September 6–7

SCRAPPER (2023)*
Directed by Charlotte Regan
English,  84 min.

Resourceful and scrappy 12-year-old Georgie has been living alone since the death of her mother. When her estranged father turns up, the two must come to terms with reality. This delightful dramedy took the Grand Jury Prize for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

PATEMA INVERTED (2013)
Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Japanese, 98 min. 

A young girl from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels finds herself trapped in an inverted world and develops a relationship with a boy who decides to help her escape and return home.

September 11–14

THE TEACHER'S LOUNGE (2023)*
Directed by Ilker Çatak
German, Turkish, Polish, 98 min.

When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak becomes obsessed with finding the culprit. Tensions escalate as Carla is faced with the unintended consequences of her investigation.

IO CAPITANO (2023)*
Directed by Matteo Garrone
Wolof and French, 121 min.

In this harrowing and poetic odyssey, cousins Seydou and Moussa leave Senegal in hopes of crossing the Mediterranean to find a better life in Europe. 

ALL THAT BREATHES (2022)*
Directed by Shaunak Sen
Hindi, 97 Min.

Inspiring and stunningly cinematic, this documentary follows two brothers in New Delhi who become self-taught rescuers of the black kite, a bird of prey threatened by environmental toxicity. 

September 18–21

THE TEACHER (2016)*
Directed by Jan Hrebejk
Slovak, 102 Min.

In 1983 Bratislava, a new teacher with communist party ties shows a disturbing level of self-interest. Based on a true story, this intense and entertaining drama is a cautionary tale of power dynamics in and out of the classroom.

LA CHIMERA (2023)*
Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Italian, English, 130 Min.

Josh O’Connor plays Arthur, a charming but troubled Englishman with a penchant for tomb raiding, who returns to Italy with nothing but the clothes on his back and unholy ambitions.

TŌTEM (2023)*
Directed by Lila Avilés
Spanish, 95 Min.

Sol, a seven year old, spends the day at her grandfather’s house bustling with aunts and cousins getting ready for the girl’s dying father’s birthday. 

September 25–28

THINGS TO COME (2016)*
Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
French, 102 Min.

When Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) learns that her husband of 25 years is leaving her for another woman, she must reinvent herself and navigate a major transition.

R.M.N. (2022)*
Directed by Cristian Mungiu
Romanian, 125 Min. 

R.M.N. (Romanian for MRI), is an incisive and troubling drama about the effects of migration and the global economy on a Transylvanian village. When three Sri Lankan workers are hired at the local bread factory, xenophobia reaches a boiling point.

MIRROR (1975)*
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Russian, Spanish, 107 Min.

Mirror is the most autobiographical of Tarkovsky’s films, a poetic narrative diving into the past and present of a life, its memories, and its country. 

October 2–5

NOT ONE LESS (1999)
Directed by Yimou Zhang
Mandarin, 106 Min.

13-year-old Wei Minzhi, an unqualified substitute teacher in rural China, goes through great difficulties when one of her students leaves the village for the city in search of employment. 

THE WIND BLOWS THE BORDER (2022)*
Directed by Laura Faerman and Marina Weis
Portuguese and Guarani, 77 Min.

This documentary exposes the struggles between rich rural landowners and the Indigenous resistance to the spread of agribusiness at the border between Paraguay and Brazil.

FALLEN LEAVES (2023)*
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Finnish, Arabic, 81 Min.

In this deadpan comedy set in modern-day Helsinki, Ansa and Holappa, two lonely souls in search of their first love, meet by chance in a local karaoke bar.

October 9–12

TO BE AND TO HAVE (2002)
Directed by Nicolas Philibert
French, 104 Min.

This documentary offers a thorough look at a small school in rural Auvergne, France where one teacher has been doing the remarkable job of teaching several grades at once for the past 20 years.

THE ZONE OF INTEREST (2023)*
Directed by Jonathan Glazer
German, Polish, Yiddish, 105 Min.

Winner of major awards at the Oscars and Cannes, this historical drama focuses on a  commandant and his family in their idyllic home where only a garden wall separates them from the atrocities of Auschwitz.

PERFECT DAYS (2024)
Directed by Wim Wenders
Japanese, 124 Min.

Perfect Days explores Hiramaya’s humble and poetic life: his careful attention to details, his connection with nature that add elegance, joy and authenticity to his days. 

October 16–19

RADICAL (2023)*
Directed by Christopher Zalla
Spanish, 122 Min.

Based on a true story, Radical takes place in an overstretched school in Matamoros, Mexico, where 6th grade teacher Sergio encourages his students to be curious and to engage differently with learning. 

PAST LIVES (2023)*
Directed by Celine Song
English and Korean, 105 Min.

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are reunited in New York after being apart for 20 years. They then confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

SONGS OF EARTH (2023)
Directed by Margreth Olin
Norwegian, 90 Min.

This breathtaking documentary by Margreth Olin combines landscapes and personal narratives while immersing us with sounds of the earth's heartbeat and moving glaciers.

October 23–25

THE SECRET OF KELLS (2009)
Directed by Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey
Irish Gaelic, Norwegian, Latin, English, 75 Min.

A young boy in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids is beckoned to adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives with an ancient book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers.

INVISIBLE NATION (2023)
Directed by Vanessa Hope
English, Mandarin, 85 Min.

This documentary explores the election and tenure of Tsai Ing-wen, the first female president of Taiwan. Vanessa Hope captures Tsai’s work at home for her country’s energetic democracy, while seeking full international recognition of Taiwan’s right to exist.

ANATOMY OF A FALL (2023)*
Directed by Justine Triet
French, English, 151 Min.

Sandra, Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, Sandra becomes the main suspect.

October 30–November 2

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1988)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Japanese, 86 Min.

Satsuki and Mei move with their father to the countryside where they discover that the house and nearby woods are full of strange and delightful creatures, including a gigantic but gentle forest spirit called Totoro, who can only be seen by children.

BANEL AND ADAMA (2023)
Directed by Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Pular and Peul, 87 Min.

Banel & Adama is a lush and lyrical West African dreamscape, a tragic romance that soars to the heights of longing and descends deep into the realm of myth as it sets its protagonists’ perfect everlasting love on a collision course with their community’s traditions.

THE ORPHANAGE (2007)*
Directed by J.A. Bayona
Spanish, 105 Min.

A Gothic tale complete with an aging mansion, a ghostly presence that may or may not be malefic, and a dark secret waiting to be revealed. Bring your friends and prepare for some international scares this Halloween.

November 6–9

OINK (2022)
Directed by Mascha Halberstad
Dutch, 72 Min.

When 9-year-old Babs receives a pig named Oink as a present from her grandfather, she convinces her parents to keep it. But her grandfather is secretly taking part in the sausage competition with her pet on the chopping block.

I GIRL (2018)*
Directed by Natural Arpajou
Spanish, 85 Min.

Based on the director’s autobiographical experiences, I Girl tells the story of Armonía, a little girl who lives with Pablo and Julia, who seem to be her parents, in an idyllic landscape of lakes, rivers, and forests in southern Argentina.

MONSTER (2023)
Directed by Kore Eda
Japanese, 127 Min.

When her child’s sudden strange behavior worsens, a mother searches for answers. As the story unfolds through the multilayered perspectives of mother, teacher, and child, the real truth gradually emerges—and proves much more complex than anyone could have expected.

November 13–16

LOVING VINCENT (2017)*
Directed by DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman
English, 94 Min.

To produce this poignant homage to the life and death of Van Gogh, 125 animators painted 65,000 frames in the style of 120 of the artist’s best-known works. At once melancholic and uplifting, this masterpiece of animation brings art to life while investigating a tragic death.

MUSTANG (2015)*
Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Turkish, 97 Min.

Five orphaned sisters face the challenges of growing up with conservative extended family in a small Turkish village in the 2010s. In the face of domestic abuse and the prospect of arranged marriages, the sisters resolve to pursue their passion for freedom.

THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928)
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Silent, 81 Min.

Chronicling the trial of Joan of Arc in the final hours leading up to her execution, Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer depicts her torment with startling immediacy.

November 20–23

CHICKEN FOR LINDA! (2013)
Directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach
French, 73 Min.

Linda lost her dad when she was a baby, and her memory of him is faint. She recalls his chicken with peppers dish. The challenge is finding the ingredients for the recipe in a France on strike.

FANNY AND ALEXANDER (1982)*
Directed by Ingmar Bergman
Swedish, 188 Min.

Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden. 

LYD (2023)*
Directed by Sarah Ema Friedla and Rami Younisor
Arabic, 78 Min.  

The story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world—what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become. 

December 4–7

LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD (2018)
Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, Yasuhiro Takemoto, And Naoko Yamada
Japanese, 90 Min.

Inspired by the popular novel series and television anime, Sound! Euphonium, this standalone feature explores feelings and friendship rather than adventure and action. As high school ends, best friends realize that not everything lasts.

LUCHADORAS (2022)*
Directed by Paola Calvo & Patrick Jasim
Spanish, 93 Min.

Luchadoras provides an intimate glimpse into the lives of three resilient female wrestlers in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, who courageously challenge traditional gender norms in the face of pervasive machismo.

SHERLOCK JR. (1924)
Directed by Buster Keaton
Slient, 49 Min.

In Sherlock Jr., Buster Keaton plays a projectionist who daydreams himself into the movies he is showing and merges with the figures and the backgrounds on the screen.