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European Short Film Audience Awards I. (2024) Ljubljenci evropskega občinstva I. (2024)

različni avtorji / various / 74 min

Balkan, Baby; To Live In a Wild Sea; Thank You For Your Patience!; Motherless Child

Balkan, Baby / Kafana na Balkanu
Boris Gavrilović, Nemčija, 2023, 19'

Martina is a good immigrant. At least she has always done her best to be regarded as such in Germany. But then she meets young Dunja during a short vacation at Lake Starnberg. Suddenly, Martina is forced to confront a part of her identity that she has repressed all her life.

To Live In a Wild Sea / Vivir en un mar bravo 
Guillermo F. Flórez, Španija, 2023, 24'

Carmen was born in 1935. As a child, she watched how they took members of her family away. After 14 years as a cloistered nun, she managed to get expelled from it. She promised herself to own her life. Today, she is 86 years old, and she is going to make a decision: to commit suicide.

Thank You For Your Patience! / Merci pour votre patience! 
Simon van der Zande, Belgija/Nizozemska, 2022, 17'

From a fixed point of view, we witness a tense bus ride in Brussels, when Samuel – a Congolese immigrant – gets on to voice his discontent with Europe.

Motherless Child / Motherless Child
Sophie Maréchal, Belgija/Francija, 2023, 14'

Barbara, a 30-year-old single female, is the typical example of a modern woman, a ‘working girl’, living in a fast lane, completely hooked on her smartphone. However, her routine is about to change as a mysterious balloon, seemingly sent from the sky, floats into her life.

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Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness

Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis

Wednesday, 16. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

With disarming wit, the Dalai Lama reflects on balancing millennia-old Tibetan Buddhist traditions with the contemporary values of our globalised society that now struggles to overcome violence and war while standing on the brink of environmental collapse. In this intimate heart-to-heart, the nearly 90-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate and the world’s greatest ambassador for compassion brings a timely message of hope. Wisdom of Happiness blends the Dalai Lama’s inspirational words with stirring images of our planet and newly unearthed archival footage.

Little Trouble Girls Kaj ti je deklica

Urška Djukić

Thursday, 17. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

Urška Djukić’s (Granny’s Sexual Life) debut feature explores the power of girls’ voices to overturn traditional ideas and patriarchal patterns through the eyes of a shy and sensitive 16-year-old girl, Lucija. The opening film of the Perspectives Competition and winner of the FIPRESCI Award for Best First Film at this year’s Berlinale.

A Complete Unknown A Complete Unknown

James Mangold

Friday, 18. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

A much-anticipated biographical drama about the rise of one of the most influential songwriters in history, who changed the course of American music.