This is a sorrowful contemporary legend echoing the fates of many rural communities forced to abandon their homes, fields, lives, and traditions in the name of neocolonial progress.
In collaboration with International Film Festival Innsbruck.
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
In the mountains of Lesotho, an 80-year-old widow is preparing to wind up her earthly journey by arranging her own funeral. But when the government announces plans to resettle her village to make way for a new reservoir, her renewed will to live ignites a spark of resistance in her community.
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The Last One for the Road Le città di pianura
Francesco Sossai
Monday, 01. 06. 2026 / 18:50 / 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.
Pillion Pillion
Harry Lighton
Monday, 01. 06. 2026 / 21:00 / Main Hall
This explicit and raw yet surprisingly tender film challenges our notions of what an ideal relationship should look like. It won the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes.
Kontinental '25 Kontinental '25
Radu Jude
Tuesday, 02. 06. 2026 / 18:40 / Main Hall
Radu Jude, the ever-lucid provocateur behind Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, returns with yet another razor-sharp satire on the perversities of neoliberalism. The film won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlinale.