Film Under the Stars 2018
Nuclear Family Nuclear Family
Travis Wilkerson, Erin Wilkerson / USA, Singapore / 2021 / 86 min / English
Tormented by his childhood’s nuclear fantasies, Travis Wilkerson (in co-direction with his partner Erin) exorcises his ghosts with a family road movie that takes him to Western USA after missile silos that used to promise an instant apocalypse.
Sava Sava
Matthew Somerville / United Kingdom, North Macedonia, Czech Republic / 2021 / 71 min / Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian
Mira Furlan becomes the voice of the river Sava. On its 990-kilometre journey downstream, the longest river of former Yugoslavia communicates with people who share their memories, dreams, and visions of the future. According to its British director Matthew Somerville, this contemplative documentary is “a love letter to the Balkans, to the Sava, and to Mira Furlan”.
Official Competition Competencia oficial
Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn / Spain, Argentina / 2021 / 114 min / Spanish
Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas make fun of themselves in this biting satire about the weird, arrogant creatures populating the world of high – and not so high – art.
F@ck This Job F@ck This Job
Vera Kričevskaja / United Kingdom, Germany / 2021 / 104 min / Russian, German, English
A fast-moving impression of the turbulent rise and fall of Russian TV channel Dozhd.
Benedetta Benedetta
Paul Verhoeven / France / 2021 / 131 min / French
Invariably provocative Paul Verhoeven recounts the incredible yet true story about a lesbian relationship between two seventeenth-century Italian nuns.
The Restless Les Intranquilles
Joachim Lafosse / Belgium, Luxembourg, France / 2021 / 118 min / French
Mr. Bachmann and His Class Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse
Maria Speth / Germany / 2021 / 217 min / German
An intimate documentary portraying the close bond between an unconventional primary school teacher and his teenage students. A witty, poignant, and inspiring tribute to the art of teaching and learning. Winner of the Silver Bear Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Berlinale.
The Smallest Show on Earth The Smallest Show on Earth
Basil Dearden / United Kingdom / 1957 / 80 min / English
The slightly eccentric film shot in the vein of the British 1950s comedies is a humorous take on the good days of cinema, the small and popular movie theatres with a character.
Wet Woman in the Wind Kaze ni nureta onna
Akihiko Shiota / Japan / 2016 / 77 min / Japanese
In the film, a revival of the Japanese “romantic porno” format, a sex-crazed girl meets a reticent artist.
Returning to Reims (Fragments) Retour à Reims (Fragments)
Jean-Gabriel Périot / France / 2021 / 87 min / French
All Those Sensations In My Belly Sve te senzacije u mom trbuhu
Marko Dješka / Croatia, Portugal / 2020 / 13 min
A Hero Ghahreman
Asghar Farhadi / Iran, France / 2021 / 127 min / Persian
Rahim is serving a prison sentence for an unpaid debt. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint, using a suspicious find of gold coins. But things don’t go as planned…