From 20 June 2019

The Most Beautiful Country in the World Das schönste Land der Welt

Želimir Žilnik / Austria, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia / 2018 / 102 min / German

Master of docudrama Želimir Žilnik, in close collaboration with his performers, offers this wild and humorous story of a young refugee in Vienna who finds himself caught between newfound freedom and the traditions of his home country.

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Želimir Žilnik: Crni film

Director invites six homeless men to his flat for a few days (surprising his wife). He asks officials and people on the street if someone can help them, this being SFRJ, a state officially without those left on their own.

What's On

I Swear I Swear

Kirk Jones

Wednesday, 27. 05. 2026 / 15:20 / Main Hall

This candid, moving, and often hilarious film tells the extraordinary life story of John Davidson, an activist who raises awareness of Tourette syndrome. The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.

Last Screening

Two Prosecutors Dva prokurora

Sergej Loznica

Wednesday, 27. 05. 2026 / 18:00 / Main Hall

This film by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa (A Gentle Creature, Donbass) is a Kafkaesque exploration of a totalitarian regime. It is suffused with an overwhelming sense of inevitability and laced with the director’s signature grotesque humour.

Otok in Ljubljana / Premiere

The Last One for the Road Le città di pianura

Francesco Sossai

Wednesday, 27. 05. 2026 / 20:30 / Main Hall

Francesco Sossai breathes new life into Italian comedy with a bittersweet road movie. Together with two old friends, we wander through the Venetian lowlands, empty our glasses, and try to remember the “truly incredible thing about life” that Carlo Bianchi discovered. It was the big winner at the prestigious Italian David di Donatello film awards.