10 Things I Hate About You
Romantic comedy starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles, based on Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew, but with a modern twist.
A New Kind of Wilderness
Award-winning documentary about a family living a free and self-sufficient life in the idyllic forests of Norway. A tragic event forces them onto a new path towards modern society.
Beyond, Ode to the Earth
The Netherlands’ most famous astronaut makes his directorial debut with this visual spectacle in which we see the beauty of Earth through the eyes of an astronaut. With music by Greek composer Vangelis.
Casablanca
Few films capture the imagination as much as this more than 80-year-old classic starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman about life’s choices, love, romance, politics and freedom.
Crossing Istanbul
Humanist, loving drama from Levan Akin (And Then We Danced) about a retired teacher from Georgia who teams up with her young neighbourhood boy in Istanbul to search for her niece Tekla, who disappeared years ago.
De Wilde Noordzee
Eye-catching nature documentary by Mark Verkerk (De Nieuwe Wildernis) in which experienced diver and cinematographer Peter van Rodijnen takes us to the underwater world of the North Sea. So close, but at the same time so unknown.
De Wilde Robot
Animation film about an intelligent robot that gets stranded on a desert island after a shipwreck. Slowly but surely, the robot builds a bond with the animals on the island.
De Wilde Robot - Kinderboekenweek
Animation film about an intelligent robot that gets stranded on a desert island after a shipwreck. Slowly but surely, the robot builds a bond with the animals on the island.
Een Schitterend Gebrek (A Beautiful Imperfection)
Michiel van Erp tells the compelling story of Lucia, the first and greatest love of womaniser Giacomo Casanova. Based on Arthur Japin’s bestseller.
Emmanuelle
French filmmaker Audrey Diwan – winner of the Golden Lion with the abortion drama Happening – explores sexual pleasure in the post-Me Too era with this new adaptation of Emmanuelle Arsan’s erotic novel.
Exploring Cinema - A World Tour
Film is an art form that crosses borders, is (almost) universally accessible and grabs us in a unique way - visually, aurally, emotionally and intellectually. The Exploring Cinema series celebrates film as a medium.
Firebrand
Costume drama about palace intrigue in the Tudor era. When King Henry VIII returns ill and paranoid from a war, Katherine Parr, his sixth wife, must fight to survive. With Alicia Vikander and Jude Law.
Führer und Verführer
German drama about the work of Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. His incendiary propaganda machine played a crucial role in radicalising Hitler’s supporters and misleading the German people.
Geluif In 't Goeje + Q&A
After the screening of Geluif In 't Goeje – a documentary in which Suzanne Raes follows the inhabitants of the Limburg village of Beesel as they prepare for the dragon festival, a spectacular seven-yearly event – there will be a Q&A wit...
Geluif In ’t Goeje
Documentary in which Suzanne Raes follows the inhabitants of the Limburg village of Beesel as they prepare for the dragon festival, a spectacular seven-yearly event. Raes searches for the deeper themes behind this ancient tradition.
Glas, mijn onvervulde leven
Original and funny documentary by and about Rogier Kappers, a fifty-something who is still pursuing his boyhood dream of building an organ from singing glasses and becoming famous for it.
Glass, My Unfulfilled Life + Q&A
As part of Internationaal Festival Vocallis, Lumière is screening the comical documentary Glass, My Unfulfilled Life, about a fifty-something who is still pursuing his boyhood dream of building an organ from singing glasses and becoming fam...
Goodbye, Dragon Inn - Engels ondertiteld + Introduction & discussion
This slow cinema highlight by Tsai Ming-Liang, about the last hours of an old cinema in Taipei, is perhaps the most beautiful serenade to the magic of cinema ever.
How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies - English subtitled
A lazy gamer and school dropout decides to care for his terminally ill grandmother, hoping to secure her inheritance. But to his surprise, a bond starts to form between them. This film was a massive box office hit across Asia.
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
A lazy gamer and school dropout decides to care for his terminally ill grandmother, hoping to secure her inheritance. But to his surprise, a bond starts to form between them. This film was a massive box office hit across Asia.
In Between these Mountains
Creative documentary in which filmmaker Oliver S. Garcia confronts his father and half-brother with their family history and inner conflicts while trekking through the breathtaking mountainous landscape of California.
Joker: Folie à Deux
Joaquin Phoenix once again steps into the role of Arthur Fleck in this sequel, filled with musical interludes. The encounter with Harleen Quinzel (played by Lady Gaga) leads to a love affair that is as surprising as it is explosive.
Kinds of Kindness
Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) treats us to three macabre stories about all the things people will do to secure love and attention. Starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Jesse Plemons, winner of the Best Actor prize in Cannes.
Langue Etrangère
Tragicomic film about a shy French schoolgirl who goes on an exchange to Germany. To impress her German pen pal, she invents a different life for herself, but soon becomes entangled in a web of lies.
Lee
Biopic starring Kate Winslet in the role of Lee Miller, a woman who, after a successful career as a model and fashion icon, fearlessly went to work as a war photographer during World War II.
Linda wil kip!
This colourful animation family film follows the comical quest of mischievous Linda and her mother, who are desperately searching for chicken.
Maria
Biopic about Maria Schneider, the actress who became an overnight sensation thanks to her role in Last Tango in Paris, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. However, she was unprepared for the fame and scandal that followed.
Oeconomia - English subtitled
A clearly narrated view into the innermost workings of our capitalist system. Director Carmen Losmann explores why over the past decades, in parallel with economic growth, the gap between rich and poor has grown.
Passie avant-première: Crossing Istanbul
On Tuesday, 8th October, we’re offering Lumière Passie members an exclusive preview of one of October’s film gems: the heartfelt drama Crossing Istanbul.
Paul McCartney and Wings - One Hand Clapping - English subtitled
A rarely screened rockumentary made by Paul McCartney and his then-band Wings at London’s Abbey Road studios in August 1974. We see the band live in the studio.
Peak Season
Romantic drama, reminiscent of Before Sunrise, in which wealthy New York yuppie Amy meets a local nature guide during a holiday in Wyoming who is the antithesis of her successful fiancé in everything.
Poison
A powerful adaptation of Gif, one of the Netherlands' most successful plays, about a couple reuniting years after their divorce for the reburial of their son.
Red de jungle
Moving animation film by Claude Barras (Ma Vie De Courgette) about a girl who teams up with an orang-utan to fight for conservation in Borneo.
Santosh
Clever debut about an Indian woman who inherits her husband’s job as a police officer after his death. Through a murder case, she stumbles upon the unshakable hierarchy of modern India.
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
A touching and intimate portrait of American actor Christopher Reeve, whose portrayal of Superman set the standard for all subsequent superhero films. His life took a dramatic turn after a near-fatal horseback riding accident in 1995.
The Great Bean
Video registration of choreographer Ed Wubbes’ successful play The Great Bean, his homage to variety, Vaudeville and the magic of the circus stage.
The Gullspång Miracle + short film Wander to Wonder
Coen Brothers meets Twin Peaks in this incredible documentary full of eccentric characters about two sisters who buy a flat in a Swedish hamlet. The saleswoman looks exactly like their sister, who committed suicide in 1988.
The Substance
The sensation of this year’s Cannes Film Festival was this hyper-stylised body horror film starring Demi Moore as a fitness instructor who goes to extremes in her pursuit of eternal youth, with grotesque consequences.
The Third Man (4K Restoration)
Classic film noir about an American writer who arrives in World War II-ravaged Vienna to visit his old friend Harry Lime, but the latter turns out to have died in a suspicious accident.
The Wild Robot (OV)
Animation film about an intelligent robot that gets stranded on a desert island after a shipwreck. Slowly but surely, the robot builds a bond with the animals on the island.
Transitions | Focus: Anne Vera Veen
This experimental film programme explores the feeling that the world can still be enchanted and offers space to question your perception of reality, to doubt what you know, to focus on what you see and hear and wonder if it can be trusted.
Transitions | Focus: Sound Image Culture
Sound Image Culture presents two short films: Haven and Unknown Label. Join us for an evening of artistic works that will challenge you to think about autonomy, labour and technological progress. Both filmmakers will be present.
Transitions | Gathering
Transitions is a 3-day gathering of filmmakers, artists and professionals passionate about independent, adventurous and non-commercial filmmaking and moving image. Through screenings, artist profiles, roundtables and behind-the-scenes insig...
Transitions | In Memory of Leonard Retel Helmrich: Position Among the Stars
We commemorate the valuable legacy of Dutch documentary filmmaker Leonard Retel Helmrich with the screening of one of his most acclaimed documentaries Position Among The Stars. Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich (Leonard's sister and producer) ...
Transitions | Midnight Midlength: Head over Heels
‘OMG A BIMBO GANG CRACKED THE PLAYBOY MANSION?’ Through the lens of NELLY DANSEN, the film's protagonist, Nelke Cor Mast explores the beauties and horrors of the life of a Bimbo.
Transitions | Midnight Midlength: The Cult of Cubicles
Mid length films are often underrated. We aim to change that by highlighting this unique format with two special films. A quirky gem from the past: The Cult of Cubicles by George Kuchar and Head over Heels by Nelly Dansen.
Un p'tit truc en plus
Touching French comedy in which a father and son who have robbed a jewellery shop end up in a holiday camp for young adults with intellectual disabilities. Was a huge hit in French cinemas.
Widow Clicquot
Sparkling costume drama about the life of the ‘Grande Dame of Champagne’, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin (1777-1866) who had to pull out all stops to protect the Clicquot heritage after her husband’s death.
Witte Flits
Dutch drama about a parent couple who have to witness their 42-year-old son enter a euthanasia process because of unbearable psychological suffering. Are they able to let him go? Opening film Dutch Film Festival.