All films - Lumière Cinema Maastricht

All Of A Sudden
A Franco-Japanese drama by Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car) about the extraordinary friendship between two women: a workaholic director of a care home for Alzheimer’s patients and a Japanese theatre director. Award-winning at Cannes.

Andiamo A Bere L’Ultima
A tragicomic road movie about two men in their fifties who, whilst on a boozy journey through the Venetian countryside, are joined by a shy architecture student. Winner of eight David di Donatello Awards (the Italian Oscars).

Anime Drawing Workshop: Drawing The Body
In this second anime workshop, you’ll learn step by step how to draw a body in anime style, drawing along with the tutor as you go.

Anime Drawing Workshop: The Basics
In this workshop, you’ll learn the basics of the popular Japanese animation style anime. Together with the tutor, you’ll draw along step by step and learn how to draw an anime-style face.

Below The Clouds
A masterful documentary in breathtaking black and white by Gianfranco Rosi (Fire At Sea) about Naples and the ancient city of Pompeii. A passionate portrait of the city, its inhabitants and the fragile beauty of everything that is in danger of disappearing.

Birthday Party
Want to go to just the party? That’s also possible!

Brand New Landscape
A highly acclaimed, contemplative Japanese drama set against the backdrop of ultra-modern Tokyo, about an orchid courier struggling to come to terms with his mother’s death and his father’s absence. Until one delivery changes everything.

Breve Storia d’Amore
An Italian film – a blend of romantic comedy, psychological drama and sexy thriller – in which the charming Rocco begins an affair with the younger Lea.

Cinemini
Children aged 2 to 6 experience their first cinema visit at Taartrovers Cinemini! On Sunday mornings, we present a special programme where our youngest visitors discover the magic of film and can play in a beautiful light landscape.

Coward
A war film as only Lukas Dhont (Girl, Close) could have made it: sensual and tender. During the First World War, a young soldier discovers a world of theatre, music and tenderness behind the front line. Award-winning at Cannes.

De Gaulle: Liberté
The second part of a two-part series about Charles de Gaulle, the general who refused to accept France’s surrender in 1940 and continued the fight from England.

De Gaulle: Résistance
The first part of an epic two-part series about Charles de Gaulle, the general who refused to accept France’s surrender in 1940 and continued the resistance from England.

De Manager
A witty and revealing portrait of the modern workplace, where managers and employees navigate criticism, understanding, and discomfort during performance reviews.

Digger
Black comedy by Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant, Birdman) in which the most powerful man in the world (an unrecognisable Tom Cruise) makes one last attempt to save the world from the disaster he himself has unleashed.

Downtown
The opening film of the Netherlands Film Festival is a drama about the hedonistic Amsterdam gay scene during the AIDS crisis. Three friends from days gone by try to rekindle their friendship during the 2021 coronavirus lockdown.

Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Peter Sellers steals the show in this razor-sharp political satire about an American general who decides on his own initiative to fire nuclear artillery at the Soviet Union.

Eat More Trees
An inspiring documentary that explores how agroforestry and regenerative agriculture can provide a solution to soil degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change worldwide.

Erupcja
Quirky indie film starring Charli XCX as a tourist on vacation in Warsaw. When she runs into an old friend, she breaks away from the itinerary her devoted boyfriend has planned.

Fjord
A thought-provoking family drama by Cristian Mungiu about a conservative Christian couple who move from Romania to Norway and become embroiled in a battle with child protection services. Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

Forgotten Island (OV) (9+)
An animated film from Dreamworks Animation Studio about two best friends who find themselves in the mystical world of Nakali. Their only chance of escape might cost them their shared memories.

Franz
A kaleidoscopic biographical film by Agnieszka Holland (Green Border) about the life, work and inner world of the writer Franz Kafka (Idan Weiss).

How Deep Is Your Love
This documentary takes us to the mysterious depths of the ocean and raises a thought-provoking question: would it be better if we remained ignorant of certain things rather than endangering them with our knowledge?

Human Nature
Director Bart Schrijver (The North) allows us to follow 30-year-old Sophie’s 500-kilometre hike through the Arctic region of Norway, in search of ultimate silence and tranquillity.

Imago
A personal documentary in which Déni Oumar Pitsaev, who grew up in France, inherits a plot of land in Georgia, where part of his Chechen family lives. It marks the beginning of a quest to discover his roots and his future.

Incendies
The breakthrough film by Denis Villeneuve (Dune) was this powerful tragedy of fate about a Canadian twin brother and sister who unravel some mysteries from their mother’s past.

Juste Une Illusion
A catchy comedy about the ups and downs of a French family in the 1980s. From the directing duo of Intouchables.

Killer Of Sheep
Groundbreaking film about everyday life in Watts, Los Angeles. Charles Burnett portrays the Black working class without embellishment and gave independent cinema a new face.

L’Inconnue
A gripping French thriller about a man who, after having sex with a mysterious woman (Léa Seydoux), wakes up in her body, whilst she appears to have vanished. And the strangest sex scene of the year is yet to come.

La Roue
‘There is cinema before and after La Roue the way there is painting before and after Picasso.’ So said Jean Cocteau about this monumental, seven (!) hour-long classic about forbidden desire by Abel Gance (Napoléon).

La Vie D’Une Femme
A light-hearted drama about a middle-aged woman who has thrown herself heart and soul into her work as a surgeon (Léa Drucker). Her equilibrium is thrown into disarray when a writer comes to observe her as research for his book.

Mariinka
A moving documentary in which director Pieter-Jan de Pue followed several young residents of the town of Mariinka in eastern Ukraine for ten years.

Maspalomas
A Spanish drama about a man who has been living a carefree life as an openly gay man in Gran Canaria for years, but who, following an accident, ends up in a conservative rehabilitation centre in San Sebastián and goes back into the closet.

Mémoire De Fille
A poignant French drama based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by the French Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux, about a defining moment in her life: her first – and far from tender – sexual experience at a summer camp.

Memories Of Murder
A darkly comic police thriller by Bong Joon-ho (Parasite, Snowpiercer) about the hunt for a serial killer in 1980s South Korea.

Monster Mia (6+)
An animated film about a girl who starts at a new school. Her classmates turn out not to be children, but real monsters. Mia feels at home at the school, but has to hide the fact that she is actually human.

Moppervis (4+)
An adventurous animated film about a grumpy fish who, when he loses his home, has to set off together with a hyperactive sea dragon in search of a mysterious fish who can help them.

Mother
A poignant and unconventional character study of the young Mother Teresa (played by Noomi Rapace) before she became world-famous. The film follows seven decisive days in her life in 1948.

Murder Mystery
Solve a murder at the Oscars! Dive into a thrilling mystery full of puzzles, codes and suspects, and work in teams of up to six to uncover who murdered Jacques Kane.

Naza
An illuminating documentary by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor (No Other Land) about the systems behind the bombardment of Gaza and the way civilian deaths become part of military decision-making.

No Good Men
A romantic tragicomedy about an Afghan female camerawoman who has left her unfaithful husband and is convinced that there are no good men in her country. Until she meets journalist Qodrat.

NT Live: Fleabag
Fleabag is the hilarious one-woman play that formed the basis for the hit BBC series, written and performed on stage by Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

NT Live: The Misanthrope
A razor-sharp new interpretation of Molière’s black comedy, starring Sandra Oh as a brilliant writer who detests human hypocrisy and cowardice. Recorded live on stage at the National Theatre.

Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger
A music documentary about the global impact of Oasis’s triumphant reunion tour, Live ’25, including the first joint interview with Liam and Noel Gallagher in over twenty-five years.

Palestine 36
An ambitious historical epic about the Palestinian uprising (1936–1939) against British colonial rule, a little-known chapter in world history.

Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea
Animated film by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) about the friendship between five-year-old Sosuke and a goldfish who wants to become human.

Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
An award-winning period drama from Cannes about the impossible love between the noblewoman Héloïse and the artist hired to paint her portrait in secret.

Possession
A feverish cult classic in which the collapse of a marriage spirals into a nightmare of jealousy, obsession and body horror, anchored by Isabelle Adjani’s legendary performance.

Pour Le Plaisir
A French comedy in which Fanny tells her husband Tom that, in twenty years of marriage, she has never had an orgasm. Tom, an engineer by profession, decides to develop a device designed to revolutionise female pleasure.

Pressure
A gripping drama about the extremely stressful 72 hours leading up to D-Day. With the fate of the free world at stake, a British meteorologist (Andrew Scott) tries to convince the Allies to alter their plans.

Primetime
A satirical drama starring Robert Pattinson as a TV host who sets traps for grown men who arrange to meet minors. Based on the controversial NBC programme To Catch A Predator by ‘paedophile hunter’ Chris Hansen.

Sense And Sensibility
A compelling new adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic: a delightful, funny and relatable story about love, heartbreak and the bond between two sisters.

Shall We Dance? (30th Anniversary)
A modern Japanese classic about an office worker who becomes fascinated by ballroom dancing. A heart-warming and funny film about communication, intimacy and the courage it takes to embrace change in your life.

Shaun Het Schaap: Het Beest Van De Boerderij (6+)
Shaun returns for a beastly new adventure. The Halloween party is in jeopardy when a clumsy farmer destroys the sheep’s pumpkin patch. It’s up to Shaun and the flock to come up with a solution.

Silent Flood
An IDFA Award-winning Ukrainian documentary about a secluded, pacifist religious community whose peaceful existence is threatened by the Russian invasion.

Sirât
This explosive rave trip to hell was the biggest surprise of the Cannes Film Festival. Luis desperately searches for his missing daughter at an illegal rave in the Moroccan desert. Winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes.

Tegenwoordig Heet Iedereen Sorry (9+)
A Belgian-Dutch coming-of-age film based on Bart Moeyaert’s book about a headstrong, almost thirteen-year-old girl who feels overlooked within her family. Everything changes when her favourite actress suddenly turns up in their living room.

The ’00s: Volver
Secrets. Ghosts. A troublesome dead body. These elements form the basis of Volver, a magical and lush melodrama for which Pedro Almodóvar returned to his home region of La Mancha.

The ’10s: Toni Erdmann
A German tragicomedy that is as bittersweet as it is hilarious, about a father who has become estranged from his daughter, a tough businesswoman working for a consultancy firm in Bucharest.

The ’20s: Sneak Preview
On 16 October, let yourself be surprised with a mystery avant-premiere during our Lumière Party Night! The title will be revealed once the screening starts.

The ’70s: Themroc
A raw and absurdist film about a worker (Michel Piccoli) who breaks with work, rules, and authority. Themroc was screened during the very first film night in 1976.

The ’80s: Kiki’s Delivery Service
A young witch, a mischievous black cat and a broomstick: that is all Kiki needs to take her first steps towards independence. A warm-hearted Miyazaki classic about growing up, getting lost and finding your own way.

The ’90s: Boogie Nights
Brand-new 4K restoration of Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterpiece about the rise and fall of porn star Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg).

The Addams Family
Darkly comic tale of the eccentric Addams family, who prefer their macabre way of life exactly as it is. Until a mysterious stranger claims to be their long lost Uncle Fester.

The Beloved
Gripping drama about an unpredictable Spanish filmmaker (Javier Bardem) who casts his estranged daughter in his newest film. Selected for the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival.

The Cycle Of Love
This heart-warming documentary tells the improbably romantic love story of an Indian boy who, virtually penniless and on a second-hand bicycle, travelled over 10,000 kilometres to find the Swedish girl he fell in love with.

The Discovery Of Heaven
A re-release of the film adaptation of Harry Mulisch’s magnum opus, about two angels who are tasked by God with retrieving the Ten Commandments. To this end, they manipulate the lives of a number of people.

The Invite
A hilarious and razor-sharp relationship and sex comedy about a couple (Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde) who have grown tired of each other and organise a dinner party for their eccentric upstairs neighbours (Edward Norton and Penélope Cruz).

The Last Waltz
Recording of The Band’s final live performance, considered by many to be the best concert film of all time. The legendary event was recorded on 25 November, 1976, exactly 50 years ago.

The Lumière Film Pub Quiz
Not just for seasoned cinephiles, but for anyone who loves film and enjoys putting their film knowledge to the test.

The Match
A documentary about the legendary 1986 World Cup quarter-final between Argentina and England. The ‘Hand of God’ is featured, but ultimately the film is less about football than about sport as a source of pride, trauma and reconciliation.

The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer, Interstellar) takes on a film adaptation of Homer’s classic epic about the Greek hero Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
A wholesome young couple stumbles into the bizarre world of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in this outrageous musical parody that became one of cinema’s most enduring cult phenomena.

The Social Reckoning
A gripping drama by Aaron Sorkin about a Facebook employee (Mikey Madison) who, as a whistleblower, contacted a journalist (Jeremy Allen White) to expose the social network’s practices.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Horror classic by Tobe Hooper in which five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within.

Toutes Directions
The long-awaited feature film debut of Maastricht native Noël Loozen is a tragicomedy in which 71-year-old Limburg taxi driver Sjef loses his job and decides, for the first time in his life, to take a turn towards the unknown.

Verhalen Uit De Magische Tuin (6+)
An enchanting stop-motion animated film about the power of stories, imagination and family. Suzanne tells her little brothers imaginative tales of magical cats, jungles full of animals, and the king of the birds in Africa.

Wicker
A romantic fable about a headstrong, single fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who commissions the ideal husband from a basket weaver. This wicker man (Alexander Skarsgård) turns out to be even better than she could ever have dared to dream.

Wildwood (OV) (9+)
A fairy-tale-like animated adventure from Laika Studios about two children who must rescue a baby from the Impassable Wilderness, a hidden forest full of talking animals, bandits and magical creatures.

Workshop Anime Tekenen: Rendering
In this workshop, you’ll learn the basics of the Japanese animation style anime. Together with the tutor, you’ll draw along step by step and discover how to add colour, shading and highlights to hair and faces.

Workshop: From Drawing to Animated Film
Create your own stoy, draw the main characters and bring them to life! In this workshop, you’ll make your own short animated film, step by step, complete with moving images and sound.

Yellow Letters
A poignant and topical drama by Ilker Çatak (The Teachers’ Lounge) about a Turkish actress and director who lose their jobs and their home as a result of the Turkish government’s actions. Winner of the Golden Bear in Berlin.

Youri + Q&A with Joes Brauers
A film adaptation of Jan Brokken’s autobiographical novel In The House Of The Poet, about the friendship between the writer and the concert pianist Youri Egorov, who fled the Soviet Union.

Yugly (6+)
An animated film in which Yugly – the ugliest, yet also the cutest dog in the world – wants to take part in the famous Best Dog Show.