»One of the oldest stories in the world made immediate by Vicky Krieps’s mercurial portrayal and von Trotta’s extravagant, operatic and equally mercurial direction.«
– Deadline
Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey Into the Desert Ingeborg Bachmann – Reise in die Wüste
When the charismatic Ingeborg Bachmann first meets playwright Max Frisch, they are already international celebrities of the literary world. Their courtship is rapid, and in the next four years they share a passionate but open relationship where friction is never far from the surface …
cast Vicky Krieps, Ronald Zehrfeld, Tobias Resch, Basil Eidenbenz
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Bitter Christmas Amarga Navidad
Pedro Almodóvar
Thursday, 03. 09. 2026 / 17:00 / 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!
Last Screening
Sound of Falling In die Sonne schauen
Mascha Schilinski
Thursday, 03. 09. 2026 / 19:30 / Main Hall
The lives of four girls from different historical periods inhabiting the same farmstead in northeast Germany are subtly interconnected. Cannes 2025 Jury Prize.
Third World Treći svijet
Arsen Oremović
Thursday, 03. 09. 2026 / 20:00 / Small Hall
Third World is more than just a documentary about Haustor, the legendary Zagreb band that left its mark on the former Yugoslavia’s music scene. It is the story of two creative opposites: Darko Rundek and Srđan Sacher. Through candid conversations, a studio reunion, and a wealth of archival material, the film reveals how the two artists’ sensitivity to the magic of everyday life once united their creative worlds – creating a third.