From 5 March 2025

Dahomey Dahomey

Mati Diop / Senegal, Benin, France / 2024 / 67 min / French, English, Fon

A poetic documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop gives voice to artefacts returning from exile in France to their homeland, Benin, and listens to young people as they discuss the significance of this historic event.

cast Gildas Adannou, Habib Ahandessi, Joséa Guedje

festivals, awards Berlinale 2024 (Golden Bear), Zagreb 2024 (Movies That Matter Award)

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First timers / Festival Bobri

Piro Piro Piro Piro

Baek Mi-young, Min Sung-ah

Saturday, 28. 03. 2026 / 10:00 / Main Hall

A programme of short animated films from South Korea with no dialogues, invite young viewers into a pastel-coloured, poetic and tender world dominated entirely by birds, butterflies, rabbits and flowers.

Kinobalon / Festival Bobri

Elvis Starling Elvis Škorc

Boris Jurjaševič

Saturday, 28. 03. 2026 / 11:30 / Main Hall

Elvis Škorc humorously portrays the complex world of a fourteen-year-old who’s known since second grade that he wants to become an inventor.

Kinobalon / Festival Bobri

Hola Frida Hola Frida

André Kadi, Karine Vézina

Saturday, 28. 03. 2026 / 13:40 / Main Hall

This playful and colourful film takes us into the world of the girl who would one day become the famous painter Frida Kahlo. Curious, imaginative and full of life, Frida turns every trial into an adventure.