Jordan, 1967. Having been separated from his father in the chaos of war, eleven year old Tarek and his mother Ghaydaa are among tens of thousands of regugees crossing the border from Palestine. With difficulty, the pair adapt to life among the tents, barracks and prefab houses of the camp, but whwn they finally reunite with his father, Tarek decides to leave the camp. The film represented Palestine in the 2013 Academy Awards.
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Bitter Christmas Amarga Navidad
Pedro Almodóvar
Monday, 14. 09. 2026 / 16:20 / 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!
Vampyr Vampyr (Die seltsame Geschichte des Allan Gray)
Carl Th. Dreyer
Monday, 14. 09. 2026 / 18:45 / Main Hall
Zejtune Żejtune
Alex Camilleri
Monday, 14. 09. 2026 / 20:30 / Main Hall
When Mar’s estranged mother passes away, she sees her way out of Malta by selling off her inheritance: three pieces of farmland in the countryside. On her journey to claim her land, she meets Nenu, a spirited 80-year-old għana singer whose vibrant folk music pulls her into the colourful traditions of the island she’s been so eager to escape… Directed by the Maltese-American filmmaker Alex Camilleri (Luzzu).