The cinema is temporarily closed for renovations and will reopen after August 2nd.

10 August at 19:00

Parthenope Parthenope

Rain-check screenings

Born in the 1950s in the sea in front of her home villa, Parthenope seeks happiness in the long summers of her youth and falls in love with her native Naples and its many picturesque characters. Paolo Sorrentino has created a seductive epic about a modern heroine’s journey beyond “great beauty” and “youth”.

17 August at 19:00

The Seed of the Sacred Fig Daneh Anjeer Moghadas

Rain-check screenings

In a tense political thriller filmed in secrecy, a family becomes a microcosm of contemporary Iran. Mohammad Rasoulof created the film during the protests under the slogan Women, Life, Freedom. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes and nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

From 18 to 23 August

FeKK - Ljubljana Short Film Festival

FeKK Ljubljana short film festival will float around this August in the spirit of hot shorts.

From 21 August

Dreams (Sex Love) Drømmer

Johanne falls in love for the first time… with her teacher. To preserve her overwhelming experience, she entrusts her feelings to paper. When her mother and grandmother read her writings, they are initially shocked by its intimate content but soon see its literary potential… »Refreshingly unexpected, Dag Johan Haugerud’s Dreams breathes new life into the often oversimplified genre of sexual awakening that seems to draw on his twinned career in both cinema and books.«Deadline. Golden Bear at the last Berlinale.

23 August at 16:00

FeKkids: Summer of Dreams FeKkids: Poletje sanj

FeKK; Kinobalon

Children’s dreams and desires in short films, selected and awarded by festivals in Europe. 

24 August at 19:00

Mickey 17 Mickey 17

Rain-check screenings

Six years after Parasite, Korean director Bong Joon-ho is back with another biting satire (this time set in the distant future) with Robert Pattinson shining in the leading role(s). Its unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes, has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living. »Combining the best parts of Snowpiercer and Okja into something new, this warm and wonderful film suggests that Bong loves people even more than he hates capitalism.« – IndieWire.

From 25 to 28 August, at 20:30

Open-air Cinema at Congress Square

Free admission

From 28 August

Sex Sex

From 30 August

Super-Charlie Super-Charlie

Kinobalon

From 3 September

Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness

With disarming wit, the Dalai Lama reflects on balancing millennia-old Tibetan Buddhist traditions with the contemporary values of our globalised society that now struggles to overcome violence and war while standing on the brink of environmental collapse. In this intimate heart-to-heart, the nearly 90-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate and the world’s greatest ambassador for compassion brings a timely message of hope. Wisdom of Happiness blends the Dalai Lama’s inspirational words with stirring images of our planet and newly unearthed archival footage.

From 4 September

Love Kjærlighet

7 September at 19:00

The Penguin Lessons The Penguin Lessons

Rain-check screenings

This moving dramedy about the unlikely friendship between a cynical Englishman and an adorable penguin was adapted by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) from a true story.

14 September at 19:00

The Other Way Around Volveréis

Rain-check screenings

Is a “good” breakup possible? Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s film is a playful and witty nod to the classic remarriage comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, showing that separation can hold just as much love and hope as a reunion.

28 September at 19:00

No Other Land No Other Land

Rain-check screenings

Palestinian activist Basel Adra has been documenting for years how Israeli occupiers destroy villages in his home region of Masafer Yatta. While fighting to preserve his community, he forms an unexpected alliance with Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham…

From 16 to 18 October

10th Kinotrip Film Festival

Kinotrip.

The tenth edition of Kinotrip! Enjoy six feature films, including a classic, a selection of short films, guest talks, and social gatherings at the Kinodvor Café – all curated by our young programming team. The full programme will be announced in the autumn, when ticket sales will also begin.

19 October at 19:00

Small Things Like These Small Things Like These

Rain-check screenings

Ireland, 1985. Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) works as a coal merchant to support himself, his wife and their five daughters. While delivering coal to the local convent of the Magdalene Sisters, he begins to suspect that the girls’ school they run is in fact a cruel and exploitative laundry … The film, which is based on Claire Keegan’s novel of the same name, opened the Berlinale.