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FATHERLAND (2026)

Starring Sandra Hüller, Hanns Zischler, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Anna Madeley, David Menkin, Joachim Meyerhoff, Enno Trebs, Theo Trebs and Waldemar Kobus. Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski.

Centres on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika - actress, writer and rally driver. In the summer of 1949, at the height of the Cold War, father and daughter embark on a challenging and emotional road trip in a black Buick taking them across a Germany in ruins - from US dominated Frankfurt to Soviet controlled Weimar. Returning home after sixteen years of exile in the United States, Thomas Mann has to face not only a divided fatherland, but also a deep fracture within his own family.

PLAYMOBIL: THE MOVIE (2019)

Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Gabriel Bateman, Daniel Radcliffe, Jim Gaffigan, Adam Lambert, Meghan Trainor, Kenan Thompson, Karen Strassman, Ben Diskin and Kirk Thornton. Directed by Lino Disalvo.

When her younger brother Charlie unexpectedly disappears into the magical, animated universe of Playmobil, unprepared Marla must go on a quest of a lifetime to bring him home. As she sets off on a fantastic journey across stunning new worlds, Marla teams up with some unlikely and heroic new friends - the smooth-talking food truck driver Del, the dashing and charismatic secret agent Rex Dasher, a wholehearted misfit robot, an extravagant fairy-godmother and many more. Through their vibrant adventure, Marla and Charlie realise that no matter how life plays out, you can achieve anything when you believe in yourself!

REVIEWS Playmobil: The Movie - Reassemble this play kit

WHAT'S IN A NAME? (2013)

Starring Patrick Bruel - Vincent, ValÉrie Benguigui - Elizabeth, Charles Berling - Pierre, Guillaume De Tonquedec - Claude and Judith El Zein - Anna. Directed by Alexandre De La PatelliÈre and Matthieu Delaporte.

Vincent, a successful forty-something, is about to become a father for the first time. He is invited for dinner at the quaint apartment of his sister, Élisabeth, and brother-in-law, Pierre, where he catches up with his childhood friend, Claude. Whilst waiting for Anna, his younger spouse who is always running late, his cohorts gleefully bombard him with questions on his fast approaching fatherhood... but when his hosts ask Vincent what name he has chosen for his future offspring, his response plunges the family into chaos.