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
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The Quiet Girl An Cailín Ciúin
Colm Bairéad
Monday, 05. 06. 2023 / 18:30 / Main Hall
A quietly moving and sensitive coming-of-age story exploring issues of family, loneliness and grief through the eyes of its young protagonist. Filmed in the rarely heard Irish language, the film has delighted audiences and critics alike, winning numerous awards, including the Grand Prix in the Generation Kplus section at the Berlinale and an Oscar nomination.
Disappearing Verschwinden/Izginjanje
Andrina Mračnikar
Monday, 05. 06. 2023 / 19:30 / Small Hall
Filmmaker Andrina Mračnikar heads home to South Carinthia to investigate why the Slovenian language and culture are increasingly disappearing from everyday life. The documentary, which skilfully intertwines the personal and the political, won the Audience Award at the Diagonale Festival in Graz.