Autumn / Winter 2026

Colours of Time (La Venue de l’Avenir)

Four distant cousins, all descendants of a woman called Adèle Meunier, are brought together in Normandy by the unexpected inheritance of their ancestor’s house. They must clean out the property, which has been abandoned since 1944. As they sift through items including old photos and letters, they imagine Adèle’s life as she moves to a vibrant Paris of 1895.

★★★★ “This is a witty and also knowingly pointed look at how history still ripples within everyday life today … It’s a rare film that reminds us of how we are connected to the people who went before us.” — Shadows on the Wall

The Cycle of Love

The extraordinary true story of PK, a 23-year-old street artist from Delhi who sets off with a handful of paint brushes and a second-hand bicycle on a 6,000-mile journey across Europe and Asia to find Lotta, the woman who captured his heart during her visit to India. Convinced their meeting was fate, reinforced by an astrologer’s prophecy that matched Lotta’s…

“The Cycle of Love stands as one of the most romantic documentaries in years, an inspiring true story of resilience, destiny, and the extraordinary lengths one man went to for the love of his life.” — Daniel Howat, Next Best Picture

• Preceded by the short Blackrock (15 min)

My Father’s Shadow

Whilst their mother is away in the village, young Nigerian brothers Remi and Akin are taken by surprise when their often-absent father Folarin arrives home. Their surprise turns into excitement when Folarin suggests that the brothers accompany him to Lagos for the day, as he needs to collect a long-overdue salary. The trip becomes a journey of discovery.

★★★★ “… a powerful debut that truncates the destiny of a nation and the fortunes of a beleaguered family into one fateful day trip.” — The Irish Times

• Best Director, British Independent Film Awards 2025
• Caméra d’Or Special Mention, Cannes 2025

The Stranger (L’Étranger)

The latest film from acclaimed French director François Ozon (The Crime Is Mine, Frantz) is a faithful adaptation of Albert Camus’ iconic novel, in which an unassuming young man kills an Arab acquaintance in 1930s Algiers. Shot in pristine black and white.

★★★★★ “Set in 1940s French Algeria (and filmed in Morocco), François Ozon’s lustrously beautiful and superbly realised monochrome version of Albert Camus’ novella L’Étranger has an almost supernaturally detailed sense of period and place.” — The Guardian

• Best Film, Lumière Awards 2026
• Best Actor, Lumière Awards 2026
• Best Cinematography, Lumière Awards 2026

Just an Illusion (Juste une Illusion)

The directors of The Intouchables return with this funny and charming 1980s-set coming-of-age film. 13-year-old Vincent lives in a suburban apartment block with his parents and older brother. His father Yves has recently lost his job but is hiding the fact. Vincent and his friends, meanwhile, are experiencing the highs and lows of early adolescence — including Vincent’s first crush.

“[It has] a warm, good-natured atmosphere, carried by a very strong cast.” — Fabien Lemercier, Cineuropa

Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda)

Following his father’s death, 30-something Anand, a Mumbai call-centre worker, must return to his ancestral village with his mother to observe the ten-day mourning ritual. While he struggles with his grief and the extended family’s questions about his unmarried status, Anand reconnects with single farmer Balya, a friend from his childhood. The two men quickly form a deeper bond.

★★★★ “Here is a really impressive directorial debut from Mumbai film-maker Rohan Kanawade: tender, subtle, candid, scrupulously observed. It is a story of forbidden and unacknowledged love … and an emotional flowering that reveals the oppressive importance of family, status and class.” — The Guardian

• Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema Dramatic, Sundance 2025
• Grand Jury Prize for Best Film, SXSW London 2025

Blue Heron

Vancouver Island in the 1990s. Eight-year-old Sasha’s parents have moved their family from Hungary to Canada. As Sasha and her siblings enjoy the new environment, their parents have become increasingly concerned about the unpredictable behaviour of their eldest son Jeremy. As the parents desperately try to help their troubled son, Sasha struggles to understand what’s unfolding around her.

★★★★ “Blue Heron juggles painful memoir and self-reflexive film-making with remarkable assurance… A surgically precise and poignant exploration of how families mythologise and editorialise the pain away.” — Tara Brady, The Irish Times

• First Feature Award, Locarno 2025
• Best Canadian Discovery, Toronto 2025
• Preceded by the short WildKind (7 min)

DJ Ahmet

Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yörük village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with love — a girl already promised to someone else.

“The sort of film that urges one to tell everyone about it so that they too can bask in its wondrous pleasures, DJ Ahmet is a revelation in that it seamlessly straddles the line between laugh-out-loud crowd-pleaser and art-house gem with affecting gravitas.” — Variety

• Audience Award, World Cinema Dramatic, Sundance 2025
• Special Jury Award for Creative Vision, Sundance 2025
• Contains flickering or flashing lights that may affect those with photosensitive epilepsy.

All That’s Left of You

In the Occupied West Bank of the 1980s, Palestinian teenager Noor is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family’s life. His mother, Hanan, shares the story that led to that fateful moment. Cherien Dabis directs and stars in this deeply moving epic chronicling the loves, hopes, losses and traumas of a Palestinian family over seven decades.

★★★★ “Even if writer/director Cherien Dabis stays within the language and confines of fiction filmmaking, this decade-spanning historical drama remains extremely powerful, showcasing the layers of the conflict through the eyes of a family that has lived through the Nakba and still carries the scars of its ancestors over seventy years later.” — Loud and Clear Reviews

• Audience Award for Best International Narrative Feature, Sydney Film Festival 2025
• Preceded by the short Blackrock (15 min)

Amélie

23-year-old Amélie is lonely. After an isolating childhood, she moves to Paris and becomes a waitress at the Café des Deux Moulins. One night she happens across a box of treasures hidden in her apartment, left by a little boy in the Fifties, that changes the course of her life. She dedicates herself to giving back to her community —…

★★★★ “[Audrey] Tautou works wonders within Jeunet’s panopticon. The sets and costumes are exquisitely cartoonish.” — The Irish Times

• Best Film, César Awards 2002
• Best Original Screenplay, BAFTA 2002
• Five Academy Award nominations 2002, incl. Best Foreign Language Film