Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3353 Films to Buy & Rent
One Fine Morning (Un Beau Matin) (2022)
- Dir. Mia Hansen-Love
Feat. Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud…
- Lea Seydoux is French movie star royalty but she keeps it real in this sublime film from Mia Hansen–Løve (Bergman Island), one of Europe’s…
Origin of Evil, The (2022)
- Dir. Sebastien Marnier
Feat. Laure Calamy
- A black comedy thriller from France about riches, bitches and patriarchal pricks, because when it comes to money all bets are off and all knives come…
Prison 77 (2022)
- Dir. Alberto Rodriguez
Feat. Miguel Herrán, Javier Gutiérrez, Fernando Tejero
- Spanish prison drama set in Barcelona's Modelo prison (and filmed in the real location), during Spain's transition to democracy in the 1970s. The…
Project Wolf Hunting (2022)
- Whist being transported across international waters inside a locked cargo ship, a group of infamous criminals unites to stage a coordinated escape.…
Saint Omer (2022)
- Dir. Alice Diop
Feat. Guslagie Malanda, Kayije Kagame
- Inspired by real events, this devastating fictional drama from French–Senegalese director Alice Diop delivers a formally brilliant treatise on…
Shin Ultraman (2022)
- Feat. Hidetoshi Nishijima, Takumi Saito, Masami Nagasawa
- When the SSSP kaiju defence taskforce finds itself in the midst of a particularly ghastly kaiju encounter, a giant silver robot descends from the sky…
The Teachers' Lounge (Des Lehrerzimmer) (2022)
- Dir. Ilker Catak
Feat. Leonie Benesch
- A bracing drama about an idealistic maths teacher caught in the pressure–cooker environment of a contemporary German high school.
Leonie…
Two Tickets To Greece (2022)
- Dir. Marc Fitoussi
Feat. Laure Calamy, Olivia Cote, Kristin Scott Thomas
- A sunlit escapist comedy set in Les Cyclades (the original French title) starring Laure Calamy and Olivia Côte as long–estranged childhood…
Another World (2021)
- Dir. Stéphane Brizé
Feat. Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Kiberlain, Anthony Bajon
- Vincent Lindon plays a factory boss going through a painful divorce while managing a painful downsize at his company which has been taken over by a…
Big Hit, The (Un Triomphe) (2021)
- Dir. Emmanuel Courcol
Feat. Kad Merad, David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho
- Inspired by remarkable true events, this French Film Festival favourite follows a dedicated out–of–work actor (indelibly played by the…