An ode to legendary Mexican singer Chavela Vargas, whose unique voice and passionate performances enchanted audiences around the world. The documentary is framed around an exclusive 1991 interview with Vargas, and paints the picture of her remarkable life– from a young affair with Frida Kahlo, to her return and breakthrough into the international scene aided by life-long admirer, Pedro Almodóvar.
Chavela Chavela
An ode to legendary Mexican singer Chavela Vargas, whose unique voice and passionate performances enchanted audiences around the world.
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Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness
Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis
Monday, 12. 01. 2026 / 17:30 / Small Hall
With disarming wit, the Dalai Lama reflects on balancing millennia-old Tibetan Buddhist traditions with the contemporary values of our globalised society that now struggles to overcome violence and war while standing on the brink of environmental collapse.
Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach
Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Monday, 12. 01. 2026 / 18:30 / Main Hall
A singular film about Johann Sebastian Bach, created by the auteur duo Straub and Huillet based on various literary sources, including the fictional diary of his second wife, Anna Magdalena.
Fiume o morte! Fiume o morte!
Igor Bezinović
Monday, 12. 01. 2026 / 19:30 / Small Hall
On 12 September 1919, a troop of some three hundred soldiers under the leadership of the flamboyant war-loving Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio swooped into the Northern-Adriatic port town of Fiume, now Rijeka, wanting to annex the city to Italy. Over the course of the next 16 months, during what is regarded as one of the most bizarre militant sieges of all time his official photography team captured over 10,000 images. A century later, Igor Bezinović orchestrates a direct-action history lesson focused on the siege and its modern-day implications.