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SILENT FRIEND
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by ILDIKÓ ENYEDI
(ON BODY AND SOUL, MY 20TH CENTURY, THE STORY OF MY WIFE)
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2025 - Germany/Hungary/France - Drama - 147 min
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with Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Sylvester Groth, Léa Seydoux
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In the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany stands a majestic ginkgo tree. This silent witness has observed over a century the quiet rhythms of transformation across three human lives.
2020, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong, exploring the mind of babies, begins an unexpected experiment with the old tree.
1972, a young student is profoundly changed by the simple act of observing and connecting with a geranium.
1908, the university's first female student discovers, through the lens of photography, sacred patterns of the universe hidden within the humblest of plants.
We follow their clumsy, awkward attempts to connect — each one of them deeply rooted in their own present — as they are transformed by the quiet, enduring, and mysterious power of nature.
The ancient ginkgo tree brings us closer to what it means to be human — to our longing to belong.
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Screenings:
FRI 10 OCT 13:55 Picturehouse Central 5 P&I
WED 15 OCT 14:30 Picturehouse Central 6 P&I
FRI 17 OCT 20:30 Curzon Soho 1
SAT 18 OCT 17:50 Vue West End 7
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CALLE MALAGA
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by MARYAM TOUZANI
(THE BLUE CAFTAN, ADAM)
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2025 - Morocco/France/Spain/Germany/Belgium - Drama - 116 min
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with Carmen Maura, Marta Etura, Ahmed Boulane, María Alfonsa Rosso
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MOROCCAN OSCAR ENTRY 2026
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Maria Angeles, a 79-year-old Spanish woman, lives alone in Tangier, Morocco, and enjoys her daily routine. However, her life is turned upside down when her daughter arrives from Madrid to sell the apartment in which she has always lived. Determined to stay, she does everything she can to get her home and her belongings back and, unexpectedly, rediscovers love and sensuality.
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Screenings:
FRI 10 OCT 9:20 Picturehouse Central 6 P&I
SAT 11 OCT 8:45 Picturehouse Central 4 P&I
SAT 11 OCT 20:15 Curzon Mayfair
SUN 12 OCT 12:30 Curzon Soho 1
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PETER HUJAR'S DAY
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by Ira Sachs (PASSAGES, KEEP THE LIGHTS ON)
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2025 - USA/Germany - Drama - 76 min
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with Ben Whishaw & Rebecca Hall
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Based on a richly cinematic rendering of a conversation recorded in 1974 between photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz the film re-imagines their talk that day in a single 24-hour period in the life of Hujar, the brilliant and famously uncompromising artist who was one of the most important figures in downtown New York's legendary cultural scene of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Screenings:
FRI 10 OCT 18:00 Curzon Soho 1
SAT 11 OCT 12:30 Vue West End 5
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THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE
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by Hasan Hadi (Debut Feature)
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2025 - Iraq/USA/Qatar - Drama - 102 min
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with Banin Ahmad Nayef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Waheed Thabet Khreibat
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While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, Saddam Hussein requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates. The young girl must now use her wits and imagination to gather ingredients for the mandatory cake or face the consequences.
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Screenings:
MON 13 OCT 20:15 Curzon Soho 1
TUE 14 OCT 18:15 Curzon Soho 2
TUE 14 OCT 18:30 Curzon Soho 3
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DJ AHMET
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by Georgi M. Unkovski (Debut Feature)
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2025 - North Macedonia/Czech Republic/Serbia/Croatia - Comedy/Drama - 99 min
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with Arif Jakup, Agush Аgushev, Aksel Mehmet, Dora Akan Zlatanova
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Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating his father's expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with love — a girl already promised to someone else.
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Screenings:
THU 09 OCT 21:00 Vue West End 5
SAT 11 OCT 13:00 Prince Charles Cinema
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In London:
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Gabor Greiner - 9 OCT - 12 OCT
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