Ten-year-old Asalif and his mother have been displaced from their farmland on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by the construction of a condominium. To fight back against those casting him out, Asalif taps into a fantasy of becoming his hero: the lion (“anbessa” in Amharic). Asalif uses his imagination to battle forces beyond his control. He must find the strength that resides in him in order to deal with the tides of change that are usurping a community, a country, and his own identity.
Anbessa Anbessa
What's On
Emilia Pérez Emilia Pérez
Jacques Audiard
Friday, 14. 02. 2025 / 15:15 / Main Hall
A narco-thriller, a drama about gender transition, a musical, a telenovela, a comedy: Jacques Audiard’s film, like its titular heroine, defies categorisation and constantly subverts expectations. One of the most awarded films of the season and a serious contender for the Oscars.
Women in Love Women in Love
Ken Russell
Friday, 14. 02. 2025 / 18:00 / Main Hall
Directed by Ken Russell, the enfant terrible of British cinema, the movie adaptation of the scandalous bestseller by D. H. Lawrence, the film broke sexual taboos at the dawn of the sexual revolution. The movie made history as the first mainstream Western film to feature full-frontal male nudity.