorgos Lanthimos (Killing of a Sacred Deer) is an absurd black comedy – about death, substitutes and whether, ultimately, we may all be playing a role.
The Banshees of Inisherin The Banshees of Inisherin
Martin McDonagh / Ireland, USA, United Kingdom / 2022 / 109 min / English
1923. A remote island off the west coast of Ireland. Pádraic and Colm are lifelong friends who meet every day at the pub for a pint and a chat. It comes as a bolt from the blue when one fine day Colm abruptly ends their friendship… Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Actor and Screenplay.