Cleveland Premieres
Enjoy the debuts of new releases at the Cinematheque
Bushido
- Today, May 7
- Sat, May 9
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Kazuya Shiraishi Run Time: 129 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024 Language: Japanese
Starring: Eita Okuno, Jun Kunimura, Kaya Kiyohara, Taishi Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Kakunoshin, renowned for his skills with a sword and in the game of go, embodies the samurai code....
Omaha
- Fri, May 8
- Sun, May 10
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Cole Webley Run Time: 83 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Emma Keifer, John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, Talia Balsam, Wyatt Solis
A young girl and her brother are awoken by their father and loaded into the car on an...
Kiyoshi Kurosawa Double Feature: Chime & Cure
- Fri, May 8
- Sat, May 9
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Run Time: 156 min.
Watch Kiyoshi Kurosawa's latest film & his most acclaimed feature back to back in this double feature presentation.
Jimmy & The Demons
- Sun, May 10
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Cindy Meehl Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Guzzy Grashow, James Grashow
An unforgettable story of love, life and art
Dreams in Nightmares
- Thu, May 14
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Shatara Michelle Ford Run Time: 128 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Charlie Barnett, Denée Benton, Dezi Bing, Mars Storm Rucker, Sasha Compère
Three black queer femmes in their mid 30s take a road trip across the Midwestern United States in search of their friend who has seemingly disappeared off the grid.
The Last One for the Road
- Fri, May 15
- Sat, May 16
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Francesco Sossai Run Time: 98 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Language: Italian
Starring: Andrea Pennacchi, Filippo Scotti, Pierpaolo Capovilla, Roberto Citran, Sergio Romano
The bottom has fallen out for Carlobianchi and Doriano, two small-time Italian crooks. They haven’t been able to...
Our Land
- Sat, May 16
- Sun, May 17
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Lucrecia Martel Run Time: 119 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish
In 2009, a man and two accomplices try to evict members of the Indigenous community of Chuschagasta in...
Four Rational People
- Sun, May 17
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Tristan Cook Run Time: 113 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: David Finckel, Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, Paul Watkins, Philip Setzer
The Emerson String Quartet. 47 years, 1000s of concerts, 9 Grammy awards, 1 final curtain.
Changing Lanes
- Thu, May 21
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Thu, May 21 @ 6:30 pm: Post-film discussion with Bike Cleveland.
Director: Ben Wolf Run Time: 75 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: David Byrne, Janette Sadik-Khan
Featuring David Byrne and Janette Sadik-Khan, this new documentary investigates why our streets are designed the way they...
Puddysticks
- Thu, May 21
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Megan Seely Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Dan Bakkedahl, Danny Deferrari, James Urbaniak, Mamoudou Athie, Megan Seely
A burned out young woman discovers a mysterious society of adults who heal their darkest secrets through childlike play.
Living the Land
- Fri, May 22
- Sun, May 24
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Director: Huo Meng Run Time: 132 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Language: Chinese
Starring: Cao Lingzhi, Wang Shang, Zhang Caixia, Zhang Chuwen, Zhang Yanrong
In the village of Bawangtai in 1991, time appears to have stood still. Despite the rapid industrialization happening...
Silent Friend
- Fri, May 22
- Sat, May 23
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Director: Ildikó Enyedi Run Time: 147 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: German
Starring: Enzo Brumm, Léa Seydoux, Luna Wedler, Sylvester Groth, Tony Leung Chiu-wai
On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba, a tree whose longevity...
The Shepherd and the Bear
- Sat, May 23
- Sun, May 24
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Director: Max Keegan Run Time: 101 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, the film explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown...
Reeling
- Thu, May 28
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Director: Yana Alliata Run Time: 76 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Fabrizio Alliata, Hans Christopher, Makena Miller, Nikki DeParis, Ryan Wuestewald
After a life altering accident, Ryan returns home for a birthday luau and uncovers the secret of when things took a tragic turn.
Hello Dankness
- Thu, May 28
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Director: Soda Jerk Run Time: 70 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Comprised entirely of hundreds of pirated film samples, Hello Dankness is a bent suburban musical that bears witness...
City Wide Fever
- Thu, May 28
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Director: Josh Heaps Run Time: 73 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Angelica Kim, Diletta Guglielmi, Hugo Alexander-Rose, Onur Tukel, Rutanya Alda
Sickness or pleasure?
Two Pianos
- Fri, May 29
- Sun, May 31
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Director: Arnaud Desplechin Run Time: 115 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Language: French
Starring: Alba Gaïa Bellugi, Charlotte Rampling, François Civil, Hippolyte Girardot, Nadia Tereszkiewicz
Once a child prodigy, accomplished pianist Mathias Vogler (François Civil) returns to his hometown to reunite with his...
Ghost Elephants
- Sat, May 30
- Sun, May 31
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Director: Werner Herzog Run Time: 99 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Kerllen Costa, Steve Boyes, Werner Herzog, Xui, Xui Dawid
An epic search for a mythical giant.
Manas
- Thu, Jun 4
- Fri, Jun 5
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Director: Marianna Brennand Run Time: 101 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Language: Portuguese
Starring: Emily Pantoja, Fátima Macedo, Jamilli Correa, Rômulo Braga, Samira Eloá
Thirteen-year-old Marcielle lives on Marajó Island in the heart of the Amazon rainforest with her father, mother, and...
The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act
- Sat, Jun 6
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Director: Gooseworx Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Amanda Hufford, Ashley Nichols, Lizzie Freeman, Marissa Lenti, Michael Kovach
Watch the finale of the viral internet phenomenon in theaters, early!
The Height of the Coconut Trees
- Sat, Jun 6
- Sun, Jun 7
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Director: Du Jie Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Japanese
Starring: Mado Karasumori, Minami Ohba, Riria Kojima, Seita Shibuya, Soichiro Tanaka
Just before their honeymoon, Sugamoto and Aoki break up. Sugamoto decides to bury her lost emotion by going...
The Currents
- Sat, Jun 6
- Sun, Jun 7
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Milagros Mumenthaler Run Time: 104 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Language: Spanish
Starring: Claudia Sánchez, Ernestina Gatti, Esteban Bigliardi, Isabel Aimé González Sola, Jazmín Carballo
While accepting an award for her fashion career in Switzerland, accomplished Argentine artist and designer Lina (Isabel Aimé...
Agatha’s Almanac
- Sun, Jun 7
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Director: Amalie Atkins Run Time: 83 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Fiercely independent 90-year-old Agatha Bock lives alone on her ancestral farm. Despite health challenges, she resolutely tends to...
With Hasan in Gaza
- Thu, Jun 18
- Sat, Jun 20
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Director: Kamal Aljafari Run Time: 106 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: German
Three MiniDV tapes of life in Gaza during the Intifada in 2001 were recently rediscovered. What started as...
The Little Sister
- Thu, Jun 18
- Sat, Jun 20
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Director: Hafsia Herzi Run Time: 112 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Language: French
Starring: Amina Ben Mohamed, Melissa Guers, Nadia Melliti, Park Ji-min, Rita Benmannana
Fatima, 17, the youngest daughter of a French-Algerian family in a Paris suburb, leaves school for a prestigious...
Colours of Time
- Fri, Jun 26
- Sat, Jun 27
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Director: Cédric Klapisch Run Time: 126 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Language: French
Starring: Abraham Wapler, Julia Piaton, Suzanne Lindon, Vincent Macaigne, Zinedine Soualem
A group of strangers, all descendants of a woman named Adèle Meunier, are gathered in Normandy. The town...
Everybody to Kenmure Street
- Sun, Jun 28
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Director: Felipe Bustos Sierra Run Time: 98 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Emma Thompson, Kate Dickie
In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts...
Rose of Nevada
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Mark Jenkin Run Time: 114 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 2026
Starring: Callum Turner, Edward Rowe, Francis Magee, George MacKay, Rosalind Eleazar
A mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing. Two men join its crew hoping for...