Film archive
The Traitor Il Traditore
Marco Bellocchio / Italy, Germany, France, Brazil / 2019 / 145 min / English, Italian, Sicilian
It’s the early eighties; Sicilian mafia bosses are fighting a bitter war for control over the heroin trade. From his hideout in Brazil, mafioso Tommaso Buscetta observes as his relatives at home are killed, knowing he might well be next. When he gets arrested by the Brazilian police and sent back to Italy, Buscetta makes a decision that will forever change the course of Mafia history: he decides to meet with judge Giovanni Falcone and break the vow he gave to the cosa nostra.
Illegitimate Ilegitim
Adrian Sitaru / Romania / 2016 / 89 min / Romanian
Being denied state funding for its controversial examination of the issues of abortion and incest, the daring Romanian film was made on a shoestring budget as an acting improvisation.
Lost Illusions Illusions perdues
Xavier Giannoli / France, Belgium / 2021 / 150 min / French
A lavish screen adaptation of Balzac’s eponymous novel, Lost Illusions is a tale of love, desire, driving literary ambitions and the power of media and money.
Illyricvm Illyricvm
Simon Bogojević Narath / Croatia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Slovenia / 2022 / 95 min
Through the eyes of a young Illyrian, a Croatian director shows an ancient world of brutality not all that different from our own.
Import/Export Import/Export
Ulrich Seidl / Austria, Germany, France / 2007 / 135 min / English, German, Russian, Slovak
In the Aisles In den Gängen
Thomas Stuber / Germany / 2018 / 125 min / German
When Christian loses his job on a construction site, he begins working at a supermarket. The introverted young man is soon taken under the fatherly wings of Bruno from the drinks aisle and falls in love with the secretive Marion, who stacks the confectionary shelves. They begin to meet frequently at the coffee machine, and Marion begins to warm up to this newcomer…
From Hilde, with Love In Liebe, Eure Hilde
Andreas Dresen / Germany / 2024 / 124 min / German
Berlin, 1942. Hilde and Hans share a beautiful summer. They are in love and expecting a child. But Hans is part of the resistance, and soon, the Gestapo arrests the couple. Heavily pregnant, Hilde finds herself in prison… Based on a true story, directed by Andreas Dresen.