Film Under the Stars 2018
Animals Tiere
Greg Zglinski / Switzerland, Poland, Austria / 2017 / 95 min / German
A richly nuanced and intriguing story of a young couple aiming to resolve their relationship crisis with a longer break in the Swiss Alps. When various narrative levels start to overlap, reality and fantasy slowly dissolve into each other.
Transit Transit
Christian Petzold / Germany, France / 2018 / 101 min / German, French
Marseille, present time. Refugees from across Europe dream of embarking on a ship to America to escape the fascist occupiers. Among them, the German Georg assumes the identity of a dead writer to take advantage of his visa. But everything changes when he falls in love with the secretive Marie… A film in which past and present meet, after Anne Segher’s 1942 novel of the same name, adapted by Christian Petzold (Phoenix, Barbara).
An Officer and a Spy J'accuse
Roman Polanski / France, Italy / 2019 / 133 min / French
Paris, 1895. Captain Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank for spying for Germany and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil’s Island. Among the witnesses to his humiliation is Georges Picquart, who is promoted to run the military counter-intelligence unit that tracked him down. But when Picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the Germans, he is drawn into a dangerous labyrinth of deceit and corruption that threatens not just his honour but his life.
There Is No Evil Sheytan vojud nadarad
Mohammad Rasoulof / Germany, Iran, Czech Republic / 2020 / 151 min / Persian
Where'd You Go, Bernadette Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater / USA / 2019 / 111 min / English
An inspiring comedy about a loving mom who becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passion after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Bernadette’s leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jumpstarts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.
The Elephant in Competition I (2021) Najmlajši Slon - Slonov tekmovalni program I (2021)
različni avtorji / 33 min / No dialogue, live dubbing / 3+
Main Competition IV (2022) Tekmovalni program IV (2022)
različni avtorji / various / 76 min
The best new animated films from Central, Eastern and Southern Europe in the running for the ;DSAF (Slovene Animated Film Association) 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 IV (2022) Svetovni jagodni izbor IV (2022)
različni avtorji / various / 78 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.
Whites Wash at Ninety Belo se pere na devetdeset
Marko Naberšnik / Slovenia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Italy, Montenegro, Croatia / 2025 / 144 min / Slovene
A film adaptation of the bestselling novel by Bronja Žakelj, in which the author recounts her own life story. Set in Ljubljana in the 1980s, the film is a touching, humorous, and inspiring tale of growing up, loss, and survival.
My Sunny Maad My Sunny Maad
Michaela Pavlátová / Czech Republic, Slovakia, France / 2021 / 81 min / Czech, Dari
When Herra, a Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan man, she has no idea about the life that awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor about the family she is about to join.
The White Crow The White Crow
Ralph Fiennes / United Kingdom, Serbia, France / 2018 / 127 min / English, French, Russian
It is 1961. A young man in a black beret is travelling west, leaving the Soviet Union for the first time. From Rudolf Nureyev’s poverty-stricken childhood and his blossoming as a student dancer in Leningrad, to his arrival in Paris in the early 1960s and a nail-biting stand-off at the Le Bourget airport, The White Crow is the true story of an incredible journey by an artist who transformed the world of ballet forever.
Sentimental Value Affeksjonsverdi
Joachim Trier / Norway, Denmark, Germany, France / 2025 / 135 min / Norwegian, English
After the success of The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier returns with an intimate and deeply moving story about family, memory, and the unifying power of art. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes and nominated for eight Golden Globes.
Columbus Columbus
Kogonada / USA / 2017 / 100 min / English
Architecture plays a prominent role in Columbus, a subtle character study. The feature-film debut by acknowledged video essayist Kogonada is set in Columbus, Indiana, the Mecca of Modernist architecture.
A Gentle Creature Krotkaja
Sergej Loznica / France, Netherlands, Germany, Lithuania / 2017 / 143 min / Russian
Inspired by Dostoyevsky’s short story of the same name, the film takes us to a land of crime without punishment, on a journey into the heart of darkness.
Western Western
Valeska Grisebach / Germany, Bulgaria, Austria / 2017 / 120 min / German, Bulgarian, English
Using the tropes of the western genre, Valeska Grisebach tells a story about prejudices, mistrust and typical male rivalry between German workers and Bulgarian villagers.
120 Beats Per Minute 120 battements par minute
Robin Campillo / France / 2017 / 140 min / French
Paris in the early 1990s. The AIDS epidemic is at its height. Activists from the Act Up movement are fighting to effect change. New member of the group Nathan’s life turns around when he meets the radical Sean. Winner of the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
Directions Posoki
Stefan Komandarev / Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Germany / 2017 / 103 min / Bulgarian
Centring on a contentious tragic incident, Directions is a socially-critical examination of present-day Bulgaria as seen through the eyes of taxi drivers and their passengers cruising Sofia by night.
In the Blood I blodet
Rasmus Heisterberg / Denmark / 2016 / 104 min / Danish
Summer in Copenhagen. A time of carefree days and wild nights for four medical students. But also a time of shattered dreams, crumbling friendships and painful love when the young men have to make a decisive step towards adulthood.
Daphne Daphne
Peter Mackie Burns / United Kingdom / 2017 / 90 min / English
A characters study of a pleasure-seeking yet vulnerable woman who has reached a point in her life when a confrontation with oneself is inevitable.