# You are the film (2026)

**Genres:** Comedy, Sci-Fi

**Duration:** 68 min

**Age rating:** FSK 18

**IMDb:** [6.7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39715372/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.5](https://letterboxd.com/film/you-are-the-film/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 100%, Popcornmeter: no votes yet](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/you_are_the_film)

## Description

Who doesn't know the feeling of being in the wrong movie? Madoka feels the same way: The theater author sits in the cinema watching a film about the musician Kazuma – who sits in the cinema watching a film about Madoka – who sits in the cinema watching a film about Kazuma. In disbelief, they stare at each other across the screen. How is that possible? What is happening right now? But then they begin to talk to each other and change the official plot. The story gets more and more tangled and becomes increasingly fantastical.

Multiverse master Makoto Ueda, following his screenplays for BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES and RIVER, directs for the first time himself with YOU ARE THE FILM. Once again, he outdoes himself with a collection of whimsical ideas in which elements from different galaxies mix and the space-time continuum increasingly dissolves.

## Details

**Premiere:** 29 Sep 2026 (in 23 days)

**Director:** Makoto Ueda

**Cast:** Riko Fujitani, Takafumi Imai, Kai Inowaki, Gôta Ishida, Marika Itô, Hinako Kikuchi, Ôshirô Maeda, Yûgo Mikawa, Munenori Nagano, Takafumi Ozeki, Yoshifumi Sakai, Takashi Sumita

**Countries:** Japan

**Languages:** Japanese

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL8qKTRZ5VI)

## Showtimes in Frankfurt

The movie is not showing in cinemas yet. Screenings are expected to begin on 29 Sep 2026.