We can’t wait to have you at the Garden Theater for the 17th Annual Frankfort Film Festival from October 16th-19th, 2025!
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See below for our list of films from last year’s film festival.
My Old School
thursday, October 17 at 12:00 pm
NR | 104min | Documentary, comedy | english
In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. What followed over the next two years became the stuff of legend.
Director: jono mcleod
bafta awards
winner - best director
british independent film awards
nominee - best feature documentary
watch trailer | imdb movie Listing
Fallen Leaves
thursday, October 17 at 2:15 PM
NR | 81min | drama, rom/com | finnish
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog
Director: AKI KAURISMÄKI
National society of film critics awards
winner - best film not in the english language
Cannes film festival
Winner - jury prize
watch trailer | IMDB MOVIE LISTING
The Crime is Mine
thursday, October 17 at 4:00 pm
NR | 102min | comedy, crime | french
Paris, France, 1935, and a young actress has just been acquitted of murdering a famous French Producer. However, this is where the story just begins. Is she really innocent?, or has she gotten away with murder?
Director: françois ozon
César awards
nominee- best costume design
international film music critics awards
nominee- best original score for a comedy film
watch trailer | imdb movie Listing
Navalny
thursday, October 17 at 8:00 PM
R| 99min | documentary | english, russian
Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
DIRECTOR: daniel roher
academy awards
winner - best documentary feature
sundance film festival
winner - audience award
watch trailer | imdb movie listing
Problemista
friday, October 18 at 12:00 PM
r | 104min | comedy | english, spanish
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in NY. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country..
Director: julio torres
sxsw film festival
nominee- Audience award
international online cinema awards
winner - best supporting actress
watch trailer | IMDB MOVIE LISTING
Four Daughters
friday, October 18 at 2:00 PM
NR | 107min | documentary | arabic
Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses to fill in their absence.
DIRECTOR: KAOUTHER BEN HANIA
academy awards
nominee- best documentary feature
césar awards
winner- best documentary film
watch trailer | IMDB MOVIE LISTING
Ghostlight
friday, October 18 at 4:15 PM
R | 115min | comedy,drama | english
When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.
Directors: KELLY O’SULLIVAN & ALEX THOMPSON
seattle international film festival
winner - best performance
sxsw film festival
nominee - audience award
watch trailer i IMDB Movie listing
Society of The Snow
friday, October 18 at 8:00 PM
r | 144min | docudrama, adventure | spanish
The flight of a rugby team crashes on a glacier in the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world’s toughest environments to survive.
DIRECTOR: J.A. Bayona
cinema writers circle awards
winner- Best Film
academy awards
nominee- Best international feature film
watch trailer | IMDB MOVIE LISTING
Sugarcane
saturday, October 19 at 12:00 PM
r | 107min | documentary | english
An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school sparks a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
DIRECTORs: EMILY KASSIE & JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT
sundance film festival
winner - directing
san francisco international film festival
winner - best documentary feature
watch trailer | IMDB MOVIE LISTING
Kneecap
saturday, October 19 at 2:00 pM
r | 105MIN | docudrma, comedy | irish, english
When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low life scum’ Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue..
DIRECTOR: rich Peppiatt
Galway film fleadh
winner - audience award
sundance film festival
nominee - best film
watch trailer | IMDB MOVIE LISTING
Io Capitano
saturday, October 19 at 4:00 pM
nr | 121MIN | drama | english, wolof
A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
DIRECTOR: matteo garrone
venice film festival
winner - best film
academy awards
nominee - best international feature film
watch trailer | IMDB MOVIE LISTING
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
saturday, October 19 at 8:00 pM
r | 104min | thriller/action/crime | english
A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.
Director: daniel goldhaber
denver international film festival
nominee - best feature film
hamburg film festival
Winner - political film award
watch trailer | IMDB MOVIE LISTING
A Still Small Voice
sunday, October 20 at 12:30 PM
nr | 93min | documentary | english
An aspiring hospital chaplain begins a yearlong residency in spiritual care, only to discover that to successfully tend to her patients, she must look deep within herself.
Director: Luke lorentzen
sundance film festival
Winner - directing award
mammoth lakes film festival
Winner - best documentary feature
watch trailer | IMDB MOVIE LISTING
The Taste of Things
sunday, October 20 at 2:30 pM
pg13 | 135min | romance | french
The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin - the fine gourmet chef she has been working for over the last 20 years.
DIRECTOR: ANH HUNG TRAN
cannes film festival
winner - best director
lumiere awards
winner - best Cinematography
watch trailer | IMDB MOVIE LISTING
Garden Theater Documentary
sunday, October 20 at 5:15 PM
37min | documentary
This short documentary will be showcasing stories about the historic theater told by our wonderful patrons.


















