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Laemmle Theatres' weekly series of fresh international films, Worldwide Wednesdays! Most are newer obscure films that we want to bring to a broader L.A. audience, screening in multiple venues all over L.A. County so cinephiles will not have to schlep to a single location. The films, however, come from many thousands of miles away! Screenings are Wednesday evenings with encore showings on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
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Saturday, August 23, 2025

Forbidden Games
87 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
When her parents are killed in an air strike while trying to flee Paris during the German invasion, five-year-old Paulette (Brigitte Fossey) wanders into the French countryside, where she encounters 11-year-old peasant boy Michel (Georges Poujouly). As they build a special, secret friendship, the adults play their own games of buffoonish peasant feuds. A masterpiece of French post-war cinema, Forbidden Games won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival — and then became a worldwide art house smash.
Playing at:
Monica Film Center,
Newhall,
Glendale,
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5
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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Out
91 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Lovers Tom and Ajani dream of a new, less secretive life together. The two feel like outsiders in their conservative, small village. They move to Amsterdam, where a journey of self-discovery awaits them.
Playing at:
Glendale,
Newhall,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center,
Claremont 5
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait
95 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
The dazzling 2016 film from Bhutanese lama and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu (The Cup, Travelers and Magicians) chronicles a sacred jungle ritual whose masked, anonymous participants seek after complete self-knowledge — or descend into thievery, violation, and murder.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Glendale,
Monica Film Center,
Newhall
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Il Dono
80 mins
Synopsis:
A beguiling hymn to a semi-deserted Calabrian countryside and those who stayed behind, Il Dono portrays the village of Caulonia, which saw a dramatic decrease in inhabitants from roughly 15,000 in the '50s to just a few hundred people at the time of filming. In mainly long, static, observational takes and with next to no dialogue, Il Dono pieces together the fragments of a place guided by slow rhythms and which could be described as “old world” with traditions, rituals, and charm.
Playing at:
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale,
Newhall,
Claremont 5
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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Bauryna Salu
113 mins
Synopsis:
In Kazakhstan, the ancient nomadic tradition of "bauryna salu" dictates that firstborn children be raised by their grandparents. Following this custom, Yersultan grows up and bonds with his grandmother while feeling abandoned by his parents. At age 12, his world is shattered by his grandmother's death, which forces him to leave the only home he's ever known and return to live with a family he barely recognizes.
Playing at:
Newhall,
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center,
Glendale
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Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Brides
93 mins
Synopsis:
Brides, Nadia Fall's compelling debut feature, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. It offers a powerful and empathetic look into the lives of two alienated teenage girls, Doe and Muna, who leave the U.K. for Syria in search of purpose and...MORE
Playing at:
Monica Film Center,
Town Center 5,
Glendale,
Newhall
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Bauryna Salu
113 mins
Synopsis:
In Kazakhstan, the ancient nomadic tradition of "bauryna salu" dictates that firstborn children be raised by their grandparents. Following this custom, Yersultan grows up and bonds with his grandmother while feeling abandoned by his parents. At age 12, his world is shattered by his grandmother's death, which forces him to leave the only home he's ever known and return to live with a family he barely recognizes.
Playing at:
Glendale,
Newhall,
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center
Dates:
9.17.25,
Wed Sep 17, 2025,
9.20.25,
Sat Sep 20, 2025
9.21.25
and Sun Sep 21, 2025
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Brides
93 mins
Synopsis:
Brides, Nadia Fall's compelling debut feature, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. It offers a powerful and empathetic look into the lives of two alienated teenage girls, Doe and Muna, who leave the U.K. for Syria in search of purpose and...MORE
Playing at:
Glendale,
Newhall,
Monica Film Center,
Town Center 5
Dates:
9.24.25,
Wed Sep 24, 2025,
9.27.25,
Sat Sep 27, 2025
9.28.25
and Sun Sep 28, 2025
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Chainsaws Were Singing
117 mins
Synopsis:
Maria is having one of the worst days of her life. But all of her troubles melt away when she locks eyes with Tom in the midst of his suicide attempt. Soon, the gobsmacked young lovers are expressing their undying love through song. Their courtship is cut short though when a killer with a chainsaw and his own musical backstory takes Maria captive. Nearly 10 years in the making, this bastard child of Stephen Sondheim and Lloyd Kaufman is an utterly indescribable Estonian odyssey.
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Il Dono
80 mins
Synopsis:
A beguiling hymn to a semi-deserted Calabrian countryside and those who stayed behind, Il Dono portrays the village of Caulonia, which saw a dramatic decrease in inhabitants from roughly 15,000 in the '50s to just a few hundred people at the time of filming. In mainly long, static, observational takes and with next to no dialogue, Il Dono pieces together the fragments of a place guided by slow rhythms and which could be described as “old world” with traditions, rituals, and charm.
Playing at:
Glendale,
Newhall,
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center
Dates:
9.10.25,
Wed Sep 10, 2025,
9.13.25,
Sat Sep 13, 2025
9.14.25
and Sun Sep 14, 2025
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Forbidden Games
87 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
When her parents are killed in an air strike while trying to flee Paris during the German invasion, five-year-old Paulette (Brigitte Fossey) wanders into the French countryside, where she encounters 11-year-old peasant boy Michel (Georges Poujouly). As they build a special, secret friendship, the adults play their own games of buffoonish peasant feuds. A masterpiece of French post-war cinema, Forbidden Games won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival — and then became a worldwide art house smash.
Playing at:
Monica Film Center,
Newhall,
Glendale,
Town Center 5,
Claremont 5
Dates:
8.23.25,
Sat Aug 23, 2025
8.24.25
and Sun Aug 24, 2025
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Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait
95 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
The dazzling 2016 film from Bhutanese lama and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu (The Cup, Travelers and Magicians) chronicles a sacred jungle ritual whose masked, anonymous participants seek after complete self-knowledge — or descend into thievery, violation, and murder.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Town Center 5,
Glendale,
Monica Film Center,
Newhall
Dates:
9.3.25,
Wed Sep 03, 2025,
9.6.25,
Sat Sep 06, 2025
9.7.25
and Sun Sep 07, 2025
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Out
91 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Lovers Tom and Ajani dream of a new, less secretive life together. The two feel like outsiders in their conservative, small village. They move to Amsterdam, where a journey of self-discovery awaits them.
Playing at:
Claremont 5,
Glendale,
Newhall,
Town Center 5,
Monica Film Center
Dates:
8.27.25,
Wed Aug 27, 2025,
8.30.25,
Sat Aug 30, 2025
8.31.25,
Sun Aug 31, 2025
9.1.25
and Mon Sep 01, 2025
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Plastic Guns
96 mins Not Rated
Synopsis:
Combien two flippant morticians, a rockstar criminal profiler, an innocent traveler, two amatuer sleuths, one actual serial killer, and authorities from two countries competing over who can look the least foolish, and you have a film full of introduce side-splitting and shocking black humor. Director Jean-Christophe Meurisse delivers a fantastical farce highlighting society’s growing apathy toward violence and our inability to change once we know something to be “true.”
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