Film Movement Plus - September 2025 Streaming Premieres

By Film Movement | September 1, 2025

SEPTEMBER 5


Garrincha, The People's Joy
Garrincha was one of the greatest Brazilian soccer players of all time, and perhaps the sport's most famous dribbler. This acclaimed documentary, produced at the zenith of his career, explores his unique ability to enchant fans with both his personality and athletic talents.


The Land of Women
Fidela, the village witch, cures bad omens and gives birth to everyone's children, but not her own. When she is entrusted with an illegitimate child, she discovers the power of motherhood and questions the beliefs and traditions around her.


SEPTEMBER 12


O Quatrilho
In an early twentieth century Southern Brazilian community, two Italian immigrant couples living together under the same roof fall in love with each other's spouses.


Eami
The Asoja, the bird-god-woman of the native Ayoreo Totobiegosode culture, brings the memories of the past, present and future. She was a tiger, a plant, a jaguar. Today, she is Eami, a five-year-old girl whose name means Forest and World.


Antiporno
Kyoko, an artist with a sadomasochistic streak, wreaks havoc on everyone around her, but her worst behavior is reserved for her simpering assistant Noriko, whom she routinely humiliates. That is, until their sense of reality gets upended.


Aroused by Gymnopedies
Over the span of one week, a struggling, middle-aged film director embarks on a series of sexual encounters that put his work, relationships and happiness in jeopardy.


Dawn of the Felines
Three sex workers navigate the neon-soaked street of Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Each night brings new encounters – eccentric clients and dangerous fetishes – while each dawn finds them wrestling with loneliness and the search for  meaning.


White Lily
Celebrated ceramic artist Tokiko takes teenage runaway Haruka as her apprentice. After they begin a romantic relationship, Tokiko drifts into a series of casual sexual encounters, leaving Haruka torn between devotion and emotional abuse.


SEPTEMBER 19


Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Based on the novel by Jorge Amado, this Golden Globe-nominated comedy follows the strange events that befall Dona Flor (Sonia Braga) after she is left a widow. Shortly after remarrying, she finds her new, less-than-satisfying sex life revived when the ghost of her late husband returns.


A Nice Jewish Boy
Bellisha is a 27 year-old who still lives at home with his mother in their working-class Parisian suburb. But the once vibrant Jewish community that surrounded them is rapidly fading, leaving Bellisha worried about moving anywhere else.


SEPTEMBER 26


This Is Pele
Released four years after the Brazilian national team’s 1970 World Cup victory, this documentary follows the goals, glory and life of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to the world as Pelé, the greatest soccer player of the 20th century


Europa
Kamal has fled Iraq to try to enter “Fortress Europe.” At the Turkish-Bulgarian border, local mercenaries are ruthlessly hunting down migrants. Alone in the forest, Kamal has only three days to escape.