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Liberté is a singular cinematic experience only Albert Serra could deliver, a film in which increasingly dramatic acts of pain and pleasure unfold. A winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and a selection of NYFF and TIFF

Still Life, winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2006, is an empathetic portrait of those left behind by a modernizing society and, as in director Jia Zhang-ke’s earlier films (Platform, Unknown Pleasures, The World), it is a unique hybrid of documentary and fiction. 

Astrid, a forty-something mother of two, struggles to regain her balance in the wake of her husband’s death. Her adolescent son Phillip disappeared for a week and now that he has returned, he faces disciplinary action at school and his toe requires amputation. As new questions confront Astrid from every angle, even simple activities like buying a bicycle or engaging with a work of art, are fraught with unexpected challenges.

For the first time ever on Blu-ray! Newly restored and remastered from its original 16mm!  A comedy about family, friends and lovers and those awkward moments that bring all of them together, from Andrew Bujalski, director of the much-loved Support the Girls and Mutual Appreciation.

From acclaimed director Wang Xiaoshuai comes a personal snapshot of contemporary China in all its diversity. Shot over the course of ten years, the film consists of a series of carefully composed tableaus of people and environments, each one more extraordinary than the last.

For his 22nd feature as director, Hong Sangsoo delivers a delicious cinematic riddle only he could concoct. In the corner of a small café, Areum (Kim Minhee) sits typing on her laptop. Is she merely writing what she hears? Or is she hearing what’s been written? As the dramas inside the café unfold, the plants outside grow taller.

In his alluring debut feature, Lucio Castro offers both a sun-soaked European travelogue and an epic, decades-spanning romance that IndieWire calls "The best gay film of the year!"  A selection of New Directors/New Films, END OF THE CENTURY is a love story that echoes across time.

A striking debut from China s Qiu Sheng, SUBURBAN BIRDS is a tantalizing mystery and a bittersweet coming-of-age comedy rolled into one. The film is both a reflection on the slippery nature of memory as well as a comment on China s rapid urbanization that heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice.

South Korean master Hong Sangsoo tells the story of an aging poet who summons his two estranged sons to a solitary hotel beside the Han River because he feels his death is near. While waiting for them to arrive, he meets two women out walking in the new-fallen snow and is struck by their angelic beauty. 

For his final feature film, Portuguese master Manoel de Oliveira offers a forboding fable of familial unrest. Featuring a cast of luminaries led by Michael Lonsdale, Claudia Cardinale and Jeanne Moreau, GEBO AND THE SHADOW is an atmospheric gem and unmissable cinematic milestone.