Maybe the New Wave’s most anarchic entry, Věra Chytilová’s absurdist farce follows the misadventures of two brash young women (Ivana Karbanová and Jitka Cerhová). Chosen by our LUMI Programmers in celebration of European Arthouse Cinema Day . Believing the world to be “spoiled,” the women embark on a series of pranks in which nothing—food, clothes, men, war—is taken seriously.
Matching her anarchic message with an equally radical aesthetic, director Chytilová, with the close collaboration of cinematographer Jaroslav Kučera, unleashes an optical storm of fluctuating film stocks, kaleidoscopic montages, cartoonish stop-motion cutouts, and surreal costumes designed by co-writer, Ester Krumbachová.
The result is Daisies, an aesthetically and politically adventurous film that’s widely considered one of the great works of feminist cinema. LUMI is a free membership scheme for cinemagoers aged 26 or under. Our LUMI programmers are a group of creators who curate, run and host film events for LUMI at QFT. Find out more here .
Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. Filmed over the course of three years, the film captures Holmes as she continues to vehemently maintain her innocence, and evolves into something far stranger, more intimate, and more unpredictable than a conventional documentary.
Beginning in 2023, in the 34 days leading up to disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ prison sentence, filmmaker and comedian Nathan Fielder moves into Holmes’ home with her husband, Billy Evans, and their children.