Once Upon a Summer

A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.

Runtime

1h 14m

Director

Fred Zinnemann, Curt Siodmak

Cast

Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert

Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels guilt for the death of his drug-addicted rock star friend Niila.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Reza Bagher

Cast

Max Enderfors, Andreas af Enehielm, Niklas Ulfvarson

It is summertime in a blue-collar, marginal district of a city in the South of Spain. Tano, a teenager currently serving a sentence in a juvenile reform center, is given a 48-hour leave to attend his brother’s wedding.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Alberto Rodríguez

Cast

Juan José Ballesta, Jesús Carroza, Vicente Romero Sánchez

An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Jim Jarmusch

Cast

Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Joie Lee

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Niki Caro

Cast

Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton