Film Under the Stars 2018
One Last Evening Letzter Abend
Lukas Nathrath / Germany / 2023 / 91 min / German
Shot with a hand-held camera and a small crew on a shoestring budget in one week, One Last Evening portrays a generation of Germans confronting universal dilemmas. A farewell dinner leads to an emotional crash that exposes undisclosed fears, desires and lies.
The Green Border Zielona granica
Agnieszka Holland / Poland, Turkey, Germany, USA, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Ireland / 2023 / 147 min / Polish, Arabic, English, French
Agnieszka Holland’s new feature opens our eyes, urging us to reflect on the humanitarian crisis still unfolding on Europe’s doorstep.
Power Mot
Mátyás Prikler / Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic / 2023 / 88 min / Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, English
A brooding investigative political thriller inspired by real events, Prikler’s film gazes unremittingly at the malignant nature of power the sole goal of which is self-perpetuation.
Songs of Earth Fedrelandet
Margreth Olin / Norway / 2023 / 90 min / Norwegian
Margreth Olin’s most personal documentary, a hymn to nature, with her 85-year-old father as a guide. Through breath-taking images, meditative narrative and sounds recreating nature’s melodies, we travel to one of Norway’s valleys where people have lived in harmony with nature for centuries.
Sweet Dreams Sweet Dreams
Ena Sendijarević / Netherlands, Sweden, Indonesia, Reunion / 2023 / 102 min / Dutch, Indonesian
A visually stunning period drama and a biting satire set on a sugar plantation in the final years of the Dutch colonial era.
Close Your Eyes Cerrar los ojos
Víctor Erice / Spain, Argentina / 2023 / 169 min / Spanish
A film within a film and a deeply searching, masterfully told story of an actor’s disappearance that pays tribute to the history of film as an art form.
The Delinquents Los delincuentes
Rodrigo Moreno / Argentina, Luxembourg, Brazil, Chile / 2023 / 180 min / Spanish
Rodrigo Moreno’s film shows there’s a fine line between the monotony of daily routine and the adventurous life of criminals. Above all, however, it demonstrates just how far a person is willing to go to find personal freedom and inner peace.
Trenque Lauquen: Part 1 Trenque Lauquen, parte I
Laura Citarella / Argentina, Germany / 2022 / 128 min / Spanish
A story in two parts about an Argentine botanist gone missing. As the two men who felt they knew her best seek out clues to her whereabouts, mysterious events from the past intertwine with the eternal quest for one’s true self.
Trenque Lauquen: Part 2 Trenque Lauquen, parte II
Laura Citarella / Argentina, Germany / 2022 / 128 min / Spanish
A story in two parts about an Argentine botanist gone missing. As the two men who felt they knew her best seek out clues to her whereabouts, mysterious events from the past intertwine with the eternal quest for one’s true self.
The Rescue: The Weight of the World El rapto
Daniela Goggi / Argentina, USA / 2023 / 95 min / Spanish
Focusing on Argentina, Daniela Goggi’s fictional film illustrates how a democratic transition never takes place as comprehensively as it might seem at first glance.
Kidnapped Rapito
Marco Bellocchio / Italy, Germany, France / 2023 / 125 min / Italian
A chronicle of an inglorious chapter in the history of the Catholic Church. A powerful story about a Jewish boy abducted from his family by papal gendarmes to be educated as a Christian.
Knife + Heart Un couteau dans le coeur
Yann Gonzalez / France, Switzerland, Mexico / 2018 / 102 min / French, Spanish
Yann Gonzalez’s ultra-stylish and gorgeously campy murder mystery, shot on 35mm, is not merely an ode but a revival and reincarnation of the seventies, the golden age of giallo, grindhouse and porno chic.
Bamboo Dogs Bamboo Dogs
Khavn / Philippines / 2018 / 83 min / Filipino
Four criminals, four cops and a van are the ingredients of Khavn’s tense, pitch-dark and claustrophobic crime thriller and road movie mixture, based on the Kuratong Baleleng Rubout Massacre of 1995, the biggest police conspiracy in Philippine history.
Au hasard Balthazar Au hasard Balthazar
Robert Bresson / France, Spain / 1966 / 95 min / French
The story of the life and death of a donkey called Balthazar who spent his youth playing with a little girl Marie, and then journeyed from owner to owner, some of them loving and others brutal.
Klondike Klondike
Marina Er Gorbač / Ukraine, Turkey / 2022 / 100 min / Ukrainian
17 July 2014, the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, near the border with Russia. Future parents end up at the heart of an international incident when a Malaysian commercial aircraft crashes in the vicinity of their home. The film, inspired by a real event, received the Best Director Award at Sundance and Sarajevo Film Festival.
Dream's Gate Darvazeye royaha
Negin Ahmadi / Iran, Norway, France / 2023 / 78 min
A young Iranian filmmaker visits the war zone in northern Syria to explore what it means to be a woman. Armed only with a camera, she decides to search for answers among Kurdish women fighters, who are considered a symbol of women’s power and freedom. By alternating scenes of affectionate moments between female soldiers and brutal fighting scenes, she manages to create an intimate visual diary written in the first person…
A Sense Of Place: Iran Čutenje prostora: Iran
različni avtorji / Germany, Iran, France / 88 min
Shadowless: In Transit, Azin Feizabad; Hollow, Mohammadreza Farzad; Density of Emptiness, Shirin Barghnavard; Great are the Eyes of a Dead Father, Afsaneh Salari
FeKK: Opening Ceremony + Classics: Do Not Go Gentle FeKK: Svečana slovesnost + Klasiki: Ne odidi krotko
različni avtorji / various / 68 min
Saute ma ville, Chantal Akerman; 79 primaveras, Santiago Álvarez; Dirty Girls, Michael Lucid; It’s a Date, Nadia Parfan; The Heart Of The World, Guy Maddin
Singing in the Wilderness Singing in the Wilderness
Dongnan Chen / China, USA / 2021 / 98 min
A choir, after a century of hiding in the mountains, is accidentally discovered by the local propaganda minister, who decides to make it a national sensation. Ping and Sheng are two idealistic young villagers who, along with the other members of the choir, embark on a journey that could change their future—and perhaps reconnect them with their past …
Granny’s Sexual Life Babičino seksualno življenje
Urška Djukić / Slovenia, France / 2021 / 13 min
European Film Award Winner for Best Short and César for Best Animated Short.