Illuminations Films

A Scottish orchid farmer visiting her ill sister in Bogotá, Colombia, befriends a young musician and a French archaeologist in charge of monitoring a century-long construction project to tunnel through the Andes mountain range. Each night, she is bothered by increasingly loud bangs which prevent her from getting any sleep.

Set against the backdrop of a serene riverside hotel, this film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul blurs the lines between documentary and fiction, exploring themes of memory, love, and the supernatural. The…

Suffering from acute kidney failure, Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave—the birthplace of his first life.

In June 2009, a collection of Britain’s top actors came together for a single evening at the National Theatre to honor Harold Pinter’s work, under the direction of Ian Rickson….