“Almodóvar nests one story inside another, leaps between them with breathtaking fluidity, and brings them both to a virtuosic, if abrupt, finish.”
– The New Yorker.
“Almodóvar has lost none of his ability to surprise and provoke.”
– Time Out.
Bitter Christmas Amarga Navidad
Screenings
Wednesday, 02. 09. 2026 / 13:00 / Main Hall
Tickets available only at the box office.
Sunday, 06. 09. 2026 / 11:00 / Main Hall
Bitter Christmas tells two alternating stories. One takes place in 2004 and stars an advertising director Elsa during a long weekend in December. The other, set in the present, features Raúl, a cult director working on a new script. Soon we discover Raúl is writing about Elsa, her boyfriend Bonifacio, and her friends Patricia and Natalia... Almodóvar’s—always stylish—latest comes straight from Cannes!
cast Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Victoria Luengo, Patrick Criado, Milena Smit, Quim Gutiérrez, Rossy de Palma, Carmen Machi, Gloria Muñoz, Amaia Romero,
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Saturday, 11. 07. 2026
FILM UNDER THE STARS – Yesterday without the stars!
Due to high winds, yesterday’s Avant Premiere of Bitter Christmas was cancelled. You can see Bitter Christmas today at 18:30 or 21:00 at Kinodvo (the number of seats at Kinodvor is considerably lower than in the castle courtyard).
What's On
Palestine 36 Palestine 36
Annemarie Jacir
Tuesday, 01. 09. 2026 / 17:30 / Main Hall
Palestine in 1936. Uprisings against colonial rule are escalating. Yusuf, a peasant’s son, works for an influential family in Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the unrest. But history is unforgiving. With an increasing number of Jewish immigrants fleeing antisemitism in Europe and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against thirty years of British rule, conflict seems increasingly inevitable.
Third World Treći svijet
Arsen Oremović
Tuesday, 01. 09. 2026 / 19:00 / Small Hall
Third World is more than just a documentary about Haustor, the legendary Zagreb band that left its mark on the former Yugoslavia’s music scene. It is the story of two creative opposites: Darko Rundek and Srđan Sacher. Through candid conversations, a studio reunion, and a wealth of archival material, the film reveals how the two artists’ sensitivity to the magic of everyday life once united their creative worlds – creating a third.
Bitter Christmas Amarga Navidad
Pedro Almodóvar
Tuesday, 01. 09. 2026 / 20:00 / Main Hall
Bitter Christmas tells two alternating stories. One takes place in 2004 and stars an advertising director Elsa during a long weekend in December. The other, set in the present, features Raúl, a cult director working on a new script. Soon we discover Raúl is writing about Elsa, her boyfriend Bonifacio, and her friends Patricia and Natalia… Almodóvar’s—always stylish—latest comes straight from Cannes!