Country: Canada, France, Belgium Language: English, FrenchThe brief life of a fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted German-Jewish painter growing up in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.
Country: Colombia, Thailand, France, Germany, Mexico, Qatar, United Kingdom, China, Switzerland Language: English, SpanishThe Film Center is thrilled to present select screenings on 35mm film.From the extraordinary mind of Palme D’or winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and starring Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton, comes a bewildering drama about a Scottish woman, who, after hearing a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia. Jury Prize Winner at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
New year, new universe. An aging Chinese immigrant is just trying to finish her taxes. Instead she is continuously swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world. This surreal and exhilarating exploration of identity and existence won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. | Country: United States | Language: English, Mandarin, Cantonese
Country: Iceland, Ireland, United Kingdom, United StatesLanguage: EnglishExplores how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father. A bloody revenge epic and breathtaking visual marvel, The Northman finds celebrated genre filmmaker Robert Eggers expanding his scope without sacrificing any of his signature style.
Country: France Language: French, EnglishCharline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s liché-shattering feature debut follows spirited and romantic thirty-something Anaïs in her manic search for stability. World Premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
Country: SwedenLanguage: EnglishPresented at the Film Center as part of Cinema Columbus 2022.Florida’s most dedicated dance team for women over 60, shaking up the outdated image of “the little old lady,” and calling for everyone to dance their hearts out, while they still can. World Premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
Country: United States Language: EnglishThe most Nicolas Cage movie ever. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters.
Country: Finland, Sweden Language: Finnish12-year-old Tinja is desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family. One night, Tinja finds a strange egg. What hatches is beyond belief. Premiered at Sundance 2022.
Country: Japan Language: JapaneseDirected by veteran animator Takayuki Hirao and produced by brand-new animation studio CLAP, Pompo the Cinephile is a rollicking, exuberant ode to the power of the movies, and the joys and heartbreak of the creative process.
Presented at the Film Center as part of Cinema Columbus 2022.Featuring seven documentary and narrative short films directed by women accompanied by post-show Q&A.
Country: Canada Language: EnglishA dissatisfied woman abandons her career and her family when she gets the chance to compete in a bizarre and dangerously flawed contest. The prize: a brand new habanero-orange compact SUV. World Premiere at the 2021 Fantasia International Film Festival.
Alone in her attic bedroom, teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game. The writer-director’s haunting debut feature had its World Premiere at Sundance and its Midwest Premiere at Gateway Film Center as part of Nightmares Film Festival 2021. | Country: United States | Language: English
