Film Under the Stars 2018
Barry Lyndon Barry Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick / USA, United Kingdom / 1975 / 185 min / English
Stanley Kubrick’s film, adapted from the classic novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, tells the story of the rise and fall of a charming fraud, liar, and social climber in the 18th century. Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography.
Sex Sex
Dag Johan Haugerud / Norway / 2024 / 118 min / Norwegian
Sex, Love and Dreams—not necessarily in that order—are the chapters in a loosely connected trilogy set in contemporary Oslo. In Sex, an intimate conversation between two men sparks a witty and refreshingly honest reflection on sexuality and gender roles in our society.
La Grazia La grazia
Paolo Sorrentino / Italy / 2025 / 133 min / Italian
Paolo Sorrentino returns to the world of Italian politics with an elegantly restrained portrait of a fictional president facing difficult political and personal choices as his term draws to a close. Winner of the Best Actor Award at Venice.
A Real Pain A Real Pain
Jesse Eisenberg / USA / 2024 / 90 min / English
Two estranged cousins join a guided tour of Poland to pay tribute to their beloved grandmother. Oscar for the Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
Romeria Romería
Carla Simón / Spain, Germany / 2025 / 112 min / Spanish, Catalan
Catalan director Carla Simón (Alcarràs) once again digs into her family history to craft a story of her parents from a mix of real and imagined memories.
Lampie Lampje – de film
Margien Rogaar / Netherlands / 2024 / 94 min / Dutch, Slovene subtitles / 10+
Eleven-year-old Lampie lives by the lighthouse with her father. One day, she is sent to work in the Black House as a punishment, where she meets Edward, a boy with a fish tail. Lampie must decide whether to save her new friend or return to her father.
The Magic Faraway Tree The Magic Faraway Tree
Ben Gregor / United Kingdom / 2026 / 110 min / Dubbed / 6+
Hamnet Hamnet
Chloé Zhao / United Kingdom, USA / 2025 / 125 min / English
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) imagines how a tragedy from Shakespeare’s real life might have inspired the creation of his timeless masterpiece Hamlet. Starring the exceptional Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, the film is a moving story about love, loss, and the healing power of art.
Umrao Jaan Umrao Jaan
Muzaffar Ali / India / 1981 / 145 min / Urdu
A magical Bollywood highlight: the timeless actress Rekha, accompanied by the golden voice of the legendary singer Asha Bhosle. This was the opening film of the first Kino Otok – Isola Cinema Festival in 2004.
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes
Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han / Belgium, France / 2025 / 77 min / Dubbed / 9+
Amélie is a little Belgian girl born in Japan. Thanks to her friend Nishio-san, life is a succession of adventures and discoveries. But on her third birthday, a single event changes everything. Because for Amélie, this is the age where everything hangs in the balance: happiness as well as tragedy.
TESLA Nikola Tesla, valovi prihodnosti
Janja Glogovac / Slovenia / 2024 / 63 min / English, Slovene / 15+
Circusboy Zirkuskind
Julia Lemke, Anna Koch / Germany / 2025 / 86 min / German, Slovene subtitles / 8+
Every day is magical if your playground is the circus.
The Searchers The Searchers
John Ford / USA / 1956 / 120 min / English
John Ford’s iconic Western, adapted from Alan Le May’s novel and starring John Wayne. Or, as Marcel Štefančič Jr. put it: “How John Ford unravelled racism.”
Mirrors No. 3 Miroirs No. 3
Christian Petzold / Germany / 2025 / 86 min / German
Christian Petzold once again explores themes of loss, memory, and identity – this time in a mysterious family psychodrama, a modern fairy tale for adults, in which two women try to piece together the fragments of their broken lives.
Sorry, Baby Sorry, Baby
Eva Victor / USA / 2025 / 103 min / English
An honest, warm, and surprisingly funny film about how to live with something you can never truly get over. A Sundance Festival sensation, winner of the Best Screenplay award there, and considered one of the best films of the year by numerous critics.
Apha. Apha.
Jan-Willem van Ewijk / Netherlands, Switzerland, Slovenia / 2024 / 100 min / Dutch, English
In this existential adventure, and a psychological study into male competitiveness, a father and son venture into the snowy mountains where they collide head-on, both with the overwhelming nature surrounding them and with each other.
The Outrun The Outrun
Nora Fingscheidt / United Kingdom, Germany / 2024 / 117 min / English
Nora Fingscheidt’s film, interspersed with flashbacks depicting the protagonist’s downward spiral into alcoholism, focuses on her liberation from personal demons through a connection with the magical nature of her childhood home.
Black Dog Gou zhen
Guan Hu / China / 2024 / 114 min / Chinese
A poetic drama about the unlikely friendship between an ex-convict and a black stray dog addresses the topical social issue of people abandoned to their fate by China’s rapid industrial growth.
Crossing Crossing
Levan Akin / Georgia, Sweden, Turkey, Denmark, France / 2024 / 105 min / Georgian, Turkish
In this ode to humanity two initially hesitant strangers, a retired Georgian teacher and her neighbour, overcome not only ideological but also internal boundaries on their mission to find the trans niece lost somewhere in Istanbul.
The Other Way Around Volveréis
Jonás Trueba / Spain, France / 2024 / 112 min / Spanish
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.