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-Opens: 24 Apr-

Thurs 01 May - Screening + Virtual Post Show Q&A with Director, Wang Xiaoshuai. Please select the 01 May show, if you wish to attend the Q&A session.

2024 Golden Horse Winner & Berlinale Crystal Bear Nominee

Considered a rebel veteran of Chinese independent filmmaking - three time Silver Bear (Berlinale) winner - Director, Wang Xiaoshuai’s latest inventive and poignant family drama, delves into the complexities of rural life and intergenerational bonds. A meditation on loss, displacement, and the cost of progress.

-Opens: 17 Apr-

When Nicolas is invited to a clinical trial allowing participants to control their dreams, he takes the plunge in hopes of recovering from the tragic loss of his girlfriend, Daniela. But as his lucid dreams bring Daniela back to him, Nicolas becomes obsessed with the fantasy world that he's created and finds that his dreams aren’t as perfect as they seem.

-Date: 20 Apr-

What's 20 April without a 4/20 film! :P

Welcome to the last day of school in 1976, where the only thing higher than the hazing rituals is the haze of weed in the air. A wild, nostalgic joyride through a night of teenage anarchy—featuring paddle-wielding seniors, freshmen on the run, and a whole lot of "Alright, alright, alright."

Featuring a stellar ensemble cast, and a killer soudtrack - Dazed & Confused is a hilarious, coming-of age cult classic directed by Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise).

Charlie Heller (Oscar winner, Rami Malek) is a brilliant, but deeply introverted decoder for the CIA working out of a basement office at headquarters in Langley whose life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack.

When his supervisors refuse to take action, he takes matters into his own hands, embarking on a dangerous trek across the globe to track down those responsible, his intelligence serving as the ultimate weapon for eluding his pursuers and achieving his revenge.

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One man, endless meals, zero small talk. The Solitary Gourmet is here to prove that eating alone isn’t lonely—it’s a delicious art form. From sizzling street food to perfect noodle slurps, every bite is a main character moment. Who else loves a good solo food adventure?

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Stand a chance to win a pair of round-trip Economy Class tickets from Singapore to Japan with Japan Airlines! Simply purchase a ticket to THE SOLITARY GOURMET by 23 April.

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2024 Cannes Film Festival winner for Director's Fortnight Audience Award.

Wes Anderson meets Matthew Rankin in this Canadian absurdist comedy-drama - blending 1980s Iranian cinema with a surreal triptych of intersecting stories set in a mysterious interzone somewhere between Winnipeg and Tehran

-Date: 7 May-

Björk: Cornucopia, the highly anticipated concert film recorded live in Lisbon, captures the celebrated artist’s groundbreaking tour that mesmerised audiences worldwide for five years.

It takes a spy to hunt a spy...

Steven Soderbergh’s done it again! He's giving us Presence, AND a sleek, cool spy thriller starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender. The hardest part of this whole film? Deciding whether to keep your eyes on Fassbender or Blanchett. It’s one of the toughest choices we’ve faced in a while...

-Date: 3,12 & 21 May-

In conjunction with Björk's Cornucopia, We also want to showcase her serious acting chops! An Oscar Nominee for Best Song and Palme d'Or winner by Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier.

Selma is a factory worker in rural America. She is losing her eyesight and her son needs an operation if not to suffer the same fate. When a neighbor accuses Selma of stealing, the drama of her life escalates.

-Dates: 18 Apr-

97% Tomatometer
Winner for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.

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A haunting journey of resilience and identity, I'm Still Here follows a young woman’s desperate search for her missing brother amid the chaos of post-dictatorship Brazil. As she navigates a fractured society still scarred by violence and silence, her quest becomes a powerful testament to memory, survival, and the unbreakable bonds of family. Director Walter Salles crafts a gripping, emotionally raw portrait of loss and defiance in the face of erasure.

-Dates: 12, 20, 26 Apr-

Who is the murderer?

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. A harrowing masterwork M, director Fritz Lang (Metropolis, 1927) merges trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that to this day remains the blueprint for the psychological thriller.

Special $6 ticket price

Co-presented by Goethe-Institut Singapore

-Waking Up Dreaming: David Lynch Remembered-

-Date: 19 Apr-

*Screening + Post Show Talk

18 wins & 18 nominations including 1987 Oscar nominee for Best Director.

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Screening will conclude with a post screening talk with writer and lecturer Ben Slater and filmmaker Quark Henares.

Dates: 13, 18, 19, 27 Apr

In “A New Old Play,” Chinese director Qiu Jiongjiong daringly and imaginatively dramatizes twentieth-century Chinese political history through the epoch-spanning story of a small theatre company. Based loosely on the life of Qiu's grandfather - the film blends surreal fantasy with historical drama - painting a poignant, darkly comic portrait of art, memory, and survival, where tradition collides with the relentless march of time.

Dates: 13, 19, 30 Apr

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The ordered life of a TV presenter threatens to unravel when she finally confronts her domineering husband about an accusation made against him. Her subsequent flight precipitates a chain of lies and paranoia in this taut psychological thriller that explores the nuance of guilt, complicity and self-deception.

18 wins & 118 nominations including Best Motion Picture of the Year nominee for the 97th Academy Awards.

In 1961, an unknown 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York City with his guitar and forges relationships with musical icons on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking performance that reverberates around the world.

66 wins & 89 nominations including Winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 97th Academy Awards.

Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Rated: R21

142 wins & 266 nominations including the 97th Academy Awards Winner for Best Picture & Best Director.

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Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

Directed by Sean Baker (The Florida Project)

*This film has been passed with edits. The film contains an utterance of a religious profanity that exceeds the IMDA Classification Guidelines and has been muted for public exhibition.

83 wins & 314 nominations including Winner of Best Adapted Screenplay at the 97th Academy Awards.

When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.

A coming-of-age story that depicts the love and friendship between two high-school girls, both daughters of police officers. Despite differing financial circumstances, the girls share a close bond. However, their relationship is tested when a young policeman moves into their flat. As the girls navigate the complexities of life, the story delves into the challenges of growing up.

From the studio that brought you "How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies".

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54 wins & 70 Nominations including Winner for Best Animated Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards.

*This film is exempted from classification and is suitable for all ages.

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The world seems to be coming to an end, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.

What's it feel like to die? From the Oscar-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.”

The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

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11 wins & 11 nominations including 2024 Venice FIlm Festival Winner - Best Director (authors under 40 award)

Usually, when people say a film was the first to do something, they're just exaggerating. But with MISTRESS DISPELLER, Elizabeth Lo really has done something totally unprecedented. It's safe to say no other film has managed to capture this kind of intimacy, closely following a real-life couple (and the mistress) as they deal with their extramarital affair in a particularly unusual fashion.

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Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband’s affair. With strikingly intimate access, Mistress Dispeller follows this unfolding family drama from all corners of a love triangle.

41 wins & 161 nominations including Best Achievement in Cinematography nominee for the 97th Academy Awards.

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Eleven, Erin Brockovich, Black Bag).

*Rated: R21

134 wins & 337 nominations including Winner for Best Actor in a Leading Role & Best Cinematography for the 97th Academy Awards.

*The 3h 34mins runtime includes a 15-minute intermission, this will occur at 1h 40mins into the film as intended by the filmmaker. A countdown clock will be on screen.

Preorder your second-half snacks and sips before the film and collect them during the intermission!

*TW: Themes of sexual violence and assault.

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Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost.

133 wins & 277 nominations including Winner for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Demi Moore) at the 82nd Annual Golden Globes and Winner for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 97th Academy Awards.

5 Oscar nominations including Best Motion Picture of the Year.

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself. Starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley.

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31 wins & 63 nominations including 2024 Cannes Grand Prix Winner.

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In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.

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BLACK BOX DIARIES follows director and journalist Shiori Ito's courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Unfolding like a thriller and combining secret investigative recordings, vérité shooting and emotional first-person video, Shiori's quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's desperately outdated judicial and societal systems.

TW: This film has themes on sexual assault.

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29 wins & 54 nominations incl. 2024 Cannes Winner - Jury Special Prize & Fipresci Award.

1 Oscar nomination for Best International Feature Film.

An investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears. Suspecting the involvement of his wife and their two daughters, he imposes drastic measures at home, causing tensions to rise. Step by step, social norms and the rules of family life are being suspended.

-Opens: 17th Apr-

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

-Date: 17 May-

Under the hot Greek sun, the animateurs at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy touristic season. Kalia is the leader of the pack. Paper decors, glossy costumes and dance shows fill the stage.

As summer intensifies and the work pressure builds up, their nights become violent and Kalia’s struggle is revealed in the darkness. But when the spotlights turn on again, the show must go on.

-Date: 3 May-

Follow the story of little fawn Bambi through his adventures, accompanied by the animals that surround him in the forest, and built on the theme of cycles: the seasons, birth, life and death, as a metaphor of disappearance.

Knowledge comes through the discovery of nature, learning through the efforts that Bambi must make to grow up. The succession of generations and the identification with the elders are recurrent themes in this initiatory tale. Friendship, respect, self-discovery and the discovery of others are addressed in a poetic way in this film adaptation written as a hymn to nature.

-Date: 10 May-

The 1hr 43mins duration is inclusive of the short film Covert, which precedes the feature film.

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In the midst of Finland's chaotic Tango festival, Siiri, a cynic of epic proportions, clashes with her relentlessly optimistic father, Petri. As Siiri grapples with maintaining her politician boss's sanity amidst marital strife, and Petri juggles his own facade of stability, they both confront the lies they've told themselves in a dance of self-discovery.

-Date: 18 May-

Barely 22, Franz Klammer finds himself in the eye of the storm at the men’s downhill competition at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. The charismatic newcomer who cemented his status at the 1972 Olympics in Innsbruck has won virtually every race but pressure from the media, the public and the hopes of an entire nation are mounting.

-Date: 24 May -

TW: Self Harm

Cannes 2022 Grand Prix Winner, Oscar 2023 Nominee: Best International Feature Film

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Thirteen year olds Leo and Remi have always been incredibly close but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. When tragedy strikes, one is forced to confront why he distanced himself from his closest friend.

-Date: 20 May-

This hard-hitting drama is based on real life stories of political prisoners. Diagnosis: Dissent, the first feature film by Denys Tarasov, is also the first film in the world that addresses the theme of forced psychiatric treatment as punishment for those who disagree with the political order in the Soviet Union. Andrii, a young, creative, freedom-loving person uncovers a horrible truth that had been kept secret for years.

-Date: 26 Apr-

It is rightly said, the strongest bonds are also the most fragile and they get tested in this gripping drama. Family tensions of six siblings come to the fore when the father passes away. The siblings find themselves together for the first time in their father’s house in Bordeaux, living the illusion of being one strong and united family. But with dramatic back stories conflicts and tensions rapidly unravel.

-Date: 11 May-

6 wins & 8 nominations including 2023 Norwegian Academy Award – Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor

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Based on true events that inspired a generation of young Norwegians, writer/director Ole Giæver’s elegant, multi award-winning historical drama follows a young woman who is unintentionally drawn into a protest against a dam that may flood Indigenous Sámi land.

-Date: 27 Apr-

The 1h 48 mins duration inclusive of the short film Flutter which precedes the feature.

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Just when his family and his job particularly need his presence, Matthew (Jérémie Renier), without any warning, walks out into the woods and decides to stay there. Confronted by this radical act of freedom and unsettled by his sudden absence, his relatives, friends and colleagues come face to face with their own existence and the choices they have made.

-Date: 16 May-

The 1h 38mins duration is inclusive of the Short Film: Hierarchy, which precedes the feature film

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Minghun is a poignant story about hope, love and the search for the meaning of life and what comes after it. It tells us about the most important emotions and the existential limits of the human experience. It is astory about the meeting of cultures and about love, which can show up in unexpected ways. Truly, the end can be a beginning.

-Date: 24 May-

Rosa is a successful designer living in a generic big city. After the unexpected death of her grandfather, she realizes she has not been in a place where she felt connected or loved since she left her homeland.

She abandons the city to go to her grandfather’s property. This is where she grew up and she is thinking of selling the land she has inherited. Things take a twist when letters and clues show up. Rosa discovers that her grandfather has left her an important task that will help her make peace with herself and others, while she fixes her grandfather’s past mistakes.

-Date: 4 May-

In Borneo, near the tropical forest, Kéria rescues a baby orangutang in the palm oil plantation where her father works. Kéria's cousin Selaï comes to live with them seeking refuge from the conflict between his indigenous tribe and the logging companies. Kéria, Selaï and the little orangutang, now named Oshi, will have to fight against their forest’s destruction. But for Keria, the fight will also allow her to discover the truth of her own origins.

-Date: 2 May-

The 1h 43mins is inclusive of the short film Beyond The Door which precedes the feature film.

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This film is about perseverance against all odds. It tells the story of Serena Segalle, a student and retired athlete who was born with a club foot and told she would never be able to run. Despite all her naysayers, she comes out of retirement to become one of Europe’s top 400m sprinters.

-Date: 1 May-

Sidetracked is an optimistic comedy about how a group of friends – all in their forties - confront challenges experienced by many in present-day society: the lack of jobs and opportunities, the search for a better life and love stories that rarely last forever.

After a six-year relationship, Alberto and Luisa, who are at a low-ebb in both their personal and professional lives, decide to move to a small village in the middle of nowhere. Luisa has to travel to Madrid every day to work whilst Alberto takes care of their son. They soon realise in they are not alone in their struggles.

-Date: 3 May-

17 wins & 30 nominations including Winner of Directing Award, World Cinema - Documentary at 2023 Sundance.

In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.

-DATE: 25 Apr-

The 1hr 51 mins duration is inclusive of the short film Flutter, which precedes the feature film.

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Best friends Ona and Saule work as chefs in a small canteen in Kaunas, Tasty. Always going out of their way to please their customers, one day Saule signs them up for a televised cooking contest by creating fake restaurant profiles. They surprisingly get in. The prize: the winner gets their own restaurant.

-Date: 9 May-

The 1hr 53mins duration is inclusive of the the short film, Kamu Happy Kan, Nak? which precedes the screening of the feature film.

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Joe and Kate Ruttledge have returned from London to live and work among the small, close-knit community near to where Joe grew up. Now deeply embedded in life around the lake, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters around them unfolds through the rituals of work, play and the passing seasons as this enclosed world becomes an everywhere.

-Date: 24 May-

Closing Film of European Film Festival 2025

Karoline a young factory worker, finds herself abandoned and pregnant while striving to climb out of poverty in post-World War I Copenhagen. Amidst her struggles, she meets Dagmar a charismatic woman running a secret adoption agency within a candy store, helping poor mothers find foster homes for their unwanted children. A strong connection is formed between the two women, but Karoline’s world shatters as she stumbles upon the dreadful revelation of the nightmarish fate she unknowingly embraces.

-Date: 18 May-

2025 Winner Guldbagge for Best Visual Effects.

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This gripping period drama from director Frida Kempff tells the story of Sally Bauer (portrayed with immense sensitivity by Josefin Neldén), a Swedish mother who pursues her dream of swimming the English Channel before the Second World War envelops Europe.

The “torpedo moniker is fitting as during her the Swedish swimming sensation took on a number of long-distance challenges, usually succeeding with flying colours. There is a novel and a play written about her inspiring life and now this feature film.

-Date: 17 May-

The 1h 49mins duration is inclusive of the short film Unlearning, relearning which precedes the feature.

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In the midst of her artistic struggles and unconventional personal life, Tove Jansson found worldwide success from an unexpected side project: the creation of the beloved world of the Moomins. TOVE is a captivating drama about the creative energy of an iconic talent and her turbulent search for identity, desire and freedom.

-Date: 27 Apr-

This tells the story of a debt collector Karel, his 80-year old mother Mathilde - a former choir singer - and his teenage son Pavel. The withdrawn, emotionally torn Karel does not get along with his extroverted and bohemian mother. Pavel despises his father’s profession and cannot forget that he abandoned his family as a child.

-Date: 24 Apr-

2 nominations at Gopo Awards 2024: Best Original Music and the Young Hope Award

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It is the fall of 1944 with World War II closing to an end. In this backdrop, teenager Nicu embarks on a perilous journey through the wilderness of the Apuseni Mountains trying to save the horses belonging to his family.

When a group of wounded German soldiers arrive in the village and begin preparations to retreat, his horses are taken to help carry men and war equipment. Desperate to save his horses, Nicu takes them back and runs away in the forest resulting in a dramatic journey.

-Date: 26 April-

The First 100 tickets will be sold at $10!

The 2hr 3mins is inclusive of the short film Hannah which precedes the feature film screening.

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Eleven-year-old Mona has fled Syria with her Kurdish family and ended up in a school in Wedding, where 90% of the students are “foreigners”. And while Mona doesn’t know much German, she speaks football fluently.

-Date: 15 May-

Best First Feature at Warsaw International Film Festival (2023)

When a conservative father interrupts his son Victor (Soma Sándor) and hears of the assignment, he reports Ana to the school’s principal (Tünde Skovrán). Ana is accused of misconduct and spreading homosexual propaganda. When the local media reports the brewing scandal, she faces even more scrutiny. Ana must now decide: whether to fight or to flee. Without Air is a multiple award-winning film, including

-Date: 10 May-

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The 1hr 30mina duration does not include the 45 mins post show dialogue.

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Celebrating Singapore’s Cinematic Voices at the European Film Festival (EUFF)

This May, the European Film Festival celebrates Singapore’s vibrant film scene with Six at Sixty Screening: For SG60.

Featuring six short films, this specially curated showcase for SG60 takes you on a journey of passion, perseverance and powerful storytelling in Singapore.

From the heartwarming Grandma’s Coming Over! to the compelling Inked and the thought-provoking Sonder, these films offer an unmissable glimpse into the evolving landscape of Singapore cinema through the lens of young, emerging and promising filmmakers. Don’t miss the screening and the post-show dialogue.