Icarus Films

11/21/2025

Out now on DVD: NO CHAINS NO MASTERS. In this critically acclaimed thriller, Massamba and his daughter Mati, slaves on a sugar cane plantation, hatch a daring plan to escape slavery, braving numerous obstacles in their pursuit of freedom.

Starring Ibrahima Mbaye, Camille Cottin, Anna Diakhere Thiandoum, and Benoit Magimel

"An exhilarating, gripping and genuinely heartfelt thriller.” —NYC Movie Guru

From Distrib Films US. Order now 🔗 https://mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/hv-nochains-13363728

11/20/2025

Icarus Films is proud to release epic 3-hour masterwork ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958-1989 on DVD & digital for home video audiences on December 9th, 2025.

This special DVD release also includes a Q&A with filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson from the Los Angeles premiere of the film at American Cinematheque.

▶️ Available on demand December 9th to rent/buy via Apple TV, Vimeo On Demand, and Icarus Films On Demand.

🔗 mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/hv-israelpales11202025

“Deserves to be seen!” —Screen Slate

New York Times Critics' Pick “An excellent documentary. Sprawling, continually engrossing..." —The New York Times

11/19/2025

Terrific news‼️🗞️
Igor Bezinović’s FIUME O MORTE! officially nominated for Best European Documentary at the European Film Awards!

Congratulations Igor, Vanja Jambrović, Tibor Keser, Erica Barbiani, Marina Gumzi + the Lightdox team
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Report: Variety

here for playdates.

'Sentimental Value' leads the race for the 38th European Film Awards, whose main category nominations were revealed on Tuesday.

11/19/2025

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“This intriguing documentary from Croatian film-maker Igor Bezinović is partly a comic opera and partly a chilling message from the past.” —Peter Bradshaw on Igor Bezinović’s FIUME O MORTE! for The Guardian

Stay tuned here for U.S. playdates!

Igor Bezinović uses local residents of what is now Rijeka in Croatia to re-stage the vainglorious Italian protofascist’s ragtag takeover of the Adriatic port city

11/18/2025

Luuk Bouwman's IDFA award-winning doc THE PROPAGANDIST is now available on educational DVD and digital streaming license 🔗 icarusfilms.com/if-propag

“Chilling... A timely watch for anyone interested in how brutality and repression is justified by its perpetrators.” —Screen International

11/14/2025

His Oscar-winning 1965 film “The War Game” depicted a post-nuclear-attack England, one of his many fictionalized docudramas against war and repression.

11/14/2025

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11/13/2025

Acquisition News ‼️

Icarus Films proudly announces the acquisition of THE FLATS directed by Alessandra Celesia, winner of the best film award at last year’s CPH:DOX festival.

“A powerful, urgent and deeply sad film.”
—The Guardian

“A dark, uneasy reminder of the indelible, multi-generational stain of violence.” —Screen International

While The Troubles may have ended three decades ago, in the run-down Belfast housing estate called The Flats, their legacy lives on in murals extolling resistance, and in the memories and scarred psyches of residents.

The film has won prizes at CPH:DOX and the Irish Film and Television Awards.

11/11/2025

New on DVD 12/2: ANIMAL TALES OF CHRISTMAS MAGIC features five snowy adventures for the whole family!

Enchanting stories unfold! Festive wonders come to life! Delve into these heartwarming and modern tales as animals embark on spellbinding journeys from France to Japan to the Far North and its northern lights, spreading joy and generosity.

From Distrib Films US. Watch trailer + learn more 🔗 https://mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/hv-animalmagic-1111

11/11/2025

11/04/2025

Peter Watkins was born in Surrey, England in 1935. After education at Cambridge and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he became an amateur documentary filmmaker, gaining some notoriety for shorts like The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (1959) and The Forgotten Faces (1961). In these films...

11/03/2025