Film Under the Stars 2018
Loving Vincent Loving Vincent
Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman / Poland, United Kingdom / 2017 / 94 min / English / 15+
Honouring Vincent van Gogh’s legacy, the creators made the first fully painted feature film, where each frame is a hand-painted oil painting.
Retrospective: Radu Jude II. Retrospektiva: Radu Jude II.
Radu Jude / Romania / 92 min / Romanian
Punish and Discipline; The Marshal’s Two Executions; The Potemkinists; Shadow of a Cloud; Plastic Semiotic
Paradžanov 100! Paradžanov 100!
Sergej Paradžanov / Soviet Union (Ukraine), Soviet Union (Georgia), Soviet Union (Armenia) / 46 min
Short films by Sergej Paradžanov.
Harvest Harvest
Athina Rachel Tsangari / Greece, Germany, USA, United Kingdom, France / 2024 / 131 min / English
Based on Jim Crace’s novel of the same name, Tsangari’s film tells the story of a remote English village whose delicate fabric begins to unravel in the wake of economic progress.
Retrospective: Radu Jude I. Retrospektiva: Radu Jude I.
Radu Jude / Romania / 94 min / Romanian
In the Morning; Alexandra; The Tube With a Hat; It Can Pass Through the Wall
Sing Me a Song Poj mi pesem
Miran Zupanič / Slovenia / 2018 / 107 min / Slovene
The documentary follows Vlado Kreslin’s development as an artist and examines the cultural context within which he has been working in for over 40 years. A film about music and those who love it.
Spoor Pokot
Agnieszka Holland / Poland, Sweden, Slovakia, Germany, Czech Republic / 2017 / 128 min / Polish
Agnieszka Holland has described her film as an ‘anarchist-feminist ecological crime film with elements of black comedy’, with foreign critics dubbing it the ‘Polish Fargo’.
Brief Encounters Korotkie vstreči
Kira Muratova / Soviet Union (Ukraine) / 1967 / 96 min
The story of a random love triangle is the directorial debut of Kira Muratova, who also plays one of the main roles. This dreamy and formally playful meditation on longing, far from the conventions of social realism, was banned in the Soviet Union for twenty years.
Europe in Short: Section 1 (2017) Evropa na kratko, 1. sklop (2017)
various / 82 min
Competitive Programme
Europe in Short: Section 1 (2018) Evropa na kratko, 1. sklop (2018)
various / 89 min
Competitive Programme
Europe in Short: Section 2 (2018) Evropa na kratko, 2. sklop (2018)
various / 99 min
Competitive Programme
Europe in Short: Section 3 (2018) Evropa na kratko, 3. sklop (2018)
various / 105 min
Competitive Programme
Pickpocket Xiao Wu
Jia Zhangke / China / 1997 / 108 min / Mandarin Chinese
Jia Zhangke’s striking debut came quietly and announced the director’s feature theme: the fate of the little man left behind by a rapidly evolving contemporary society. Pickpocket announced one of the most important Chinese film-makers of his generation.
Rams and Mammoths Ovni in mamuti
Filip Robar Dorin / Yugoslavia / 1985 / 92 min / Slovene
Memories of times when it was still acceptable o hospitalise Slovenian fascists.
European Short Film Audience Awards I. (2024) Ljubljenci evropskega občinstva I. (2024)
različni avtorji / various / 74 min
Balkan, Baby; To Live In a Wild Sea; Thank You For Your Patience!; Motherless Child
Motel Destino Motel Destino
Karim Aïnouz / Brazil, Germany, France / 2024 / 115 min / Portuguese
Marital loyalties and desires intertwine in this tropical noir, revealing that destiny has its own enigmatic design.
Route One/USA Route One/USA
Robert Kramer / USA, France / 1989 / 255 min / English
The film by the independent American film-maker Robert Kramer takes us on a four-hour drive along the famous American highway, from the Canadian border to Key West in southernmost Florida.
Copenhagen Does Not Exist København findes ikke
Martin Skovbjerg / Denmark / 2023 / 98 min / Danish
A dark psychological thriller based on the screenplay by Eskil Vogt, screenwriter of Joachim Trier’s films The Worst Person in the World and Oslo, August 31st.
The Iron Claw The Iron Claw
Sean Durkin / USA, United Kingdom / 2023 / 132 min / English
The tragic true story of the Von Erich brothers, who in the early 1980s, under the guidance of their domineering father, became legends of professional wrestling.
European Short Film Audience Awards II. (2024) Ljubljenci evropskega občinstva II. (2024)
različni avtorji / various / 107 min
Human Nature; Storks Always Come Home; Nun or Never!; Edge; The Mysterious Adventures of Claude Conseil
Ivo Ivo
Eva Trobisch / 2024 / 104 min / German
Focusing on the tension between a palliative care nurse’s optimism and the weight of her work, this unsentimental portrait of someone overwhelmed by the feelings she keeps bottled up inside poses a simple but essential question: Who cares for the caregivers?