Directed by Satyajit Ray. 116 minutes. Not Rated. In Bengali with English subtitles. Featuring an introduction by Wes Anderson! Adapted from Sunil Gangopadhyay's celebrated 1968 novel, Days and Nights in the Forest is one of director Satyajit Ray's greatest achievements, a modern search for connection that conjures the timeless resonance of a folktale. Desperate to flee Calcutta's...
Directed by Nadav Lapid. 149 minutes. Not Rated. In Hebrew with English subtitles. One of international cinema's most fearless and provocative filmmakers, Nadav Lapid has long been an outspoken critic of his birth country's government policies, channeling a lifetime of fury and frustration into vital films like Synonyms and Ahed's Knee that brim with righteous anger, spite, and shame....
Directed by Pamela Hogan. 70 minutes. Not Rated. In Icelandic and English with English subtitles. When 90% of Iceland’s women walked off their jobs and out of their homes one morning in 1975, they brought the nation to a standstill and ignited a revolution that would shape Iceland into a global leader in gender equality...
Directed by Julia Ducournau. 128 minutes. Rated R. In French with English subtitles. Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.
Directed by Pete Docter. 100 minutes. Rated PG. In English. What is it that makes you...YOU? Pixar Animation Studios’ feature film Soul introduces Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx) – a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. But one small misstep takes...
93 minutes. Directed by Valentina Ganeva. Not Rated. In English. This screening is presented with Architalx and will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Valentina Ganeva. Austrian-born and educated, R.M. Schindler laid the foundation for what now is considered California lifestyle of indoor-outdoor living. This documentary explores his richly complex work, with its influences...
Directed by Nadav Lapid. 149 minutes. Not Rated. In Hebrew with English subtitles. One of international cinema's most fearless and provocative filmmakers, Nadav Lapid has long been an outspoken critic of his birth country's government policies, channeling a lifetime of fury and frustration into vital films like Synonyms and Ahed's Knee that brim with righteous anger, spite, and shame....
Directed by Christian Petzold. 86 minutes. Not Rated. In German with English subtitles. During a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura, a young piano student from Berlin, miraculously survives a shocking car crash. Awakening in a nearby house, Laura finds herself in the care of a local woman, who tends to her with motherly devotion....
Directed by Frederick Wiseman. 89 minutes. Not Rated. In English. Screening as part of "Social Studies: A Tribute to Frederick Wiseman." Essene is about daily life in a Benedictine monastery and the resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational priorities of the community. In the Order, where the focus of life...
Join The Maine Outdoor Film Festival, The Maine Seaweed Council and The Maine Farmed Seafood Coalition and kick off Maine Seaweed Week with an evening of short films followed by a panel discussion. Doors: 6PM, Film: 6:15PM Panel Discussion: 6:45PM Tickets available here: maineoutdoorfilmfestival.com/maines-seaweed-moment/ FILM PROGRAM – Several short films about seaweed including the *Maine Premiere*...
Directed by Adrián Suar. 97 minutes. Not Rated. In Spanish with English subtitles. Followed by opening night reception. When Dario Roitman returns from the U.S. to Argentina for a family wedding and Bat Mitzvah, he anticipates the usual family drama. But his carefully laid plans for a family reunion are suddenly upended when he learns,...
Directed by Paula Eiselt. 104 minutes. Not Rated. In English. We Met at Grossinger’s is an immersive journey through the Jewish Catskills—once known as the Borscht Belt—reviving the iconic resort that inspired Dirty Dancing and defined an era of Jewish American life. Throughout decades of prejudice stifling the integration of Jewish immigrants in America, the...
Directed by Sam Feder. 89 minutes. Not Rated. In English. Amid the surge in anti-trans legislation that Chase Strangio battles in the courtroom, he must also fight against media bias, exposing how the narratives in the press influence public perception and the fight for transgender rights.
Directed by Elena Neuman. 72 minutes. Not Rated. In English. Looking Up is the inspiring story of Eitan Armon, a young man facing encroaching blindness who takes on the challenge of climbing the world’s most epic granite wall. While in military service at age 20, Eitan is diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a rare and incurable...
Directed by Dan Sturman. 100 minutes. Not Rated. In English. Part detective story, part heist film, part untold history, “The Stamp Thief” investigates a tale dating back to the Holocaust: that a mysterious Nazi stole priceless stamp collections from concentration camp victims and buried the stolen stamps in a small town in Poland. Embarking on...
Directed by Isri Halpern. 87 minutes. Not Rated. In English, French, German, and Hebrew with English subtitles. They say the personal is political, and it’s hard to find a story that represents that saying more than the story of Herschel Grynszpan, a 17-year-old Jewish teenager, who found himself in the middle of a historical event...
Directed by Toby Perl Freilich. 95 minutes. Not Rated. In English. Maintenance Artist is the first feature documentary about Mierle Laderman Ukeles, the New York City Sanitation Department’s official artist-in-residence. After she became a mother, Mierle Laderman Ukeles published a daring manifesto declaring all her acts of household maintenance, including childcare, to be performance art....
Directed by Shai Carmeli Pollak. 93 minutes. Not Rated. In Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles. Khaled, a 12-year-old boy from a Palestinian village, gets the chance to see the sea for the first time in his life on a school trip. But when they reach a military checkpoint, the soldiers claim his permit is...
Directed by Brandon Kramer. 97 minutes. Not Rated. In Hebrew and English with English subtitles. Liat Atzili was kidnapped from her kibbutz on October 7. What begins as a chronicle of her parents, sister, and children's efforts to secure her return, becomes a portrait of conflicting impulses towards anger, indifference, and compassion straining the bonds...
Directed by Fred Cavayé. 115 minutes. Not Rated. In German and French with English subtitles. Occupied Paris, 1941: all members of the Jewish community are instructed to come forward and identify themselves to authorities. Dedicated jeweller Joseph Haffmann (Auteuil), fearing the worst, arranges for his family to flee the city and offers his employee François...
Directed by Frederick Wiseman. 240 minutes. Not Rated. In French and English with English subtitles. Screening as part of "Social Studies: A Tribute to Frederick Wiseman." The Menus-Plaisirs is a film about the Troisgros family and their three restaurants, Troisgros, Le Central and Colline, located in three neighboring locations in central France. Troisgros, a restaurant...
Directed by Sophy Romvari. 90 minutes. Not Rated. In English and Hungarian with English subtitles. In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy. At wit’s end, their parents are presented with...
Directed by Sophy Romvari. 90 minutes. Not Rated. In English and Hungarian with English subtitles. In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy. At wit’s end, their parents are presented with...
37 minutes. Directed by Liza Donnelly. Not Rated. In English. In Women Laughing, longtime New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly sets out to explore her lifelong passion for women’s humor and cartooning by speaking, laughing, and drawing with a diverse group of remarkable women who create cartoons for the iconic magazine. Inspired by her acclaimed book...