This is a sorrowful contemporary legend echoing the fates of many rural communities forced to abandon their homes, fields, lives, and traditions in the name of neocolonial progress.
In collaboration with International Film Festival Innsbruck.
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
In the mountains of Lesotho, an 80-year-old widow is preparing to wind up her earthly journey by arranging her own funeral. But when the government announces plans to resettle her village to make way for a new reservoir, her renewed will to live ignites a spark of resistance in her community.
What's On
The Blue Caftan Le bleu du caftan
Maryam Touzani
Wednesday, 15. 05. 2024 / 10:00 / Main Hall
A gentle ode to love in all its forms. Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes festival.
Snatched from the Source Zajeti v izviru – Slovenski otroci Lebensborna
Maja Weiss
Wednesday, 15. 05. 2024 / 16:45 / Small Hall
Maja Weiss’s documentary tells the stories of four stolen children, the last remaining Slovenian victims of the Nazi Lebensborn programme.
The Boy and the Heron Kimitachi wa do ikiru ka
Hayao Miyazaki
Wednesday, 15. 05. 2024 / 17:45 / Main Hall
The great Hayao Miyazaki returns with a deeply personal, autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and the art of creating. The winner of this year’s Oscar for animated feature is a film full of breathtaking beauty, mischievous humour, and gentle melancholy.