»Guadagnino’s thrilling new movie posits that every conversation is a tennis match, and every tennis match is a sex scene – you will be powerless to resist it.«
– The Independent
»The most purely pleasurable film of the year.«
– The Telegraph
Challengers Challengers
Tashi Duncan is a former tennis prodigy turned coach. She is a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion on a losing streak, Tashi’s strategy for her husband’s redemption takes a surprising turn when he needs to face off against the washed-up Patrick – his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend.
cast Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist
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Extravaganza
U Are the Universe U Are the Universe
Pavlo Ostrikov
Saturday, 15. 11. 2025 / 19:00 / Main Hall
Ostrikov’s feature debut blends existential sci-fi, romance and cosmic comedy into a genre-fluid exploration of love, loneliness and the human need for connection, love, and purpose, even in the face of existential isolation.
Fiume o morte! Fiume o morte!
Igor Bezinović
Saturday, 15. 11. 2025 / 20:00 / Small Hall
On 12 September 1919, a troop of some three hundred soldiers under the leadership of the flamboyant war-loving Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio swooped into the Northern-Adriatic port town of Fiume, now Rijeka, wanting to annex the city to Italy. Over the course of the next 16 months, during what is regarded as one of the most bizarre militant sieges of all time his official photography team captured over 10,000 images. A century later, Igor Bezinović orchestrates a direct-action history lesson focused on the siege and its modern-day implications.
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Kings & Queens
Case 137 Dossier 137
Dominik Moll
Saturday, 15. 11. 2025 / 21:00 / Main Hall
Set during the yellow vests (gilets jaunes) protests in Paris, this taut procedural drama examines police brutality, juxtaposing the use of coercive measures against human rights violation.