World Spotlight
A diverse collection of films and voices, made outside the United States.
Tickets on sale listed below
Look Back (2024)
- Wed, Oct 23
- Thu, Oct 24
- Fri, Oct 25
- Sat, Oct 26
- Sun, Oct 27
- Mon, Oct 28
- Tue, Oct 29
- Wed, Oct 30
- Thu, Oct 31
Director: Kiyotaka Oshiyama Run Time: 58 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2024
Starring: Mizuki Yoshida, Yuumi Kawai
Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing. | Country: Japan | Language: English
The Red Suitcase (2024)
- Fri, Oct 25
- Sat, Oct 26
- Sun, Oct 27
- Mon, Oct 28
- Tue, Oct 29
- Wed, Oct 30
- Thu, Oct 31
Director: Fidel Devkota Run Time: 87 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2023 Language: Nepali
Starring: Bipin Karki, Prabin Khatiwada, Saugat Malla, Shristi Shrestha, Sonam Choekyi Lama
World Premiere, 2023 Venice Film Festival. A pick-up truck driver leaves Kathmandu airport for a two-day drive with a delivery to a remote mountain village. On the high road, a solitary figure slowly makes his way, wheeling a small red suitcase toward the same village. | Country: Nepal, Sri Lanka | Language: Nepali
The Universal Theory (2024)
- Fri, Oct 25
- Sat, Oct 26
- Sun, Oct 27
- Tue, Oct 29
Director: Timm Kröger Run Time: 118 min. Release Year: 2023 Language: German
Starring: Gottfried Breitfuß, Hanns Zischler, Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Philippe Graber
World Premiere, 2023 Venice Film Festival. The story of a gifted young physicist, his curmudgeonly mentor, and an enigmatic jazz pianist who knows things about our wunderkind scientist that he’s never told another living soul. | Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland | Language: German, French, Italian, Swiss German, English
We Live in Time (2024)
- Tue, Oct 29
Director: John Crowley Run Time: 107 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Aoife Hinds, Florence Pugh, Grace Delaney, Lee Braithwaite
World Premiere, TIFF 2024. Almut and Tobias are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. | Country: France, United Kingdom | Language: English
Emilia Pérez (2024)
- Fri, Nov 1
- Sat, Nov 2
- Sun, Nov 3
- Mon, Nov 4
- Tue, Nov 5
- Wed, Nov 6
- Thu, Nov 7
Thu, Nov 7 @ 4:00 pm: 4K Presentation
Director: Jacques Audiard Run Time: 130 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024 Language: French
Starring: Adriana Paz, Edgar RamÃrez, Karla SofÃa Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana
World Premiere, 2024 Cannes Film Festival, winning Jury Prize and Best Actress, and France's submission for the 2025 Academy Award for Best International Feature. | Country: France | Language: Spanish, English, French
Anora (2024)
- Sun, Nov 3
Sun, Nov 3 @ 4:30 pm: 4K Presentation
Director: Sean Baker Run Time: 139 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Karren Karagulian, Mark Eydelshteyn, Mikey Madison, Vache Tovmasyan, Yuriy Borisov
Winner Palme d'Or, 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled. From writer-director Sean Baker | Country: United States | Language: English