International Film Showcase

07/31/2026

Opening in Orinda on 8/21/26 and at the Jarvis Conservatory, Napa on 8/29/26 is A Sad and Beautiful World.
Winner of the Audience Award at the Venice Film Festival and selected as Lebanon’s Official Entry for the 98th Academy Awards, A Sad and Beautiful World spans decades of love, heartbreak, and hope. The film follows childhood sweethearts Nino and Yasmina as they find their way back to each other against the backdrop of a changing Lebanon. As they navigate family, identity, and the question of whether to stay or leave the country they call home, their relationship becomes a reflection of Lebanon itself.
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05/02/2026

While Colours of Time is doing very well in Orinda we are very happy to announce our next movie: Ky Nam Inn. This was Vietnam's Oscar submission earlier this year and my favorite film at the Palm Spring International Film Festival last January. A wonderful love story.
The film will play at the Jarvis Napa on 5/9/26 and will open the Orinda run on 5/22/26.
Synopsis: Set in 1985 post-war Vietnam, Khang moves to Saigon after securing a position to translate “The Little Prince.” Due to his family connections, Khang’s life under the new regime is secure. But everything changes when he meets Ky Nam, a reserved older widow from the defeated South who carries the weight of unspoken grief. Against a backdrop of Vietnamese cuisine, music, and everyday ritual, Ky Nam and Khang wrestle with conflicting feelings of desire and duty in their new world.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/Q1QW0kd4yuI

04/08/2026

We are very pleased to announce the screenings of another crowd pleaser from France: Colours of Time. The film will play at the Jarvis Conservatory , Napa on 4/18/26 and will open at the Orinda on 4/24/26.
Synopsis: United by the unexpected inheritance of a house in Normandy, four estranged cousins discover their family history. While exploring the house, left untouched since the 1940s, they excavate the life of their ancestor, Adèle Vermillard, a 20 year old woman who lived there in 1895. The end of the 19th century saw the birth of both photography and the Impressionist movement, which profoundly changed painting.
Through back-and-forth journeys between 1895 and 2025, they find in the relics of the past what will help them better envision their own future.
Trailer: https://internationalshowcase.org/?p=833