Film Under the Stars 2018
Islands Islands
Jan-Ole Gerster / Germany / 2025 / 123 min / English
A sun-drenched neo-noir directed by German filmmaker Jan Ole Gerster, co-written with the recently deceased Slovenian screenwriter and director Blaž Kutin, who also co-wrote Gerster’s previous feature Lara. The film had its gala premiere in the Berlinale Special Gala section.
The Love That Remains Ástin sem eftir er
Hlynur Pálmason / Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, France / 2025 / 109 min / Icelandic, English
An intimate look into the life of an Icelandic family as the parents navigate their separation. Featuring the director’s own children, the film explores the complexities of fading love and the impact of shared memories.
The Blue Trail O último azul
Gabriel Mascaro / Brazil, Mexico, Netherlands, Chile / 2025 / 86 min / Portuguese
In this dystopian drama, Tereza, a septuagenarian, refuses being sent to a senior housing colony, embarking instead on a journey through the Amazon to realize one last wish before losing her freedom.
Kneecap Kneecap
Rich Peppiatt / Ireland, United Kingdom / 2024 / 105 min / Irish Gaelic, English
In this fiercely original sex, drugs and hip-hop biopic, Kneecap play themselves in a global rallying cry for the defence of native cultures.
Grand Tour Grand Tour
Miguel Gomes / Portugal, Italy, France / 2024 / 129 min / Portuguese
Portuguese film-maker Miguel Gomes (Taboo, Arabian Nights) takes us on a dreamlike journey through the past and present with a turbulent love story set in colonial Asia in the early 20th century. The film, which combines melancholic drama and screwball comedy, won the Best Director award at Cannes.
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.
Nouvelle Vague Nouvelle Vague
Richard Linklater / France, USA / 2025 / 105 min / French, English
Shot in the style of its subject, i.e. in black and white and with little-known actors, Nouvelle Vague looks at the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s iconic debut film, Breathless.
If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart into Your Mouth and Smile Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lächelst
Marie Luise Lehner / Austria / 2025 / 87 min / German, Slovene subtitles
Sandbag Dam Zečji nasip
Čejen Černić / Croatia, Slovenia, Lithuania / 2025 / 88 min / Croatian
A story of forbidden love in the Croatian countryside, where the boundaries of tolerance are too narrow for a tumultuous youthful romance.
Tafiti – Across the Desert Tafiti – Across the Desert
Nina Wels / Germany / 2026 / 81 min / Dubbed / 6+
I Swear I Swear
Kirk Jones / United Kingdom / 2025 / 121 min / English
A direct, moving, and often very funny film about the extraordinary life of John Davidson, an activist raising awareness of Tourette’s syndrome.
The Last One for the Road Le città di pianura
Francesco Sossai / Italy, Germany / 2025 / 100 min / Italian