Icarus Films: 2023 New Releases

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Films & DVDs Released in 2023

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Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudović Reels - Plunges us into the media battle that played out during the Algerian war for independence. A diptych with Non-Aligned: Scenes from the Labudović Reels.
Colette and Justin - A filmmaker interviews his grandparents about their experience of Belgian colonialism and the fight for Congolese independence.
The Five Demands - Two volatile weeks that changed the face of higher education.
The Grocer's Son, the Mayor, the Village and the World - A group of people gather in what used to be the village grocery store. Among the vineyards in rural France, they are trying to start a platform to stream documentary films.
Martin Roumagnac - A provincial builder falls in love with an alluring shopgirl, oblivious to her crowded romantic past. Starring Marlene Dietrich and Jean Gabin.

Matter Out of Place - Follows our garbage across the planet and sheds light on the endless struggle to gain control over people's vast quantities of waste. The new film from Nikolaus Geyrhalter.
Money, Freedom, A Story of the CFA Franc - Explores the history of the CFA Franc and monetary colonization in Africa.
Myanmar Diaries - Comprised of short films that show Myanmar's transition from military coup to nation-wide protests and civil disobedience.
Non-Aligned: Scenes from the Labudović Reels - Re-traces the birth of the Non-Aligned movement, examining how a global project of political emancipation was constituted by the cinematic image. A diptych with Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudović Reels.
The Son - A filmmaker explores the death of his cousin, who was killed while on a Russian army mission. From the director of Sleeping Souls.

Time of Pandemics - Explores the quest for an HIV vaccine in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The new film from Rehad Desai, the director of Everything Must Fall.
Trouble Sleep - A dynamic, impressionistic city symphony that uncovers the unwritten rules governing the seeming chaos of Ibadan’s streets.
Today - Director Su Friedrich tries to live in the moment, whether it's devastating or uplifting.
Users - A mother wonders, will my children love their perfect machines more than they love me, their imperfect mother? A cinematic meditation on technology and parenthood.
White Balls on Walls - Go behind-the-scenes as the staff at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Musuem strives to diversify their art collection.

Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side) - An aspiring corrido composer faces two life-changing choices: traffic drugs or unlawfully cross the border into the United States.
All Water Has a Perfect Memory - A poignant experimental documentary that explores the effects of tragedy and remembrance on a bi-cultural family.
Black Box - A taut, suspenseful thriller about a black-box analyst with an extraordinarily acute ear, who is investigating a deadly plane crash.

El General - The filmmaker reflects on her grandfather, who was a revolutionary general and then president of Mexico.
Everything Else (Todo lo Demás) - An “observational narrative” which is a mesmerizing contemplation on solitude.
Golda Maria - Searing first-person interview with a feisty Holocaust survivor.
Insecticides: License to Kill - The insect apocalypse is here and pesticides are to blame.

The Invisible Witness - A locked-room mystery with a twist: A slickly successful businessman wakes up next to his dead lover and becomes the chief suspect.
My Imaginary Country - October 2019, an unexpected revolution, a social explosion. The event Patricio Guzmán had been waiting for since his student struggles in 1973 finally materialized.
The Student and Mr. Henri - An old man lets a student live in his apartment for free in exchange for ruining his son's marriage.