All screenings with English subtitles in July
Silent Friend - screening with English subtitles on July 7th
1908, a German university campus. Grete is the first female doctoral student and faces a great deal of resistance from the conservative professors. Sixty-four years later, the carefree student Hannes falls in love with a botany student. During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, neuroscientist Tony from Hong Kong finds himself stranded in the deserted university housing, relying only on himself and the nature around him. The only constant throughout this century of history? A giant ginkgo tree, standing in the middle of the campus botanical garden. For more than a hundred years, this silent witness has observed the various people who come and go.
Spoken languages: English, German, Cantonese
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Gohan - screening with English subtitles on July 11th
A little white stray dog lives in a small Thai coastal town, surviving on scraps of rice and the attention of passersby. Until a retired Japanese engineer takes the dog in and gives him a name and a temporary home for the first time. In turn, the adorable Gohan gives the retired engineer a new purpose in life. When the man has to return to Japan, a new chapter begins in Gohan’s life. At the shelter where he ends up, he meets a young refugee from Myanmar who, just like Gohan, dreams of a home.
Spoken language: Birmanese, Japanese, Thai
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Persepolis - screening with English subtitles on July 13th
Marjane, an intelligent and outspoken 9-year-old girl, grows up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Suddenly, she is required to wear a headscarf, and almost everything fun is forbidden. Thousands of people are imprisoned, but Marjane often outsmarts the “social guards.” She even discovers punk music, ABBA, and Iron Maiden. But when her uncle is executed without warning and Iraq bombs Tehran, the daily fear becomes palpable. Her parents worry about Marjane’s safety. Her big mouth could very well get her into trouble.
Spoken language(s): English, French, Farsi
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Jim Queen - screening with English subtitles on July 19th
At the heart of the Parisian gay scene, Jim reigns supreme: the ultimate Gym Queen, influencer, and object of everyone’s desire. But when he is struck by Heterosis (a bizarre virus that turns gay men straight), his reign comes to an abrupt end. Unfollowed, abandoned, and stripped of his status, Jim is left with just one last loyal follower: Lucien, a devoted, slender twink. Together, they set out in search of a mysterious cure—not only to save Jim, but also to prevent the extinction of the gay community.
Spoken language(s): French
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Maspalomas - screening with English subtitles on July 24th
For many years, 76-year-old Vicente has been living a carefree life as an openly gay man in the tourist town of Maspalomas on Gran Canaria. Everything changes when he suffers a stroke and is forced to return to San Sebastián. At the conservative rehabilitation center where he ends up, Vicente finds himself forced to give up everything he has fought so hard for.
Spoken language(s): Spanish
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Allah n'est pas obligé - screening with English subtitles on July 26th
Birahima, an orphaned boy of about ten, leaves his village in Guinea in the hope of crossing the border and finding his aunt in Liberia. He is taken under the wing of Yacouba, a smooth-talking man who pretends to be a helpful guide. But along the way, an encounter with child soldiers changes his fate forever: forcibly recruited, Birahima finds himself on the path to war. What awaits him in this world of chaos and violence?
Spoken language(s): French
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Los domingos - screening with English subtitles on July 28th
Seventeen-year-old Ainara lost her mother at a young age. Like the rest of her family, she attends a Catholic school. She is intelligent and idealistic, and everyone expects her to continue her studies. When Ainara announces that she is considering entering a convent, this unexpected news turns her family’s life upside down and brings old sorrows, resentments, and disagreements to the surface. Her father reacts cautiously and wants above all to support his daughter. Her atheist aunt Maite believes her niece is about to throw her life away. Does she really want this, or has she been influenced by the spiritual guidance at her school?
Spoken language(s): Spanish
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