Film Series

(2023) France, PG-13, 135 min | Drama, History, Romance The story of Eugenie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin, the gourmet she has been working for over the last 20 years. Growing fonder of one another, their bond turns into a romance and gives rise to delicious dishes that impress even the world's most illustrious chefs. […]

(2023) France, 107 min | DocumentaryBetween 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.Academy Award Nominated:Best Documentary Feature Filmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUsu78a5phM

(1968) G, 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR_e9y-bka0

The Fort Myers Film Festival’s 14th annual event will include BIG ARTS this year!  The festival will have select films screening May 23-May 25 in BIG ARTS Christensen Performance Hall.

Renowned, critically-acclaimed documentary filmmaker Andrew Rossi will join us from New York City to screen three of his most engaging and entertaining documentaries.

Annie Baker, 2023, US, PG-13, 113 min
In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet.

Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2023, Japan, PG-13, 127 min
When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong.

2023, US, R, 117 min
After unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.

2023, UK, R, 100 min
When people in Littlehampton -including conservative local Edith- begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime.

Wim Wenders, 2023, Japan, PG, 124 min
Japanese with subtitles
Hirayama works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. He seems content with his simple life.

Carla Gutierrez, 2024, US, R, 87 min
Spanish with subtitles
Frida is a raw and magical journey into the life of the iconic artist Frida Kahlo, narrated through her own words for the very first time.

Matteo Garrone, 2023, Italy, 121 min
English, Wolof, and French with subtitles
Together with his cousin Moussa, Seydou, a teenage boy, decides to leave Dakar in Senegal and make his way to Europe.