Algeria, 1954, shortly before the Algerian War: Daru (Viggo Mortensen) is a teacher in a remote mountainous area. He is forced to bring a local farmer to the colonial court to face trial for murder. As the uprising takes root in the valley and the air thickens with hostility, they have to make the perilous journey through the Atlas Mountains. Based on the short story The Guest by Albert Camus. Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. (French, Arabic and Spanish spoken)
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The Diary of Diana B. Dnevnik Diane Budisavljević
Dana Budisavljević
Tuesday, 25. 02. 2020 / 15:00 / Main Hall
Long kept a secret, this story about a woman who saved thousands of children from an Ustashe camp in the Second World War talks about the best people in the worst of times. This was the big winner of the Pula Film Festival, awarded by the audience with a standing ovation.
iIsland iOtok
Miha Čelar
Tuesday, 25. 02. 2020 / 16:00 / Small Hall
iIsland is a feature documentary about the last 13 inhabitants of the island of Biševo and their struggles to save the island community from extinction.
Lara Lara
Jan Ole Gerster
Tuesday, 25. 02. 2020 / 17:00 / Main Hall
It’s Lara’s 60th birthday and her son Viktor, a promising piano player, is preparing for the most important performance of his life. Lara is a subtle and complex story about lost dreams, a love for music, and a complicated relationship between a mother and a son.