From 1977’s La Soufrière through to 2016’s Into the Inferno, Herzog has long been fascinated by these violent natural events and his deeply personal voiceover is a fitting memorial to two people who gave their lives in the pursuit of both science and the pure cinematic image.
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
On 3 June 1991, a deadly cloud of hot gas and rock spewed out of Japan’s Mount Unzen. Among the 43 people consumed by it were scientist-filmmakers Maurice and Katia Krafft. They left behind over 200 hours of footage from their decades of work, which Herzog draws on for this stunning eulogy.
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The Boy and the Heron Kimitachi wa do ikiru ka
Hayao Miyazaki
Wednesday, 08. 05. 2024 / 13:00 / 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.
Snatched from the Source Zajeti v izviru – Slovenski otroci Lebensborna
Maja Weiss
Wednesday, 08. 05. 2024 / 17:15 / Small Hall
Maja Weiss’s documentary tells the stories of four stolen children, the last remaining Slovenian victims of the Nazi Lebensborn programme.
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About Dry Grasses Kuru Otlar Üstüne
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Wednesday, 08. 05. 2024 / 19:00 / Main Hall
An incident at a state school in Anatolia thwarts a teacher’s dream of escaping his bleak life in a remote Turkish region.