Oscar® Shortlisted Films

The Mother of All Lies

Join us for a post-screening Q&A with Director Asmae El Moudir on January 9.

In this artful documentary from Morocco, a woman turns the camera on her parents and stern camera-shy grandmother, who rules over her clan with an iron cane, to uncover a web of family secrets. Read More

Running Time: 96

Perfect Days

Tokyo is the setting of Wim Wenders’ radiant, warm story of a gentle, music-loving man (Cannes Best Actor winner Koji Yakusho) who finds joy in his simple life cleaning public toilets. But a visitor from his past challenges his monastic life. Read More

Running Time: 125

The Promised Land

FIPRESCI Best Actor Prize for Mads Mikkelsen and an audience favorite! This sweeping 18th-century epic follows Captain Ludvig (Mads Mikkelsen) who sets out to cultivate the harsh Danish heath. But he soon faces an even harsher adversary: the merciless Frederik de Schinkel, who believes the land belongs to him. Join us for a... Read More

Running Time: 127

Society of the Snow

An audience favorite!

Based on a true story, a rugby team is aboard Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 when it crashes in the Andes. Trapped in a hostile and inaccessible environment, the surviving passengers must resort to extreme measures to stay alive. Read More

Running Time: 144

The Taste of Things

An audience favorite! In this feast for lovers of splendid food and swoon-worthy romance, chef Eugénie (Juliette Binoche) and gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel) have worked side by side for decades, their growing feelings for each other reflected in the mouthwatering dishes they prepare. Join us for a post-screening Q&A with... Read More

Running Time: 145

The Teacher's Lounge

FIPRESCI Best Actress Prize for Leonie Benesch. In this intense study of the power dynamics in contemporary German society, an idealistic middle-school teacher makes a bad decision while trying to do the right thing, and her every subsequent move mires her in an even bigger mess. Join us for a post-screening Q&A with Director... Read More

Running Time: 94

To Kill a Tiger

Join us for two encore screenings of PSIFF 2023's Best Documentary Award-Winner TO KILL A TIGER in celebration of the film making the Oscar© Shortlist for Documentaries! In this remarkable story of perseverance and resilience, a farmer in India seeks justice for his 13-year-old daughter after she is sexually assaulted by three... Read More

Running Time: 125

Tótem

Seven-year-old Sol spends the day helping her family prepare for a surprise party for her father. As the day goes on, it becomes clear that this gathering is more than just a celebration, as it transforms into a loving – living – farewell. Read More

Running Time: 95

The Zone of Interest

FIPRESCI Prize, Best Screenplay.

In Jonathan Glazer’s haunting masterwork, an Auschwitz commandant and his wife maintain an idyllic domestic life with their family in a house and bucolic garden, an existence standing in stark contrast to the sounds coming from the nearby death camp. Read More

Running Time: 106