Film archive
The Spirit of the Beehive El espíritu de la colmena
Víctor Erice / Spain / 1973 / 97 min / Spanish
The poetic and allegorical debut feature by Victor Erice, shot in the last days of Franco’s Spain, is one of the most beautiful films about the power of cinema.
The Square The Square
Ruben Östlund / Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark / 2017 / 151 min / English, Danish, Swedish
Ruben Östlund’s provocative social satire examines the state of a society characterised by growing individualism and diminished empathy. Winner of the Palme d’Or at last year’s Cannes and Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.
The Staffroom Zbornica
Sonja Tarokić / Croatia / 2021 / 126 min / Croatian
An idealistic primary school teacher finds it hard to retain her integrity in a world dominated by cliques and petty disputes between teachers and parents. A vivid portrayal of Croatian society at the crossroads of tradition and modernity.
The Story of My Wife A feleségem története
Ildikó Enyedi / Hungary, Italy, Germany, France / 2021 / 169 min
Director Ildikó Enyedi (My 20th Century, On Body and Soul) tells a love story through the eyes of a man desperate to understand his wife, a mysterious French woman played by Léa Seydoux. A modern variation of the legend of the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship doomed to eternally sail the seven seas.
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum Zangiku monogatari
Kenji Mizoguchi / Japan / 1939 / 143 min / Japanese
The Suicide Shop Le Magasin des suicides
Patrice Leconte / France, Canada, Belgium / 2012 / 79 min / Slovene subtitles, French / 13+
The Summer Is Gone Ba yue
Zhang Dalei / China / 2016 / 108 min / Mandarin Chinese
Zhang Dalei’s autobiographic feature debut highlights the contrast between melancholic atmosphere of Chinese privatisation reforms of the early 1990s and carefree childhood replete with cinematic images.
The Summer of ’91 Poletje ’91
Žiga Virc / Slovenia / 2021 / 72 min / Slovene
An archival documentary by Žiga Virc (Houston, We Have a Problem!) that gives a fresh and unbiased insight into the everyday life of people in Slovenia at the crossroads of history. The product of an extensive campaign in which people were invited to send in their home videos, the film acts as an audio-visual time machine that takes viewers to the chaotic period before, during and after Slovenia’s independence.
The Summer of Sangaile Sangailes vasara
Alanté Kavaité / Lithuania, Netherlands, France / 2014 / 88 min / Slovene subtitles, Lithuanian / 15+
The Swallows of Kabul Les Hirondelles de Kaboul
Zabou Breitman, Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec / France, Switzerland, Luxembourg / 2019 / 81 min / French
Kabul under Taliban rule. Two neighbourhoods and two couples, one conservative, one modern. When the lives of these diametrically opposite couples become intertwined, sacrifice becomes the price to pay for love.
The Swan Svanurinn
Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir / Iceland / 2017 / 91 min / Icelandic
On a ‘forced summer exile’ to a farm a young Icelandic girl begins to realise that the adult world is far more complicated and callous than she has ever anticipated.
The Swedish Meatballs Köttbullarna
Johan Hagelbäck / Sweden / 2010 / 7 min / Slovene subtitles, Swedish / 6+
The Sweet East The Sweet East
Sean Price Williams / USA / 2023 / 104 min / English
cast Talia Ryder (Lillian), Earl Cave (Caleb), Simon Rex (Lawrence), Ayo Edebiri (Molly), Jeremy O. Harris (Matthew), Jacob Elordi (Ian), Rish Shah (Mohammad), Gibby Haynes (Abbot), Jack Irv (Troy), Cameron Andre (Adam), Betsey Brown (Betsy), Jonathan Daniel Brown (g./Mr. Franks), Peter Buntaine (S.P.W.), Kaili Corcoran (Becky), Adam Friedland (Eric)
The Taking The Taking
Alexandre O. Philippe / USA / 2021 / 76 min / English
The latest film from documentary filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe (Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist) is a radical examination of Monument Valley’s representation in cinema and advertising since John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939).
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 Taste of Things La Passion de Dodin Bouffant
Tran Anh Hung / France / 2023 / 135 min / French
1885. Peerless cook Eugénie has worked for the famous gourmet Dodin for the last twenty years. As time went by, the practice of gastronomy and mutual admiration turned into a romantic relationship. Their association gives rise to dishes, each one more delicious than the next, which confound even the world’s most illustrious chefs. But Eugénie is fond of her freedom and has never wanted to marry Dodin. So he decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.