The winner of the Cannes Grand Prix, Close garnered an Oscar nomination in the Best International Feature category and two accolades at the Ljubljana International Film Festival: the Art Cinema Network of Slovenia Award and the Kinotrip Young Jury Award.
Close Close
After his hit debut feature Girl, Belgian-born director Lukas Dhont returns with a sensitive, heart-breaking tale of friendship between two adolescent boys, a film about “the loss of tenderness in a world of toxic masculinity”.
cast Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker
IMDbThe DVD of the film is available in our Bookshop. (List of available DVDs in Slovene only)
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A Poet Un poeta
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Tuesday, 18. 11. 2025 / 11:00 / Main Hall
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Blue Heron Blue Heron
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Tuesday, 18. 11. 2025 / 15:00 / Main Hall
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Growing Down Minden Rendben
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Tuesday, 18. 11. 2025 / 17:00 / Main Hall
A widowed father grapples with a tricky ethical dilemma after being the sole witness to a serious, potentially life-threatening accident caused by his son.