The screenings on the platforms this April attract attention with their diversity: romantic comedies, films acclaimed at festivals, animations, adventure films, documentaries. Most notable productions include the romantic comedy ‘Wall with Wall’ starring singer Aitana, Zack Snyder’s new extravaganza (“Rebel Moon, Part 2: The Warrior Who Leaves Marks”) and the monumental ‘The Butterfly Tree’ . Golden’, directed by Vietnamese An Pham Thien, was awarded the Camera d’Or award for best first film at the Cannes Festival.
1. ‘Music’ by Rudy Mancuso (Prime; April 4)
It is the feature film directorial debut of American Rudy Mancuso, a versatile artist with a huge online presence. It’s a romantic comedy with music, and it escapes into fantasy as its raw material..
Mancuso himself plays the protagonist, a musician who crosses paths with a happy and enthusiastic young woman (played by the charismatic Camila Mendes) who makes him rethink his life and priorities.
2. ‘The Tree of Golden Butterflies’, An Pham Thien (Movie; April 5)
Monumental movie with its original name ‘Under the Yellow Cocoon Shell’ won the Best First Feature Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Vietnamese filmmaker An Pham Thien, the film includes, among other things, an overwhelming and exciting sensory experience.
Our hero has to take the bodies of his nephew and aunt, who died in the accident, to his hometown in the countryside.
3.’The Big Exclusive (Scoop)’ by Philip Martin (Netflix; April 5)
The meeting of thriller and drama inspired by true events: The interview conducted by the BBC, especially the ‘Newsnight’ program, with Britain’s Prince Andrew in 2019, in which he was asked about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, was investigated for sexual abuse.
The film follows the team of journalists who produced the special and features Gillian Anderson (‘The X-Files’) as the host conducting the interview.
4.’Beyond Utopia’, Madeleine Gavin (Movie; April 5)
This film won the Audience Award at the Sundance Festival and was nominated for a BAFTA Producer Madeleine Gavin’s impressive documentary documents the nightmare experienced by families who want to leave North Korea and regain their freedom..
He is very liberal in his mix of material (archives, interviews), which is especially impressive when he shows videos made using hidden cameras.
5.Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar’, Brendon Small (HBO Max; April 6)
The release of the cult series ‘Metalo-calypse’ in the form of an almost one and a half hour movie (2006-2013). It is an animated film for adult audiences that tells the new adventure of the death metal band Dethklok, the main characters of the series.
Their leader, Nathan Explosion, must save his friends and face a special Apocalypse.
6.’Walled Wall’, Patricia Font (Netflix; April 12)
Romantic comedy with an unquestionably attractive claim: Aitana stars in the leading role. The popular singer plays pianist Valentina, who is preparing for an audition; This will infuriate his neighbor (Fernando Guallar), who works at home and cannot concentrate on the music.
Directed by Patricia Font (“The Master Who Promised the Sea”), the film is a remake of a French film.
7.’Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself’, François Nemeta (Movie; April 12)
French artist and filmmaker Michel Gondry, who reviewed his career and was a key figure in the music video and director of the films ‘Forget Me!’ Documentary examining the brilliance and importance of the film. (2004) and ‘The Science of Sleep’ (2006). Structured around a central interview with Gondry, the report includes testimonies from Björk, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Spike Jonze, Jack White and The Chemical Brothers, among others.
8. ‘Rebel Moon (Part 2): The warrior who left his mark’ by Zack Snyder (Netflix; April 19)
Just four months after ‘Rebel Moon (Part 1): Fire Girl’ (2023) premiered on Netflix, the sequel The extreme space epic imagined by Zack Snyder, a filmmaker who doesn’t usually provoke intermediate reactions or emotions: Either you love his movies or you don’t want to watch them even by mistake.
Actress Sofia Boutella once again portrays the lead warrior Kora.
9.’Cinema Laika’, Veljko Vidak (Movie; April 26)
Documentary about the process of building a movie theater in a small town in Finland, specifically in an old, abandoned foundry. The organizers of this room are none other than writer Mika Lätti and her friend, director Aki Kaurismäki (‘Falling Leaves’).
The film, which also stars Jim Jarmusch, documents this event while exploring Kaurismäki’s passion for cinema.
10.’Metronome’, by Alexandru Belc (Movistar+; 22 April)
‘Metronome’, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, is a drama directed by Romanian director Alexandru Belc.
This is a story of origins and discovery set in Bucharest, Romania in 1972. Mother (Mara Bugarin), Our heroine is a 17-year-old girl trying to accept the fact that her boyfriend of the same age has to live somewhere else.