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"A knockout! Eerie and dreamlike." @FinancialTimes ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS, a neo-noir thriller by Wei Shujun, is now streaming on OVID courtesy @KimStimFilms "A compelling, evocative mystery." @TheFilmStage

A pioneer of American avant-garde cinema, Maya Deren once said that "a truly creative work of art creates a new reality"—an assertion she realizes in MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON, part of a bundle of Deren's EXPERIMENTAL FILMS 1943-1959 now streaming on OVID courtesy @womenmakemovies

OVID’s JUNE LINEUP IS HERE! Penélope Cruz in Rome, Upstate with artist Peter Bradley, Serge Gainsbourg's Euro spy-thriller cameo, Paraguay’s 35-year dictatorship, and much more to come... metafilm.ovid.tv/2026/05/20/ovi…

"One of the most complete cinematic documents about a political conflict in recent memory." @Truthdig From the archival wiz who brought you The Black Power Mixed Tape, Göran Hugo Olsson's magnum opus ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958-1989 is ONLY on OVID courtesy @IcarusFilms

WRITING HAWA is an essential account of resilience in the face of the Taliban’s takeover: "A moving portrait! A potent reminder that we can’t forget Afghanistan." @POVmagazine "Fantastic and unique… Highly recommended!" @Video_Librarian ONLY on OVID courtesy @IcarusFilms

Take a look inside trailblazing artist Peter Bradley's home in this week's New York Times Style section... and learn more about Bradley's life in doc WITH PETER BRADLEY, available now on demand and #ComingSoon to @OVIDtv! ▶️ icarusfilms.com/if-wpbrad 🔗nytimes.com/2026/05/07/t-m…

"CRITIC’S PICK! AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY... Continually engrossing." @nytimes Archival wizard Göran Hugo Olsson's ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958-1989 "deserves to be seen... Beyond hours and hours of fascinating footage." —Screen Slate ONLY on OVID courtesy @IcarusFilms

"Chilling... A timely watch" (Screen Daily), THE PROPAGANDIST investigates the rise and fall of Dutch filmmaker Jan Teunissen. New today on Prime Video, Apple TV, Vimeo, Icarus Films, and @ovidtv ▶️ icarusfilms.com/if-propag

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CHRISTOPHER NOLAN PRESENTS: SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS by THE QUAY BROTHERS: a "surreal stop-motion fantasia" @Variety and "wonderfully strange niche item that connoisseurs will no doubt treasure" @Screendaily now dreaming/streaming on OVID courtesy @KimStimFilms

"If you yearn for sound, color and elaborate fantasy trappings... this would be a great time to head over to arthouse streaming platform OVID." @48hills reviews our new restored Czech gems and the Quay Brothers’ first full-length film in two decades! 48hills.org/2026/05/screen…

“A heady brew of adroit artistry... PRAGUE NIGHTS will delight fans of both horror and European Cinema alike.”  —The Movie Isle “Delightful, visually ravishing.” —The Movie Sleuth A long-lost Sixties Czech occult horror anthology now found on OVID courtesy @DeafCrocodile

Chris Marker is OVID’s Featured Filmmaker this month! Our collection includes LE JOLI MAI: "A far-reaching meditation on the relationship between individual and society." @FilmComment ovid.tv/chris-marker-f…

Carmen Trocker's observational documentary PERSONALE immerses us behind-the-scenic-scenes with housekeeping staff at the bottom of the hotel hierarchy, without whom nothing churns. "Deceptively simple." @Cineuropa Now streaming on OVID courtesy @IcarusFilms

In BLUM: MASTERS OF THEIR OWN DESTINY, Academy Award–nominated director Jasmila Žbanić sheds light on an extraordinary historical figure Emerik Blum, a Sarajevo-born engineer and founder of Energoinvest. "Fascinating!" —Lepota & Zdravlje Streaming on OVID courtesy @IcarusFilms

RULE OF TWO WALLS is an intimate look at the war in Ukraine as seen through the eyes of Ukrainian artists. “The resilience of the country’s artists comes into sharp, urgent relief.” @artnet Directed by David Gutnik, Executive Producer Liev Schreiber. Now streaming on OVID 🎞️