From 5 March 2025

Dahomey Dahomey

Mati Diop / Senegal, France, Benin / 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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I Swear I Swear

Kirk Jones

Wednesday, 27. 05. 2026 / 15:20 / Main Hall

This candid, moving, and often hilarious film tells the extraordinary life story of John Davidson, an activist who raises awareness of Tourette syndrome. The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.

Last Screening

Two Prosecutors Dva prokurora

Sergej Loznica

Wednesday, 27. 05. 2026 / 18:00 / Main Hall

This film by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa (A Gentle Creature, Donbass) is a Kafkaesque exploration of a totalitarian regime. It is suffused with an overwhelming sense of inevitability and laced with the director’s signature grotesque humour.

Otok in Ljubljana / Premiere

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Francesco Sossai

Wednesday, 27. 05. 2026 / 20:30 / Main Hall

Francesco Sossai breathes new life into Italian comedy with a bittersweet road movie. Together with two old friends, we wander through the Venetian lowlands, empty our glasses, and try to remember the “truly incredible thing about life” that Carlo Bianchi discovered. It was the big winner at the prestigious Italian David di Donatello film awards.