Rare Films

10/03/2026

Doors of Bresson by Kogonada

09/02/2026

“Lali“ by
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat

n the dappled shade of the jamun tree and the spice-laden hush of her kitchen, Zeba moves like a whisper. Newly wed to Sajawal, a man-child haunted by his own reflection, she seeks refuge in two women: Sohni Ammi, her feisty mother-in-law whose sharp tongue hides a big heart; and Bholi, her quiet neighbour whose gaze holds a strange wisdom. Zeba’s past looms large: three suitors lost before they could marry her whose deaths hang like a curse. Love stirs, but Sajawal’s paranoia festers. Bodies become battlegrounds, desire turns to anarchy. Lali is a darkly comic fever dream from the city of Sahiwal’s shantytowns, where ghosts walk with the living and prophecies press heavy.

09/02/2026

The Red Hangar
by Juan Pablo Sallato

As the 1973 military coup unfolds in Chile, Air Force Captain Jorge Silva is torn between duty and conscience as his academy turns into a detention centre.

09/02/2026

My Name
by Ji Young Chung

Young-oak is a boy with a girl’s name at a boys’ school rich in testosterone. His mother is not concerned. Veteran director Chung Ji-young allows the violence of South Korea’s early years to slam into this complex identity drama with the force of a comet.

09/02/2026

The moment
by Aidan Zamiri

Pop star Charli xcx navigates a moment of global visibility as her album Brat ignites a cultural wave and a major arena tour looms. With public attention intensifying, success brings pressure, self-scrutiny, and the challenge of sustaining momentum under constant expectation and visibility.

09/02/2026

Salvation (2026)
by Emin Alper

In a remote village, an exiled clan returns, reviving a decades-old land feud. Seized by divine visions, Mesut challenges his brother’s leadership to save his people. Will this new path bring salvation or tragedy?

07/02/2026

https://iffr.com/en/blog-iffr-2026-tiger-big-screen-award-winners

The winners of the Tiger and Big Screen Awards for IFFR 2026 have been announced!

05/02/2026

Physical copies of our monographic Issue on Yugoslav Black Wave is now available for online order. You can order both the black and white version or the colour version from the following links:

B&W: https://store.pothi.com/book/rare-films-yugoslav-black-wave-bw-edition/

Colour: https://store.pothi.com/book/rare-films-yugoslav-black-wave/

Buy Yugoslav Black Wave (B&W Edition): monographic Issue by Rare Films in India. ‘Black Wave’—a term initially meant to condemn—ended up defining one of the grittiest, most groundbreaking and transgressive currents in European cinema. Emerging from the unique, non-aligned socialism of 1960s ...

01/02/2026

As a part of the Yugoslav Black wave screening, rare films is extremely glad to publish a monographic issue on this unforgettable movement.

YBW monographic issue: 'Black Wave'- a term initially meant to condemn, ended up defining one of the most gritty, groundbreaking and transgressive currents in European cinema. Emerging out of the unique, non-aligned socialism of 60's Yugoslavia, a generation of filmmakers grabbed their cameras not to glorify the past but to anatomize the unsettled present. In this issue, we have tried to explore that rebellious and fiercely polemical film movement that used dark humor, radical ideologies and unflinching realism to confront political myths before being silenced by the state in the early 70's. Many of the most acclaimed films have been dissected and re-evaluated in a newer, broader context to understand the movement. The primary inspiration behind this issue, however, was to look at the movement's enduring legacy: how these once suppressed films have been reclaimed as classics, inspiring new generations of artists from all over the world. This is the story of art that dared to question it's own origins.

Flipbook

26/01/2026

A messy tribute to motherly love
Dir. Dan Geesin

When people literally explode from emotional overload, grief is just the beginning. A wildly surrealist charade in which a bereaved man, his friend and mother spiral through village life. Dan Geesin blends body-horror absurdity with warmth and wit.

24/01/2026

Roid
Dir. Mejbaur Rahman Sumon

Living in near isolation, a husband repeatedly attempts to break free from his volatile wife, to no avail. Mejbaur Rahman Sumon’s Roid examines desire and attachment with haunting, elemental imagery and compelling performances.

23/01/2026

Nangong Cheng
Dir. Shao Pan

Steelworker Nangong Cheng is dying from an infected wound when he encounters Zhuang, a stranger with a similar affliction seeking vengeance for his murdered wife. Cheng, a disciple of a traditional martial-healing sect, must use his final strength to help him.