Stage Fright

Monty Comes Back

September 2016 •English

After fighting with his boss and losing his job, Monty, a semi-successful thespian, flees back home to live with his parents under false pretenses. His old friends and family are left to deal with his inflated ego, while he comes to terms with the fact he isn't as 'great' as he may believe.

Swan Song

January 1992 •English

An aging actor remembers his past stage triumphs and contemplates a dim future on the stage of an empty theatre. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

The Argument

September 2020 •English

A couple get into an argument at their cocktail party that escalates until it brings an abrupt end to the festivities. They and their guests decide to re-create the entire night again and again to determine who was right.

The Craft

Invalid date •English

A Hollywood acting guru challenges a young actress to confront her demons in order to maximize her potential.

The Country Girl

December 1954 •English

An ex-theater actor is given one more chance to star in a musical yet his alcoholism may prevent it from happening.

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

January 2014 •English

When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people.

Racek

June 1997 •Czech

Harry Is Not Okay

September 2021 •English

A troubled writer loses his grip on reality when two balaclava-clad men turn up at his flat.

Last Lights

July 2019 •French

A director and his actress go to the Cannes Film Festival, looking for money to finance a movie they wrote. But an unexpected incident will disturb their quest…

Stage Kemono Friends “JAPARI STAGE!” ~The Big Ear and the Small Miracle~

October 2020 •Japanese

Lootin'

Invalid date •English

Imran Khalil made it: he finally got his big break as an actor. However, after an incident at a press event goes viral and gets him fired, he is forced to return to Luton and figure out his next move.

The Sorrows of Gin

October 1979 •English

An affluent suburban couple's empty and gin-fueled lives are observed through the eyes of their neglected, eight-year old daughter.

The Float

May 2019 •English

A dying man attempts to reconcile his fragmented relationship with a mysterious young girl. It dosen't end well.

Masterclass

October 2005 •Dutch

An actor tempts fate when he convinces a legendary, but loose-cannon, theater director out of retirement to give a masterclass at a drama school.

Asteroid City

June 2023 •English

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

The Frontiers Are My Prison

October 2021 •English

Worried that he has not unlocked his full creative potential, Oscar, a young writer, throws away medication designed to remediate his schizophrenic outbursts. However, as his medication begins to wear off, Oscar finds it increasingly difficult to differentiate between the story he writes and the reality in which he lives. Centered around themes of isolation and perspective, THE FRONTIERS ARE MY PRISON explores the question: what does it mean to be a "frontiersman" in the twenty-first century?

Five Til Midnight

October 2022 •English

After being rejected at a party on New Years Eve, Henri is given unwanted advice by a drunk at a bus stop as he soon realizes something strange going on.

Heilige Jeanne

March 1978 •Dutch

Dutch television adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play "Saint Joan".

National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage

February 2022 •English

Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child lies the fate of the future. And as the waters rise around them, powerful adversaries conspire for mastery of Dust: salvation to some, the source of infinite corruption to others.

Revue Starlight ―The LIVE― #1 revival

June 2018 •Japanese

At the Seisho Music Academy, the 99th Graduating Class is rehearsing for the annual production of the theatrical play, Starlight. Behind the scenes, however, an underground "Revue Starlight" audition, orchestrated by a talking giraffe, pits the students against each other in stage battles in order to shine as the top star. Karen Aijō, upon being reunited with her childhood friend Hikari Kagura, comes across these auditions and battles to become the top star alongside Hikari.