The Brazilian candidate for the Academy Awards nomination has received the main award in the Un Certain Regard category at the last Cannes Film Festival.
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão A vida invisível de Eurídice Gusmao
Rio de Janeiro in 1950. Sisters Eurídice and Guida live with their conservative parents and dream about a different life. Eurídice dreams of becoming a piano player and Guida seeks her great love. When Guida gets pregnant, their infuriated father breaks contacts between the two sisters. So commences the long separation of the two women who never lose hope to be reunited one day.
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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.