2024

Parthenope

Parthenope

Partenope is a beautiful woman who bears the name of her city. Is she a siren or a myth?

Director: Paolo Sorrentino

Being Maria

Being Maria

Maria Schneider’s rise to fame after “Last Tango in Paris” and its controversial production’s impact on her life and career.

Director: Jessica Palud

Anselm

Anselm

Anselm Kiefer is one of the greatest contemporary artists. His past and present diffuse the line between film and painting, thus giving a unique cinematic experience that dives deep into an artist’s work and reveals his life path.

Director: Wim Wenders

The Beast

The Beast

The plot is set partly in a near future in which artificial intelligence is in control of everyone’s lives and human emotions are perceived as a threat.

Director: Bertrand Bonello

La nouvelle femme

La nouvelle femme

A Parisian courtesan flees to Rome to protect her reputation when her daughter’s learning disability could become exposed. There she meets Maria Montessori, who is pioneering a teaching method that may help the child.

Director: Léa Todorov

2023

Weimar Express

Weimar Express

When literary fame overrides humanity, a journey becomes a road to Hell. The documentary is an exploration of the propaganda for Nazi cultural hegemony over Europe.

Director: Milena Fuchedzhieva

The Crime Is Mine

The Crime Is Mine

Madeleine Verdier, a young actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. After being acquitted, she begins her new life of fame and success, until the truth comes out.

Director: François Ozon

Mr. Blake At Your Service!

Mr. Blake At Your Service!

A widowed British businessman takes the job as a butler of a manor house in France to keep memories of his late French wife.

Director: Gilles Legardinier

The Taste of Things

The Taste of Things

The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin, the fine gourmet with whom she has been working for over the last 20 years.

Director: Anh Hung Tran

Just the Two of Us

Just the Two of Us

Valérie Donzelli’s film follows Blanche Renard who meets Greg Lamoureux and believes he is the one, but soon she finds herself caught up in a toxic relationship with a possessive and dangerous man.

Written by Audrey Diwan, Valerie Donzelli, Eric Reinhardt

Starring: Virginie Efira, Melvil Poupaud, Dominique Reymond

Peter von Kant

Peter von Kant

François Ozon gives Fassbinder’s all-female 1972 drama The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant a makeover, making it lighter and more camp. 

Director: François Ozon

Scarlet (L’Envol)

Scarlet (L’Envol)

Scarlet (L’Envol) is a film by Pietro Marcello about the emancipation of a woman over twenty years, between 1919 and 1939, a time of great inventions and great dreams.

Written by: Alexander Grin, Pietro Marcello, Maurizio Braucci

Starring: Raphaël Thiéry, Juliette Jouan, Noémie Lvovsky, Louis Garrel

Il Colibri (The Hummingbird)

Il Colibri (The Hummingbird)

Il Colibri (The Hummingbird) is a film by Francesca Archibugi about the life of male protagonist from the 1970s to the near future.

Written by: Sandro Veronesi, Francesca Archibugi, Laura Paolucci

Starring: Pierfrancesco Favino, Nanni Moretti, Kasia Smutniak

Couleurs de l'incendie

Couleurs de l'incendie

Couleurs de l’incendie is a film by Clovis Cornillac and tells the story of Madeleine Péricourt, who should have inherited the financial empire of her father.
Written by: Pierre Lemaitre

Starring: Léa Drucker, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alice Isaaz

2022

Superheroes

Superheroes (Supereroi)

The film directed by Paolo Genovese tells the story of a couple: a cartoonist with an impulsive personality, and a physics teacher convinced that everything is ruled by a kind of formula.

Written by: Paolo Genovese, Rolando Ravello, Paolo Costella
Starring: Alessandro Borghi, Jasmine Trinca

Our Quiet Place

Our Quiet Place (Notre endroit silencieux)

Aliona’s father mysteriously disappears into the sea one day. Twenty years later, Aliona leaves Belarus to write a novel about this story.

Written and directed by: Elitza Gueorguieva
Starring: Aliona Gloukhova

Phi1.618

Phi1.618

The film directed by Theodore Ushev tells the story of a new nation of eternal, biologically perfect humans, who are preparing to leave Earth forever, onboard the ship Whirligig for its mission.

Written by: Vladislav Todorov
Starring: Deyan Donkov, Martina Apostolova, Irmena Chichikova and others

Unseen Connections

Unseen Connections

The story is a portrait of the world famous and Oscar nominated visual artist Theodore Ushev in a journey of time and space.

Written by: Borislav Kolev
Starring: Maria Landova

Waiting for Bojangles

Waiting for Bojangles

An emotional movie directed by Régis Roinsard. In front of their little boy, Camille and Georges dance to their favorite song “Mr Bojangles”.

Written by: Olivier Bourdeaut (novel), Romain Compingt, Régis Roinsard

Little Nicholas. What are we waiting for happiness

Little Nicholas. What are we waiting for happiness

The film directed by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre follows the adventures of a mischievous boy and his schoolmates.

Written by: Michel Fessler, Anne Goscinny, René Goscinny

Lost Illusions

Lost Illusions

Lost Illusions (French: Illusions perdues) is a 2021 French drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli, based upon Illusions perdues by Honoré de Balzac.

Written by: Xavier Giannoli, Jacques Fieschi
Starring: Benjamin Voisin, Xavier Dolan, Vincent Lacoste, Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu, Jeanne Balibar

2017 - 2021

Eiffel

Eiffel

Eiffel is a 2021 French historical romantic film directed by Martin Bourboulon.

Written by: Caroline Bongrand, Thomas Bidegain, Natalie Carter
Starring: Romain Duris, Emma Mackey, Pierre Deladonchamps, Armande Boulanger

Benedetta

Benedetta

Benedetta is a 2021 French and Dutch biographical drama film directed and co-written by Paul Verhoeven.

Written by: David Birke, Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Virginie Efira, Lambert Wilson, Daphne Patakia, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Charlotte Rampling. Hervé Pierre

Three Floors

Three Floors

Three Floors (Italian: Tre piani) is a 2021 Italiandrama film co-produced, co-written and directed by Nanni Moretti.

Written by: Nanni Moretti, Federica Pontremoli, Valia Santella
Starring: Riccardo Scamarcio, Margherita Buy, Alba Rohrwacher, Adriano Giannini

The Ties

The Ties

The Ties (Lacci) is a 2020 Italian romantic drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Domenico Starnone.

Written by: Domenico Starnone, Francesco Piccolo, Daniele Luchetti
Starring: Alba Rohrwacher, Luigi Lo Cascio, Laura Morante, Silvio Orlando, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Adriano Giannini, Linda Caridi, Francesca De Sapio

Mamma Weed

Mamma Weed

Mama Weed (La Daronne) is a French movie directed by Jean-Paul Salomé, based on the novel by Hannelore Cayre.

Written by: Jean-Paul Salomé, Antoine Salomé
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Yann Sundberg, Michaël Louchart

Summer of 85

Summer of 85

Summer of 85 (Été 85) is a 2020 French-Belgian drama film written and directed by François Ozon.

Written by: François Ozon
Starring: Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Melvil Poupaud, Isabelle Nanty

Officer and a spy

Officer and a spy

An Officer and a Spy (J’Accuse) is a 2019 historical drama film directed by Roman Polanski about the Dreyfus Affair, with a screenplay by Polanski and Robert Harris based on Harris’s 2013 novel of the same name.

Written by: Robert Harris, Roman Polanski
Starring: ​​Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Emmanuelle Seigner, Grégory Gadebois

The Man Who Played With Fire

The Man Who Played With Fire

A documentary about the Millennium-trilogy author Stieg Larsson and his pioneering work of fighting right wing extremists and neo-Nazis, an obsession with fatal consequences.

Written by: Olof Berglind, Nathan Grossman
Starring: Emil Almén, Johan Eriksson, Magnus Höqqvist

5 is the perfect number

5 is the perfect number

5 Is the Perfect Number (5 è il numero perfetto) is a 2019 Italian thriller drama film directed by Igort, based on his 2002 homonymous graphic novel.

Screenplayed by: Igort
Starring: Toni Servillo, Valeria Golino, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte

On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach is a 2017 British drama film directed by Dominic Cooke (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Ian McEwan, who adapted his own 2007 Booker Prize-nominated novella of the same name.

Written by: Ian McEwan
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff, Samuel West, Adrian Scarborough

See you up there

See you up there

See You Up There (French: Au revoir là-haut) is a 2017 French drama film written and directed by and starring Albert Dupontel, adapted from the 2013 novel The Great Swindle by Pierre Lemaitre.

Written by: Albert Dupontel, Pierre Lemaitre
Starring: Albert Dupontel, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Laurent Lafitte, Niels Arestrup, Mélanie Thierry, Émilie Dequenne

Based on a true story

Based on a true story

Based on a True Story (D’après une histoire vraie) is a 2017 internationally co-produced psychological thriller film directed by Roman Polanski, based on the novel of the same name by Delphine de Vigan.

Starring: Eva Green, Emmanuelle Seigner
Written by: Olivier Assayas, Roman Polanski

The Infinite Garden

The Infinite Garden

The dreamlike drama revolves around Philip, who has it all: a successful career and a beautiful girlfriend. However, he is still taking care of Victor, his sensitive brother, years after the death of their parents. Emma is slightly autistic, fallen out of time. At night, she crafts a miniature model of a mystical garden in the back of her flower shop, where Victor works…

Written by: Galin Stoev

I am You

I am You

Through two unique female personae the film suggests a metaphysical idea of the present as ever recurring, since the temptations, which the human soul faces, are always the same.

Written by: Petar Popzlatev

Off the Road

Off the Road

A romantic relationship emerges between a playwright in emotional crisis and young Gypsy girl when their cars crash down nearby in the mountains.

Written by: Nikolay Volev