The Neverending Story

Friday, March 20 - Saturday, March 21, 2026

“A film that so precisely, hauntingly translates the truth of depression into images, that I can only wonder : Why did my younger self, and a whole generation, keep coming back to it?” – Julia Ducournau

A lonely young boy with a love of books becomes drawn into a timeless world of fabulous creatures–a world that only he can save from certain destruction–as he discovers that he is the hero of THE NEVERENDING STORY.

Screening as part of Julia Ducournau: Carte Blanche, Ducornau’s latest, ALPHA, opens Friday, March 27.

• Country USA, West Germany
• Year 1984
• Running Time 94 minutes
• Format DCP
• Distributor Warner Brothers
• Director Wolfgang Petersen
• Cast Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley
• Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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