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May 12, 2017/Posted by: Mustafa Uzuner

People That Are Not Me

Israel · 2016 · 80' Joy is a young woman living in Tel Aviv who has a love-hate relationship with its casual sex scene. Her entire world comes down to her apartment and the street...
Director: Hadas Ben Aroya

Dubbed as the “Israeli ‘Frances Ha,’” “People That Are Not Me” tells the story of a young woman, Joy, who decides to explore the dating scene of Tel Aviv after breaking up with her boyfriend. It marks the feature debut of ben Aroya, who also wrote the screenplay and stars in the lead role

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March 17, 2017/Posted by: Mustafa Uzuner

By the Time It Gets Dark / Dao Khanong

France/Netherlands/Qatar/Thailand / 2016 / 105 mins. Guided by Suwichakornpong's associative rigour and her gift for crafting images of unusual beauty, By the Time it Gets Dark treats every moment as special. When the older woman...
Director: Anocha Suwichakornpong

COMING SOON It’s also a movie that boasts a dream sequence (or is it?) involving time lapsed mushroom growth cycles and a scene from George Méliès’ “A Trip to the Moon.” (Playlist)

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September 27, 2016/Posted by: Mustafa Uzuner

Le Parc (The Park)

France / 2016 / 71 mins On a glorious summer’s day two teenagers meet in the park for their first date. Timid at first, their relationship blossoms as they gradually get to know each other....
Director: Damien Manivel

11 August 2017 -Cinémathèque québécoise 7 June 2017 -Royal Cinema Summer time. Two teenagers have their first date in a park. Hesitant and shy at first, they soon discover each other, get closer as they wander, and end up falling in love. But as the sun goes down, it is time to part… And a dark night begins.

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September 3, 2016/Posted by: Mustafa Uzuner

Kaili Blues

China / 2016 / 113 mins In a small clinic in the rain-drenched city of Kaili, two preoccupied doctors live ghost-like lives. One of them, Chen, decides to fulfill his dead mother’s wish and sets...
Director: Bi Gan

NOW PLAYING Kaili Blues, an eccentric, remarkably assured first feature by the young Chinese director Bi Gan, is both the most elusive and the most memorable new movie that I’ve seen in quite some time—“elusive” and “memorable” being central to Bi’s ambitions.