Belmont Filmhouse to Your House

Marjolein's Picks

Programme Officer - Marjolein Den Bakker

Le Doulos (1963) - Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Paul Belmondo navigates a world of shadows and crime. Influenced by Hollywood film noir and in turn came to influence directors such as Quentin Tarantino!

Mustang (2015) - Deniz Gamze Ergüven
An empowering, feminist coming-of-age tale of five sisters’ quest for freedom. Explores the tension between tradition and progress amidst patriarchal oppression. 

Evi's Picks

Programme Manager - Evi Tsiligaridou

Lourdes (2009) - Jessica Hausner
Exploring the complexity of Christian faith, a handicapped woman makes a pilgrimage in the hope of something miraculous. Mixing sincerity, humour and suspense.

So Pretty (2019) - Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli
Four LGTBQ youths in New York City struggle to maintain their proto-utopian community in this gem of utopian scope that resets gender politics with the unassuming power of the everyday

Rod's Picks

Bacurau (2009) - Kleber Mendonça Filho
Winner of the 2019 Cannes Jury Prize, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles deliver a furious genre mash-up.

Army of Shadows (1969) - Jean-Pierre Melville
A civil engineer, gets trapped in a torturous Nazi camp but manages to escape with the help of a friend. When he heads back to Marseille, he looks for the traitor who reported him.

The Silence (1963) - Ingmar Bergman
A tense triangle of characters, juxtaposing two psychologically spiralling sisters, and a shared, suffocating silence.

Wild Goose Lake (2019) - Diao Yinan
Diao Yinan returns with a hyper-stylised noir set in modern China’s underbelly. Twisting the conventions of the genre, this magnificently crafted choreography of violence, moral decay and neon colours is striking, intoxicating cinema.