New Movies
Sonaten
The Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin by Johann Sebastian Bach are considered “the Himalayas of violinists". Yehudi Menuhin first recorded the complete works mid-1930s. The film, focuses on the Sonatas. It is a true dialogue between the recording of Yehudi Menuhin and Claire Bourdet, playing them today. The different movements are played in turn until they are merged into an unexpected polyphony. This is a film about music as an image of time.
Paranoia
After surviving what appears to be an attempted murder, Mason begins to live in constant fear of his attacker returning to finish the job.
Pandasaurus
An egg discovered on an island hatches and becomes a new breed of cuddly ... and deadly. The now fully grown Pandasaurus is the star attraction of a failing zoo until it escapes and goes on a rampage of destruction in an attempt to return home. Now it's up to two zookeepers to track down and capture the beast in hopes of stopping the most bizarre beast the earth has ever known.
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying is a short meditation on love, grief, and imagination. The hand-drawn animated documentary was created through a collaboration between mother, elder and narrator Edith Almadi and filmmakers Natalie Baird and Toby Gillies. This poetic piece celebrates life and the transformative ability of art to elevate and transcend us. Through vivid drawings and Edith’s simple yet magical words, the film explores our enduring bond with loved ones who have passed. In honouring her son’s life within the cosmos, Edith’s artworks embody colours, shapes and metaphors that remind us of the timeless power of love, gravity, and grace until our final breaths.
The Painting
Utilising the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen technique, this visually poetic non-narrative film revisits Diego Vélasquez’s 1652 portrait of Queen Mariana of Austria with genuine feeling.
Campton Manor
An author tries to investigate a decades old mystery and finds himself stuck in his own ghost story.
My World, Your Melody
A choir of tropical frogs performs infectious pop in delightfully unsettling animation from Costa Rican-Canadian artist Bianca Shonee Arroyo-Kreimes. Riffing on karaoke companion videos and the swipe-n-scroll conventions of handheld media, she infuses candy-coloured digital animation with the spectre of ecological collapse.
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
Salman Rushdie speaks to Alan Yentob about the devastating knife attack he was subjected to in 2022, losing his right eye and almost his ability to write.
The Final: Attack on Wembley
As England reach the final of the Euros at last, 6,000 ticketless football fans storm Wembley stadium, leaving destruction in their wake.
In the Shallows
Walking down the street or sitting on a commuter train, few of us can resist the siren song of that small, illuminated device in our pockets. Through a carefully choreographed collision of hand-made sculptural collages and ink and paint animation, In the Shallows, by first-time NFB filmmaker Arash Akhgari, takes us on a deep dive into the shallow and fragmented world of news, entertainment and ads, where we can easily drown in the dangerous allure of mass media intoxication.
Unblending
For people living with structural dissociation, falling asleep can be a challenge—a time when multiple contradictory thoughts conspire to keep you awake. Drawing on her experience with somatic healing, Michelle Ku puts these thoughts to rest in a few vivid minutes of hand-painted animation.
Corpus and the Wandering
One dancer, one body, one phone. In a time of collective alienation and technological mass control, one woman rediscovers her soul and reclaims her mind. A short, experimental self-portrait composed of 100 video screens, Corpus and the Wandering transcends the walls of a fragmented grid system to uncover the shared humanity in each of us, and our place in the cosmos.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM
In C.E.75, the fighting still continues. There are independence movements, and aggression by Blue Cosmos... In order to calm the situation, a global peace monitoring agency called COMPASS is established, with Lacus as its first president. As members of COMPASS, Kira and his comrades intervene into various regional battles. Then a newly established nation called Foundation proposes a joint operation against a Blue Cosmos stronghold.
Stalemate
Husband & Wife, Myles & Sofia, two members of a dying marriage decide to retreat to a vacation home in hopes of salvaging their lost love. Not only for themselves but for the sake of their daughter Louisa. Their desperate retreat to salvage marriage soon turns into a desperate survival from violence by someone uninvited.
For Sale
When his life hits rock bottom, a shady salesman finds a last-ditch gig selling a haunted house.
Olly Alexander's Road to Eurovision '24
Documentary following singer Olly Alexander as he prepares to represent the United Kingdom at the long-running celebration of music, the Eurovision Song Contest. Cameras follow the Years and Years singer on the promotional circuit as he releases his song Dizzy, juggles press attention, performs at European parties in Madrid and London and prepares for the event itself
Society of Clothes
When morning arrives in Society of Clothes, shirts and pants step outside the closet, transforming into living entities. In the world of the film, everyone exists solely as clothes, wandering into the streets bodiless and faceless. But the routine of this strange place is disrupted one day when a human child with flesh and bones appears, turning their everyday existence upside down.
Laugh Proud
Nine diverse LGBTQ+ comics each perform a short set connected by a hostess with the mostest in an orgiastic one-night stand starring fresh comics to veteran comic Jason Stuart and the world's first intersex comic 7G.
Temen Gue Kenapa Ya?
Cas came to his friend's house, then something happened at his friend's house.
The Memory Of
After a devastating breakup, Tara is having a hard time trying to forget her ex-boyfriend, Jacob. Being haunted by flashbacks causes her to go to extreme lengths in order to forget him forever.
Misfortune
"Misfortune" tells the story of James, who after stumbling upon a bag of blood-stained cash, spirals into chaos as he faces off against a dangerous foe, risking everything to protect his loved ones.
Being Angela
Angela. Winter 1999. Angela, a Brazilian trans woman, tries to return to European Union by Slovenian forests. To cross the border clandestinely, Angela called in smugglers. Since then, she engages herself in a body and soul struggle to survive, to be Angela.
Støvfang
Johann Whalmann, a young boxer has a difficult relationship to his coach Geir Holm. The family of Johann is skeptical to Geirs hard training regime, what will Johann do when he starts to realize this is going out on his mental health?
The Stowaway
During a business trip, Nicolas Arpens disappears on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela. As the story becomes increasingly obscure, the detective in charge of the investigation realises that the heart of the case lies in another time...
Naoya Inoue vs. Luis Nery
Naoya "The Monster" Inoue defends his undisputed junior featherweight world title against former two-division world champion Luis "Pantera" Nery at the Tokyo Dome.
Wonju Academy Cinema
There is an old cinema in Wonju, and some people want to preserve the historic cinema. But the mayor wants to demolish a 60-year-old cinema. How will this story end? No matter how it ends up, Wonju Academy Cinema is a film about people who love old and historic single-screen cinema.
Red vs. Blue: Restoration
When the universe's greatest villain returns in a terrifying new form, old adversaries, the Reds and Blues of Blood Gulch, will have to set aside their differences to save the galaxy one last time.
Closing Time
Emma has something to tell her boyfriend, but when she arrives to meet him at the dinner he is no where to be seen and Emma believes something has gone wrong.
Ikitoshi Ikeru Mono
TV Tokyo's 60th anniversary special drama. This is a human drama about a doctor struggling with his life and a patient who has been told he has little time left to live, as they travel around the world in search of answers to the eternal questions of what people live for and what they leave behind.
Paradise in Trouble
Johan’s life gets flipped upside one day when he is filled with guilt after accidentaly hitting someone with his car.
Spring Equinox
People who write poetry, draw and create music in ordinary daily life come together through a "Hyunsoo & Sunhee" performance. They are peculiarly influenced by each other; poetry turns into songs and drawings.
Bank on the Other Side
Itsuki, who lives on welfare with her sick mother and baby sister, has given up on her dream of becoming a nurse and been hopeless for the future. One day, a transfer student named Kazuma, who has a secret about falling behind in his previous private middle school, joins Itsuki’s class. He also struggles under pressure from his elitist father. Sparked by this encounter, they break out of their circumstances and gradually find hope for the future on their own, involving many adults around them.
Thriver: A Survivor Story
Thriver: A Survivor Story is an intimate documentary that follows the inspiring journey of Brittney Beadle and her diagnosis of Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer. Brittney's story serves as a beacon of hope for those touched by cancer.
The Habit Breakers
A vibrant and bold reality show crew dives into the life of a man whose attempt to preserve his father's legacy through Charlie Chaplin memorabilia spirals into a chaotic and troubling journey, capturing the raw and untamed edges of a passion turned dark.
Rajaa
A group of filmmakers meets a young immigrant who has lived on the streets. He tells them about his trip.
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Sofia is an insecure teenage pianist, and next Sunday she will have the opportunity to perform a concert where talent scouts from her dream school will be. On Friday, Sofia's absent and authoritarian mother Anne arrives, with a surprise weekend trip to her grandmother Margot. The fate of the concert and the school place become uncertain.