The Lodge, an audience and critics’ favourite at this year's Sundance festival, is the English-language debut of the Austrian duo Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz (Goodnight Mommy), which was filmed under the auspices of the cult British production company Hammer.
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A visually polished, oppressive, slow-burn exploration of human fragility and family trauma set in the claustrophobic isolation of vast snowy expanses.
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Bitter Christmas Amarga Navidad
Pedro Almodóvar
Saturday, 29. 08. 2026 / 18:20 / 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!
A Private Life Vie privée
Rebecca Zlotowski
Saturday, 29. 08. 2026 / 20:45 / Main Hall
When prominent psychiatrist Lilian Steiner learns of the death of one of her patients, the news deeply shakes her. Convinced that it is a murder, she decides to investigate the matter.