Film Under the Stars 2018
The Legend of the Suram Fortress Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa
Sergej Paradžanov, Dodo Abašidze / Soviet Union (Georgia) / 1984 / 87 min / Georgian
The director shot his penultimate film in Georgia after a fifteen-year ban on filmmaking and long periods spent in prison and gulag. The film contemplates the land, its people and their relationship with authority.
The Hypnosis Hypnosen
Ernst De Geer / Sweden, Norway / 2023 / 98 min / Swedish
A social experiment in the form of a feature film. Is our true face really hidden in the innermost recesses of the self?
Hanami Hanami
Denise Fernandes / Cape Verde, Switzerland, Portugal / 2024 / 96 min / Portuguese
A love letter to the director’s heritage, the film – with its assured patience and mythical tales inhabiting a space between the land and sea – aims to capture the beauty of Cape Verdean living.
When the Light Breaks Ljósbrot
Rúnar Rúnarsson / Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia / 2024 / 82 min / Icelandic
From one sunset to another, a circle of art students goes through a life-changing experience, encountering love, friendship, beauty, and grief.
The Rider The Rider
Chloé Zhao / USA / 2017 / 104 min / English
A longing look at the transforming American West, The Rider deploys a cast of real-life cowboys to present a refreshing new perspective on the western genre.
Little White Lie La mentirita blanca
Tomás Alzamora / Chile / 2017 / 80 min / Spanish
A black comedy about a journalist on a local newspaper who starts fabricating stories for fear of losing his job, Little White Lie is a witty debut feature by young Chilean filmmaker Tomás Alzamora.
The Guilty Den skyldige
Gustav Möller / Denmark / 2018 / 85 min / Danish, English
Danish director Gustav Möller got the idea for The Guilty after listening to a sound recording of a real 911 call. The psychological thriller takes its audience on an intense journey without physically leaving the claustrophobic environment of a police call centre.
The Wild Pear Tree Ahlat agaci
Nuri Bilge Ceylan / Turkey, North Macedonia, Germany, France, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina / 2018 / 188 min / Turkish
An intricate tapestry of social relations in rural Turkey, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest offering focuses on young people torn between idealistic pursuit of dreams and painful resignation to fate.
Keep Going Continuer
Joachim Lafosse / Belgium, France / 2018 / 84 min / French, Kirghiz
A lonely journey through the magnificent and hostile landscape of Kyrgyzstan by a mother and her estranged son, transforms into a hazardous and emotional adventure in which they must face up to their demons.
Dovlatov Dovlatov
Aleksej German, ml. / Russia, Serbia, Poland / 2018 / 126 min / Russian
Six days in the life of Sergei Dovlatov, a political dissident and author whose breadth of mind far transcended the confines of the 1970s Soviet Union.
Three Faces Se rokh
Jafar Panahi / Iran / 2018 / 100 min / Persian
Despite being issued with a ban on filmmaking, Jafar Panahi continues to make pictures of obstacles in the path of ordinary Iranians striving to realise their dreams. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Screenplay Award.
Amy Amy
Asif Kapadia / United Kingdom / 2015 / 128 min / English, Slovene subtitles / 15+
The documentary tells the incredible story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse – in her own words.
I Am Not Your Negro I Am Not Your Negro
Raoul Peck / USA, France / 2016 / 95 min / English
Documentary film based on James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript recounting personal recollections of the civil rights movement.
Between Revolutions Intre revolutii
Vlad Petri / Romania, Iran, Croatia / 2023 / 69 min
In 1970s Bucharest, Zahra and Maria form a deep friendship while studying at university. As political turmoil brews in Iran, Zahra is forced to return home, leaving Maria behind. Over the next decade, they maintain their connection through a series of letters, chronicling their struggles as women fighting for a voice and their respective countries moving in divergent directions.
A Family Une famille
Christine Angot / France / 2024 / 82 min / French
The writer’s directorial debut is a harrowing, radical and deeply personal autobiographical documentary about a woman who was a victim of incest and is now trying to understand how her family lives with this reality.
The Sparrow in the Chimney Der Spatz im Kamin
Ramon Zürcher / Switzerland / 2024 / 117 min / German
Using the universal image of a pair of siblings in combat with each other, the film paints a haunting, fairy-tale portrait of a family and their unconventional dynamic.
To a Land Unknown To a Land Unknown
Mahdi Fleifel / Greece, Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Qatar / 2024 / 105 min
A compelling, uncompromising look at the living conditions of migrants in the urban jungle of a European metropolis.
Last Summer L’été dernier
Catherine Breillat / France, Norway / 2023 / 104 min / French
Catherine Breillat returns to her thematic focus on taboo sexuality with a remake of Queen of Hearts (2019) by Danish director May el-Toukhy, once again refraining from simple moral judgments.
House with a Voice House with a Voice
Kristine Nrecaj, Birthe Templin / Germany / 2024 / 87 min / Albanian
Southern Storm La Sudestada
Daniel Casabé, Edgardo Dieleke / Argentina / 2023 / 86 min / Spanish
A veteran private detective gets a new assignment: he must keep a close eye on an experimental choreographer. In the surrealistic atmosphere of the Ría de La Plata delta, the distance between the observer and the observed begins to collapse.
Little Mom Petite maman
Céline Sciamma / France / 2021 / 72 min / French
After Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Céline Sciamma returns with a masterly miniature about grief, memory, and the mysterious bonds between mothers and daughters.
Lamb Dýrið
Valdimar Jóhannsson / Iceland, Poland, Sweden / 2021 / 106 min / Icelandic
A childless couple in rural Iceland make an alarming discovery one day in their sheep barn. They soon face the consequences of defying the will of nature in this dark and atmospheric folktale. Prize of Originality, Un Certain Regard (Cannes), Best Film Sitges.
Dreams (Sex Love) Drømmer
Dag Johan Haugerud / Norway / 2025 / 110 min / Norwegian
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… Golden Bear at the last Berlinale.