Baby
Tender yet raw Brazilian drama about a young homosexual from São Paulo who seeks refuge in sex work after serving a prison sentence. During an exciting night, he meets Ronaldo, who is in his forties.
Soft Leaves
Intimate coming-of-age film about family ties and cultural differences. After her father has an accident, a Japanese-Belgian girl is unexpectedly reunited with her Japanese mother.
Yen And Ai-Lee - English subtitled
Moving Taiwanese black-and-white film about domestic violence and a mother-daughter relationship scarred by the past. Awarded at film festivals in Busan and Taipei.
CinemAsia On Tour 2025
CinemAsia On Tour is coming to Lumière! From 22 to 24 May, experience bold, moving and thought-provoking stories from Asia, with films like Yen And Ai-Lee, The Paradise Of Thorns and Djakarta 1946.
Mary And Max
Claymation film by Adam Elliott (Memoir Of A Snail) about the special pen friendship between a timid forty-something man from New York (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and eight-year-old Mary (Toni Colette) from Australia.
Vlam
Debut film by Daphne Lucker about a complex and destructive mother-daughter relationship.
Baby - English subtitled
Tender yet raw Brazilian drama about a young homosexual from São Paulo who seeks refuge in sex work after serving a prison sentence. During an exciting night, he meets Ronaldo, who is in his forties.
The Paradise Of Thorns - English subtitled
Thai melodrama about a gay couple who have built an idyllic life in rural Thailand. When one of them dies, his relatives try to lay claim to his house and durian orchard.
Djakarta 1946 - English subtitled + Zoom Q&A with director Mouly Surya
Romance and suspense are combined in this Indonesian historical thriller about a teacher who is working for the resistance and is ordered to kill a Dutch official.
Exploring Cinema — A World Tour
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.
Paprika - English subtitled
Visually stunning Japanese animation film about the theft of an experimental device that allows a psychiatrist to illegally infiltrate the minds of her patients.
Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) - English subtitled
Hyper-energetic, heart-pounding thriller about a red-haired young woman who runs through the streets of Berlin in a race against time to save her boyfriend’s life.
Retro Reels: The '90s
A film series in which iconic films from the nineties are placed in context: how did films respond to the prevailing existential angst at the time and what can we learn from it? With an introduction or post-discussion each time.
The Phoenician Scheme
Absurdist black comedy by Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom) about a strained father-daughter relationship within a family business.
Tardes de Soledad
Albert Serra (Pacifiction) offers us a hypnotic and intimate look into the cruel world of bullfighting. Winner of the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
The Session Man
Documentary about Nicky Hopkins, widely regarded as the best session pianist in the history of rock music. He worked with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and The Who, among others.
The Garden Of Earthly Delights - English subtitled
Feature film by Morgan Knibbe (Those Who Feel The Fire Burning) about an 11-year-old boy who has to survive in the slums of Manila. His path crosses with that of Dutch tourist Michael.
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Feature film by Morgan Knibbe (Those Who Feel The Fire Burning) about an 11-year-old boy who has to survive in the slums of Manila. His path crosses with that of Dutch tourist Michael.
Passie preview: Niki De Saint Phalle
On the afternoon of Friday 30 May, members with a Lumière Passie get the exclusive chance to be the very first to watch the biopic Niki De Saint Phalle, with Charlotte Le Bon in the role of the renowned artist.
Peppa en de nieuwe baby – Een bioscoopervaring
Peppa Pig is preparing for the arrival of a new baby sister. How exciting, what a big change!
Drowning Dry
How do you cope with a traumatic experience? That question is at the heart of this Locarno award-winning Lithuanian drama about two couples, their children and a near tragedy.
Vittoria
Emotional Italian docudrama about a mother from Naples who wants to expand her family by adopting a daughter, but ends up risking her marriage in the process.
Lumière Jazz Nights: Deer You
Critically acclaimed album project by saxophonist Julia Warren and pianist Chaeyeon Lee. During the Lumière Jazz Nights, they bring their improvised pieces to life. Expect dreamy rhythms and colorful musical landscapes where stories come to...
Loveable
Sharp and nuanced divorce drama about a Norwegian couple facing a painful question: where did things go wrong in their relationship?
The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
Spanish box office hit about an idealistic teacher whose progressive teaching methods change the lives of a group of schoolchildren on the eve of the Spanish Civil War, but make him a target of the local authorities.
Perla
Psychological drama set against the backdrop of the Cold War about an artist who has fled to Vienna from Czechoslovakia to build a new life, but is confronted with her past.
Mond
Suspenseful drama about an Austrian martial arts trainer hired by a Jordanian businessman to give his daughters resilience training. However, she soon discovers that the stone-rich family is hiding something.
20.000 Especies de Abejas (20,000 Species Of Bees) - English subtitled
Acclaimed, delicate Spanish coming-of-age film about eight-year-old Aitor who wants to go through life as Lucía from now on. This change does not come without a struggle.
The Balconettes
Satire, drama, and horror are blended in this film by actress Noémie Merlant. A scorching hot summer evening in Marseille takes a gory turn when three young women are invited for a drink by a handsome neighbour.
The Village Next To Paradise
In his debut feature, the first Somali film ever at the Cannes Film Festival, Mo Harawe portrays a family trying to make the best of a bad situation.
High and Low
Classic by Akira Kurosawa about a wealthy industrialist whose family is targeted by a cold-blooded kidnapper. Compelling combination of thriller and social criticism. Spike Lee recently completed a US remake.
Ikiru
Moving classic by Akira Kurosawa about an elderly civil servant with cancer who is searching for meaning in his last days of life. Steven Spielberg’s favourite film.
Seven Samurai
What more can be said about the mother of all samurai films? An unflinching classic in which the inhabitants of a poor farming hamlet enlist the help of seven samurai to stop the annual looting.
Yojimbo
Oriental western starring Toshirô Mifune as Sanjuro, a samurai who ends up in a town torn apart by fights between two gangs. Sanjuro manages to play the gangs against each other with diabolical pleasure.