Join Lumière for Open Monumentendag 2025 and discover the cinema on a one-hour guided walk with Jerome de Win.

Ever fancied stitching at the cinema? Now’s your chance! On Sunday 14 September, Lumière is teaming up with MaasStitch for a cosy night of knitting, crochet and embroidery while Clueless lights up the big screen.

Compilation programme featuring short animated films that were awarded at the most recent edition of the Kaboom Animation Festival. Afterwards, there will be a Q&A with director Marten Visser, the creator of Skroll.

Animated film about a homeless little ghost looking for a family. She finds shelter with the eccentric inhabitants of a ghost train, but that turns out to be a spooky affair.

Toy Story is celebrating its 30th anniversary! Relive the adventure with Woody, Buzz and all your favourite toy heroes – or experience it for the very first time – on the big screen.

Experience film together! From 17 to 26 September, the Bioscoop10-daagse (Cinema 10-Day Festival) kicks off. For ten days, all cinemas and film theatres across the Netherlands will be celebrating.

Toy Story is celebrating its 30th anniversary! Relive the adventure with Woody, Buzz and all your favourite toy heroes – or experience it for the very first time – on the big screen.

This undisputed masterpiece by Edward Yang is an ensemble film about a year in the life of a middle-class Taiwanese family. At the heart of the story are the fortunes of N.J. Jian, the owner of a struggling IT company.

Brazilian drama about a near future in which elderly people are ‘phased out’ when they are no longer of economic use. The 77-year-old Tereza won’t accept that. Winner of the Silver Bear (Grand Jury Prize) in Berlin.

Documentary about Warren Ellis, known as the violinist with the massive beard in Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds. Less well known is that he is also one of the founders of Ellis Park, a shelter for abused animals in Sumatra.

Intense thriller starring German actress Leonie Benesch as a young nurse working in an understaffed hospital ward. As the night progresses, her work increasingly becomes a race against time.

Documentary about the life and work of Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki, the director of enchanting animation classics such as Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. The relationship between humans and nature is a recurring theme in his work.

Documentary about the life and work of Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki, the director of enchanting animation classics such as Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. The relationship between humans and nature is a recurring theme in his work.

Brazilian drama about a near future in which elderly people are ‘phased out’ when they are no longer of economic use. The 77-year-old Tereza won’t accept that. Winner of the Silver Bear (Grand Jury Prize) in Berlin.

Epic anime classic by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, The Boy And The Heron) about a young warrior who becomes entangled in the battle between humanity and the gods of the forest.

Epic anime classic by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, The Boy And The Heron) about a young warrior who becomes entangled in the battle between humanity and the gods of the forest.

Documentary in which Werner Herzog descends into the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave in France’s Ardèche region. Scientists discovered 36,000-year-old cave paintings in this cave.

The third weekend of September, the city centre of Maastricht is entirely dedicated to Musica Sacra. The festival is built around a theme that changes each year. This year’s theme is 'Heilige Huisjes'. As always, we have curated a (film) pr...

Experimental performance on the relationship between film and music. The same short film is shown four times, but each time accompanied by different music. How does this influence the perception of the film?

What drives twenty million people to embark on a pilgrimage that remains largely unknown outside the Arab world? Arabist Neil van der Linden shares his powerful experience of attending the Arba’in in Iraq.

Classic period drama by Stanley Kubrick (The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey) about the rise and fall of eighteenth-century Irish adventurer Redmond Barry.

The Exploring Cinema series, a collaboration between Lumière and United World College Maastricht, celebrates film as a border-crossing medium with groundbreaking works that have shaped world cinema over the past century.

After winning the Palme d’Or with Titane (2021), Julia Ducournau returns with an emotional family drama centred on a thirteen-year-old girl who may have contracted a disease that slowly turns people into marble statues.

A sensitive and humorous coming-of-old-age film in which Ruth, in her eighties, has to adapt to a new life in a nursing home while her memory is failing. Winner of three awards at the Venice Film Festival.

A moving and sensory drama in which we get to know Hector and Angela, a happy couple. Angela's deafness has never been an obstacle in their relationship, but suddenly becomes one after the birth of their daughter.

Action film by Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza, Magnolia) about a group of former revolutionaries who must return to action after sixteen years to rescue the daughter of one of their own. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn.

An intimate documentary in which the 90-year-old Dalai Lama shares his vision on the major challenges of the twenty-first century and how we can deal with them.

Prior to the screening of Caravaggio, a daring biopic about the life of the homosexual Renaissance artist Caravaggio, art historian Ko van Dun will give a lecture on the artist’s work.

A timeless, sugar-sweet classic starring Julie Andrews as a young woman who goes to work as a governess for the Austrian Von Trapp family. Winner of five Oscars in 1966, including Best Picture.

Documentary in which the award-winning Swedish journalist My Vingren infiltrates a far-right online community and reveals how major tech companies profit from hate mongers.

How does Big Tech profit from hate-mongers? In this documentary, award-winning Swedish journalist My Vingren infiltrates a far-right online community. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion.

Dive into fascinating themes that connect to current films together with experts. Before and/or after the film screening, we will have a conversation with experts and the public during 'Film & Talk'.

Documentary about the 'essay industry' in Kenya. For a meagre fee, highly educated Kenyans write theses for North American and European students, who undeservedly earn a degree as a result.

A compilation of the best short films from the province of Limburg of the past year. After the screening, the audience will vote for the annual CineSud Audience Award for the best short film.

Satirical thriller by Ari Aster (Midsommar) about an explosive clash between a mayor (Pedro Pascal) and a sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) during the COVID pandemic. The conflict threatens to tear their community apart.

Psychological thriller about a woman who works for a sex line in Ankara. When Istanbul is hit by an earthquake, she receives a call from a young client who is trapped under the rubble and begs for her help.

A family film in which young Mina travels to Hollywood with her dance crew, only to discover that behind the glitter and glamour lie some tough choices.

During the Dutch Dance Days (Nederlandse Dansdagen) you can experience dance everywhere in Maastricht, including Lumière Maastricht. During the festival, we will be screening two spectacular recordings of dance performances and two compilat...

The Palliative Care Network Maastricht-Heuvelland, in collaboration with Lumière Maastricht, regularly organises film evenings with the aim of raising awareness of palliative care among a wide audience.

Belgian animated film about Hopper and his friends who set out on a quest to find a legendary marmot that can help save Hopper’s fellow kind.

The little mouse Edda has a big dream: she wants to race in the Grand Prix. When her hero drops out of the race, Edda gets a chance she never expected. Can she make her dream come true?

Sven Bresser’s debut film, a murder mystery about a reed cutter who discovers the body of a girl, was selected for Critics’ Week in Cannes – the first Dutch film in the programme since 1998.

Even the most dedicated Lennon/Ono fans will be surprised and delighted by this documentary exploring their musical, personal, artistic, and political world, including footage from John Lennon’s 1972 Madison Square Garden concerts.

A heartwarming and moving road movie in which Agnès Varda and photographer JR, who is more than fifty years her junior, travel to small French villages in a van to photograph the local population.

A heartwarming and moving road movie in which Agnès Varda and photographer JR, who is more than fifty years her junior, travel to small French villages in a van to photograph the local population.

An intimate nouvelle vague classic by Agnès Varda (Visages Villages) in which we follow two hours in the life of a young singer who wanders around Paris while waiting for the results of a cancer test.

A particularly beautiful and playful documentary about French scavengers. Out of necessity or by conscious choice, they live off the leftovers of others.

Lyrical drama about a young vagrant who is found frozen to death by a Moroccan farm worker. Winner of the Golden Lion in Venice in 1985.

Lyrical drama about a young vagrant who is found frozen to death by a Moroccan farm worker. Winner of the Golden Lion in Venice in 1985.

A particularly beautiful and playful documentary about French scavengers. Out of necessity or by conscious choice, they live off the leftovers of others.

An intimate nouvelle vague classic by Agnès Varda (Visages Villages) in which we follow two hours in the life of a young singer who wanders around Paris while waiting for the results of a cancer test.

Family film about an eleven-year-old girl who thinks her wandering father has a vivid imagination, but discovers that he really does see strange things, and that they are not always pleasant.

Psychological drama by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Challengers) starring Julia Roberts as a professor who faces a difficult dilemma when a top student accuses a colleague of transgressive behaviour.

A sun-drenched tennis noir about a tennis coach at a mediocre resort whose superficial life of teaching, drinking and casual sex is turned upside down when he starts coaching the son of a privileged family.

A post-apocalyptic musical with Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon about an ultra-rich family who, after an environmental disaster, try to build as normal a life as possible in a luxurious bunker. The arrival of a stranger disrupts their rou...

Psychological drama by Kirill Serebrennikov (Leto) about German war criminal and camp doctor Josef Mengele. The film focuses on the period after the Second World War, when the “angel of death” fled to South America.

A heart-warming and funny documentary about the participants and organisers of the World Porridge Championships in a village in the Scottish Highlands. Making really good porridge turns out to be more difficult than you might think.

Documentary by grandmaster Patricio Guzmán about the massive protests in Santiago in 2019. One and a half million Chileans took to the streets for a fairer society.

How do you give meaning to images of protest – past, present, and future? This film series complements the exhibition PROTEST by Viewmaster Projects and provides tools to interpret them.

A comedy with a dark undertone, starring Steve Coogan as a disillusioned English teacher who takes care of a penguin that has washed ashore in Argentina in 1976.

A minimalist heist film by Kelly Reichardt (First Cow, Certain Women) in which Mooney (Josh O’Connor) and two accomplices rob a museum in broad daylight during the 1970s.

A documentary about three passionate idealists who refuse to accept the status quo and each try to make a difference in their own way.

The Little Tramp joins thousands of others in search of gold in the Yukon Mountains. An immortal classic, including the famous dance of the rolls scene.

Heart-wrenching epic drama about the life of a Palestinian family through the generations. A film about displacement, intergenerational trauma and protest.

Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite) reunites with Emma Stone for this satire about two young men who, obsessed with conspiracy theories, kidnap the CEO of a large company because they believe she is an alien.

Film adaptation of Max Frisch’s classic novel about a man who is arrested in Switzerland in 1950 and suspected of not being who he claims to be. A thrilling and moving story about identity.

Splash, splash, splash! In this film programme, take a dive in four film adventures full of water and, dancing with the crabs, come back up on the beach!

A powerful documentary about the 1985 riots in Handsworth and London, and the complex story of Black communities in Britain.

Documentary by Elizabeth Sankey about the representation of witches in films. Witches shows that our characterization of witches says a lot about how we view women, motherhood and mental health.

Film classic by Peter Weir (Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show) about three schoolgirls and a teacher who disappear without a trace during a mountain hike in the Australian countryside. classic, based on a play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.