For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, filmed his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation. He built an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist that wanted to join his fight. The result is the Academy Award winning documentary No Other Land.

Director’s Statement: We’re making this film together, a Palestinian-Israeli group of activists and filmmakers, because we want to stop the ongoing expulsion of the community of Masafer Yatta, and resist the reality of Apartheid we were born into–from opposite, unequal sides. Reality around us is becoming scarier, more violent, more oppressive, every day–and we are very weak in front of it. We can only shout out something radically different, this film–which at its core, is a proposal for an alternate way Israelis and Palestinians can live in this land–not as oppressor and oppressed, but in full equality.

Experience the sensual in The Visitor, Bruce LaBruce’s new erotic comedy based on Pier Paolo Pasolini’s allegorical film Teorema.

London, today. A refugee washes up naked in a suitcase on the bank of the Thames. The enigmatic, sexually fluid stranger introduces himself to a bourgeois, upper class family. He is invited to stay on as an employee. The Visitor soon seduces each member of the family in a series of explicit sexual encounters. He will turn their world upside down as they are able to redefine themselves in new, radical ways.

The bona fide Cannes classic, and a beloved gem, Slovenian film Valley Of Peace is making its way to The Frida Cinema for a special FREE SCREENING courtesy of our friends at SEEfest! Doors open at 5:00PM and the film begins at 5:15PM! 

John Kitzmiller, an American GI from WWII, was the very first Black actor ever to win Best Actor Prize in Cannes in 1957! Virtually unknown in the U.S., John Kitzmiller’s celebration has long  been overdue for his trailblazing path in the cinema of the 1950s and 60s. Kitzmiller’s star turn and a timeless war time story crowned Valley Of Peace one of the enduring Cannes Classics and masterpieces about humanity in war times.

Set during the final days of WWII, the story follows a young Slovenian boy and a German girl, both orphaned by bombing raids, as they embark on a quest to find a mythical “Valley of Peace.” Along the way they are joined by a black American pilot who has crash-landed behind German forces retreating from Italy. They represent a symbolic triangle of peace in this adventure happening in the middle of a war.

SEEfest program and activities are supported, in part, by the California Arts Council, a state agency; Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture; by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles; ELMA Foundation for European Movies in America, and California Humanities. We are deeply grateful for their continued support of our programs.

Frida Cinema members are invited to exclusive 50th anniversary screenings of the Gene Hackman neo-noir thriller Night Moves! Now in a brand new 4K restoration, the movie remains one of the underseen and underrated gems of the 1970s, wildly seen as the best decade in American cinema. 

Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.

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We are continuing to pay tribute to the legend of David Lynch, as The Frida Cinema presents three more encores of his 2001 masterpiece Mulholland Drive!

Betty Elms (Naomi Watts), a hopeful actress newly arrived in Los Angeles, discovers a woman (Laura Harring) with amnesia hiding in her aunt’s apartment. The two women set out to uncover the mystery of the stranger’s identity, leading them through a labyrinth of cryptic clues, sinister characters, and dark Hollywood secrets. As their investigation deepens, the narrative becomes increasingly disjointed, reflecting Lynch’s signature exploration of subconscious fears and desires.

With its haunting atmosphere, fragmented storytelling, and an unsettling score, Mulholland Drive is widely considered a masterpiece of psychological horror and ambiguity, earning Lynch an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and gaining a reputation as one of the greatest films of the 21st century.