Nora writes a letter of farewell to the world of hedonism and, like many young Muslims in Belgium, moves to Syria to join the Jihad - leaving behind desperate parents who wonder what went wrong. They have nothing left but the hope that Nora and many others like her will return home safely. But not everyone is that lucky.
My Daughter Nora Ma fille Nora
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Bitter Christmas Amarga Navidad
Pedro Almodóvar
Monday, 31. 08. 2026 / 19:15 / 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!
Palestine 36 Palestine 36
Annemarie Jacir
Tuesday, 01. 09. 2026 / 17:30 / Main Hall
Palestine in 1936. Uprisings against colonial rule are escalating. Yusuf, a peasant’s son, works for an influential family in Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the unrest. But history is unforgiving. With an increasing number of Jewish immigrants fleeing antisemitism in Europe and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against thirty years of British rule, conflict seems increasingly inevitable.