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Visions of Europe

From 31 Mar - 16 Apr, Visions of Europe returns to celebrate the breadth of European cinema. From a Macedonian witch tale to a race through Berlin, this handpicked selection of 24 films takes in the best of European film including previews, festival hits and classics returning to the big screen.

Visions of Europe: Zero F**ks Given

Palme d’Or winner Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color) shines as a young airline stewardess who tries to juggle work and a turbulent and aimless lifestyle, on a journey through Europe and the search for herself.
31 March 2023
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Visions of Europe: Preview: One Fine Morning

Mia Hansen-Løve (Bergman Island) returns with another delicate exploration of family bonds, the limits of love and the passage of time, in this absorbing romantic drama.
31 March 2023
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Visions of Europe: Nostalgia

A man with a hidden past returns home to Naples after decades away and is forced to face up to his former life in Mario Martone’s soulful paean to his hometown.
01 April 2023 until 02 April 2023 , 06 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: Run Lola Run (35mm)

QFT presents '90s action classic, Run Lola Run, in 35mm, screening as part of Visions of Europe for its 25th anniversary.
01 April 2023 until 02 April 2023
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Visions of Europe x Docs Ireland: Mr Bachmann and His Class

In Stadtallendorf, a German city with a complex history of both excluding and integrating foreigners, genial teacher Dieter Bachmann offers his pupils the key to at least feeling as if they are at home, in Maria Speth’s engrossing documentary.
01 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: 8½

Often cited (especially by other filmmakers) as one of the greatest movies ever made, Fellini’s autobiographical extravaganza blends drama, fantasy, social satire and self-critique. Back at QFT for its 60th anniversary.
02 April 2023 , 08 April 2023
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Visions of Europe X Cinemagic: The Path

The Path tells the story of an adventurous escape across the Pyrenees and of an unexpected friendship between two children who, at first glance, could hardly be more different.
02 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: Official Competition

Antonio Banderas' egotistical film star and Oscar Martínez’s pretentious stage actor vie for the attention of Penélope Cruz’s wayward director in this delightfully entertaining Spanish satire, returning to QFT as part of Visions of Europe.
03 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: Polaris

With a keen feeling for atmosphere and metaphor, Ainara Vera’s (Gunda) doc sketches the lives of two sisters, who see the birth of a new family member as an opportunity to break the cycle of their troubled history.
03 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: You Won't Be Alone

Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, You Won't Be Alone follows a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit.
04 April 2023 , 10 April 2023
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Visions of Europe X Outburst: Water Lilies

The debut feature by Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), Water Lilies is a coming-of-age tale set within the world of synchronised swimming that captures the pleasure and pain as three 15-year-old girls explore their burgeoning sexuality.
04 April 2023 , 06 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: Silent Land

Aesthetically sparse, with an enigmatic plot, Agnieszka Woszczyńska’s debut feature is an unflinching character study that unfurls the power of denial.
05 April 2023 , 08 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: Rimini

Impeccably styled and unflinchingly grim, this darkly humorous tale of a pop star past his prime finds Ulrich Seidl at his audacious best.
05 April 2023 , 11 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: Preview: Sick of Myself

She just did what! Attention-seeking Signe will do anything to keep the focus on herself, in this widely demented comedy.
07 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: On the Silver Globe + intro

Join us as filmmaker Paul Duane introduces a 35th anniversary screening of Andrzej Żuławski’s (Possession) surrealist, baffling and beguiling sci-fi epic On the Silver Globe.
08 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: Brother and Sister

Estranged siblings are forced to reunite after a family tragedy strikes in Arnaud Desplechin's moving drama. Starring Marion Cotillard and Melvil Poupaud.
09 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: Preview: The Eight Mountains

The Eight Mountains is the story of a friendship. Of children becoming men who try to erase the footprints of their fathers, but who, through the twists and turns they take, always end up returning home.
09 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: This Other Eden

The first Irish feature film to be directed by a woman, This Other Eden is a caustic comedy set in 1945 when the erection of a monument unsettles a small town.
09 April 2023 , 12 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: Band

Icelandic performance art meets Spinal Tap in this wickedly fun look at women behaving creatively.
13 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Based on a collection of short stories by Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is an animated feature film that was produced using a new technique of “live animation” to striking visual, sound and storytelling results.
14 April 2023 until 16 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: Preview: Rodeo

Lola Quivoron’s feature directorial debut is a rites-of-passage drama that launches itself into the crime genre at full throttle, with newcomer Julie Ledru excelling as a young tearaway with a passion for motorbikes.
14 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: Hatching

Hatching is the terrifying debut feature from Hanna Bergholm, heralding in an exciting new voice in horror.
15 April 2023
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Visions of Europe: Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

For the first time in 70 years the Sight and Sound poll for greatest film of all time was topped by a film directed by a woman. One that takes a consciously, radically feminist approach to cinema.
16 April 2023
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Visions of Europe x LUMI: Oslo, August 31st

Chosen by our LUMI programmers, Oslo, August 31st is a smart and sharp study of drug addiction from director Joachim Trier (The Worst Person in the World).
16 April 2023
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