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François Ozon’s "Quand vient l'automne" follows Michelle, a retired grandmother in rural Burgundy whose fragile reunion with her estranged daughter is shattered by a mysterious mushroom poisoning. As suspicion, guilt, and old secrets surface, Michelle’s bond with her friend Marie-Claude and her ex-convict son deepens in this quietly unsettling drama-thriller about family, aging, and moral ambiguity.

When Autumn Falls [Quand Vient L'Automne]

Date

27 أغسطس 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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"The Love That Remains" follows an Icelandic family over a year as parents navigate separation, lingering love, and shared responsibility. Set against stark natural landscapes, the film blends intimate domestic moments with touches of surreal humour, exploring how love changes rather than disappears. Hlynur Pálmason crafts a tender, visually poetic, meditation on family, loss, and endurance.

The Love That Remains [Ástin sem eftir er]

Date

3 سبتمبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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"No Other Choice" follows a laid-off paper industry worker whose desperation to reclaim his middle-class life drives him toward a shocking plan: eliminate his job competition. Blending black comedy, thriller and social satire, Park Chan-wook crafts a darkly funny, unsettling portrait of economic anxiety, masculine pride and moral collapse under modern capitalism.

No Other Choice [Eojjeolsuga eobsda]

Date

10 سبتمبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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"Sentimental Value" is a Norwegian family drama about two sisters whose estranged father, a once-famous film director, reenters their lives after their mother’s death. When he asks one daughter to star in his autobiographical new film—and casts a young Hollywood actress when she refuses—old wounds resurface. The film explores grief, memory, art and uneasy reconciliation with bittersweet humour.

Sentimental Value [Affeksjonsverdi]

Date

17 سبتمبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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Father Mother Sister Brother

Date

24 سبتمبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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Jafar Panahi’s "It Was Just an Accident" follows a former political prisoner who believes he has found his old torturer. He and fellow survivors abduct the man, sparking a tense moral reckoning over revenge, memory and justice. Blending thriller, dark comedy and political allegory, the film examines trauma and resistance under authoritarian rule.

It Was Just An Accident [Yek tasadof-e sadeh]

Date

1 أكتوبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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My Father's Shadow

Date

8 أكتوبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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The Golden Spurtle

Date

15 أكتوبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Date

22 أكتوبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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"It's Not My Film" follows Wanda (Zofia Chabiera) and Janek (Marcin Sztabiński), a couple in a long-term rut, who attempt to save their failing relationship by embarking on a bitter, 400-kilometer winter hike along the Polish Baltic coast.

It's Not My Film [To nie mój film]

Date

29 أكتوبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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A small town on the coast of Galicia, is shaken two years ago by the shipwreck in which seven of its nine crew members died. After two years of mourning, they decide to revive their Rondalla (traditional folk music group), to compete in an annual regial contest, which brings a lot of joy and excitement.

Band Together [Rondallas]

Date

5 نوفمبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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"Sirat", directed by Óliver Laxe, is a haunting road drama set in the Moroccan desert. It follows a father and his young son searching for a missing daughter, joining a group of ravers on a perilous journey. Blending realism with spiritual and existential themes, the film becomes an intense odyssey of loss, connection, and survival.

Sirāt

Date

12 نوفمبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Date

15 نوفمبر 2026

Screening Time

4:00 م

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Nouvelle Vague

Date

19 نوفمبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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Still Pushing Pineapples

Date

26 نوفمبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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The Ballad of Wallis Island

Date

3 ديسمبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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A family living in the Jura mountains is torn apart following the return of the son's biological father.

Jim's Story [Le Roman de Jim]

Date

10 ديسمبر 2026

Screening Time

7:15 م

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"The President’s Cake", directed by Hasan Hadi, is a poignant drama set in 1990s Iraq under Saddam Hussein. It follows nine-year-old Lamia, who is forced to bake a birthday cake for the President despite severe poverty and food shortages. As she searches for ingredients, her journey reveals the hardships, fear, and resilience of ordinary people living under an oppressive regime.

The President's Cake [mamlakat alqasab]

Date

7 يناير 2027

Screening Time

7:15 م

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"The Last One for the Road" is a reflective Italian road drama that follows two aging, cash-strapped friends obsessed with having “one last drink.” When they befriend a shy architecture student, the trio embark on a wandering journey across Veneto, where humor and aimlessness give way to deeper themes of friendship, regret, and the search for meaning across generations.

The Last One for the Road [Le città di pianura]

Date

14 يناير 2027

Screening Time

7:15 م

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Network

Date

21 يناير 2027

Screening Time

7:15 م

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TBA, Focus Film Festival in association with the Goethe Institut, Glasgow.

Fokus Films Festival in association w/ Goethe Institut, Glasgow.

Date

28 يناير 2027

Screening Time

7:15 م

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The History of Sound

Date

4 فبراير 2027

Screening Time

7:15 م

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"The Voice of Hind Rajab", directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, is a powerful docudrama based on real events in Gaza. It reconstructs the final hours of a young Palestinian girl trapped under fire, using real emergency call recordings alongside dramatized scenes of Red Crescent responders. The film explores helplessness, moral tension, and the human cost of war.

The Voice of Hind Rajab [Ṣawt Hind Rajab]

Date

11 فبراير 2027

Screening Time

7:15 م

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Blue Heron

Date

18 فبراير 2027

Screening Time

7:15 م

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AUDIENCE CHOICE

Date

25 فبراير 2027

Screening Time

7:15 م

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The Wolves Always Come at Night

Date

4 مارس 2027

Screening Time

7:15 م

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Based on a true story, in late 1970s Barcelona, Manolo Vital, a bus driver, takes bold action to protest the neglect of Torre Baró, an immigrant neighbourhood. His act becomes a symbol of resistance against systemic inequality during a pivotal moment in the city’s modern transformation.

EL 47

Date

11 مارس 2027

Screening Time

7:15 م

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EARTH HOUR

Date

25 مارس 2027

Screening Time

7:15 م

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