Film Under the Stars 2018
Here Here
Bas Devos / Belgium / 2023 / 82 min / Dutch, Romanian, French
In a time shaped by distractions, the film invites us to pay attention—to nature and to people we might otherwise overlook.
Los Bando Los Bando
Christian Lo / Norway, Sweden / 2018 / 94 min / Slovene subtitles, Norwegian / 9+
A feel-good roadmovie about a young band that embarks on a journey across Norway to attend the National Championships of Rock in a race against time, the police and their parents.
School of Magical Animals Die Schule der magischen Tiere
Gregor Schnitzler / Germany, Austria / 2021 / 93 min / Slovene subtitles, German / 8+
The Sound Collector The Sound Collector
Chris Tichborne, Barry Purves, Andy Burns, Lisa Arioli / United Kingdom, Italy / 2023 / 21 min / Dubbed / 3+
A simple show about a little guy and his love of sound.
The Dupes Al-makhdu'un
Tewfik Saleh / Syria / 1972 / 107 min / Arabic
A painfully relevant film telling the story of three Palestinians belonging to three different generations, who, due to specific personal circumstances and the impossibly harsh living conditions in their home country, want to flee to Kuwait for a better life (the basic level of human dignity). The realism, seasoned with unique poetic cinematic verses and stanzas, is very extreme in directly presenting the physical, emotional and spiritual experience of the protagonists, at the same time depicting the allegory of the complex hardship of Palestinian existence.
La Chimera La chimera
Alice Rohrwacher / Italy, Switzerland, France / 2023 / 133 min / Italian
Each of us has its own chimera – something that we crave but never find. The film by Alice Rohrwacher tells the story about Arthur, a former archaeology student, who joins a boisterous gang of grave robbers to find a passage to other side and reunite with his love.
Riddle of Fire Riddle of Fire
Weston Razooli / USA / 2023 / 115 min / Slovene subtitles, English / 11+
An offbeat 16mm adventure comedy from the point of view of four bandit children trying to tackle the recipe for the perfect blueberry pie. Embarking on a woodland odyssey, they meet a sect of poachers, a little girl with an elvish gift and a host of other bizarre characters.
Born in Flames Born in Flames
Lizzie Borden / USA / 1983 / 80 min / English
This formally and politically radical futuristic fantasy about a women’s uprising, shot guerrilla-style for $200 on the streets of pre-gentrification New York, is a classic and a milestone of 1980s American feminist and underground cinema. Lizzie Borden created the film in dialogue with its performers (including Kathryn Bigelow), who play fictional versions of themselves.
Raise the Bar Hækkum rána
Guðjón Ragnarsson / Iceland, Finland / 2021 / 70 min / Slovene subtitles, Icelandic / 10+
A story of 8-13 year old girls, who wanted to change the paradigm in womens basketball in Iceland. With great sacrifice they faced the challenges they met.
Animanimals 3 Animanimals 3
Julia Ocker / Germany / 2022 / 25 min / No dialogue / 3+
Lovely and lively animals for the youngest audience. No dialogues.
Wild Slovenia Divja Slovenija
Matej Vranič / Slovenia / 2021 / 83 min / Slovene / 6+
Five ecosystems – Alps’ Mountains, the Karst’s underground caves, the Adriatic’s Sea coast, the Dinaric forests and the Pannonian plains host a record number of fauna and flora species.
Animanimals 2 Animanimals 2
Julia Ocker / Germany / 2022 / 25 min / No dialogue / 3+
Lovely and lively animals for the youngest audience. No dialogues.
Autumn and the Black Jaguar Le dernier jaguar
Gilles de Maistre / France, Canada, Germany / 2024 / 100 min / Slovene subtitles, English / 9+
Kinotripie – A Short Film Programme (2024) Kinotripčič – program kratkih filmov 2024
razni avtorji / France, Austria, Greece, USA, Belgium, Croatia / 71 min
We promise a dynamic trip of shorts! We will travel from Greece to Texas, through a tense atmosphere of transphobia and a country landscape of successful female influencers, immerse ourselves in the digital world of invisible NPCs, land in vibrant flowerbeds and, in the end, surrender to the enjoyment of singing flowers.
Happy Together Chun gwong cha sit
Wong Kar Wai / Hong Kong / 1997 / 96 min / Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Cantonese
Wong Kar-Wai (In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express) is an emotionally powerful, beautifully stylised portrait of a crumbling relationship in which Hong Kong stars Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung find themselves in a whirlwind of obsessive love and destructive jealousy.
Olga Olga
Elie Grappe / Switzerland, France / 2021 / 87 min / Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, French
2013. A fifteen-year-old Ukrainian gymnast is torn between Switzerland, where she is preparing for the European Championship, and Kiev, where her mother, a journalist, reports on the Revolution of Dignity.
My Dad Is a Sausage Mijn vader is een saucisse
Anouk Fortunier / Netherlands, Germany, Belgium / 2021 / 83 min / Slovene subtitles, Dutch / 9+
My Dad is a Sausage is a feel-good comedy about pursuing dreams and the courage it takes to do so.
Strange Way of Life Strange Way of Life
Pedro Almodóvar / Spain, France / 2023 / 31 min / English
Pedro Almodovar’s latest “caprice” is a short film answering the question from Brokeback Mountain: “What could two men do living together on a ranch?
Minuscule – Mandibles From Far Away Minuscule - Les Mandibules du bout du monde
Hélène Giraud, Thomas Szabo / France, China / 2018 / 92 min / No dialogue / 5+
Avant-premiere on Earth Day on April 22!
Best of the Elephant Najboljši iz Slona (2024)
različni avtorji / 50 min / No dialogue, English Subtitles, Slovene subtitles / 10+
A selection of the finest animated shorts from this year’s Elephant in Competition, these are Children Jury’s favourites!
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Kenji Kamiyama / Japan, New Zealand, USA / 2024 / 134 min / English
Foreign Language Langue étrangère
Claire Burger / France, Germany, Belgium / 2024 / 105 min / Slovene subtitles, German, French
The story of two foreign exchange students developing a boundary-testing relationship, as well as a coming-of-age drama about the dangers and deceptions involved in human desire to impress the object of one’s affection.
Cesária Évora Cesária Évora
Ana Sofia Fonseca / Portugal / 2022 / 95 min / Portuguese
This documentary combines never-before-seen archive footage with exclusive interviews with those close to her to weave an intimate portrait of the “Barefoot Diva”. Audience Award at the IndieLisboa festival.
The Websters: Baby, Carnival Websterovci: Babatko, Karnival
Katarína Kerekesová / Slovakia, Slovenia / 2023 / 22 min / Dubbed / 3+
High above the human world, a web loomed from stories similar to ours holds an alternative world of small creatures with big hearts – The Websters.