Cleveland Premieres
Enjoy the debuts of new releases at the Cinematheque
On the Road
- Fri, Oct 23
- Sat, Oct 24
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: David Pablos Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish
Starring: Héctor Cárdenas, Mariano López Sosa, Obdulia Morales, Osvaldo Sánchez, Victor Prieto Simental
A rebellious drifter hitches a ride with a lone trucker. As their intimacy deepens on the road, ghosts of the past catch up with them at each truck stop —and danger closes in
Portal to Hell
- Sat, Oct 24
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: Woody Bess Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Keith David, Michael McDonald, Richard Kind, Romina D'Ugo, Trey Holland
After a debt-collector finds a portal to hell in a washing machine at his local laundromat, he’s propositioned into feeding it sinners to save his neighbor’s soul.
48 Hour Film Project Horror and Sci-Fi
- Wed, Oct 28
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Wed, Oct 28 @ 7:30 pm: Group AWed, Oct 28 @ 9:30 pm: Group B
Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
The Cleveland 48 Hour Film Project presents a special screening of original Horror and Sci-Fi short films created...
NAZA
- Thu, Oct 29
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: Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham Run Time: 80 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Yuval Abraham
A window into systems of mass killing.
Lady
- Thu, Oct 29
- Sat, Oct 31
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: Samuel Abrahams Run Time: 95 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Juliet Cowan, Laurie Kynaston, Olisa Odele, Sian Clifford
Sian Clifford (Fleabag) creates the unforgettable character, Lady Isabella, in this absurdist comedy that blends elements of reality...
Atonement
- Thu, Nov 5
- Sun, Nov 8
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: Reed Van Dyk Run Time: 118 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Boyd Holbrook, Gheed Saleh, Hiam Abbass, Kenneth Branagh, Majd Eid
After his platoon unintentionally fired on innocent civilians in Baghdad, an American soldier finds it impossible to recover...
Queen at Sea
- Fri, Nov 6
- Sat, Nov 7
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Director: Lance Hammer Run Time: 121 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Anna Calder-Marshall, Florence Hunt, Juliette Binoche, Steven Cree, Tom Courtenay
A haunting film that you won’t soon forget. Queen at Sea deals with the ethical struggle of a...
The Scout
- Thu, Nov 12
- Sun, Nov 15
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Director: Paula Andrea Gonzalez-Nasser Run Time: 89 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ikechukwu Ufomadu, Max Rosen, Mimi Davila, Rutanya Alda, Sarah Herrman
A young location scout for a TV pilot navigates her way through NYC as she has to deal...
Dog of God
- Thu, Nov 12
- Sat, Nov 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: Lauris Ābele, Raitis Ābele Run Time: 95 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Language: Latvian
Starring: Agate Krista, Einars Repše, Jurģis Spulenieks, Kristians Karelins, Regnārs Vaivars
A story about weird, dark and funny times.
Fatherland
- Sat, Nov 14
- Sun, Nov 15
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: Paweł Pawlikowski Run Time: 82 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Polish
Starring: Anna Madeley, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Hanns Zischler, Sandra Hüller
Director Paweł Pawlikowski’s follow-up to his Oscar®-nominated Cold War is another stunner for which he won Best Director...
The Last Picture Shows
- Thu, Nov 19
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Director: Rustin Thompson Run Time: 78 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Ten states. 10,825 miles. 123 theaters. This is a documentary for anyone who loves going to the movies....
64th Ann Arbor Film Festival Touring Program 1
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: Various Run Time: 73 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Established in 1963, the Ann Arbor Film Festival is the oldest avant garde and experimental film festival in...
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
- Sat, Nov 21
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Director: David Greaves, William Greaves Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Aaron Douglas, Ernest Crichlow, Eubie Blake, Leigh Whipper, Richard Bruce Nugent
A film over 50 years in the making.
Traces of Home
- Sat, Nov 28
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Director: Colette Ghunim Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Colette Ghunim, Hosni Ghunim, Iza Ghunim, Ramsey Ghunim
Filmmaker Colette Ghunim takes the audience on a personal journey as she travels with her Mexican mother and...
The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony
- Sun, Nov 29
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Director: Habiba Nosheen Run Time: 92 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Anwara, Kiran, Sonia, Tahera Hasan
This intimate coming-of-age documentary follows three teenage girls in Pakistan who discover new parts of their personalities and...
Closure
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: Michał Marczak Run Time: 105 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Polish
Starring: Daniel Dymiński
This quietly observed and gorgeously photographed documentary doesn’t fall into the common tropes of true-crime stories. After his...
Minotaur
- Fri, Dec 11
- Sat, Dec 12
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Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev Run Time: 135 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: French
Starring: Anatoliy Belyy, Dmitriy Mazurov, Iris Lebedeva, Juris Žagars, Varvara Shmykova
Morality is a maze.
How to Divorce During the War
- Fri, Dec 11
- Sun, Dec 13
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Director: Andrius Blaževičius Run Time: 108 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Lithuanian
Starring: Amelija Adomaitytė, Gintarė Parulytė, Indrė Patkauskaitė, Marius Repšys, Žygimantė Elena Jakštaitė
Welcome to all of our home.
Orfeo
- Sat, Dec 12
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Director: Virgilio Villoresi Run Time: 74 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025 Language: Italian
Starring: Aomi Muyock, Ettore Altieri, Giulia Maenza, Luca Vergoni, Vinicio Marchioni
Director Virgilio Villoresi’s expressionistic adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice’s journey to the underworld...
A Life Illuminated
- Sat, Dec 19
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Director: Tasha Van Zandt Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Edith Widder
Trailblazing marine biologist Dr. Edie Widder is the subject of this wonderful new documentary. From capturing the first-ever footage of...
Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall
- Thu, Jan 7
- Fri, Jan 8
- Sat, Jan 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: Paul Thomas Anderson Run Time: 75 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 2026
Starring: Cameron Winter, Paul Thomas Anderson
On tour. On film. This fall.