Beyond the Mainstream – Where Bold Cinema Lives

Flicksium — Curating bold visions, uncompromising stories, and the soul of independent film.

The Weeping Meadow

The story begins with a wave of Greek refugees fleeing Odessa after the Russian Revolution in 1919. Among them is a young orphan girl, Eleni, adopted by a family who eventually raises her. As she blossoms into a woman, she falls deeply in love with her adoptive family's son, Alexis. Their forbidden love, shadowed by a secret, becomes the fragile heart of the tale. Pursued and torn apart, Eleni ...

Searching for Sugar Man

Searching for Sugar Man is a captivating and deeply moving documentary that unravels the mysterious tale of Rodriguez, a forgotten American musician whose haunting melodies and poetic lyrics faded into obscurity in the early 1970s—only to unknowingly become a legend halfway across the world.

In Detroit, Rodriguez recorded two soulful folk-rock albums that, despite critical acclaim...

Austeria

Jerzy Kawalerowicz's Austeria is a profound and haunting chamber drama, a eulogy for a world on the brink of extinction. Set in August 1914, the film unfolds almost in real-time within the claustrophobic confines of a small inn (austeria) perched on the border of the Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires. As the Great War erupts, the innkeeper, an aging Jew named Tag,...

Manon of the Spring

The stunning conclusion to the epic two-part saga set in the beautiful countryside of Provence. Ten years after the tragedy of Jean de Florette, Manon, now a grown shepherdess living in the hills, discovers the dark secret behind her father's death. Driven by a need for justice, she plots a cunning revenge against the local villagers who conspired against her family by cutting off their vital w...

The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

Forget what you know about documentaries. Philosopher Slavoj Žižek takes you on a mind-bending tour of our collective psyche. Using scenes from classic films like The Dark Knight, Taxi Driver, and Titanic, this provocative and witty guide reveals how ideology—the "software" of our desires—shapes our politics, our culture, and our very realit...