Directed and co-written by acclaimed actress Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), The Balconettes is her audacious second feature. Co-scripted with Céline Sciamma, it melds comedy, horror, thriller in a genre-smashing good time! 

The story is set in a heat wave that brings a Marseille neighborhood to the boil, where three roommates gleefully meddle in the lives of their neighbors from their balcony. Until a late night drink turns into a bloody affair…

Linda Linda Linda is celebrating a 20th anniversary with a brand new 4K restoration via our friends at GKIDS! 

For Kei, Kyoko, and Nozomi, their dream of playing the final high school concert together is dashed when their lead vocalist quits the band. Desperate, they recruit the very first person they see: Korean exchange student Son, played by Doona Bae (The Host, Broker), whose comprehension of Japanese is limited at best. It’s a race against time as the group struggles to learn three songs in three days for the festival’s rock concert.

Linda Linda Linda is an effervescent, tenderhearted snapshot of youth about the unparalleled joy of jamming out with your friends. The soundtrack fuses bangers from iconic Japanese bands The Blue Hearts and Base Ball Bear with original music composed by James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins. The beloved classic from Nobuhiro Yamashita (Ghost Cat Anzu) is acknowledged by many as one of the greatest Japanese films of the 21st century. 

Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan’s visionary reimaging of the the Dark Knight’s origin story.

Haunted by the murder of his parents, billionaire Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice. Trained by the mysterious League of Shadows and its formidable leader Ra’s al Ghul, Bruce returns home to wage war on corruption and crime, adopting the guise of masked vigilante Batman. Alongside allies Alfred (Michael Caine), Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), and Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), Batman wages battle the deadly Scarecrow (Cillian Murphy), unaware of the true sinister threat looming over Gotham City.

Dark, gritty, and emotionally charged, Batman Begins breathed new life into the iconic character, and set the stage for one of the most acclaimed trilogies in modern cinema.

The 2025 Orange County Latino International Film Festival (OCLIFF) is proud to open its 2025 fest with director and co-writer Miguel Angel Ferrer’s La sombra del sol (The Shadow of the Sun) — Venezuela’s official entry for the 96th Academy Awards!

Leo (Carlos Manuel Gonzalez) is a blue-collar worker with a musical past, living in the remote Venezuelan city of Acarigua. Struggling with debt and problems at home, he does whatever he can to stay afloat. One day, his younger brother Alex (Anyelo Lopez), deaf since birth, presents him with a possible way out: to enter a musical contest in Caracas with a song Alex has written, where the grand prize could solve all of Leo’s financial troubles. Pressured by circumstance, Leo must take a leap of faith, awaken his dormant musical talent, and embark on an unforgettable journey that could change both he and Alex’s lives.

Winner of the Audience Award at the Miami Film Festival; Best Latin American Film at the Monterrey Film Festival; and both the Special Jury Prize and Best Actor Awards at the Seattle Film Festival.

Presented in Spanish, with English subtitles.

Our evening will open with a special screening of short film A Congress of Crows, by director Sean Martinez.

Step into the flames. There’s beauty in terror. Following Suspiria, Dario Argento plunged even deeper into the occult with Inferno, the second chapter in his “Three Mothers” trilogy—a dreamlike, dread-soaked puzzle box where logic is irrelevant and atmosphere reigns.

When a young woman in New York uncovers an ancient book revealing the existence of a witch living in her apartment building, a cascade of nightmare imagery is unleashed: submerged ballrooms, baroque architecture, alchemical riddles, and firelight glimpses of death.

Less a sequel than a spiritual continuation, Inferno trades plot for poetry, building a haunted world that pulses with color, shadow, and decay. With music by Keith Emerson (of Emerson, Lake & Palmer) and cinematography soaked in blues and reds, this is Argento at his most abstract and operatic.

The buzzy new horror film Traumatika is making its way to The Frida Cinema for two late-night showings! Please note: this film is being described as very disturbing and “extremely violent and gruesome.” Viewer discretion is advised. 

The story follows a child named Mikey, whose night terrors have become a reality when his mother begins showing signs of demonic possession. What he’s about to experience will haunt him for the rest of his life and claim countless lives across generations.

Playing at film festivals like Frightfest, Sitges, Grimmfest, and MorBido, Traumatika has gained quite the reputation for scaring audiences all around the world.