Candid interviews with celebrities such as Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling and Isabella Rossellini are interspersed with a wealth of archival footage, home movies and, of course, scores of glossy photographs.
“A nostalgic time capsule of an art-world rebel whose unorthodox methods and decidedly politically incorrect vision couldn’t exist today.”
- IndieWire
Pedro Almodóvar
Tuesday, 25. 08. 2026 / 18:00 / 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!
Francesco Sossai
Tuesday, 25. 08. 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.
Howard Hawks
Tuesday, 25. 08. 2026 / 20:30 / Congress Square
