Film: pre-eminently the medium to release emotions. To become entangled in them. Film can make you laugh, cry, amaze, move, fascinate. Rialto makes you feel that film is important. That's why we like to tip off some must-see films you don't want to miss this winter!
Rialto entangles in emotions
Be moved, fascinated and amazed this winter
Touching films
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Deep in the forests of Estonia there is a traditional smoking sauna, the place where women share loves and sorrows. Anna Hints portrays it beautifully.
De Bezette Stad
What happened in Amsterdam during WWII? Bianca Stigter has detailed it in her book, her life partner Steve McQueen has monumentally translated it into images.
Perfect Days
Poetic reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world. At the centre is Hirayama, a man who cleans toilets in Tokyo.
Fascinating specials
Moolaadé - Fiction & Science
Collé, a strong Burkinabe woman, opposes the practice of female circumcision. It has far-reaching consequences. With introduction.
Orlando - Queer Pioneers
In 1603, the young nobleman Orlando must promise the queen never to grow old. He does so. Centuries later, something profound happens: he becomes a she. With Tilda Swinton.
Freda – Movies That Matter on Tour
Freda faces a dilemma: continue to believe in her homeland or leave Haiti, a country torn apart by social and political abuses.