14 years ago today, Patricio Guzman's 'Nostalgia for the Light' debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. The film is one of our favorites streaming on OVID. buff.ly/33y0DqW

Sylvie 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 Speaking of streaming services, did we talk about OVID ? I did a free trial over there when I wanted to see Mulvey’s “Riddles of the Sphinx.” MANY films on there I haven’t seen anywhere else.

'It’s a sneaky doc, and I kind of feel all of his films are this way where there’s a lot more going on than what you see on the surface. It’s a lot more playful.... That has been very influential for me.” —Alex Winter on Marcel Ophuls (and yes, HÔTEL T still streaming on OVID...)

“Seeps under your skin — every second is a marvel to look at.” Concrete Playground
“Visually stunning, thoughtful, and profoundly unsettling.” Screen International
Natalia López Gallardo's ROBE OF GEMS, winner of Silver Bear Jury Prize Berlinale now streaming on OVID courtesy Visit Films

Your night of true crime starts now with ROUBAIX, POLICE DEPARTMENT, ORDINARY BUSINESS, about everyday investigations in the working-class French town of Roubaix, which is anything but ordinary and hard to believe it's not fiction. Courtesy Icarus Films
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A few words on director Alain Kassanda’s previous feature, Trouble Sleep. A remarkable documentary available on OVID
inreviewonline.com/2023/07/11/tro…

Remembering Pema Tseden (December 3 1969 - May 8 2023). One year ago today, the film world reeled at the news of the death of Pema Tseden, the leading filmmaker of a newly emerging Tibetan cinema. 'We lost Pema at the peak of his artistry'—Karin Chien 🔗mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/vo…

“Delicate and autobiographical.” —Critic’s Pick! The New York Times
A striking tale set in the final days of China’s Cultural Revolution and constructed from the filmmaker's boyhood memories, 11 FLOWERS by Wang Xiaoshuai is now streaming courtesy First Run Features ▶️🌸
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STOP-ZEMLIA in the NYTimes!!

Happy Birthday, Mark Cousins mark cousins !
We have hours upon hours of looking at you looking at films in here... 🍷🎉🥳🎞️ ovid.tv/mark-cousins

“Hits even harder, given how drastically the lives of Ukrainian youngsters have since changed.” The New York Times Kateryna Gornostai's STOP-ZEMLIA is on Devika Girish's Five International Movies to Stream Now list The New York Times streaming on OVID courtesy Altered Innocence
nytimes.com/2024/05/03/mov…

'Unearthly beauty... Kiarostami’s signature themes are abundant.' —Village Voice
DESERTED STATION, by Alireza Raisian, is a story conceived by Abbas Kiarostami and stars Leila Hatami as the wife of a photographer stranded in a remote Iranian village. Streaming courtesy First Run Features

instead of relying on police, why can’t university administrators enjoy the friendly, fractious, fevered chaos, and chalk it up to the spectacle of history unfolding here and now?

A heroic Soviet past and a destitute post-industrial present make the provincial, economically marginalized town of Yelnya, Russia susceptible to Putin’s aggressively anti-Western agenda and mission to make Russia great again. TOWN OF GLORY by Dmitry Bogolyubov - only on OVID! ▶️

Inside the Red Brick Wall, about what happened when police trapped hundreds of student protesters inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2019, is streaming on OVID

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“This gentle, authentic-feeling coming-of-age drama from Ukrainian filmmaker Kateryna Gornostai premiered at the Berlin festival in 2021... Since the Russian invasion, her film has become unbearably poignant.” The Guardian STOP-ZEMLIA now streaming on OVID courtesy Altered Innocence 🎞️

👀👀👀 New Icarus releases coming to streaming, exclusively via OVID! Take a look for yourself ⬇️

OVID’s May Lineup is here! We take you to Yelnya in Russia where you’re never too young to be recruited, then to Iran with Dariush Mehrjui's LEILA, docs on Henry Miller + Souleymane Cissé, enigmas by Erika Etangsalé + Corneliu Porumboiu, and ofc much more! metafilm.ovid.tv/2024/04/26/ovi…