The film—we could watch it at Liffe festival as part of its Perspectives section—received the best debut award in the International Critics' Week at Cannes Film Festival.
Our Mothers Nuestras madres
Guatemala, 2018. All the country's attention is focused on a trial against the soldiers who sparked the civil war. Victims give testimonies. Young forensic anthropologist Ernesto has the task of identifying the missing people. One day, while listening to an old woman's testimony, he suspects he might have caught the trail of his father, a member of the guerrilla, who had disappeared during the war...
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Two Prosecutors Dva prokurora
Sergej Loznica
Monday, 04. 05. 2026 / 17:00 / 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.
The Tale of Silyan Prikaznata za Siljan
Tamara Kotevska
Monday, 04. 05. 2026 / 18:30 / Small Hall
Inspired by ancient myths and folk tales, Tamara Kotevska’s film is a moving documentary fairy tale about a farmer and his unique bond with a white stork.
Silent Friend Silent Friend
Ildikó Enyedi
Monday, 04. 05. 2026 / 19:30 / Main Hall
A mighty old tree stands in the garden of a German university. Three eras, three human lives, and three clumsy yet sincere attempts at connection: with the world, with nature, and with oneself. A film by Ildikó Enyedi (On Body and Soul).