Suburban dad Craig (Tim Robinson) falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor (Paul Rudd), as Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives.
Sylvia Stickles (Tracey Ullman) runs a convenience store with her husband (Chris Isaak) and mother-in-law (Suzanne Shepherd). One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray (Johnny Knoxville), a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.
Rated NC-17
Suburban dad Craig (Tim Robinson) falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor (Paul Rudd), as Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives.
Gillian Anderson (Sex Education), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece.
As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
From visionary director Benedict Andrews, this acclaimed production was filmed live during a sold-out run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014.
★★★★★ “An absolute knock-out. Raw, emotional, and deeply unsettling.” - Telegraph
Suburban dad Craig (Tim Robinson) falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor (Paul Rudd), as Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives.
A German emigrant living in a trailer in Kansas is the victim of a botched sex-change operation. Adapted from the critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock theater hit, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" tells the story of the "internationally ignored" rock singer, Hedwig, and her search for stardom and love.
Lucas (Tom Blyth), a closeted undercover cop, falls for a married man (Russell Tovey) he’s assigned to entrap in Carmen Emmi’s ’90s-set erotic drama Plainclothes. Initially focused on his duty to arrest men cruising in shopping mall bathrooms, his mission takes an unexpected turn after a charged encounter with one of his marks. What begins as a sting operation becomes intimate and volatile, blurring the lines between secrecy and desire, watcher and watched.
Raised in the shadow of his grandfather’s badge and working in a homophobic department, Lucas starts to crack under the weight of his messy feelings. Editor Erik Vogt-Nilsen’s jagged, VHS-warped style, threaded with haunting flashbacks, mirrors Lucas’s fraying mind, each grain pulsing with anxiety and self-doubt. Plainclothes simmers with urgency, its story of repression and control striking a nerve in a time when queer visibility and freedom are once again under threat.
Director Carmen Emmi expected to be in attendance
A gripping procedural inspired by real events, Pooja, Sir delves into the intersections of gender, race, caste and sexuality, set against the turbulent backdrop of the 2015 protests in Nepal. At the heart of this story is Detective Inspector Pooja who lives in Kathmandu with her wife and aging father. When two young boys are kidnapped in Nepal, she’s contracted to investigate the matter further. But what begins as a straightforward case quickly spirals into something far more complex.
As Pooja navigates violent protests, political unrest, and entrenched discrimination against the Madhesi people — who make up one-third of Nepal's population — she finds herself up against forces she didn’t expect. Teaming up with Mamata, a local Madhesi policewoman, Pooja faces challenges not only in solving the case but also in confronting the deep-rooted misogyny and systemic bias that pervade the police force and society. As the investigation comes to a head, Pooja is faced with exposing the true realities of the crime that she is trying to solve.
In this remake of the classic French farce "La Cage aux Folles," engaged couple Val Goldman (Dan Futterman) and Barbara Keeley (Calista Flockhart) shakily introduce their future in-laws. Val's father, Armand (Robin Williams), a gay Miami drag club owner, pretends to be straight and attempts to hide his relationship with Albert (Nathan Lane), his life partner and the club's flamboyant star attraction, so as to please Barbara's father, controversial Republican Sen. Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman).
Directed by Kim A. Snyder (the Peabody award-winning Newtown) and executive produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, The Librarians examines the book bans threatening schools and libraries throughout the United States. In its opening moments, the documentary acknowledges Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 — one of literature’s preeminent conversation-starters about the link between censorship and authoritarian control. Even so, Snyder, who is fresh off her Oscar-nominated short Death by Numbers, takes a novel approach to spotlighting everyday heroes like Suzette Baker and Carolyn Foote.
As legislators take aim at works that center on race and queerness, a group of librarians dubbed the FReadom Fighters put their lives at risk to resist book bans in states like Texas and Florida. Determined to keep stories about all identities and communities on their shelves, the titular figures at The Librarians center reiterate the power of collective, community-driven action.
In this sensitive and stunningly photographed portrait of youthful masculinity, an internal battle between small town ideals and queer urges looms. Marko (Lav Novosel) and Slaven (Andrija Žunac) shared a secret teenage romance before being torn apart, with Slaven’s father casting him out. Years later, Marko has become a local arm-wrestling champion and plans to start a career close to his family and beloved younger brother.
When Slaven returns to their town after the death of his father, their reunion threatens the delicate balance of Marko’s life and the traditional future he sees for himself. As their town prepares for a coming flood, Marko will have to deal with his own torrent of buried emotions and decide what path he wants to follow: the life that was chosen for him or a more authentic one of his own making.
In this bawdy and heartwarming story of mothers and sons, the trials of juggling self-care and caring for a loved one are told through Edward (James McArdle), a gay novelist looking after his non-verbal mother (Fionnula Flanagan). A chaotic weekend starts to unfold when his three best friends impulsively dump their elderly mothers onto him for a Pride getaway.
With dizzying cinematography and break-neck suspense, director Simon Bouisson plunges the audience into the paranoid world of surveillance stalking with his marvelous first feature Drone. Alone in Paris for the first time as she begins architecture school, Émilie (ballerina-turned-actor Marion Barbeau) makes ends meet as a private camgirl for male strangers online, despite being otherwise uninterested in men in the real world. Slow to warm to her new surroundings and classmates, outside of the alluring Mina (The Advent Calendar’s Eugénie Derouand), her loneliness quickly morphs into a sense of paranoia when she realizes she’s being followed on the streets and watched in her apartment by a mysterious drone.
As Émilie attempts to unveil the operator behind the drone — a tech-savvy client? A stalker from the university? A total stranger? — it becomes clear that Drone is more than just a taut thriller; it’s a riveting investigation of the male gaze through the lens of our current crop of tech innovations.
Z lives to sing — musical theatre is his whole world, and his star is rising fast. But when a big audition goes off the rails, he’s left questioning everything: his career, his relationship, his voice, and how his identity as a newly trans masc performer fits into it all. Just when it seems like curtains, Z meets a warm, no-nonsense vocal coach who helps him rediscover his sound. Add a new gig as a barback and a charming boss named Santi into the mix, and suddenly life is hitting a different kind of high note. As Z finds a new voice that reflects who he is now, the story becomes a celebration of resilience, self-discovery, and newfound identity.
With heart, humor, and a healthy dose of hope, director J Stevens (Stories from My Gay Grandparents, Frameline48) brings Z’s journey to life with a captivating and personal lens. It’s lead actor Breton Lalama, though, who steals the show — delivering a performance that’s raw, radiant, and ready to belt.
Preceded by Tessitura (Dir. Lydia Cornett & Brit Fryer, 18 Minutes)
Blending historical overview with character portraits, Tessitura explores the entangled ways that voice, character, and gender are continuously reformulated in opera by those who contend with these connections daily. The film delves into the ways that contemporary transgender opera singers navigate the traditional rule and categories of their art form, interweaving personal stories with historical contexts to highlight the ongoing dialogue about gender fluidity in opera. By purposefully deemphasizing the historical figures of the castrati and women performing trouser roles, the film instead focuses on transgender opera singers who are contending with the constraints their genre imposes.
At a rave outside of Paris, sensuous photographer Cyril snaps Polaroids of strobe-lit waifs, while hunky Samy confesses to his bombshell girlfriend Emma that he likes boys, too — which she admits is a turn-on. It’s 1990: t-shirts are baggy, phones are rotary, and everyone smokes. Sensuous Cyril (Victor Belmondo, grandson of screen legend Jean-Paul, who also starred in Frameline47’s Lie with Me) is HIV-positive but healthy; hunky Samy (Théo Christine, Gran Turismo) hasn’t been tested; and Emma (Lou Lampros, The French Dispatch), raising Samy’s child, forces them both to speak the truth. Their tangled love triangle keeps shifting as the winds of change blow.
Director Gaël Morel debuted as an actor in the ’90s queer classic Wild Reeds,and To Live, To Die, To Live Again, which made a splash at Cannes, revisits that decade through the long lens of love and loss. Moments of joy — a madcap dash to a condom dispenser, set to Bowie’s “Modern Love” — alternate with melancholy longing while Simply Red croons “Holding Back the Years.” Morel’s most mature film as a director will clench your heart and linger like a love affair you can’t forget.
Shot in stark black and white, this provocative film from actor-turned-director Jun Li follows a young nameless gay man (Jayden Cheung, in a remarkable, daring debut) on an erotic travelogue of Hong Kong, moving from hookup to hook-up while quietly assuming the persona of his latest sexual encounter.
Whether assuming the role of a scientist, architect, actor, teacher, or delivery man, each meeting is quick — a mix of sex, conversation, and roleplay with the international gay tourists in Hong Kong — trying, maybe, to get at something real. Beneath the veneer, conversations crackle — sometimes political, sometimes tender, sometimes both. In these encounters, bodies and performance crash into each other — deeply personal, occasionally awkward, and tinged with unease. Rather than smoothing that out, Queerpanorama leans into the mess, asking what it actually means to be seen in a city built on speed and surface.
Preceded by Carpobrotus (Dir. Simon Frenay, 22 Minutes)
It's summertime, and three friends — Maxime (writer/director Simon Frenay), Yann (Passages' Erwan Kepoa Falé), and Laura (Juliette Savary) — are spending a few days on a wild Mediterranean island. Maxime loves Yann passionately, but doesn't know if his feelings are shared. It's in this quest for love that Maxime immerses himself, at the risk of losing himself, between dream and desire. Frenay's previous directorial outing, Youssou & Malek, screened at Frameline47.
Baby is in trouble. Fresh out of juvenile detention and with nowhere to go, 17-year-old Wellington (stunning newcomer João Pedro Mariano) — nicknamed “Baby” for his youth and vulnerability — hits the streets of São Paulo alone. His parents have vanished, and the system is waiting to pull him back in.
Baby, the latest from Marcelo Caetano (Body Electric), traces Wellington’s search for connection and stability as he forms a complicated bond with Ronald (theater veteran Ricardo Teodoro), a charismatic older hustler. Sometimes father figure, sometimes boyfriend, sometimes business partner, Ronald pulls Baby deeper into a world where survival means blurring every boundary. With a pulsating soundtrack, a sharp eye for queer subculture, and a great cast which also includes Frameline favorite Bruna Linzmeyer (Cidade; Campo, Frameline48), Baby balances grit and style as it explores sex work, chosen family, and the power plays that define both.
Director Marcelo Caetano expected to be in attendance
A queer, colourful, experimental galaxy of new filmmaking. Join us for a voyage into alien aesthetics, cosmic glamour, genderfluid and pluralistic futures. Curated by Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian (Doppelgängers³, Frameline48) in partnership with the London Short Film Festival.
Short films showing in this program:
Arctic Diva (Dir. Federico Barni, 17 Minutes)
An up-and-coming experimental musician is invited to perform at a remote arctic research outpost for the resident scientists, an unwelcoming world which tests her resolve but expands her audience beyond the atmosphere.
Director expected to be in attendance.
Between Mars and Earth (Dir. Diego Murzuil, 11 Minutes)
During the Christmas holidays, a mysterious extra-terrestrial force bursts into the life of a suburban couple on the brink of divorce. However, neither of them notices this otherworldly presence, so this entity will just have to live with them in their grey, sad, and lifeless home, watching their relationship finally disintegrate.
Br00dm0ther's e-Fable (Dir. Zijing Zhao, 8 Minutes)
Br00dm0ther's e-Fable is a short film that combines simulation and performance. The film is a deconstruction and reimagining of the female monster character Broodmother in video games. The Broodmother is a new species of fully digitised, slimy spider-like creature with the ability to devour, vomit, scream and breed demons. In this work, the Broodmother transforms into a powerful avatar that tells a scientific myth about life, nurture, ecology, and technology. Combining a long history of research into mythological narratives and ecology, the artist reinterprets the story of the Broodmother in a compelling visual language that seeks to evoke the power of the female monster and challenge the violence of emerging media technologies against the female body.
The Burden (Dir. Tish Arana, 15 Minutes)
When culture vultures apply for citizenship on a new planet founded by Black people three judges must decide how to handle folks who want everything but the burden.
Director and star expected to be in attendance.
But wait… there’s more! (Dir. Kialy Tihngang, 3 Minutes)
This is a short excerpt from Kialy Tihngang's larger art piece Lean Six Sigma (2023), which looks at opulence as a display of oligarchic overindulgence from a privileged few, distorting and multiplying the shapes of extractive industrial machinery, and the interior aesthetics of dictators’ homes and private jets.
The Last Story on Earth (Dir. Aaron Immediato, 18 Minutes)
Facing angry protesters, a determined drag queen does her best to finish a fairy tale reading at the local library — but an alien invasion puts her skills to extraordinary new tests.
PRIMALDIAL MAGMA _ ZYGMUTROPHOOZE (Dir. mirrored fatality, 7 Minutes)
Nonlinear disentanglement invocation channeling the hybridity of animals + cyborgs + transhumans.
REDMAN (Dir. Edith Morris, 1 Minute)
Edith Morris went to Lofoten, Norway and captured this giant red man on super 8.
Space Plug (Dir. Marcus Anthony Thomas, 14 Minutes)
In the middle of space, a baby human is raised in a blank white room with everything that they need but nothing they want.
Director expected to be in attendance.
Bisexual content creator Emilý’s relationship with Katinka is everything she could ask for: sexy shopping cart make-out sessions, handsy hikes through the forest, and bringing their own heat to the hot tub. No commitment, no pressure. And the best part? Katinka lives abroad, while Emilý is in Iceland.
As a sexually liberated content creator and a part-time record shop clerk, Emilý values her space and her time almost as much as she values her growing subscribers. But sex work comes with its pitfalls — online trolls harass you IRL, loud neighbors don’t respect the quiet needed for ASMR, potential video partners are penis-shy, and sold used panties are NOT tax deductible. And worse, Katinka is moving to Iceland and wants to take their relationship to the next level.
Skinny Love is a funny, fitting look at the nature of Gen Z love and relationships, with a smart yet tender exploration of boundaries and consent through social and financial insecurities
Carrying on the grand tradition (and captivating messiness) of possession-by-spirit narratives, à la Ghost’s Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Swayze, and Demi Moore triangle, Went Up the Hill is an eerie-yet-poignant ghost story. Director Samuel Van Grinsven (Sequin in a Blue Room) centers this stylish thriller on the grieving Jack (Stranger Things’ Dacre Montgomery), who returns to an isolated corner of New Zealand after his birth mother, Elizabeth, passes away.
Taken away from Elizabeth at a young age, Jack meets his mother’s widow, Jill (Phantom Thread’s Vicky Krieps), at the funeral. Assuming that Jill had called him home, Jack is unnerved when he realizes it was Elizabeth — a lingering spirit who goes on to inhabit both Jack and Jill. Technically impressive and anchored by strong performances, Went Up the Hill is an incisive, atmospheric exploration of trauma — and an example of dramatic horror at its best.
At a time when so much of our queer culture is under attack, this program celebrates the archives and the memories of our ancestors and paves a path toward our future.
Short films showing in this program:
Dr. XYZ: A Medical Drag Transthology (Dir. El Jaunts, 14 Minutes)
Dr. XYZ is a community-made trans+ healthcare training film and ethnofiction. It is an exercise in queering the public information film genre, shot in 16mm. The film weaves ethnographic healthcare accounts from Birmingham’s trans+ community with moments of drag-satire re-enactment to depict a collective vision of the UK’s healthcare system.
Director expected to be in attendance
Everywhere I Look (Dir. November Nolan, 16 Minutes)
A young trans woman travels back to places she visited as a child with her mother, reflecting on memory, loss, and grief.
Director expected to be in attendance
Lloyd Wong, Unfinished (Dir. Lesley Loksi Chan, 29 Minutes)
In the early 1990s, Lloyd Wong began to make a work based on his experiences living with AIDS in Toronto, but he died from AIDS-related illnesses before completing it. For three decades, his work-in-progress was considered "long-lost" until it resurfaced at The ArQuives. In this experimental documentary, Lesley Loksi Chan combines Lloyd Wong's footage with fragments of her research notes to reflect on what it means to inherit images from queer communities and to attempt to understand someone through multiple takes. Rough and unprocessed, this film explores the meaning of incompletion. Winner of the Teddy Award and the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 2025 Berlinale.
The Roaming Center for Magnetic Alternatives (Dir. Brydie O’Connor, 20 Minutes)
The Roaming Center for Magnetic Alternatives follows a mobile archiving center in a cargo trailer as it crosses the Midwest to digitize the VHS tapes of LGBTQ+ folks living in Middle America. In real-time digitizing sessions, people watch their own histories as they are being preserved, and reveal a look into queer life in the Bible Belt since the 1980s. This film takes a road trip through the past into the present, and gives us a glimpse of what an ever-expanding queer archive looks like in the future.
Director expected to be in attendance
Shelly’s Leg (Dir. Wes Hurley, 16 Minutes)
In 1970, an eccentric young stripper named Shelly Baumann loses her leg in a freak parade canon accident, then uses her settlement money to open 'Shelly's Leg' disco — one of the nation's first and most consequential openly gay spaces. Narrated by Kathleen Turner, Shelly's Leg is the latest work from Wes Hurley (Potato Dreams of America, Frameline45).
Some men are literal dogs! And Juan (Germán Flood) just so happens to find one (Juan Ramos) in the wilderness while on vacation. He takes him in, bathes him, feeds him, and shows him much-needed affection. However, his girlfriend warns against becoming too attached…
Following The Astronaut Lovers (Frameline48), Argentine provocateur Marco Berger is back with a boldly absurdist fairy tale where animal desires and instincts turn strangely literal. Musky, naked hunks are man’s best friend… dogs. When do belly rubs and sloppy kisses on the mouth become homoerotic? Underneath the surrealist comedy in Perro perro, the human desire to connect with another living, breathing creature remains the same.
Director Marco Berger expected to be in attendance
Meeting somewhere at the intersection of Before Sunrise and Weekend, this charming feature debut by Liam Calvert centers on two star-crossed but seemingly disparate men over the course of a single, chilly December night in London. With palpable onscreen chemistry, Alexander Lincoln (unforgettable as the lead in the gay rugby flick In from the Side, Frameline46) and Jack Brett Anderson (Wolfblood) ignite the screen as spoiled, loudmouth British entrepreneur Oliver and struggling German actor Lukas in this thoughtful meet (not so) cute.
Both out alone at the pub drowning their respective sorrows, Oliver and Lukas decide to spend the night out together after an initially awkward meeting, because, well, it’s not as if they had anything better to do. What follows is a revelatory evening of bar-hopping, deep discussions, and uncomfortable truths, as these two men not only get to know each other but come to a better understanding of themselves in the process.
Nearly a decade before data confirmed that children of lesbian mothers thrive, this groundbreaking documentary showcased this vital truth. Largely shot in the San Francisco Bay Area, the film explores the diverse experiences of eight families facing custody battles, legal scrutiny, and widespread societal bias. Through tender interviews and intimate footage with the parents and, most poignantly, their children, this documentary offers a heartrending portrayal of parental love, challenging stereotypes and normalizing an exceedingly valid family model.
Newly restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, In the Best Interests of the Children is a film “about who lesbian mothers and their children really are,” portraying the diversity of experience, race, and class among its eight families.
Director Frances Reid expected to be in attendance
Preceded by:
Lesbian Custody (Dir. Samuael Topiary & Molly Skonieczny, 18 Minutes)
A video essay about the personal and political context of a landmark lesbian feminist documentary film from 1977 called In the Best Interests of the Children — directed by Frances Reid, Elizabeth Stevens, and Cathy Zheutlin— about lesbian mothers fighting to regain custody of their children in the 1970s.
As a nearly forgotten period of LGBTQ+ history, this documentary short introduces us to now retired filmmaker Frances Reid and her “step-daughter” Julie Stevens while they look through the film’s archives, discuss the making of the film and their personal relationship. Ultimately the film brings awareness to this history — putting it in dialogue with the present political situation today.
Directors Samuel Topiary, Molly Skonieczny and subject Julie Stevens expected to be in attendance
In a Hollywood movie, it might be a meet-cute when Faheem (Mir Tawseef) flirtatiously hands Karun (Akash Menon) an apple as they make their first acquaintance. But Karun is an Indian border guard at a checkpoint that Kashmiri college student Faheem passes through on his way to his home in tiny, nearby Gurez. The young men’s attraction is immediate — and impossible. It is not only a matter of both being closeted but religion, ancient enmity, and current unrest argues against any kind of sexual or romantic liaison. Still, desire and maybe something deeper flames between them, erotic chemistry made undeniable in Tawseef and Menon’s electric performances.
Inspired by the story of a real-life Indian soldier, the film very nearly didn’t get made when the Indian Army refused cooperation and co-writer/director Onir(My Brother… Nikhil, Frameline29) lost his financiers, studio, and cast. But he persevered, and the pay off is to the audience with this sensual and poignant romantic drama.
Director Onir and actor Akash Menon expected to be in attendance
This playful romantic comedy from Argentina opens with Tom (Gastón Frías) and Jero (Cristian Mariani) as a seemingly idyllic couple — until Tom’s anniversary gift to Jero turns out to be a breakup letter, accompanied by 299 more written throughout their relationship. Jero is left blindsided, with only the letters as a key to unraveling the mystery of Tom’s sudden departure.
As Jero navigates the breakup, he relives their romance through Tom’s brutally honest reflections. What starts as a casual Grindr hook-up evolves, despite their contrasting identities: Jero, a crossfit jock, and Tom, an expressive queer performance artist. Their reluctance is overridden by their hot and intense sexual chemistry — and they become an official couple.
Through this journey, Jero is left questioning what was real in their love affair. Was it love, sexually clouded judgment, or perhaps a twisted mind-game for Tom’s ethically questionable performance art? Directed by Lucas Santa Ana (Memories of a Teenager), this alluring tale of modern dating and relationships in Buenos Aires is a captivating mix of humor, heartbreak, and intrigue, brought to life by a talented and charismatic cast.
Director Lucas Santa Ana and actors Gastón Frías and Cristian Mariani expected to be in attendance
Gay poet, novelist, filmmaker, and artist Jean Cocteau was a visionary whose influence shaped the 20th century and continues to resonate today. Through rare archival footage, personal interviews, and clips from his groundbreaking work, Jean Cocteau offers a vivid portrait of an artist who defied convention at every turn.
Narrated by Josh O’Connor and directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland(Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation, Frameline45), this compelling documentary traces Cocteau’s fearless creativity across cinema, literature, and the visual arts. A gay icon who lived through two world wars, the Great Depression, and shifting cultural tides, Cocteau authored enduring works like The Human Voice (La voix humaine) and redefined what it meant to be an artist in the modern era. Complicated and unapologetically himself, his art — steeped in beauty, myth, and desire — remains strikingly relevant. This rich and intimate portrait captures the spirit of an avant-garde master whose legacy continues to challenge boundaries and inspire new generations.
Escaping from a tortured small-town upbringing, a young bisexual hustler named J.C. sells his body to whomever is willing to pay — and in his new home of San Francisco, it’s usually men. But when he finally finds himself in a happy (and heterosexual) relationship, will the baggage of his profession cause him to lose everything and everyone he holds dear?
Along with James Bidgood’s Pink Narcissus (also screening at Frameline49), Mike Thomas’s The Meatrack was one of the few high-profile gay softcore sexploitation films to be made during the brief window between the Stonewall Riots in 1969 and the (literal and metaphorical) rise of hardcore gay pornography in 1971. Quite possibly the very first feature-length gay movie to be made in San Francisco, the film features sequences shot in numerous long-gone gay hangouts as well as cameos from legendary queens Charles Pierce, Pat Montclair, and Vicki Marlane. A long-unavailable landmark of early queer cinema, The Meatrack has been newly restored in 4K by Vinegar Syndrome and Distribpix.
In a San Francisco losing its soul to rapid gentrification, nonbinary newbie Cass (Asia Kate Dillon, in a breakout performance) barely scrapes by nannying for wealthy kids, waiting tables, and dealing just enough party drugs to cover rent on a small apartment. A one-night stand with coworker Kalli (Louisa Krause) sparks something real, but when Kalli disappears — leaving her 11-year-old daughter, Ari (Ridley Asha Bateman), in Cass’ hands — the seams start to come undone.
Capturing San Francisco from a unique angle, this slowburn, moving feature debut from Elena Oxman (Lit, Frameline38) frames its character study of Cass and Ari through Raymond Carver’s poem “Late Fragment” — a quiet gut-punch about wanting to be loved that feels very apt here. Playing Outerlands, a lo-fi video game about a stranded astronaut searching for a lost ship, Cass and Ari form a bond that nudges them toward healing old scars through new ties and responsibilities, while wrestling with their place in a city pushing its longtime residents out. With supporting roles from Lea DeLaria and Daniel K. Isaac (reteaming with Billions co-star Dillon here), Outerlands digs into lingering childhood trauma, substance abuse, and the complexity of caring for someone else when you’re still figuring out how to care for yourself.
Poet and activist Andrea Gibson’s work is defined by striking vulnerability. A single line of poetry can hold many — often contrasting — truths. Come See Me in the Good Light, which is directed by Ryan White (The Case Against 8, Frameline38) and produced by comedian and writer Tig Notaro (One Mississippi), echoes this multiplicity with its deeply affecting portrait of Colorado’s Poet Laureate.
After receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis, Gibson and their partner, fellow poet Megan Falley, unearth a profound sense of resilience in small, everyday joys. Life’s moments can be both tough and tender, holding grief and humor, and ache and elation, in equal measure. Backed by Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach and executive produced by Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile, this Sundance Festival Favorite Award-winning meditation on mortality illuminates, with exquisite tenderness, what it means to really live.
Gillian Anderson (Sex Education), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece.
As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
From visionary director Benedict Andrews, this acclaimed production was filmed live during a sold-out run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014.
★★★★★ “An absolute knock-out. Raw, emotional, and deeply unsettling.” - Telegraph
In the late 1960s and 1970s, fear grips the city of San Francisco as a serial killer called Zodiac stalks its residents. Investigators (Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards) and reporters (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr.) become obsessed with learning the killer's identity and bringing him to justice. Meanwhile, Zodiac claims victim after victim and taunts the authorities with cryptic messages, cyphers and menacing phone calls.
In the late 1960s and 1970s, fear grips the city of San Francisco as a serial killer called Zodiac stalks its residents. Investigators (Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards) and reporters (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr.) become obsessed with learning the killer's identity and bringing him to justice. Meanwhile, Zodiac claims victim after victim and taunts the authorities with cryptic messages, cyphers and menacing phone calls.
Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Following a box-office record-breaking run in cinemas in 2019, the one-woman show returns to cinemas to the big screen this summer.
Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.
The hilarious, award-winning play that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, was captured live on stage from London’s West End in 2019.
Party Girl tells the story of Mary (Parker Posey), a fashionable NYC nightclub scenester and social butterfly who rules the underground party scene. By day, however, she lacks purpose and enough funds to make rent. When her godmother bails her out of jail after throwing an illegal rave and gets her a job at the local library, Mary initially waffles under the constraints of the system, but then unexpectedly flourishes as a librarian (and does a lot of growing up along the way).
Party Girl tells the story of Mary (Parker Posey), a fashionable NYC nightclub scenester and social butterfly who rules the underground party scene. By day, however, she lacks purpose and enough funds to make rent. When her godmother bails her out of jail after throwing an illegal rave and gets her a job at the local library, Mary initially waffles under the constraints of the system, but then unexpectedly flourishes as a librarian (and does a lot of growing up along the way).
During disco's 1970s heyday, 17-year-old busboy Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) is looking for a break when he is spotted by veteran porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds). Horner rechristens Eddie 'Dirk Diggler' and makes him a star of adult cinema. Enjoying his new-found fame and a hedonistic lifestyle to match, Eddie is little prepared for the changes in the porn industry that are to come with the arrival of the 1980s and the rise of video tape.
During disco's 1970s heyday, 17-year-old busboy Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) is looking for a break when he is spotted by veteran porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds). Horner rechristens Eddie 'Dirk Diggler' and makes him a star of adult cinema. Enjoying his new-found fame and a hedonistic lifestyle to match, Eddie is little prepared for the changes in the porn industry that are to come with the arrival of the 1980s and the rise of video tape.
Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.
Filmed live during its sold-out run in London’s West End. Adapted by Simon Stephens, after Anton Chekhov. Directed by Sam Yates. Designed by Rosanna Vize.
Victoria Grant (Julie Andrews), a down-and-out British soprano, struggles to find work in the nightclubs of 1930s Paris. While trying to scam a free meal, Grant meets cabaret performer Toddy (Robert Preston), who comes up with an idea that will change everything. Acting as her manager, Toddy bills Grant as a male female impersonator. When the nightclubs eat it up, the duo makes it big -- even a Chicago mobster (James Garner) is enamored with Grant. But keeping the truth a secret is no easy task.
Victoria Grant (Julie Andrews), a down-and-out British soprano, struggles to find work in the nightclubs of 1930s Paris. While trying to scam a free meal, Grant meets cabaret performer Toddy (Robert Preston), who comes up with an idea that will change everything. Acting as her manager, Toddy bills Grant as a male female impersonator. When the nightclubs eat it up, the duo makes it big -- even a Chicago mobster (James Garner) is enamored with Grant. But keeping the truth a secret is no easy task.
The multi award-winning production of Noël Coward’s provocative comedy featuring Andew Scott (Vanya, Fleabag) returns to the big screen.
As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.
Filmed live from The Old Vic in London during a sold out run in 2019, Matthew Warchus (Matilda The Musical) directs this giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire and loneliness.
Amelie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who glides through the streets of Paris: observing. With wide eyes and a tiny grin, she sees the world in a magical light, discovering minor miracles every day. A shy girl whose favorite moments are spent alone skimming stones into the water, Amelie was raised by a pair of eccentrics who falsely diagnosed her with a heart problem at the age of six and so limited her exposure to the outside world. Now a free and independent woman, Amelie wears a bob that curls in every direction and dresses in red. With a job in a cafe and an aptitude for spying on her neighbors, Amelie entertains herself by enacting a series of homemade, kindhearted practical jokes.
Amelie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who glides through the streets of Paris: observing. With wide eyes and a tiny grin, she sees the world in a magical light, discovering minor miracles every day. A shy girl whose favorite moments are spent alone skimming stones into the water, Amelie was raised by a pair of eccentrics who falsely diagnosed her with a heart problem at the age of six and so limited her exposure to the outside world. Now a free and independent woman, Amelie wears a bob that curls in every direction and dresses in red. With a job in a cafe and an aptitude for spying on her neighbors, Amelie entertains herself by enacting a series of homemade, kindhearted practical jokes.
Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Following a box-office record-breaking run in cinemas in 2019, the one-woman show returns to cinemas to the big screen this summer.
Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose.
The hilarious, award-winning play that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, was captured live on stage from London’s West End in 2019.
City banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) arrived at Shawshank Prison in 1947. Convicted of two brutal murders, he received a double life sentence and discovers that when they send you to Shawshank State Prison for life, that is exactly what they take.
Within the confines of Shawshank, Andy forms an unlikely friendship with the prison "fixer" Red (Morgan Freeman). He also becomes popular with the Warden and the prison's guards, as Andy is able to use his banking experience to help the corrupt officials amass personal fortunes. With an extraordinary twist in the tale, Andy finds that survival comes down to a simple choice: get busy living or get busy dying...
City banker Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) arrived at Shawshank Prison in 1947. Convicted of two brutal murders, he received a double life sentence and discovers that when they send you to Shawshank State Prison for life, that is exactly what they take.
Within the confines of Shawshank, Andy forms an unlikely friendship with the prison "fixer" Red (Morgan Freeman). He also becomes popular with the Warden and the prison's guards, as Andy is able to use his banking experience to help the corrupt officials amass personal fortunes. With an extraordinary twist in the tale, Andy finds that survival comes down to a simple choice: get busy living or get busy dying...
Gillian Anderson (Sex Education), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece.
As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
From visionary director Benedict Andrews, this acclaimed production was filmed live during a sold-out run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014.
★★★★★ “An absolute knock-out. Raw, emotional, and deeply unsettling.” - Telegraph
While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.
★★★★★ “A flawless piece of comic theatre” - Broadway World
The Vogue Theatre presents the 25th anniversary of Groove. A film by Greg Harrison.
On Friday, a single e-mail blips through the Internet. The word spreads quickly through the city: the party is on. Saturday evening, two hundred people secretly converge at an abandoned San Francisco warehouse. As the sun sets the records start spinning, setting into motion a night that no one will forget. Meet David, a Midwest transplant who spends his time alone, overworked and with little social life. That night, his brother Colin invites him to GROOVE because he has a surprise for his new girlfriend, a young raver sprite Harmony , and he wants David there. David reluctantly agrees and is shocked when Colin proposes to Harmony at the party. In the ensuing celebration, they take Ecstasy and suddenly, David is thrust into the world of the San Francisco underground. In a chance encounter, David meets longtime New York raver Leyla and makes an unlikely connection. But as the party rages on, Colin reveals a deep secret, one that threatens to destroy his relationship with Harmony. When the sun rises the party disappears, and the chaos of the last twelve hours changes the two brothers forever.
The Vogue Theatre presents the 25th anniversary of Groove. A film by Greg Harrison.
On Friday, a single e-mail blips through the Internet. The word spreads quickly through the city: the party is on. Saturday evening, two hundred people secretly converge at an abandoned San Francisco warehouse. As the sun sets the records start spinning, setting into motion a night that no one will forget. Meet David, a Midwest transplant who spends his time alone, overworked and with little social life. That night, his brother Colin invites him to GROOVE because he has a surprise for his new girlfriend, a young raver sprite Harmony , and he wants David there. David reluctantly agrees and is shocked when Colin proposes to Harmony at the party. In the ensuing celebration, they take Ecstasy and suddenly, David is thrust into the world of the San Francisco underground. In a chance encounter, David meets longtime New York raver Leyla and makes an unlikely connection. But as the party rages on, Colin reveals a deep secret, one that threatens to destroy his relationship with Harmony. When the sun rises the party disappears, and the chaos of the last twelve hours changes the two brothers forever.
Sylvia Stickles (Tracey Ullman) runs a convenience store with her husband (Chris Isaak) and mother-in-law (Suzanne Shepherd). One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray (Johnny Knoxville), a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.
Rated NC-17
Suburban dad Craig (Tim Robinson) falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor (Paul Rudd), as Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives.
Elite Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez (John Leguizamo) -- one of the losers that evening -- the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.
Suburban dad Craig (Tim Robinson) falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor (Paul Rudd), as Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives.
Elite Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez (John Leguizamo) -- one of the losers that evening -- the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.
Suburban dad Craig (Tim Robinson) falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor (Paul Rudd), as Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives.
Gillian Anderson (Sex Education), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece.
As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
From visionary director Benedict Andrews, this acclaimed production was filmed live during a sold-out run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014.
★★★★★ “An absolute knock-out. Raw, emotional, and deeply unsettling.” - Telegraph
Suburban dad Craig (Tim Robinson) falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor (Paul Rudd), as Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives.
Suburban dad Craig (Tim Robinson) falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor (Paul Rudd), as Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives.
Suburban dad Craig (Tim Robinson) falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor (Paul Rudd), as Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives.
In 1972, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) and his then-lover Scott Smith leave New York for San Francisco, with Milk determined to accomplish something meaningful in his life. Settling in the Castro District, he opens a camera shop and helps transform the area into a mecca for gays and lesbians. In 1977 he becomes the nation's first openly gay man elected to a notable public office when he wins a seat on the Board of Supervisors.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life follows Agathe, a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When Agathe’s best friend gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself, and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams.
In 1972, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) and his then-lover Scott Smith leave New York for San Francisco, with Milk determined to accomplish something meaningful in his life. Settling in the Castro District, he opens a camera shop and helps transform the area into a mecca for gays and lesbians. In 1977 he becomes the nation's first openly gay man elected to a notable public office when he wins a seat on the Board of Supervisors.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life follows Agathe, a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When Agathe’s best friend gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself, and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams.
While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.
★★★★★ “A flawless piece of comic theatre” - Broadway World
Sneak preview work in progress. Filmmaker expected to attend.
Join the film team and filmgoers after the show at Ireland's 32 (3920 Geary Blvd) for a post-screening celebration!
One of the most controversial visionaries and political leaders of our time, Gerry Adams led the people of the North of Ireland from conflict towards peace, (1968-1994). A critical voice in the decision taken by the IRA to lay down their arms after their twenty-five-year war against the British state. Imprisoned and shot, Adams has been demonized and censored by dominant media as both a subversive and terrorist – yet the British and their allies were forced to recognize his legitimacy and negotiate with him and his party Sinn Féin, the Irish peace accord, ‘The Good Friday Agreement’.
Gerry Adams looks back on his youth, the conflict, his community in Ballymurphy, Belfast, and to the future as Ireland moves closer to reunification. Today a generation have grown to adulthood without the gun, without armed soldiers patrolling their streets, to having their voices heard. Layers of both still and moving images interwoven with his voice offer an insight into Adams’ world, relaxed, informal, and uncensored.
Co-presented by San Francisco Irish Film Festival.
Join us for a special live cinema event in collaboration with the Prelinger Archives who has scanned over 3 million feet of film and uploaded over 2,000 items, while collectively developing practices of inclusive and reparative description to allow multiple avenues into a vast trove of moving images. This curated screening will highlight rarities and treasures within the collection that have inspired, delighted and bewildered staff. The speakers, all Prelinger Archives staff, will each share experiences from the project as footage is screened and will speak to working with a unique collection that contains a wide array of materials (outtakes, home movies, warped films).
Live cinema is the result of artistic and curatorial collaboration, producing a screening experience made up of both live interventions and film exhibition. Live cinema is rooted in multi-platform partnership, bringing together exhibitors, artists and audiences for a bespoke cinematic experience.
Filmmaker expected to attend.
Looking For My Anchor follows filmmaker Erica Jordan as she navigates her journey through grief after the loss of her mother, eviction from her home, the end of a long-term relationship, and her son leaving for college. Living aboard a small boat in a working-class maritime community on the edge of Marin county, she uses personal video journals and home movies to revisit moments of motherhood, loss, and longing, while confronting the uncertainty of life on the water. Her story intersects with the lives of three people living anchored out on the San Francisco Bay – the wise, self-described “anchor outlaw” battling health issues while struggling to maintain his boat; the young advocate fighting to save her community from displacement; and the artist whose untimely death underscores the fragility of their existence.
Looking For My Anchor is about what we hold onto when everything familiar falls away, and how the connections we forge can become lifelines in uncertain times.
Check out this review in the Marin Independent Journal.
Preceded by Rays: A Kayaktivism Story (Dir. Enrique Labrada Prieto, 13 Minutes)
Rays: A Kayaktivism Story follows a group of activists who take to the water in kayaks to confront the fossil fuel industry that is directly threatening their community. This short documentary captures a grassroots movement fueled by passion and the unyielding power of community.
Some of the filmmakers expected to attend
A Man Comes Down ( Dir. Stanley Okumura, 10 Minutes)
After a catastrophic stroke left James paralyzed and voiceless, he spent months trapped inside his own body, his mind unreachable. With the fierce devotion of his family and new technology that let him write with his eyes alone, James defied the odds and reignited his creative fire. A Man Comes Down is a gripping portrait of survival, creativity, and the relentless force of human will.
Cycling Without Age (Dir. Isaac Seigel-Boettner, 27 Minutes)
There is something about riding a bike that makes you feel like a kid again. All too often, we lose touch with that magic as we get older. Through the stories of pedal-powered rickshaw pilots and their elder passengers, Cycling Without Age explores the importance of feeling the wind in your hair at all stages of life's journey.
Loyal To The Soil (Dir. Jeremy P. McNamara, 12 Minutes)
Artist Jeremy Fish explores his relationship with his family and the city of San Francisco while making history as the first-ever artist-in-residence in Major League baseball.
Migrant Mother (Dir. Maria Padilha Graves, 12 Minutes)
Immigrating is not easy; it's a rebirth process. You learn a new way of being within yourself. Everything is different, from how your body moves to the language spoken, how you move around the city, and how certain clothing fits. But what happens when you also migrate to become a mother? Nurturing a child is another form of migration – a shift from being one to becoming two.
This short documentary explores the unique experience of being a mother and an immigrant in the United States. Using archival images, the documentary sheds light on the idea of our mother's body as a live organism, as part of nature. The microscopic archival images juxtapose the social aspect content, exploring the intensity of migrating from a new place in space and consciousness.
Penny, Here (Dir. Jackson Kroopf, 14 Minutes)
A 95-year old pianist, who has lived in Big Sur for 50 years, shares poetry, noodles on the keys, and contemplates death.
Taken For A Ride: How San Francisco Backstabbed a Generation of Cab Drivers (Dir. Peter Thomas Ruocco, 14 Minutes)
San Francisco’s Taxi Medallion Sales Program promised cab drivers a path to financial stability, but instead, it became a financial trap. As City Hall embraced the rise of Uber and Lyft, taxi medallion owners—who had paid $250,000 for the right to operate—found themselves drowning in debt with no way out. Through the stories of three cab drivers, this documentary explores the human cost of a policy failure that left a once-prized permit worthless and an industry in crisis.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life follows Agathe, a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When Agathe’s best friend gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself, and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life follows Agathe, a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When Agathe’s best friend gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself, and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams.
It's 1944 and the Allies have invaded Nazi-held Europe. In Spain, a troop of soldiers are sent to a remote forest to flush out the rebels. They are led by Capitan Vidal, a murdering sadist, and with him are his new wife Carmen and her daughter from a previous marriage, 11-year-old Ofelia. Ofelia witnesses her stepfather's sadistic brutality and is drawn into Pan's Labyrinth, a magical world of mythical beings.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life follows Agathe, a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When Agathe’s best friend gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself, and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams.
It's 1944 and the Allies have invaded Nazi-held Europe. In Spain, a troop of soldiers are sent to a remote forest to flush out the rebels. They are led by Capitan Vidal, a murdering sadist, and with him are his new wife Carmen and her daughter from a previous marriage, 11-year-old Ofelia. Ofelia witnesses her stepfather's sadistic brutality and is drawn into Pan's Labyrinth, a magical world of mythical beings.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life follows Agathe, a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When Agathe’s best friend gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself, and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams.
co-adapted by Armando Iannucci
co-adapted and directed by Sean Foley
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.
This explosively funny satire, about a rogue U.S General who triggers a nuclear attack, is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley.
“A masterful recreation of sublime comic acting” - Broadway World
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life follows Agathe, a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When Agathe’s best friend gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself, and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life follows Agathe, a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When Agathe’s best friend gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself, and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life follows Agathe, a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When Agathe’s best friend gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself, and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life follows Agathe, a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris. While she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writer’s block. When Agathe’s best friend gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself, and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams.
