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Greetings, film fans. We hope this message finds you safe and healthy.
Given current international events, it’s clear that we are all in the midst of a difficult period, where many people are expected to work through their anxiety in isolation. We therefore think it’s important to give anyone affected by this stressful situation the opportunity to take a break. That’s why FilmDoo is now offering a free film code to all of our users, old and new.
Anyone hoping to claim their free rental can log into FilmDoo.com (or set up a free account), select the film of their choice and input the discount code: TOGETHERWITHFILM (valid for the rest of the year)
For those of you who are new to FilmDoo or need a reminder of what’s available, we have a few suggestions of international films listed below that could provide some emotional relief during this period of isolation.
While we have provided separate lists for our UK/Ireland and USA/Canada users, many of these films are also available to watch from other parts of the world.
For UK & Ireland users:
Au revoir l’été (dir. Koji Fukada, Japan)
After failing her university entrance exam, Sakuko is invited by her aunt Mikie to spend summer vacation in a beautiful seaside town in this languid summery tale reminiscent of Eric Rohmer.
Watch Au revoir l’été on FilmDoo (UK & Ireland only)
I’m Being Me (Spain/Colombia/Venezuela/USA)
The latest of FilmDoo’s exclusive compilations is an anthology of award-winning shorts exploring stories of coming out, embracing love and navigating life with no rulebook on gender or femininity.
Tomboy (dir. Céline Sciamma, France)
A family moves into a new neighbourhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the local children.
Watch Tomboy on FilmDoo (UK & Ireland only)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
Uncle Boonmee spends his last, sombre days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.
Watch Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives on FilmDoo (UK & Ireland only)
Appropriate Behaviour (dir. Desiree Akhavan, USA)
Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities. Being without a cliché to hold onto can be a lonely experience.
Watch Appropriate Behaviour on FilmDoo (UK & Ireland only)
Le Quattro Volte (dir. Michelangelo Frammartino, Italy)
In this poetic vision of the revolving cycles of life and nature, an old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria.
Watch Le Quattro Volte on FilmDoo (UK & Ireland only)
Body Electric (dir. Marcelo Caetano, 2017)
Elias works as an assistant designer in a clothing factory. As the distance between his professional and personal life closes, he explores his desires, invigorated by the freedom offered through his companions.
Watch Body Electric on FilmDoo (UK & Ireland only)
Talea (dir. Katharina Mückstein, Austria)
It’s the summer holidays, and the planned Italian holiday with Jasmin’s foster family is just around the corner. Everyone is looking forward to the trip – except Jasmin. She wants to be with Eva, her biological mother, who is back after serving a long prison term.
Watch Talea on FilmDoo (select regions only)
Xenia (dir. Panos H. Koutras, Greece)
Strangers in their own birthplace, 16-year-old Danny and 18-year-old Odysseus cross the entire country in search of their Greek father, after their Albanian mother passes away.
Watch Xenia on FilmDoo (UK & Ireland only)
In the Absence of the Sun (dir. Lucky Kuswandi, Indonesia)
A tender, melancholic night is experienced through the eyes of three women as they struggle to find themselves in this ever-changing jungle of Jakarta.
Watch In the Absence of the Sun on FilmDoo
For USA & Canada users:
Journey to Rome (dir. Tomasz Mielnik, Czech Republic)
There are as many stories in the world as there are people, and Vasek, a timid guard at a gallery who becomes a reluctant painting thief, hears plenty of them on his train trip to Rome.
Watch Journey to Rome on FilmDoo
Sway (dir. Rooth Tang, Thailand/USA/France)
Three cities, three couples, three intriguing visions of love and our struggle to communicate in the contemporary world — Rooth Tang’s feature debut is a globe-spanning narrative latticework that places private experience on the same scale as broadcast news.
Watch Sway on FilmDoo (not available in Thailand)
Talea (dir. Katharina Mückstein, Austria)
It’s the summer holidays, and the planned Italian holiday with Jasmin’s foster family is just around the corner. Everyone is looking forward to the trip – except Jasmin. She wants to be with Eva, her biological mother, who is back after serving a long prison term.
Watch Talea on FilmDoo (select regions only)
Colour Me Queer (France/Denmark)
This exclusive FilmDoo shorts compilation explores issues of sexuality, love, and acceptance in a number of thrilling, imaginative styles.
Watch Colour Me Queer on FilmDoo
In the Absence of the Sun (dir. Lucky Kuswandi, Indonesia)
A tender, melancholic night is experienced through the eyes of three women as they struggle to find themselves in this ever-changing jungle of Jakarta.
Watch In the Absence of the Sun on FilmDoo
Avé (dir. Konstantin Bojanov, Bulgaria)
While hitchhiking from Sofia to Ruse, Kamen meets Avé, a 17-year-old runaway girl. With each ride they hitch, Avé invents new identities for them, and her compulsive lies get Kamen deeper and deeper into trouble. Reluctantly drawn into this adventure, Kamen begins to fall in love with the fleeting Avé.
Watch Avé on FilmDoo (select regions only)
Little Bird (dir. Vladimir Beck, Russia)
When does your childhood go away? It goes away when instead of playing football with other kids you sit down and silently contemplate the river. When your thoughts don’t let you sleep, and a lightning bug beats in a pot like a heart. When poems come into your mind and you feel you really need to sing. It goes away when you suddenly realize: this summer is going away and it is the last summer of your childhood.
Watch Little Bird on FilmDoo (select regions only)
Weeds on Fire (dir. Chan Chi-Fat, Hong Kong)
Inspired by the true story of Hong Kong’s first teenage baseball team. From humble beginnings, the boys experience camaraderie, fall in love and make fateful decisions that resonate throughout their lives amid a changing Hong Kong and its sporting world.
Watch Weeds on Fire on FilmDoo (select regions only)
Maidens of the Sea (dir. Kerri K., USA)
A lonely sailor discovers a mysterious island full of secrets.
Watch Maidens of the Sea on FilmDoo (not available in China or Taiwan)
How Big Is Your Love? (dir. Fatma Zohra Zamoum, Algeria)
Adel, 8 years old, has been sent to stay with his grandparents because his parents are quarrelling. From day to day, the child and his grandmother hold on to the question, “How big is your love?,” to help them get through this difficult period and grow closer to each other.
Watch How Big Is Your Love? on FilmDoo
