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Richard Linklater

Director
Richard Linklater is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his distinct style, which often explores themes of time, youth, and philosophical conversations. Linklater is a prominent figure in independent cinema and has directed a wide range of critically acclaimed films. Some of his most notable works include 'Slacker,' 'Dazed and Confused,' the 'Before' trilogy ('Before Sunrise,' 'Before Sunset,' 'Before Midnight'), 'School of Rock,' 'A Scanner Darkly,' 'Boyhood,' and 'Everybody Wants Some!!' His films often feature naturalistic dialogue and long takes, creating a sense of realism and intimacy. Linklater's 'Boyhood' was filmed over 12 years with the same cast, offering a unique coming-of-age story. He is celebrated for his contributions to cinema and his unique storytelling approach.

Films

Nouvelle Vague

Nouvelle Vague

By Richard Linklater

2025 | 106 min | Biography

NOVELLE VAGUE makes Godard's chaotic birth of Breathless into an elegant drama of rebellion, improvisation and cinema's enduring myth on screen.

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Spirit of Ecstasy

Spirit of Ecstasy

2023 | 95 min | Drama

Jeanne Francoeur is 24 and lives in a gendarmerie barracks with her father and younger siblings. With their mother gone and their authoritarian father dominating the household, Jeanne has long carried responsibilities far beyond her age. Determined to escape this suffocating environment, she becomes obsessed with a single goal: building a future in the world of high finance. Self-taught and fiercely ambitious, Jeanne pushes her way into an environment governed by complex rules, competition and power ...

The Braves

The Braves

2021 | 100 min | Drama

Alma and Margot are best friends and dream of conquering the stages of Paris as actresses. They live fast, love intensely, and support each other when everything falls apart. Between rehearsals, rejections, small victories, and big doubts, they are inseparable—until life takes a turn that changes everything. With pulsating camera work and lively language, THE BRAVES (original title: ENTRE LES VAGUES) accompanies two young women who share more than just dreams: a hunger for life, anger, vulnerability ...

Something in the Air

Something in the Air

2012 | 125 min | Drama

Gilles is an aspiring artist and politically engaged teenager who, along with his friends, is carried away by the revolutionary ideas of late May 1968. During the day, they discuss left-wing theories; at night, they plaster the streets with political slogans. But the rebellious exuberance comes at a price: when one action gets out of hand and a security guard is injured, the group is forced to leave Paris. While fleeing through Italy and England, they encounter new ideologies, new loves and the question ...

Kika

Kika

2025 | 110 min | Drama

KIKA follows Kika at the moment her life collapses. Pregnant with her second child, she is confronted with the sudden death of her partner and left alone with grief, financial pressure and the practical demands of everyday survival. What begins as a portrait of shock quickly turns into the story of a woman forced to keep moving while everything around her falls apart. As mourning collides with economic necessity, Kika has little time to process what has happened. Bills need to be paid, decisions ...

Rien ne va plus

Rien ne va plus

2017 | 15 min | Shorts

Evi calls Bodo to tell him he won a prize in a competition he never took part in. As Bodo desperately tries to fend her off, he overhears how the casino Evi is calling from is being robbed... And now not only his life, but the lives of all the hostages are in danger.

Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum

Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum

2017 | 53 min | Documentary

Two seemingly opposite worlds—the unflinching reality of photojournalism and the staging power of cinema—meet in the shadows of film sets. Where fiction is created, Magnum photographers capture real moments: between takes, in glances, gestures, and flashes of light, far away from the official camera. For over 70 years, these two forms of imagery have stood in opposition to each other – and yet they interweave in a fascinating way. CINEMA THROUGH THE EYE OF MAGNUM shows how icons of photography such ...

A Violent Desire for Joy

A Violent Desire for Joy

2018 | 75 min | Drama

Far from the epicenter of the French Revolution, the monastery in Provence is seized by the revolutionary troops. The new concepts Gabriel learns through the forced cohabitation between monks and soldiers do not leave him cold. He has to make a decision between the old and the new. "The fact that Schneider can explore relatively complex ideas with just a few actors is a testament to his cinematic skill and creative talent. Indeed, the director doesn't seem to need much else to explore complicated ...

Say God Bye

Say God Bye

2023 | 119 min | Documentary

A teenager falls in love with cinema – or, more precisely, with the work of Jean-Luc Godard. Thomas Imbach grows up wanting to become a filmmaker, inspired by the legendary director who has been living in seclusion on Lake Geneva since the 1970s. As a young man, Imbach writes to Godard, asking for the chance to look over his shoulder while he works. But the master never replies. Decades later, Imbach sets off on foot from Zurich to Rolle to finally meet Godard. Rejected by the master, the teenager ...

Marseille

Marseille

2004 | 91 min | Drama

Sophie flees to Marseille. She roams the streets alone, taking photographs. As she abandons herself to the city, she finds it impossible to reconcile her previous life with the now... Slowly, characters emerge and weave themselves into the story - then a cut follows - and Sophie is back in Berlin. "All my films are based on the idea that much of life is inscrutable, full of misunderstandings and left to chance. The characters live in contradiction to being at the mercy of chance, and are more or ...

A Violent Life

A Violent Life

2017 | 113 min | Drama

Despite the death threat hanging over his head, Stéphane decides to return to Corsica to attend the funeral of his best friend and comrade in arms, Christophe, murdered the day before. It’s an opportunity for Stéphane to reminisce about the events of the 1990s, that led him, a cultured petty bourgeois from Bastia, to move from small crime onto political radicalization and the underground movement. Caught up in a decade old conflict between native Corsicans and immigrants from mainland France, Stéphane ...

Mother and Son

Mother and Son

2022 | 117 min | Drama

At the end of the 1980s, a mother and her two sons set foot on French soil for the first time. The hope of a better life leads them from the Ivory Coast to the suburbs of Paris—a place that offers both promise and disillusionment. Over three chapters, a family history unfolds that tells of new beginnings, motherly love, friction, and maturation. While the sons search for their way between conformity, rejection, and self-assertion, the mother struggles with social stereotypes, isolation, and her ...

Titane

Titane

2021 | 108 min | Drama

TITANE begins with an accident that permanently alters Alexia’s body and life. After surgery, she carries a titanium plate in her head; years later, her relationship with metal, engines, and machines seems more intense than any human connection. What starts as a fascination with cars, performance, and the body becomes a disturbing pull of violence, desire, and radical self-assertion. When Alexia becomes a wanted woman, she changes her appearance and assumes a new identity. She presents herself as ...