Thriller
A list of films
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Accept Our Sincere Apologies
Juja Dobrachkous | 107′ | United Kingdom | World premiere
Trapped in a decaying hotel, two women yearn to escape their demons and the world beyond. -
The Blue Elephant
Marwan Hamed | 170′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
An alcoholic psychotherapist attempts to decode a murder mystery in this stylish psychological noir. -
The Blue Elephant 2
Marwan Hamed | 130′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
The blissful life of a psychotherapist is threatened by a patient who might be haunted by a demon. -
Diamond Dust
Marwan Hamed | 162′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
A lonely pharmacist in a perilous quest to untangle the mystery behind the murder of his father. -
The Hole, 309 Days to the Bloodiest Tragedy
Hanung Bramantyo | 113′ | Indonesia | World premiere
Investigating a series of gruesome murders in 1960s Indonesia, an army officer ventures into the heart of darkness. -
Ibrahim Labyad
Marwan Hamed | 134′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
A hoodlum’s climb through Cairo’s underworld is complicated by a love triangle in this gritty crime saga. -
Lotus
Signe Birkova | 117′ | Latvia | Dutch Premiere
A fantasy about Latvia’s first female director. Filmmaking as visual witchcraft – 24 spells per second. -
Master
Rezwan Shahriar Sumit | 126′ | Bangladesh | World premiere
The political ambition of a Bangladeshi teacher corrodes both community and self, as corruption takes hold. -
No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook | 139′ | South Korea | Dutch Premiere
To regain his dream life, Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) gets deadly creative in Park Chan-wook’s absurd, macabre comedy. -
The Originals
Marwan Hamed | 125′ | Egypt | Dutch Premiere
A family man gets recruited by a shady organisation claiming to be the guardians of the land in this ingenious satire. -
Parasakthi
Sudha Kongara | 163′ | India | Dutch Premiere
His involvement with a student movement puts Chezhiyan into a life and death struggle with a ruthless intelligence agent. -
The Secret Agent
Kleber Mendonça Filho | 161′ | Brazil | Dutch Premiere
A university professor (Wagner Moura) flees persecution with the help of a resistance network during Brazil’s dictatorship. -
Sicko
Aitore Zholdaskali | 101′ | Kazakhstan | International premiere
A cash-strapped couple go to extremes to settle their debts in this bold and bloody satirical horror. -
Tunnels: Sun in the Dark
Bùi Thạc Chuyên | 126′ | Vietnam | European premiere
A scrappy guerrilla unit resists enemy onslaught from within a byzantine tunnel network.