Cult/ Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

HOME is screening Dead Mountaineer's Hotel on Friday 27 November, a cult title from Estonian fantasy cinema that's being highlighted as one of the standout films of Cinema Rediscovered 2026. It's a one-off screening, part of HOME's November cinema programme of single titles and film seasons, so it's a single night rather than a run.

Stylistically, it's described as sitting somewhere between Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. That gives you a fair idea of the mood: isolated, slightly claustrophobic, and leaning into the uncanny. Visually, it pairs intense modernistic interiors with glistening shots of deep snow, and the whole thing is held together by a psychedelic synthesiser score from composer Sven Grünberg. If you're into that particular blend of mid-century modernism and cold, snowy landscapes, it's right in that wheelhouse.

The story follows Glebsky, a police officer who arrives at a lonely hotel in the middle of a snowy mountain range to investigate a crime. From there, it doesn't stay a straightforward police procedural for long; he's drawn into a surrealistic farce that veers into film noir and science fiction. It's the kind of film that starts in one place and ends up somewhere entirely different, and the surrealist streak is what's earned it its cult reputation.

It's a rare chance to see an Estonian fantasy classic on the big screen in Manchester, and since it's a one-off, it's a one-night-only thing. The screening is on Friday 27 November at HOME.