Film Under the Stars 2018
Total Trust Total Trust
Zhang Jialing / Germany, Netherlands / 2023 / 97 min
Total Trust is an eye-opening and deeply disturbing story of surveillance technology, abuse of power and (self-)censorship that confronts us with what can happen when our privacy is ignored. Through the haunting stories of people in China who have been monitored, intimidated and even tortured, the film tells of the dangers of technology in the hands of unbridled power.
Wil Wil
Tim Mielants / Belgium, Poland, Netherlands / 2023 / 107 min / Dutch
The film based on the award-winning best-seller by Belgian writer Jeroen Olyslaegers has us walking in the shoes of a man trying to survive the moral chaos of the war.
Branded to Kill Koroshi no rakuin
Seijun Suzuki / Japan / 1967 / 91 min / Japanese
Anarchic, hilarious, outrageous, brutal, breathtaking, and iconoclastic are just some of the adjectives used to describe the most famous film of Japanese New Wave director Seijun Suzuki.
Four Daugthers Les filles d’Olfa
Kaouther Ben Hania / France, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Germany / 2023 / 110 min / Arabic, French, English
Olfa is the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappeared to join Islamic extremists. The director replaces them with actors. As the real women confront their traumatic past, the actors face ethical questions about its portrayal. This richly awarded documentary is a slow-burning study of family trauma and an intimate journey full of hope, rebellion, sisterly love and intergenerational transmission of suffering and violence.
Zénithal Zénithal
Jean-Baptiste Saurel / France / 2024 / 80 min / French
A completely madcap comedy blending elements of kung fu movies, bizarre sexuality and unabashed humour, tackles the serious subject of gender power relations.
Being Blanche Houellebecq Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq
Guillaume Nicloux / France / 2024 / 88 min / French
Michel Houellebecq travels to Guadeloupe to take part in a look-alike contest, whose jury is chaired by Blanche Gardin. But unforeseen events plunge the duo into the heart of a bizarre intrigue… An ironic, wry take on political correctness and present-day taboos.
Animateka 2024: Festival Opening Animateka 2024: Odprtje festivala
različni avtorji / various / 78 min
Special Opening Screening
Main Competition II (2024) Tekmovalni program II (2024)
različni avtorji / various / 75 min
The best new animated films from Central and Eastern Europe in the running for the Audience Award and the Jury Grand Prix. The filmmakers featured in this strand include animation legends and debut filmmakers alike, and everyone in between.
Main Competition IV (2024) Tekmovalni program IV (2024)
različni avtorji / various / 75 min
The best new animated films from Central and Eastern Europe in the running for the Audience Award and the Jury Grand Prix. The filmmakers featured in this strand include animation legends and debut filmmakers alike, and everyone in between.
Best of the World III (2024) Svetovni jagodni izbor III (2024)
različni avtorji / various / 82 min
A programme of the best animated shorts from around the world, programmed to give you a thorough insight into the latest developments and trends in auteur animation, including many award-winners from some of the leading international festivals.
The Last Chance Die letzte Chance
Leopold Lindtberg / Switzerland / 1945 / 113 min / English, Italian, German, French
Lesson Learned Fekete pont
Balint Szimler / Hungary / 2024 / 119 min / Hungarian
A film about different approaches to education – and the implications of these teaching systems for students and teachers.
Best of the World II (2024) Svetovni jagodni izbor II (2024)
različni avtorji / various / 79 min
A programme of the best animated shorts from around the world, programmed to give you a thorough insight into the latest developments and trends in auteur animation, including many award-winners from some of the leading international festivals.
Four Little Adults Neljä pientä aikuista
Selma Vilhunen / Finland / 2023 / 122 min / Finnish
A middle-aged couple who, in the middle of an infidelity crisis, decide to open their marriage and venture into polyamory. A touching and humane portrait of grown-ups with growing pains.
Pale Flower Kawaita hana
Masahiro Shinoda / Japan / 1964 / 96 min / Japanese
This existential noir de noir, shot in widescreen format and stunning black-and-white technology, is considered one of the key Japanese gangster films.
Pelikan Blue Kék Pelikan
László Csáki / Hungary / 2023 / 79 min / Hungarian
An animated documentary about the escapades of three Hungarian friends in the early 1990s.
Asteroid City Asteroid City
Wes Anderson / USA, Spain / 2022 / 104 min / English
1955. Asteroid City, pop. 87. The town’s most famous attraction is a gigantic meteor crater and celestial observatory nearby. This weekend, the military and astronomers are welcoming five science-award-winning juniors to display their inventions… Meanwhile in New York, the characters of this story set in a fictional American desert town are on stage, preparing for a play titled Asteroid City…
Celebration Proslava
Bruno Anković / Croatia, Qatar / 2024 / 86 min / Croatian
This film adaptation of the eponymous novel by Damir Karakaš features wonderful photography of rural landscape, but also a testimony about commonplace brutality, exploring the reasons why innocent people become easy pray for ideological crusaders.
My Nights with Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra Mijn nachten met Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra
Pim de la Parra / Netherlands / 1975 / 84 min / Dutch
Omen Augure
Baloji / Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany / 2023 / 90 min
This debut feature from Belgian-Congolese musician, multimedia artist, and filmmaker Baloji is a phantasmagorical story of four characters accused of witchcraft. The winner of the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Festival and Belgian Oscar candidate.
Charade Charade
Stanley Donen / USA / 1963 / 113 min / English
Here are the immensely captivating Audrey Hepburn (“God kissed her on the cheek!”) and Cary Grant, charming and witty as ever, to take us on a journey through a spy thriller set in the Paris of the 1960s.
Hundreds of Beavers Hundreds of Beavers
Mike Cheslik / USA / 2023 / 108 min / English
Filmed in Wisconsin and Michigan in subzero temperatures by indie film mavericks and best buddies Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews Hundreds of Beavers is a feature length live action incarnation of a Looney Tunes cartoon. Unwaveringly true to its cartoon logic from start to finish, this epic silent action comedy is endlessly inventive, inspiring, ingenious and downright insane.
The Naked Island Hadaka no shima
Kaneto Shindo / Japan / 1960 / 96 min / No dialogue
Kaneto Shindo, a former assistant to Kenji Mizoguchi, described his most famous work as “a cinematic poem that seeks to capture the lives of people as they fight against the forces of nature like ants.”
Mother Mara Majka Mara
Mirjana Karanović / Serbia, Mongolia, Switzerland, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Bosnia and Herzegovina / 2024 / 96 min / Serbian
Attractive middle-aged lawyer Mara’s life is disrupted by the sudden death of her only son. Trying to face the loss and find a way to move on, she forms an intimate relationship with a younger man, her son’s mate.