Film Under the Stars 2018
Non-Fiction Doubles vies
Olivier Assayas / France / 2018 / 108 min / French
From French auteur Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria) comes this funny, insightful and literary tale of sex, lies and literature in the ever shifting digital world.
Daughter of Mine Figlia mia
Laura Bispuri / Italy, Switzerland, Germany / 2018 / 100 min / Italian
Ten year old Viktoria has a warm and loving relationship with her mother Tina. But their peaceful life in the Sardinian countryside is disturbed by the girl’s discovery that the local party animal Angelica is her biological mother.
History of Love Zgodovina ljubezni
Sonja Prosenc / Slovenia, Norway, Italy / 2018 / 105 min / Slovene, English
Sonja Prosenc, who astounded audiences with her debut feature ‘The Tree’, returns with this touching, poetic and visually stunning film, which premiered at Karlovy Vary and received a special mention for direction.
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari
Radu Jude / Romania, Germany, France / 2018 / 138 min / Romanian
Radu Jude (Bravo!) returns with another provocative, insightful and surprisingly entertaining adventure in a murky Romanian past. Winner for best film at Karlovy Vary film festival.
The Heiresses Las herederas
Marcelo Martinessi / Paraguay, Norway, Germany, France, Brazil, Uruguay / 2018 / 95 min / Spanish
A quiet masterpiece by a voice from the little-known Paraguayan cinema. By centring on a relationship between two middle-aged women, The Heiresses explores personal growth, ranging from paralysing apathy to optimistic awakening.
Beoning Beoning
Lee Chang-dong / South Korea / 2018 / 148 min / Korean
Based on a short story by Haruki Murakami.
The Image Book Le livre d'image
Jean-Luc Godard / Switzerland, France / 2018 / 85 min / French
“Nothing but the silence, nothing but a revolutionary song, history in five chapters, like five fingers on your hand.”
Girl Girl
Lukas Dhont / Belgium, Netherlands / 2018 / 105 min / Flemish, French, English
Portrait of a driven young woman who faces but one obstacle to her dreams of a career as a professional ballet dancer: her own body.
The Captain Der Hauptmann
Robert Schwentke / Germany, Poland, France / 2017 / 118 min / German
A wartime drama based on true events, this grotesque and stylised feature, peppered with dark humour forms an allegory of the corruptive force of strength, in which a deserter’s discovery of a simple uniform brings with it a monstrous influence.
Barbara Barbara
Mathieu Amalric / France / 2017 / 98 min / French, English
Actor Mathieu Amalric revisits the iconic French singer twelve years after her death with this multifaceted and dream-like nod to her life and work, starring Jeanne Balibar. The film, which the auteur describes as simultaneously ‘all made up and all true’, was the opening screening at last year’s Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section, and winner of the prestigious Louis Delluc Prize for the Best Poetic Narrative.
Perseverance Perseverance
Miha Knific / Slovenia, Serbia, Italy / 2017 / 108 min / Slovene, English, Serbian, Croatian, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Russian, German, Danish
This poetic journey through the collective memory of humanity seeks answers to such existential questions as where we come from and where we are going.
Hochelaga, Land of Souls Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes
François Girard / Canada / 2017 / 100 min / French
In this manyfaceted portrait of the rich 750 year history of Montreal, archeologist Baptiste Asigny follows the trails of his Iroquoi ancesters to what remains of the village of Hochelaga.
Ana, mon amour Ana, mon amour
Cãlin Peter Netzer / Romania, Germany, France / 2017 / 125 min / Romanian, Russian
A careful study of mental illness and recovery, which follows the rise and fall of a stormy romantic relationship.
The Elephant in Competition IV (2017) Slonov tekmovalni program IV (2017)
various / 65 min / 14+
For youth over 14.
The Elephant in Competition II (2017) Slonov tekmovalni program II (2017)
various / 50 min / 7+
For children aged 7 to 10.
The Elephant in Competition III (2017) Slonov tekmovalni program III (2017)
various / 65 min / 10+
For children aged 10 to 14.