Film Under the Stars 2018
Memoir of a Snail Memoir of a Snail
Adam Elliot / Australia / 2024 / 95 min / English
Bittersweet memories of a melancholy outcast seeking happiness in the clutter of everyday life. The animated tragicomedy for adult audiences has received an Oscar nomination, as well as numerous awards at major international festivals.
Parthenope Parthenope
Paolo Sorrentino / Italy / 2024 / 137 min / Italian
Born in the 1950s in the sea in front of her home villa, Parthenope seeks happiness in the long summers of her youth and falls in love with her native Naples and its many picturesque characters. Paolo Sorrentino has created a seductive epic about a modern heroine’s journey beyond “great beauty” and “youth”.
No Other Choice Eojjeol suga eopda
Park Chan-wook / South Korea / 2025 / 139 min / Korean, English
A highly entertaining and very timely satire filled with dark humour, vivid characters, and dizzying twists, following a family man who devises his own peculiar way of dealing with unemployment. Prepared over twenty years by Korean master Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden), the film is among the leading contenders for an Academy Award nomination for Best International Feature Film.
Sound of Falling In die Sonne schauen
Mascha Schilinski / Germany / 2025 / 149 min / German
The lives of four girls from different historical periods inhabiting the same farmstead in northeast Germany are subtly interconnected. Cannes 2025 Jury Prize.
Hysteria Hysteria
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay / Germany / 2025 / 104 min / German, Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, English
Hysteria kicks off when a copy of the Quran is burnt on a film set. The film crew are determined to uncover the truth, plunging the production into a state of chaos.
The Chronology of Water The Chronology of Water
Kristen Stewart / United Kingdom, USA, France, Latvia / 2025 / 128 min / English
Actress Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, based on the inspiring memoirs by the American author Lidia Yuknavitch.
Late Fame Late Fame
Kent Jones / USA / 2025 / 96 min / English
A thoughtful, melancholy drama about an aging poet who gets rediscovered. A romantic, nostalgic look at New York’s mid-1980s arts scene.
It Was Just an Accident Yek tasadef sadeh
Jafar Panahi / Iran, Luxembourg, France / 2025 / 103 min / Persian
A slowly smouldering moral thriller by Jafar Panahi, inspired by the director’s own experience of imprisonment. The film twists and turns as it probes difficult questions of revenge, trauma and forgiveness, all the while sustaining a vein of bitter, unsettling humour.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes.
Honey Honey
Natasha Arthy / Denmark / 2024 / 96 min / Danish, Slovene subtitles / 12+
A shy Honey is caught between family secrets and her love of music. When she learns her grandfather might still be alive, she sets off on a journey – to find him and herself.
A Colony Une colonie
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles / Canada / 2018 / 102 min / French, Slovene subtitles / 12+
A tribute to sisterly love, Colony is a poetic portrayal of the emotional turbulence in early teens, a time of discovering one’s identity. Children’s Jury Award at Berlinale 2019.
My Extraordinary Summer with Tess Mijn bijzonder rare week met Tess
Steven Wouterlood / Netherlands, Germany / 2019 / 82 min / Dutch, Slovene subtitles / 9+
A heart-warming tale about coming of age and friendship based on the eponymous novel by Anna Woltz. After its Berlinale premiere My Extraordinary Summer with Tess became this year’s festival favourite.
Girl Asleep Girl Asleep
Rosemary Myers / Australia / 2015 / 77 min / English, Slovene subtitles / 15+
Sune vs. Sune Sune vs. Sune
Jon Holmberg / Sweden / 2018 / 89 min / Swedish, Slovene subtitles / 8+
Light-hearted family comedy, full of funny moments!
Silent Friend Silent Friend
Ildikó Enyedi / Germany, Hungary, France / 2025 / 147 min / German, English
A mighty old tree stands in the garden of a German university. Three eras, three human lives, and three clumsy yet sincere attempts at connection: with the world, with nature, and with oneself. A film by Ildikó Enyedi (On Body and Soul).
Two Prosecutors Dva prokurora
Sergej Loznica / France, Netherlands, Germany, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania / 2025 / 118 min / Russian
This film by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa (A Gentle Creature, Donbass) is a Kafkaesque exploration of a totalitarian regime. It is suffused with an overwhelming sense of inevitability and laced with the director’s signature grotesque humour.
Deaf Sorda
Eva Libertad / Spain / 2025 / 99 min / Spanish
An intimate family story that explores the complex relationship between two worlds—amidst inclusion and alienation, connection and love, as well as numerous conflicts and misunderstandings.
Young Mothers Jeunes mères
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne / Belgium, France / 2025 / 105 min / French
Belgian masters of social realism intertwine the stories of these five girls facing the challenges of premature motherhood. Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes.
The Tale of Silyan Prikaznata za Siljan
Tamara Kotevska / North Macedonia, USA, United Kingdom / 2025 / 81 min / Macedonian, English
Inspired by ancient myths and folk tales, Tamara Kotevska’s film is a moving documentary fairy tale about a farmer and his unique bond with a white stork.
Shout or You Are Out Kdor ne skače
Boris Petkovič / Slovenia / 2025 / 73 min / Slovene
The cries and echoes of the Slovenian national consciousness, expressed through sport, memory and collective emotion. Drawing on archival footage, personal anecdotes and social reflection, this documentary explores how a nation is shaped through supporting a team – and what, and who, is left behind.
Whispers in the Woods Le chant des forêts
Vincent Munier / France / 2025 / 93 min / French
Following his film The Velvet Queen, in which he searched the Tibetan highlands for the elusive big cat, nature photographer Vincent Munier now invites us on an intimate journey to his native Vosges Mountains. Together with him, we will immerse ourselves in the sounds, textures, and scents of ancient forests. The film won the César Award for Best Documentary.
I Swear I Swear
Kirk Jones / United Kingdom / 2025 / 121 min / English
This candid, moving, and often hilarious film tells the extraordinary life story of John Davidson, an activist who raises awareness of Tourette syndrome. The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
Kontinental '25 Kontinental '25
Radu Jude / Romania / 2025 / 109 min / Romanian, Hungarian, German
Radu Jude, the ever-lucid provocateur behind Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, returns with yet another razor-sharp satire on the perversities of neoliberalism. The film won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlinale.
What Marielle Knows Was Marielle weiß
Frédéric Hambalek / Germany / 2025 / 87 min / German, French
What would happen if your child suddenly knew everything about you? This funny and incisive social satire with a supernatural twist will make you rethink your family relationships.