Film Under the Stars 2018
Diego Maradona Diego Maradona
Asif Kapadia / United Kingdom / 2019 / 130 min / English, Spanish
On 5th July 1984, Diego Maradona arrived in Naples for a world-record fee. On the pitch, Maradona was a genius. Off the pitch, he was treated like a God. The charismatic Argentine led Napoli to their first-ever title. It was the stuff of dreams. But there was a price…
Eyes Without a Face Les yeux sans visage
Georges Franju / France, Italy / 1960 / 88 min / French
Georges Franju’s poetically surreal and chillingly visceral psychological nightmare is a bona fide classic of horror cinema, exquisitely photographed by Eugen Schüfftan (who crafted the visual effects on Fritz Lang’s Metropolis) and unravelling to a hypnotic original score by Maurice Jarre.
Adoration Adoration
Fabrice du Welz / France, Belgium / 2019 / 98 min
Let film take you to brave insanity!
Dogs Don't Wear Pants Koirat eivät käytä housuja
J-P Valkeapää / Finland, Latvia / 2019 / 105 min / Finnish
One of the major discoveries at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, this darkly humorous and deliciously painful story of loss, love and the sweet pain of being.
Koko-di Koko-da Koko-di Koko-da
Johannes Nyholm / Sweden, Denmark / 2019 / 86 min
Inventive, eerie and perversely fun, Johannes Nyholm’s second feature premiered at last year’s Sundance and was awarded Best Screenplay at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, the Youth Jury Award at Brussels International Film Festival and the Camera Lucida Award at Montreal’s Fantasia.
Coz Ov Moni 2: FOKN Revenge Coz Ov Moni 2: FOKN Revenge
King Luu / Ghana / 2013 / 62 min
If a sense of discovery is what drives your love of cinema (and the answer to that should be YES!), than you’d be bonkers to miss “The World’s 2nd 1st Pidgin Musical” FOKN Revenge. Crocodile tears of joy and laughter guaranteed!
A Faithful Man L'Homme fidèle
Louis Garrel / France / 2018 / 75 min / French
Actor Louis Garrell’s second feature film is a modern character comedy reminiscent of the works of his father, the perennial new-waver Philipp Garrel. The romantic drama with a pinch of suspense, which the director co-wrote with the legendary screenwriter Jean-Claud Carrière, ended up winning the Best Screenplay Prize at San Sebastián.
The Big Feast La Grande bouffe
Marco Ferreri / France, Italy / 1973 / 125 min / French, Italian
Pilot Marcello, TV host Michel, gourmet chef Ugo, and judge Philippe are four middle-aged friends. Bored after attaining great success in life, they withdraw to a dilapidated villa in the outskirts of Paris to indulge in orgies and decadent eating.
Boys in the Sand Boys in the Sand
Wakefield Poole / USA / 1971 / 73 min / No dialogue
Like Botticelli’s Venera, the handsome Adonis stands up from the foaming sea. This is the beginning of the first of three vignettes entitled Bayside, Poolside, and Inside, which take place in the remote paradise of Fire Island off the coast of New York—a dreamy, playful, and breezy summer ode to freedom and physical love liberated from shame and stigma.
Chris the Swiss Chris the Swiss
Anja Kofmel / Switzerland, Finland, Germany, Croatia / 2018 / 90 min / German
Chris the Swiss is the story of a young Swiss who got lost in a dark and brutal world.
Les Misérables Les Misérables
Ladj Ly / France / 2019 / 102 min / French
Stéphane, a recent transplant to the impoverished suburb of Montfermeil, joins the local anti-crime squad where he works alongside two unscrupulous colleagues. When an arrest turns unexpectedly violent, a drone captures the encounter and the three officers must reckon with the aftermath.
Samouni Road La strada dei Samouni
Stefano Savona / Italy, France / 2018 / 129 min / Arabic
The film conveys a deep, multifaceted portrait of a family before, during and after the tragic event that changed its life forever.
This Magnificent Cake! Ce Magnifique Gâteau!
Marc James Roels, Emma De Swaef / Belgium, Netherlands, France / 2018 / 44 min / Dutch, English, Aka, Malinke
Ruben Brandt, Collector Ruben Brandt, a gyüjtö
Milorad Krstić / Hungary / 2018 / 94 min / English, Slovene subtitles
Let film take you on a dizzying chase!
The Wolf House La casa lobo
Cristobal Léon, Joaquin Coci?a / Chile / 74 min / Spanish, German
Inspired by the infamous case of the Colonia Dignidad, in central Chile, La casa lobo is a strikingly creative fairy tale steeped in folklore and crafted out of remarkable stop-motion animation.
Hungary visiting: The Angler on the Moon Madžarska na obisku: Ribič na luni
various / 45 min / 4+
For children aged 4 and up.
Photograph Photograph
Ritesh Batra / India, Germany, USA / 2019 / 110 min
A warm story about two lonely souls who meet in the chaotic streets of Mumbai. A street photographer, who is pressed by his grandmother to get married, convinces a shy girl from a wealthy family to pretend to be his girlfriend.
Never Just a Dream: Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut Never Just a Dream: Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut
Matt Wells / United Kingdom / 2019 / 9 min / English
Happiness Machine Happiness Machine
various / 70 min
A programme of short films that connects 10 women animators and 10 women composers from all over Europe, who were asked by Klangforum Wien and Tricky Women to consider the following topic: to what extent does the current economic climate affect our lives and pursuit of happiness.
Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs J?kabs, Mimmi un run?jošie su?i
Edmunds Jansons / Latvia, Poland / 2019 / 72 min / 7+