Films - Lumière Cinema Maastricht

A poetic and quietly radical portrait of a woman living in harmony with nature on her own terms.

A documentary by Sven Peetoom (Tussen Wal En Schip – Geruisloos Indisch) about dancer Cheroney Pelupessy, who travels to Indonesia for the first time with her mother. A film about migration, domestic violence and intergenerational trauma.

A tragicomedy by Maryam Touzani (The Blue Caftan, Adam) about a woman in her late seventies (Carmen Maura) who rebels when her daughter wants to sell the family home in colourful Tangier and move her mother to Madrid.

An intimate family drama about an idealistic young woman who – while those around her expect her to go to university – wishes to enter a convent. Hugely successful in Spain and awarded the Golden Shell in San Sebastián.

A sensitive Norwegian drama about a single mother who unexpectedly discovers the identity of her sperm donor. Under false pretences, she contacts him and becomes increasingly entangled in her own web of lies.

Sean Baker (Anora, The Florida Project) offers a raw and humorous look at a day in the life of two transgender prostitutes in Los Angeles who are searching for revenge, love and recognition.

Steven Spielberg returns to the genre in which he made his best films: science fiction. The central question is: ‘If it were proven that we are not alone, would you be afraid?’

Romantic drama about two lovers facing a difficult choice: do they stay in politically unstable Lebanon to build a family there, or do they leave their homeland behind for an uncertain future elsewhere?

A delicate Canadian family drama about a Hungarian-Canadian family who migrate to idyllic Vancouver Island in the 1990s. Their new start is disrupted by the increasingly unpredictable behaviour of one of the children.

Musical comedy starring Anna Karina as a Parisian nightclub dancer who one day decides she wants to become pregnant within 24 hours. The most accessible film in Godard's oeuvre.

Psychological horror film based on a viral internet hit about a furniture salesman who discovers a labyrinth of abandoned office spaces. For fans of liminal spaces.