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February 3, 2026 / Documentary

JENIN JENIN (2003)

Directed and co-produced by Palestinian actor Mohammad Bakri, Jenin Jenin includes testimony from Jenin residents after the Israeli army’s Defensive Wall operation. The city and camp were the scenes of fierce fighting which ended with Jenin flattened and scores of Palestinians dead. Palestinians as well as numerous human rights groups accused Israel of committing war crimes in the attack. The United Nations appointed a commission of inquiry, but Israel refused to let its members visit the scene.

WATCH HEREJENIN JENIN (2003)
January 31, 2026 / Arthouse

TROLLSYN (1994) AKA SECOND SIGHT

January 31, 2026 / Drama

DEN VITA VÄGGEN (1975) AKA THE WHITE WALL

January 31, 2026 / Arthouse

BESHKEMPIR (1998) AKA THE ADOPTED SON

Beshkempir takes its title from the name of the boy whose story it tells. His life is sunny and carefree, spent in childhood games, until the day he hears terrible news from his playmates: he is not his parents’ biological child. Overnight, his best friend becomes his rival and the young girl of his dreams starts going bicycling with somebody else. His pleasant and peaceful existence is over: if his parents are not his own, Beshkempir feels he has lost his whole identity. He tries to gradually overcome the problems that arise from this new situation. Aktan Abdykalykov’s first feature was also the first independent film to be produced and directed in Kyrgyzstan.

WATCH HERE<span class="entry-title-primary">BESHKEMPIR (1998)</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">AKA THE ADOPTED SON</span>
January 31, 2026 / Adventure

GLEN AND RANDA (1971)

Teenagers Glen and Randa are members of a tribe that lives in a rural area, several decades after nuclear war has devastated the planet. They know nothing of the outside world, except that Glen has read about and seen pictures of a great city in some old comic books. He and Randa set out to find this city.

WATCH HEREGLEN AND RANDA (1971)
January 31, 2026 / Arthouse

HAKOB HOVNATANYAN (1967)

With a playful associative montage, Parajanov offers an overview of portrait paintings by Hakob Hovnatanyan, the “Raphael of Tiflis.” Combining sights and sounds from both Hovnatanyan’s paintings and 19th century Tbilisi, Parajanov’s short documentary can be seen as a direct precursor to The Color of Pomegranates (1969).

WATCH HEREHAKOB HOVNATANYAN (1967)
January 30, 2026 / Documentary

DET SPEGLAR I MITT ÖGA (1992) AKA MY EYE IS REFLECTING

January 30, 2026 / Documentary

PARADJANOV: A REQUIEM (1994)

Parajanov: A Requiem charts the evolution of the controversial director’s artistry, which culminated in the creation of his brilliant, hallucinatory film fantasies of poetry and folk legends. Rare, extensive interviews with the outspoken director, along with film clips, drawings, photographs, and fragments of uncompleted films coalesce to make this a revealing account of an unforgettable artist.

WATCH HEREPARADJANOV: A REQUIEM (1994)