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Back in Lausanne for its 25th edition, LUFF made October pulse to the rhythm of free, strange and untamable cinema.

With Possible Love, Lee Chang-dong interweaves the paths of two couples separated by their social backgrounds. Amid layoffs, marital tensions,

In Someone Else’s America, Goran Paskaljević follows two émigrés trying to find their place near New York. Blending burlesque humor

In “Affliction”, Paul Schrader follows Wade Whitehouse, a New Hampshire police officer whose investigation into a suspicious death revives the

Publisher, translator and champion of cinemas off the beaten track, Bertrand Grimault looks at his time without gloss. Invoking Antonin

In 1973, Norifumi Suzuki and Teruo Ishii brought two facets of yakuza cinema to life through the adventures of Inoshika

In 1989, Michael Lehmann blew up the conventions of the teen movie with Heathers, a dark, acidic satire of high

In La Tentazione, Nicolangelo Gelormini explores seduction as a promise of tenderness soon fractured by lies. The encounter between Gioia,

With “Hope”, Na Hong-jin marks a highly anticipated return and plunges the South Korean port city of Hope into mystery:

With The Possessed (1975), Amando de Ossorio revisits possession cinema through the fate of Susan, a child whose body is

In “Irish Travellers”, Alexander Murphy films the daily life of the O’Reilly family for six years, in the heart of

With Stop! That! Train!, Adam Shankman launches an uninhibited comedy aboard a speeding train. Between imminent catastrophe, parody humor, and

Honorary guest of the Lumière Festival, Todd Haynes reflects on his first two feature films, Poison and Safe. From the

With Martyrs, Pascal Laugier delivers a radical horror film that disrupts the codes of the genre and leaves a lasting

In La Gradiva, her first feature film, Marine Atlan takes a class of high school students from Montrouge on a

The 17th edition of the International Film Festival of La Roche-sur-Yon celebrated the diversity of independent cinema, from inventive documentaries

With Tesis, the Spanish thriller released in 1996, Alejandro Amenábar immerses a film student in a troubling investigation surrounding a

In Britannia Hospital, Lindsay Anderson transforms a hospital into a miniaturized and grim caricature of British society. Amidst privileges, strikes,

In Arrebato (1980), Iván Zulueta transforms the camera into a hypnotic trap: little by little, filming becomes an obsession that

With Minotaur, Andrey Zvyagintsev transforms the Cretan myth into a dark portrait of power and compromise. When Gleb, a businessman

For October 2026, Culturopoing’s playlist brings together 35 tracks and nearly two and a half hours of discoveries. From dreamy

With Where Do Souls Go, Brigitte Poupart makes her debut feature film, an intimate and delicate fiction. Through the heart-wrenching

In Leviticus, Adrian Chiarella transforms a forbidden teenage romance into a supernatural nightmare. At the heart of a strict religious

With Resident Evil, Zach Cregger takes the helm of a new interpretation of the saga, where dark humor gradually gives

In Slugs (1988), Juan Piquer Simón turns a mundane animal into a slimy and murderous threat. As an investigation unfolds

With Phenomena, Dario Argento plunges a young boarding school student into a supernatural nightmare where insects become her mysterious allies.

In The Explosive Species, Sarah Arnold transforms a shaky rural investigation into a radiography of human tensions. Between farmers at

In “Mikusu Modan”, Toshizo Fujiwara intertwines social chronicle and tale of redemption. Around an okonomiyaki restaurant, former inmates attempt to