Film Under the Stars 2018
The Congo Tribunal Das Kongo Tribunal
Milo Rau / Germany, Switzerland / 2017 / 100 min / French, German, English, Swahili
The Holdovers The Holdovers
Alexander Payne / USA / 2023 / 133 min / English
The Holdovers reunites Sideways’ Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti in a holiday story of three lonely, shipwrecked people at a New England boarding school during the winter break in 1970. Golden Globe for Giamatti and an Oscar for Joy Randolph.
State Funeral Gosudarstvennyye pokhorony
Sergej Loznica / Lithuania, Netherlands / 2019 / 135 min / Russian
Unique, mostly unseen before, archive footage from March 1953 presents the funeral of Joseph Stalin as the culmination of the dictator’s personality cult.
Leila's Brothers Baradaran-e Leila
Saeed Roustaee / Iran / 2022 / 159 min / Persian
Fast-paced, turbulent and full of unpredictable twists, this drama follows a family’s desperate attempts to shake off the stifling burden of tradition, patriarchy and financial crisis. Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes.
Our Body Notre corps
Claire Simon / France / 2023 / 166 min / French
In a Parisian public hospital, Claire Simon questions what it means to live in women’s bodies, filming their diversity, singularity and their beauty in all stages throughout life. Unique stories of desires, fears and struggles unfold, including the one of the filmmaker herself.
Strawberry Time Ko zorijo jagode
Rajko Ranfl / Yugoslavia / 1978 / 90 min / Slovene
A youth film that we simply couldn’t make today.
Trieste Trst
France Štiglic / Yugoslavia / 1951 / 80 min / Slovene
A film that is the Slovenian attempt at winning the Cold War.
A Minute for Murder Minuta za umor
Jane Kavčič / Yugoslavia / 1962 / 81 min / Slovene
The first Slovenian Hitchcock-style thriller.
Memory Memory
Michel Franco / Mexico, USA / 2023 / 100 min / English
A love story about a woman who can’t forget and a man who can’t remember. Sylvia lives a simple and orderly life: a daughter, a job, AA meetings. But everything is turned upside down when Saul follows her home one night from her high-school anniversary…
EFA: Short Films On Tour EFA: Kratkometražni nominiranci za evropske filmske nagrade 2023
različni avtorji / various
27; Aqueronte; Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays; Flowers From Another Garden; Hardly Working
Palm Springs Palm Springs
Max Barbakow / USA / 2020 / 90 min / English
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honour Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
In the Mood for Love Fa yeung nin wah
Wong Kar Wai / Hong Kong, France / 2000 / 98 min / Cantonese
Wong Kar Wai’s film about the mysteries of love and the fleetingness of life is not only one of the most romantic works in the history of cinema, but often finds itself on the lists of all-time best films. Best Actor Award in Cannes.
78 Days 78 dana
Emilija Gašić / Serbia / 2024 / 82 min / Serbian
Serbian countryside, spring 1999. Three sisters begin recording a video diary when their father is drafted into the military during NATO’s bombing. In her directorial debut, Emilija Gašić recreates the look, poetry and spontaneous atmosphere of home video footage with documentary precision, painting an intimate portrait of growing up during wartime through entertaining, emotional, fleeting moments of everyday life.
Milk Melk
Stefanie Kolk / Netherlands / 2023 / 96 min / Dutch
Inspired by her own breastfeeding period, director Stefanie Kolk tells of the rocky paths that open up for some parents in the postpartum period. This intimate drama proves that conveying the strongest emotions can usually be done with few words.
The Devil’s Bath Des Teufels Bad
Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala / Austria, Germany / 2024 / 121 min / German
A shocking look at the distorted interpretations of Christian norms and the harsh reality of lives governed by religious dogma and taboos. Based on historical court records about an uncanny, previously unexplored chapter in Austrian history.
Sultana's Dream El sueño de la sultana
Isabel Herguera / Spain, Germany / 2023 / 86 min / Hindi, Bengali, Spanish, Basque, English, Italian
A young artist Inés decides to follow in the footsteps of the writer and thinker Begum Rokeya who campaigned for the rights of Indian women back in the early 20th century.
12 Angry Men 12 Angry Men
Sidney Lumet / USA / 1957 / 96 min / English
The debut of director Sidney Lumet is a gripping story of prejudice, racism and justice that “explodes like twelve sticks of dynamite.” Winner of the Golden Bear award at the Berlinale and three Oscar nominations.