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Films from independent producers worldwide.

"Since 1978, Icarus has offered a haven for nonfiction films that are at once socially conscious and supremely artful." —The New York Times

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SURPRISE! SALE STARTS NOW! Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday all rolled into one... starting right now! Get a 50% discount on select Blu-rays and Box Sets starting today, November 25th, 2025, through Monday, December 1st, 2025 ✨ bit.ly/icarusshopsm...
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Peter Watkins (Oct 29, 1935—Oct 30, 2025)
“His cinema persistently asked questions about those in power, and what will happen when their power goes catastrophically wrong.” @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social @theguardian.com

LA COMMUNE (PARIS, 1871) is streaming on OVID courtesy @icarusfilms.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Icarus Films announces the acquisition of Croatian Oscar Contender FIUME O MORTE! by Igor Bezinović.

** Winner of the Tiger Award + FIPRESCI prize - Rotterdam Film Festival
*** Best Film, Director, Screenplay - Adriatic Film & TV Awards

“Revelatory!” @newyorker.com
"Infectious!" @thefilmstage.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
CRITIC’S PICK! “AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY…
continually engrossing ... built entirely from material shown on Swedish public television.” @nytimes.com

ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958–1989 premieres TOMORROW at Film Forum — get your tickets while still available! 🎟

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/m...
Review: How Swedish Television Covered the Middle East
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October 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Israel Palestine On Swedish TV 1958-1989 with Göran Hugo Olsson (Filmmaker) 🎟️

Israel Palestine On Swedish TV 1958-1989
Friday, October 10
Film Forum

In Person: Göran Hugo Olsson (Filmmaker)
Israel Palestine On Swedish TV 1958-1989 with Göran Hugo Olsson (Filmmaker)
Israel Palestine On Swedish TV 1958-1989 - Film Forum
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September 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 with Göran Hugo Olsson (Filmmaker), Siddhant Adlakha (Moderator) 🎥

Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
Sunday, October 12
Film Forum

In Person: Göran Hugo Olsson (Filmmaker), Siddhant Adlakha (Moderator)
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 with Göran Hugo Olsson (Filmmaker), Siddhant Adlakha (Moderator)
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 - Film Forum
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September 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 documentary by Göran Hugo Olsson draws from the vaults of Sweden’s public television to assemble decades of raw news footage providing a cold war-era account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Opens in theaters on October 10.

see trailer: vimooz.me/s99m36
September 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Our in-person tribute to Swedish documentarian Göran Olsson begins with the West Coast Premiere of ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958-1989. We’ll also be showing his highly acclaimed 2014 doc, CONCERNING VIOLENCE – both followed by Q&As.

10/15-16 at LF3
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September 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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My new Blu-ray slipcover art for Marc Allégret’s LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER (1955), the first screen adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s controversial novel 🖤. It was banned in NY for "promoting adultery," until the Supreme Court overturned the ruling in 1959. @icarusfilms.bsky.social @vinsyn.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“A moving portrait!” (POV Magazine). “A tremendously powerful work on emancipation, freedom and opportunity for women in Afghanistan” (Cineuropa)

Los Angeles! Najiba Noori's WRITING HAWA screens at Laemmle Theatres October 8th, 11th, & 12th 🎟️

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October 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Paris Calligrammes review
NO REGRETS
J. Hoberman on Ulrike Ottinger’s Paris Calligrammes
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October 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Tomorrow 10/3! Filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger IN PERSON for PARIS CALLIGRAMMES. Part of Metrograph NYC series Ulrike Ottinger: From Paris to Berlin

🎟️ metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999002553
October 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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***ANNOUNCEMENT***

Now available to order on Blu-ray and shipping later this month in the US from the @vinsyn.bsky.social website from #OCNDistribution #PartnerLabel @icarusfilms.bsky.social: #LadyChatterlysLover (1955)!

This is the first film of D.H. Lawrence’s controversial novel,
October 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Jasmila Žbanić's film on the extraordinary Emerik BLUM: MASTERS OF THEIR OWN DESTINY is Bosnia and Herzegovina's official entry to the 98th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film!

"An important historical document...Inspiring!"
—Sarajevo Times

Playdates coming soon!
September 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Acquisition News‼️
Icarus Films proudly announces North American distribution rights for BLUM — MASTERS OF THEIR OWN DESTINY, a portrait of Bosnian engineer and Holocaust survivor Emerik Blum from Academy-Award nominated director Jasmila Žbanić
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Icarus Acquires Jasmila Žbanić’s ‘Blum: Masters of Their Own Destiny’ Doc For North American Distribution
Icarus Films has acquired North American distribution rights to 'Blum: Masters of Their Own Destiny'.
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August 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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The official trailer is here for ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958–1989 ‼️

Directed by Göran Hugo Olsson (The Black Power Mixtape) coming soon to theaters in Fall @filmforumnyc.bsky.social
+ other venues nationwide yet to be announced! 🎞️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVpf...
ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958-1989 Trailer
YouTube video by Icarus Films
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July 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The official trailer is here for ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958–1989 ‼️

Directed by Göran Hugo Olsson (The Black Power Mixtape) coming soon to theaters in Fall @filmforumnyc.bsky.social
+ other venues nationwide yet to be announced! 🎞️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVpf...
ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958-1989 Trailer
YouTube video by Icarus Films
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July 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958–1989 directed by archival film maestro Göran Hugo Olsson (The Black Power Mixtape), comes to Film Forum NYC @filmforumnyc.bsky.social in Fall 2025, followed by theaters nationwide.

Visit icarusfilms.com/if-isrpal for more details!
July 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
NEW ON BLU-RAY! Robert Kramer's essential ROUTE ONE/USA is now available on 2-disc Blu-ray set.

BONUS FEATURES: ✨New release LOOKING FOR ROBERT (2025) from longtime Kramer collaborator Richard Copans✨12-page essay booklet

Press release: mailchi.mp/icarusfilms/...
NOW ON BLU-RAY: ROUTE ONE/USA
In 1988, after years living abroad, renegade filmmaker Robert Kramer returns. “Back,” he emphasizes. Not “home.” To try to understand the country as it is, he decides to travel the entire length of Ro...
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July 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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***ANNOUNCEMENT***

Now available to order on Blu-ray and shipping later this month in the US from @vinsyn.bsky.social and #OCNDistribution #PartnerLabel @icarusfilms.bsky.social: #RoueOne / #USA (1989)!

In 1988, after years living abroad, renegade filmmaker Robert Kramer returns.
July 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The "truly scandalous" (J. Hoberman, The Village Voice) SEVENTEEN screens tonight at the new LOW CINEMA in NYC. Curated by filmmaker Nellie Kluz as part of series DELLS NATION.

"Positively crucial to documentary film history."—Film Comment

Tickets 🎟️
lowcinema.com/tickets/p/eh...
June 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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THE HELL OF AUSCHWITZ: MAUS BY ART SPIEGLEMAN @icarusfilms.bsky.social
Explores the revolution of Art Spiegelman's graphic novel masterpiece, Maus, with humor and finesse. 🔗 docuseek2.com/if-maus

🎥 #Docuseek #NowStreaming #AcademicStreaming #documentary #film #graphicnovel
June 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“Refreshingly raw.” @SensesofCinema

ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958–1989, directed by Göran Hugo Olsson, a monumental documentary filtering over 30 years of public service broadcasting, comes to Film Forum NYC in Fall, followed by theaters nationwide.

Stay tuned! icarusfilms.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
WRITING HAWA continues its festival journey! This time @dcdoxfest.bsky.social on June 15. Telling the story of three generations of Hazara women in Afghanistan, director Najiba Noori intimately captures her mother and niece as they aspire to emancipate themselves.
dcdoxfest.com/films/writin...
Writing Hawa - DC/DOX
Forty years after being married off as a child, Hawa begins to envision an independent life, driven by a desire to become literate and start her own business. However, with the return of the Taliban t...
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June 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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