Enzian Theater

Chhota Cinema: New Indian Shorts 2024
2024-10-06 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Filmmaker in attendance for post-film Q&A!
Award winners from the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA), Slamdance, Austin, and Tasveer Film Festivals are some of the gems in this wonderfully diverse short film showcase. Featuring 2 Southeast premieres and a Florida premiere, this eclectic and highly entertaining 4-film program is truly the best in new South Asian cinema.
Purchase a Series Pass to receive discounted admission to all 5 South Asian Film Festival programs, plus priority seating!
Please note, there are no Enzian Film Society Member discounts or table reservations for South Asian Film Festival films.

PLACES I’VE CALLED MY OWN
India, 2023, 28 MIN
Directed by Sushma Khadepaun
In Hindi with English Subtitles
Southeast Premiere!
After several years in the US, Tara returns to India for the funeral of her father. There, she finds a mother in denial about her sexual orientation, an ex-girlfriend who has rebuilt her life with a man, and the shadow of the paterfamilias that continues to hang over the home.

BARELY BREATHING
USA, 2023, 20 MIN
Directed by Derek Evans
After an awkward masturbation accident, Sai (writer/producer Neal Reddy) is guilted into moving back in with his father, forcing them to bridge the chasm left by the death of Sai’s mother years prior.

DOSH
USA, 2024, 16 MIN
Directed by Radha Mehta
Florida Premiere!
When her son’s life is put at risk at their family’s pre-wedding ritual, a hard-of-hearing mother must decide how to seek help for her husband in order to keep her family safe in this winner of “The Spirit of Slamdance” Award at the 2024 Slamdance Film Festival.

MEN IN BLUE
USA, 2023, 35 MIN
Directed by Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda
In English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu with English Subtitles
Southeast Premiere!
Winner of the Directors Guild of America Grand Prize and the Grand Jury Award at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Resistance brews among the Indian immigrants who were stripped of their dignity when a reputed shipyard in Texas conscripted them as guest workers to repair the oil rigs and ships damaged after Hurricane Katrina.

Girls Will Be Girls
2024-10-07 18:30 - 20:30
Southeast Premiere!
In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, Mira is a successful student shouldering high expectations from her parents and her teachers. But as she wrestles with new desires and ample curiosity inspired by the handsome Sri, she finds herself at odds with the school’s strict rules and her mother’s incessant involvement in her new romance. As Mira strives to escape the watchful eyes of her teachers, mother and fellow students and find time alone with Sri, she approaches learning about love with the same dedication that she applies to her studies, resulting in sometimes comic and shocking conclusions. Winner of two prizes at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival–the World Cinema Drama Audience Award and a Special Jury Award for Acting–this sublime coming-of-age tale deeply understands girlhood and is a masterclass in mother -daughter tension during awkward adolescence.
Purchase a Series Pass to receive discounted admission to all 5 South Asian Film Festival programs, plus priority seating!
Please note, there are no Enzian Film Society Member discounts or table reservations for South Asian Film Festival films.

Three...Extremes
2024-10-08 21:30 - 23:30
Part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
20th Anniversary – 35mm Screening!
Three Tales of Terror! Exploring the outer limits of the macabre, THREE…EXTREMES is a bracing anthology of horror films uniting a trio of East Asia’s most compelling directors: Japan’s maverick Takashi Miike (AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER), internationally acclaimed South Korean director Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY, THE HANDMAIDEN), and Hong Kong cult favorite Fruit Chan (THREE HUSBANDS).
“Dumplings”: An aging actress (Bai Ling, THE CROW) wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties; however, they contain a gruesome secret ingredient.
“Cut”: A successful film director (Lee Byung-hun, I SAW THE DEVIL) and his wife are kidnapped by an extra who forces the director to play his sadistic games. If he fails, his wife’s fingers will be chopped off one by one every five minutes.
“Box”: A soft-spoken young woman has a bizarre recurring nightmare about being buried in a box in the snow. Searching for her long-lost sister, she realizes her dreams and reality may possibly be connected.

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

Trifecta – $15
Three Rums, Velvet Falernum, Lime Juice, Grapefruit Juice, Cinnamon Syrup, Absinthe Spritz

Blade
2024-10-12 - 2024-10-16
Kris Kristofferson Tribute Film!
Imbued with the cursed gift of immortality, the invincible half-human/half-vampire hybrid, Blade (Wesley Snipes), embarks on an endless mission to rid humankind of the bloodsuckers that infest the Earth. Suppressing his feral thirst for human blood, the preternatural “Day-walker” crosses paths with the megalomaniac vampire, Deacon Frost (Steven Dorff), whose ambitious plans threaten to end the world as we know it. Now, Blade and his loyal mentor, Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), seem to have met their match. Can they put an end to Deacon’s nightmarish scheme?
With supporting turns from N’Bushe Wright (Dead Presidents), Donal Logue (Zodiac), Udo Kier (Blood for Dracula), Traci Lords (Cry Baby) and Sanaa Lathan (Love & Basketball) and a screenplay from David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight), don’t miss the birth of the ultimate Marvel anti-hero!

Suspiria
2024-10-12 11:00 - 13:00
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
Dive into the magic of cinema with the Enzian Film Club! Join us for an enriching experience where film enthusiasts and novices alike can explore classic films in a new light. Each session features a short presentation by esteemed professors from local colleges, followed by collaborative discussions that bring fresh insights and foster a deeper appreciation for the art of filmmaking. Part of our Saturday Matinee Classics series, the Enzian Film Club is your gateway to understanding and enjoying timeless cinematic masterpieces in a vibrant, community-focused setting.
Featuring an Enzian Film Club discussion on “Lighting for Film” by David T. Meyers of Full Sail University.
“The only thing more terrifying that the last 10 minutes of this film, are the first 90”
Amid a violent and unequalled tempest, an ambitious American ballet student Suzy Bannion (Jessica Harper, PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE) arrives at Freiburg’s distinguished Dance Academy against the backdrop of another young student’s atrocious murder.
Forced to remain at school after a sudden fainting spell, Suzy gradually begins to suspect that the unremitting attacks on the institute’s unsuspecting members and the seemingly endless string of ominous incidents concur with disquieting and insidious rumors of witchcraft. Is the renowned academy, indeed, a covert nest of vipers?
About the speaker: David T. Meyers is the Film Department Chairman at Full Sail University, where he teaches the History of Motion Picture Arts. He began his film career working with legendary director George Romero on the feature film MONKEY SHINES.

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

Mother Markos $15
Spiced Apple Rum, Turmeric-Orange Syrup, Lime Juice, Blue Spirulina

Near Dark
2024-10-12 23:59 - 2024-10-13 01:30
Part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
Out along the isolated highways of the Midwest they wait. The undead, eager for the blood of their next victim.
Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow’s (“The Hurt Locker”) grisly horror tale follows young Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar), who gets drawn into a clan of outlaw vampires (“Aliens” co-stars Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Jenette Goldstein) and is soon faced with a dangerous decision: Destroy them or become indoctrinated into their ranks.

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

Deadwood – $15
White Rum, Almond Syrup, Lemon Juice, Activated Charcoal

Phantom of the Paradise
2024-10-14 21:30 - 23:30
Part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
50th Anniversary!
Director Brian De Palma’s (CARRIE) deliciously campy rock opera take on “The Phantom of the Opera” celebrates 50 years of unhinged glory.
Evil record tycoon Swan (Oscar-nominated songwriter Paul Williams) has sold his soul to the devil for eternal youth. Swan’s current scheme is to steal the music and star singer (Jessica Harper, SUSPIRIA) from composer Winslow Leach (William Finley, SISTERS) to celebrate the opening of his rock palace, The Paradise. While trying to stop Swan, Leach is left horribly disfigured and takes refuge in the cavernous theater, hiding his mangled face beneath an eerie mask and planning gruesome vengeance upon all who have wronged him.

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

Swan Song – $15
Tequila, Overproof Rum, Aperol, Velvet Falernum, Passion Fruit, Lime Juice, Guava Beer

Interview with the Vampire
2024-10-15 21:30 - 23:30
Part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
30th Anniversary – 35mm Screening!
Based on Anne Rice’s iconic novel and set against the backdrop of a gloomy San Francisco, the nearly two-century-old vampire, Louis de Pointe du Lac (Brad Pitt), recounts the unbelievable story of his eternal transformation and a life worse than death to the sceptic reporter, Daniel Molloy (Christian Slater). Spanning two hundred years of cruel betrayals, extreme solitude, and unquenched thirst, Louis’ grimly fascinating tale pivots around his perpetually regrettable decision to embrace the dictatorship of blood, and, above all, his maker: the seductive blonde aristocrat of death, Lestat de Lioncourt (Tom Cruise). Is Louis’ mystical epic of bloodshed genuine? Is this, indeed, an interview with a vampire?

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

Lestat’s Blood – $16
Fig Infused Rye, Rooibos Tea, Grand Marnier, Bitters, Absinthe Spritz

Bones
2024-10-16 20:00 - 22:00
Part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
Free movies on the Enzian lawn!
Wednesday Night Pitcher Shows are FREE and open to the public. Keep an eye on our Facebook for information about rescheduled shows due to weather. Free overflow parking is available at Park Maitland School and Peach Valley across the street. Outside food & beverage is not permitted.
Want a reserved spot on the lawn with a bucket of beer and popcorn for your besties? We have a limited number of exclusive picnic baskets for sale! Grab one fast before the sell out.

The time is 1979. Jimmy Bones (Snoop Dog) is respected and loved as the neighborhood protector. When he is betrayed and brutally murdered by a corrupt cop, Bones’ elegant brownstone becomes his tomb. Twenty-two years later, the neighborhood has been devastated, and his home has turned into a gothic ruin. Four teens renovate it as an after-hours nightclub, unknowingly releasing Jimmy’s tortured spirit. It’s thrills and chills and blood spills when Jimmy’s ghost sets about its frightful revenge, his killers unaware of the gruesome fate that awaits them. With each new victim, the terror mounts, and Bones’ vengeance spins out of control, threatening everyone in his path, including his former lover, Pearl (Pam Grier, Jackie Brown). From director Ernest Dickerson (Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight), and featuring supporting turns from Khalil Kain (Juice), Bianca Lawson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Katherine Isabelle (Ginger Snaps) …get ready for Bones!!!

News From Home
2024-10-17 18:00 - 20:00
All free La CinOMAthéque screenings will take place in the Truist Auditorium at the Orlando Museum of Art.
ACCESS FOR ALL AT OMA presents:
La CinOMAthéque: A collaboration between OMA and Enzian, with generous support provided by the Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
The Orlando Museum of Art is thrilled to announce the launch of La CinOMAthéque in partnership with the Enzian Theater, as part of its “Access for All at OMA,” an all-new program offering FREE admission to the museum!
Access for All at OMA is a monthly free day dedicated to the community. La CinOMAthéque will be a series of 6 bimonthly free screenings of experimental, avant-garde, art films in the Truist auditorium at OMA on Access for All day.
Each screening will be introduced by a UCF film professor and include a talkback with OMA Chief Curator Coralie Claeysen-Gleyzon and Enzian Programming Manager Tim Anderson.
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News from Home
Introduction by Elizabeth Danker Kritzer
Letters from Chantal Akerman’s (Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Brussels) mother are read over a series of elegantly composed shots of 1976 New York, where our (unseen) filmmaker and protagonist has relocated. Akerman’s unforgettable time capsule of the city is also a gorgeous meditation on urban alienation and personal and familial disconnection.

We Live In Time
2024-10-18 - 2024-10-31
From the director of the 3-time Academy Award nominated film Brooklyn.
Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken, in 2-time BAFTA award-winning filmmaker John Crowley’s decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.

The Mist: Black & White Director's Cut
2024-10-19 11:00 - 15:00
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
Rare Black & White Director’s Cut Screening!
Featuring a Book to Big Screen discussion on The Mist with Dr. Paul D. Reich of Rollins College!
After a powerful storm damages their Maine home, David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his young son head into town to gather food and supplies. Soon afterward, a thick fog rolls in and engulfs the town, trapping the Draytons and others in the grocery store. Terror mounts as deadly creatures reveal themselves outside, but that may be nothing compared to the threat within.
3-time Academy award nominee Frank Darabont (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE GREEN MILE) assembles an iconic cast featuring: Marcia Gay Harden (MYSTIC RIVER), Toby Jones (HARRY POTTER), William Sadler (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION), Andre Braugher (HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET) and future THE WALKING DEAD co-stars Laurie Holden and Jeffrey DeMunn in this timeless adaptation of the legendary Stephen King novella.
About the speaker: Dr. Paul D. Reich is the Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Rollins College. He teaches literature and media studies classes, including courses on Asian literature and film, contemporary television, and adaptation. His essay, “Under the Influence: Adaptation, Adultery, and Acceptance in Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya and Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car,” has recently appeared in Comparative Drama. He has co-authored two essays on critically acclaimed television shows Westworld, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Watchmen

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

The Widower – $15
Gin, Earl Grey Tea, Lavender Syrup, Ube, Oat Milk, Whipped Cream

Ginger Snaps
2024-10-19 23:59 - 2024-10-20 01:30
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
Fifteen-year-old Brigitte Fitzgerald (Emily Perkins, STEPHEN KING’S IT, JUNO) and her nearly-sixteen-year-old sister Ginger (Katharine Isabelle, FREDDY VS. JASON, AMERICAN MARY) are both best friends and outcasts. Obsessed with dying and bound by a childhood pact to stay together forever, they loathe their mind-numbing existence in the suburbs of Bailey Downs. One the night of Ginger’s first period, the two girls are heading through the woods when Ginger is savagely attacked by a wild creature.
Ginger’s horrible wounds miraculously heal over, but something is not quite right about her. Ginger is irritable and in denial. But to Brigitte, it is obvious that a terrifying force has taken hold of her sister. She’s convinced that the insatiable craving her sister is experiencing can mean only one thing: Ginger is becoming something unspeakably evil and monstrous.
Also starring Mimi Rogers (PENNY DREADFUL), Kris Lemche (FINAL DESTINATION 3) and Jesse Moss (TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL), this wicked feminist horror film was created by ORPHAN BLACK Producers John Fawcett and Karen Walton

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

Hair of the Wolf – $15
Bourbon, Pomegranate Juice, Ginger Beer, Raspberries

Enzian Kid’s Halloween Party featuring Frankenweenie
2024-10-20 11:00 - 14:00
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
There’s fun for all ages at Enzian’s family-friendly Halloween celebration! Put on your costumes and join us for a costume parade, crafts, and Frankenweenie! Kids can decorate their own spooktacular candy bag and enjoy some trick-or-treating outside after the movie.
Event Start: 11:00am
Film Begins: 12:00pm
Trick-or-Treating Ends: 2:30pm
Tickets are only $12.50 for adults and $13.50 for kids. Kids tickets include a candy bag kit, admission to the film, and a Halloween Squishmallow!
Table reservations cannot be made for this event. For questions, please email events@enzian.org.

Frankenweenie:
Young Victor Frankenstein (Charlie Tahan) is a science nerd and outsider at school, but he does have one good friend: his dog, Sparky. But then, tragedy strikes, and Sparky shuffles off this mortal coil. Victor is heartbroken, but his science teacher (Martin Landau) gives him an idea of how to jolt old Sparky back to life. The experiment is successful, and all goes well, until Victor’s fellow students steal his secret and use it to resurrect other dead animals — with monstrous consequences.

Try our special kid-friendly Halloween drink, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

Franken-Peep – $5
Oat Milk, Chocolate Syrup, Whipped Cream, with a Frankenstein Peep

Maniac
2024-10-22 21:30 - 23:30
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
Screening in 35mm!
Frank Zito—a career defining performance by co-writer/co-executive producer Joe Spinell (ROCKY, THE GODFATHER)—is a deeply disturbed man haunted by the traumas of unspeakable childhood abuse. When these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind, Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women. Now, Frank has begun a relationship with a beautiful photographer (Caroline Munro, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME), yet his vile compulsions remain. These are the atrocities of a human monster. This is the story of a MANIAC.
Directed by William Lustig (MANIAC COP) and featuring landmark gore effects by Tom Savini (DAWN OF THE DEAD, FRIDAY THE 13th), this relentlessly shocking and disturbing film was originally censored all over the world due to its graphic violence.

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

Mama’s Boy – $15
Vanilla Bourbon, Amaretto, Cherry Juice

Children of the Damned
2024-10-23 20:00 - 22:00
Part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
60th Anniversary Screening!
FREE outdoor screening on the Enzian lawn!
The United Nations conducts a global survey on child development, identifying six children with exceptional intelligence. All were born under mysterious circumstances, with the mothers claiming they were conceived without a father. Brought to London to be studied, the children escape to an abandoned church. Alarmed by the children’s telekinetic powers, the government prepares to destroy them!
***Please note; this screening is no longer a Popcorn Flick in the Park – it will take place on the Enzian lawn***

Hotel Transylvania
2024-10-24 20:00 - 22:00
This film is a part of our Popcorn Flicks in the Park series, which takes place in Central Park, Winter Park once a month and is FREE and open to the public! These films are presented with open captions.
When monsters want to get away from it all, they go to Count Dracula’s (Adam Sandler) Hotel Transylvania, a lavish resort where they can be themselves without humans around to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula invites creatures like the Invisible Man, the Mummy and others to celebrate the 118th birthday of his daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez). However, an unforeseen complication unfolds when an ordinary human unwittingly crashes the party and falls in love with Mavis.

NYE
2024-10-26 11:00 - 14:00
Michael Sheen (Good Omens) plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS.
Confronted with death, Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill.
Written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris (Small Island), this epic new Welsh fantasia was filmed live from the National Theatre.

Purchase a Season Pass to attend all three National Theatre Live performances and receive discounted admission, as well as a complimentary glass of house wine, coffee, or tea at each show!
Members that are Contributor level or above and Season Passholders are able to make a table reservation for this series. Reservations can only be made after a ticket or Season Pass has been purchased and are limited. Please make sure to have your confirmation number ready to provide to the box officer at time of your reservation.

The Burning
2024-10-26 23:30 - 2024-10-27 01:30
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
Uncut 4K Restoration!
At a bucolic summer camp in upstate New York, a group of miscreant teenagers pull a prank on the camp’s caretaker, Cropsy (Lou David). But the joke goes terribly wrong, and the teens leave Cropsy for dead after setting him on fire. But no one keeps Cropsy down. After a few years locked away in a hospital, the burned and disfigured caretaker returns to camp equipped with his trusty shears, ready to unleash a particular brand of vengeance on a whole new group of teens.
Based on a real urban legend and inspired by the massive box office success of the low-budget slasher FRIDAY THE 13TH, THE BURNING was the first film from the fledgling Miramax production group. Luring FX god Tom Savini (DAWN OF THE DEAD) away from creating the gore gags for FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2, THE BURNING is an iconic early-age slasher film with dizzying practical effects work and a collection of soon-to-be-Hollywood stars, including: Brian Backer (FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH), Jason Alexander (SEINFIELD), Fisher Stevens (SHORT CIRCUIT) and Oscar-winner Holly Hunter (THE PIANO)!

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

Stonewater – $15
Mezcal, Aperol, Green Chartreuse

Phantasm
2024-10-29 21:30 - 23:30
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
45th Anniversary – 35mm Screening!
The original cult classic from the Director of THE BEASTMASTER and BUBBA HO-TEP!
Michael Baldwin and Bill Thornbury star in the shocker that started it all, as two brothers discover that their local mortuary hides a legion of hooded creatures, a flying drill-ball, and the demonic mortician known as The Tall Man (the iconic Angus Scrimm) who enslaves the souls of the damned.
45 years later, it remains unlike any fright film you’ve ever seen. Reggie Bannister co-stars in the heart-stopping classic from writer/director Don Coscarelli that launched the most uniquely chilling series in horror history and is still hailed as one of the scariest movies of all time!

Try one of our 13 Cocktails of Halloween, available at Eden Bar starting October 1:

The Tall Man – $15
Vanilla Vodka, Pumpkin Pie Syrup, Whipped Cream

Halloween III: Season of the Witch
2024-10-30 20:00 - 22:00
Screening as part of Enzian’s 13+ Films of Halloween!
Free movies on the Enzian lawn!
Wednesday Night Pitcher Shows are FREE and open to the public. Keep an eye on our Facebook for information about rescheduled shows due to weather. Free overflow parking is available at Park Maitland School and Peach Valley across the street. Outside food & beverage is not permitted.
Want a reserved spot on the lawn with a bucket of beer and popcorn for your besties? We have a limited number of exclusive picnic baskets for sale! Grab one fast before the sell out.

Producer John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) presents the third chilling installment in the shocking Halloween collection.
When a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital, babbling and clutching the year’s most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask, doctor Daniel Challis (Tom Atkins, Night of the Creeps) is thrust into a terrifying Halloween nightmare. Working with the salesman’s daughter, Ellie, Daniel traces the mask to the Silver Shamrock Novelties company and its founder, Conal Cochran. Ellie and Daniel uncover Cochran’s shocking Halloween plan and must stop him before trick-or-treaters across the country never come home in this terrifying thriller.

The Performance
2024-11-02 19:45 - 22:00
Screening as part of the 26th Annual Central Florida Jewish Film Festival!
This screening will take place at the Orlando Science Center Digital Adventure Theater.
Harold May (Jeremy Piven, HBO’s Entourage) is an American Jew and gifted tap dancer. Though he is nearly past his prime, he still longs for the success and status that have eluded him. While on tour in Europe, Harold and his troupe are scouted by Damian Fugler (Robert Carlyle, Trainspotting), a German attache. Not knowing the blond-haired May is Jewish, Fugler offers them a huge sum to perform one show in Berlin. Once in Germany, the troupe discovers that the show is an exclusive performance for Hitler himself. As Fugler, Harold, and the troupe’s lives become intertwined, Harold is faced with a choice: either keep his Jewish identity a secret for the sake of his dreams or, ironically, own up to who he really is in order to escape. Based on a short story by Arthur Miller, this masterful drama was runner-up for the Best Feature Audience Award at the Miami Film Festival.
Purchase a Series or Mensch Pass to receive admission to all 5 Central Florida Jewish Film Festival films, plus priority seating!
Mensch Pass $118 (limited quantity): Includes first priority seating to all 5 films and a donation to Shalom Orlando
Series Pass $65 (limited quantity): Includes discounted admission to all 5 films and second priority seating
Please note, there are no Enzian Film Society Member discounts or table reservations for Central Florida Jewish Film Festival films.

Unspoken
2024-11-03 11:00
Screening as part of the 26th Annual Central Florida Jewish Film Festival!
Florida Premiere!
Growing up, Noam was told he looked and acted just like his beloved grandfather did when he was young. This was comforting to the closeted gay teenager who often felt alone and out of place in his Modern Orthodox Jewish family. After his grandfather dies, Noam discovers a mysterious note in his belongings, suggesting they might have had more in common than either of them ever knew. Struggling with his own identity and hoping to find a sort of validation in his grandfather’s history, he sets out on an odyssey to discover the truth. With a star turn by actor/singer Charlie Korman, Noam’s journey becomes a heartfelt story of self-acceptance in this touching coming-of-age drama. With a nod to Glee, Director Jeremy Borison draws on personal experience to deliver a sweet and gentle tale that won the Best Narrative Film Award at the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival.
Purchase a Series or Mensch Pass to receive admission to all 5 Central Florida Jewish Film Festival films, plus priority seating!
Mensch Pass $118 (limited quantity): Includes first priority seating to all 5 films and a donation to Shalom Orlando
Series Pass $65 (limited quantity): Includes discounted admission to all 5 films and second priority seating
Please note, there are no Enzian Film Society Member discounts or table reservations for Central Florida Jewish Film Festival films.

Stay With Us
2024-11-03 14:00 - 16:00
Screening as part of the 26th Annual Central Florida Jewish Film Festival!
Gad Elmaleh (one of France’s best-loved comedians) takes a journey of spiritual discovery in this poignant, warmly humorous self-portrait. Fusing fictional and autobiographical elements, Elmaleh directs and stars — alongside his Jewish-Moroccan family — in this religious “coming out.” Harboring a crisis of faith, the actor-comedian returns home to Paris after some years in America. When his bewildered parents (Elmaleh’s actual mother and father, portraying themselves) discover a figurine of the Virgin Mary in his suitcase, he is forced to admit his secret — and for them, it’s a nightmare! Determined to bring Gad back to reason and to his Jewishness, they turn his conversion into a battlefield–as Gad tries to make them understand that his sincere beliefs do not change his identity and the love he has for his family.
2023, 93 minutes, France, In French with English subtitles, Directed by Gad Elmaleh, Not Rated

Preceded by JUDY-ISM

Southeast Premiere!
A slice of apple cake at a tasting for her upcoming wedding catapults Judy (writer/producer Emily Nash), a self-proclaimed “Jew-ish” woman, back in time to her life as a 13-year-old preparing for her dreaded bat mitzvah.
2023, 11 Minutes, USA, Directed by Emily Lerer

Purchase a Series or Mensch Pass to receive admission to all 5 Central Florida Jewish Film Festival films, plus priority seating!
Mensch Pass $118 (limited quantity): Includes first priority seating to all 5 films and a donation to Shalom Orlando
Series Pass $65 (limited quantity): Includes discounted admission to all 5 films and second priority seating
Please note, there are no Enzian Film Society Member discounts or table reservations for Central Florida Jewish Film Festival films.

All About the Levkoviches
2024-11-04 16:15 - 18:30
Screening as part of the 26th Annual Central Florida Jewish Film Festival!
Tamás, an aging and stubborn boxing coach, gets along well with everyone but his own Orthodox Jewish son. Estranged since Iván became religious and moved to Israel, there had been no reason to mend their severed relationship. Tamás has lived happily in Hungary with his beloved wife, Zsuzsa, but when she dies unexpectedly, Iván resurfaces and insists on a proper shiva. Reluctant to accept, Tamás realizes it may be his only opportunity to meet his grandson, Ariel. Over the course of the week of mourning, past conflicts resurface, and father and son embark on an unexpected journey of self-reflection and reconciliation, while the boy deals with his own grief and obsession that grandma’s spirit is still in the house. Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2024 Sofia International Film Festival, this heartwarming dramatic comedy is set in contemporary Budapest.
Purchase a Series or Mensch Pass to receive admission to all 5 Central Florida Jewish Film Festival films, plus priority seating!
Mensch Pass $118 (limited quantity): Includes first priority seating to all 5 films and a donation to Shalom Orlando
Series Pass $65 (limited quantity): Includes discounted admission to all 5 films and second priority seating
Please note, there are no Enzian Film Society Member discounts or table reservations for Central Florida Jewish Film Festival films.

Shoshana
2024-11-04 18:45 - 21:00
Screening as part of the 26th Annual Central Florida Jewish Film Festival!
Set in British Mandatory Palestine, this gripping historical thriller from celebrated British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (A Mighty Heart, The Trip series), weaves a story of star-crossed love with one of political radicalization and violence. The year is 1938 on the eve of the Second World War, and tensions are high in Tel Aviv where the British control a mixed Arab and Jewish population in Palestine. English police officer Thomas Wilkin and Jewish journalist and activist Shoshana Borochov, the daughter of the Zionist Labor movement co-founder, are passionately in love. But political unrest is escalating. Avraham Stern is leading the Irgun in a deadly campaign against the British authorities, who under the leadership of officer Geoffrey Morton (Harry Melling, the Harry Potter series), have unilaterally increased their crackdown on both Jews and Arabs. Based on real people and events, this rigorously acted and smartly crafted drama is a subtle homage to the noir classic The Third Man and an insightful portrait of the legacy of British colonialism and political violence.
Purchase a Series or Mensch Pass to receive admission to all 5 Central Florida Jewish Film Festival films, plus priority seating!
Mensch Pass $118 (limited quantity): Includes first priority seating to all 5 films and a donation to Shalom Orlando
Series Pass $65 (limited quantity): Includes discounted admission to all 5 films and second priority seating
Please note, there are no Enzian Film Society Member discounts or table reservations for Central Florida Jewish Film Festival films.

Paddington
2024-11-07 19:00 - 21:00
This film is a part of our Popcorn Flicks in the Park series, which takes place in Central Park, Winter Park once a month and is FREE and open to the public! These films are presented with open captions.
After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear (Ben Whishaw) makes his way to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed “Paddington” for the london train station, finds shelter with the family of Henry (Hugh Bonneville) and Mary Brown (Sally Hawkins). Although Paddington’s amazement at urban living soon endears him to the Browns, someone else has her eye on him: Taxidermist Millicent Clyde (Nicole Kidman) has designs on the rare bear and his hide.

The Bat Woman
2024-11-08 23:59 - 2024-11-09 01:30
4K Restoration!
Wrestlers, mad doctors, and human-fish hybrids abound in The Bat Woman (La mujer murciélago), a colorful showcase for the talents of Italian Mexican sex symbol Maura Monti.
When Acapulco’s wrestlers start being murdered and their pineal glands mysteriously extracted, the wealthy luchadora Gloria (Monti) adopts her crime-fighting persona of the Bat Woman. Donning her disguise of shiny blue mask, cape, and micro-bikini, she teams up with agent Mario (Héctor Godoy) to foil the evil Dr Williams (Roberto Cañedo) in his dastardly plan to create an army of amphibious ‘fish-men’.
Produced by Guillermo Calderón (Santo vs. the Riders of Terror) and directed by the legendary René Cardona (Night of the Bloody Apes), The Bat Woman is an eye-popping, high-camp blend of lucha libre and superhero action.
Freaky Fridays ticket prices include a free popcorn and soda, tea, or lemonade for all attendees! Alcohol can be purchased at Eden Bar. Regular food service will not be available for Freaky Friday events. So, come early, and fuel up outside for the night ahead!

Rear Window
2024-11-09 11:00 - 13:00
Dive into the magic of cinema with the Enzian Film Club! Join us for an enriching experience where film enthusiasts and novices alike can explore classic films in a new light. Each session features a short presentation by esteemed professors from local colleges, followed by collaborative discussions that bring fresh insights and foster a deeper appreciation for the art of filmmaking. Part of our Saturday Matinee Classics series, the Enzian Film Club is your gateway to understanding and enjoying timeless cinematic masterpieces in a vibrant, community-focused setting.
70th Anniversary Screening!
Featuring an Enzian Film Club discussion on “Composition and Framing” by Nichole Richter from Rollins College.
Professional photographer L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies (James Stewart) breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. When he begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife, Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Fremont (Grace Kelly) and his visiting nurse Stella (Thelma Ritter) to investigate.
About the speaker: Nicole Richter, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Critical Media and Cultural Studies and Director of Film Studies at Rollins College. She is the author of The Moving Image: A Complete Introduction to Film.

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
2024-11-10 12:00 - 14:00
Featuring a live Zoom Q&A with Michael Rooker!
4K Restoration! Freaky Fridays takeover!
John McNaughton’s (WILD THINGS) infamous take on Henry Lee Lucas’ true crime story returns to theaters with a new 4K presentation that cements its reputation as one of the most harrowing, original American films of all time.
Henry (Michael Rooker, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY) is a psychopathic drifter who has coldly murdered a number of people for no particular reason and without any remorse. Leaving scores of bodies in his wake, Henry makes his way to Chicago and settles into the rundown apartment of his drug-dealing former prison friend Otis (Tom Towles, HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES). Also moving into the space is Otis’s younger sister Becky (Tracy Arnold), who is fleeing from her abusive husband. Unbeknownst to Becky, Henry continues to commit a series of random killings along with Otis, who has quickly developed a taste for murder…
Originally premiering at the Chicago International Film Festival in September 1986, the film had a long and controversial path to distribution. Saddled with the disreputable “X” rating for violence in 1989, the film was finally released unrated in January 1990. Along with Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and Pedro Almodóvar’s Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, McNaughton’s notorious film is often-cited as the inspiration for the Motion Picture Association’s creation of the NC-17 rating.

In September programmers Tim Anderson and Paige Babbage let the Uncomfortable Brunch team take over Freaky Fridays for a screening of Harmony Korine’s Trash Humpers in 35mm! Now Josh and Kat are returning the favor and the Freaky Fridays team are bringing you this special screening of one of their favorite controversial masterpieces.

About Michael Rooker:

Born on April 6, 1955, in Jasper, Alabama, into a family of eight children, Rooker lived in a house with a dirt floor and no indoor plumbing. As a young child, he and a cousin would scour the ground to find bottle caps from RC Colas in order to exchange them for free admission to the local movie theater. Six bottle caps, he once recalled, were enough to get him a ticket. Rooker’s parents divorced when he was 12, and the following year his mother moved with the children to Chicago, where they lived in what Rooker describes as a rough neighborhood. Rooker has credited his hardscrabble upbringing with fostering his determination and fight to succeed as an actor. In high school, he worked as a lifeguard at Chicago’s North Avenue Beach, winning Rookie Lifeguard of the Year and saving some 10 people in one of his summers at the job.
Encouraged by an instructor at Wright Junior College in Chicago to audition for admission to the prestigious Goodman School of Drama (now the Theater School of DePaul University), Rooker debated for two years on whether to try out and finally applied and was accepted. He graduated in 1982 and worked in the theater for several years thereafter. He later professed his love for film acting because it gave actors the chance to improvise and create, as opposed to the rehearsed and technical nature of stage performing. He once equated film acting with being a jazz musician in its possibilities for personalizing a role.
His breakthrough role was the title role in John McNaughton’s low-budget cult film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, which is based on the life of serial murderer Henry Lee Lucas. The film was shot in 1986 but was not released until 1990 because of continuing debate over its rating. Rooker received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award for best actor in 1991 for the film. Footage from the unreleased film sent to director John Sayles led to Rooker being cast as one of the main characters in the 1988 baseball film Eight Men Out, which was based on the game-fixing scandal of the Chicago White Sox in the 1919 World Series. Rooker has recounted the story of winning the role of Charles “Chick” Gandil by going to the town where the film was shooting, knowing that Sayles had seen the footage of his performance in Henry, and finagling his way into an audition. Despite getting into a shouting match with the casting director, he still won the role. The film was critically acclaimed and widely popular at the box office, and Rooker credits it with bringing him more opportunities, including roles in some of the highest-grossing films of the late 1980s and the 1990s: Mississippi Burning, Sea of Love, Days of Thunder, JFK, Cliffhanger, and Tombstone. He also appeared in Kevin Smith’s 1995 cult indie film Mallrats.
In addition to his film work, Rooker has appeared on a number of popular television shows, including Burn Notice, Criminal Minds, Law and Order, and the 2006 miniseries Thief. Despite his more than 100 film and television acting credits, however, Rooker did not become a widely recognized figure until he was cast as Merle Dixon, a racist southern drug addict, in AMC’s The Walking Dead series about the zombie apocalypse. Merle Dixon and his brother Daryl struck a chord among devoted Walking Dead fans. Rooker has said that people responded to the character and the show because provided them a sense of relief and the belief that they live in a safer world. In 2011, Merle Dixon’s popularity led Rooker to be hired as a character voice to play Merle in the Call of the Dead video game, which is part of the Call of Duty series of games and centers on a zombie-infested future.
Rooker’s name recognition exploded internationally when he was cast as Yondu Udonta, the blue-skinned leader of a band of space pirates in the blockbuster 2014 superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy, one of the major installments in the Marvel Comics Cinematic Universe. He reprised his role in 2017 in Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2, and his character’s sympathetic turn and sacrificial death earned Rooker wide praise. He has continued to be a popular choice for fantasy and science fiction films, appearing in 2019’s Brightburn and 2021’s The Suicide Squad. He also continues to appear in television and video game voice roles.
