12th International Night Film Festival · After dark only
Six nights of cinema that only makes sense after the last métro — premieres, restorations and rooftop midnights, projected on silver until sunrise.
Opening night
The Hour of Lead — Oct 22, 21:00
All screenings after 20:00 · Doors 40 min before · Timetable v2, Oct 1
| Screen | Wed 22 | Thu 23 | Fri 24 | Sat 25 | Sun 26 | Mon 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screen ALe Rex | The Hour of LeadSE · 112′ Opening | Glass HarbourKR · 98′ | A Winter for AnaAR · 124′ | Night FareFR · 101′ Sold out | The CartographerPT · 116′ | VermilionJP · 108′ Closing |
| Screen BChapel Hall | Sleep DebtDE · 89′ | Little RadiosMX · 94′ | The Loneliness of SignalsCA · 107′ | Dogs of the Ring RoadRO · 99′ | Salt on the LensMA · 86′ | Archive Night: Nitrate ReelsINT · 75′ 35mm |
| Screen CRooftop | StaticUS · 92′ | MothsTH · 84′ | Blue Hour TriptychIS · 71′ | Redline LullabyIT · 95′ | The Projectionist’s DaughterGR · 103′ | Carte Blanche: Jury PicksINT · 90′ |
Four of eighteen · Full catalogue at the box office, printed on ivory stock
directed by Marta Lindqvist
A lighthouse keeper on a frozen strait stops winding the lamp the night her brother’s boat fails to return — and the town below learns what darkness costs.
directed by Julien Aubrac
One cab, one meter, seven passengers between midnight and dawn. A city confesses itself to the only stranger legally required to listen.
directed by Rei Nakamura
A pigment restorer discovers that the red in a ruined temple mural is still wet — and that someone repaints it every night before she arrives.
directed by Eleni Vassos
She inherits three reels, a booth key and a debt. The last cinema on the island reopens for exactly one night — hers.
Printed on ivory card at the box office · Numbered, non-transferable, collectible
€19
per evening · any single night
Valid one date · Oct 22–27
€54
Friday 24 – Sunday 26
Valid Oct 24–26 · all screens
€89
six nights · eighteen screenings
Valid Oct 22–27 · all screens
Box office opens nightly at 19:00, Quai des Lanternes 3 · Under-25s: −30% on every pass
One award only: the Nocturne Lantern, engraved on closing night
Jury President · Director
“A festival that starts when the city goes to sleep asks its films one question: can you keep three hundred strangers awake for love, not caffeine?”
Cinematographer
Editor
Film critic
Composer
All venues within a twelve-minute walk of Place du Rideau
The 1931 picture palace, restored seat by seat. Curved silver screen, velvet everything, and the loudest quiet in town.
620 seats · 35mm & 4K · Bd des Aveugles 12
A deconsecrated chapel with twelve-second reverb, tamed by drapes. Documentaries sound like confessions here.
240 seats · DCP · Rue de l’Orgue 4
Nine floors above the harbour, wool blankets on every deckchair. When the wind agrees, the city itself becomes set dressing.
180 deckchairs · weather line 19:00 · Quai des Lanternes 3