Falling Falling

Viggo Mortensen / Canada, United Kingdom / 2020 / 112 min

John Petersen lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. His father Willis is a farmer whose attitudes and behaviour belong to a far more traditional era. When Willis travels to Los Angeles for an indefinite stay with John’s family, the two very different worlds collide. Directorial debut by Viggo Mortensen.

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The DVD of the film is available in our Bookshop. (List of available DVDs in Slovene only)

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“The actor turned writer-director has made a beautifully controlled drama about age, memory and forgiveness.”
- The Wrap

Friday, 09. 10. 2020

Falling: Q & A with the director and actor

At the premiere of Falling on 8 October we were joined by Viggo Mortensen and Lance Henriksen via Skype. The two screen icons took us through the making of the film. The recording of this remarkable conversation is available in the news item.

What's On

First timers / Festival Bobri

Piro Piro Piro Piro

Baek Mi-young, Min Sung-ah

Saturday, 28. 03. 2026 / 10:00 / Main Hall

A programme of short animated films from South Korea with no dialogues, invite young viewers into a pastel-coloured, poetic and tender world dominated entirely by birds, butterflies, rabbits and flowers.

Kinobalon / Festival Bobri

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Boris Jurjaševič

Saturday, 28. 03. 2026 / 11:30 / Main Hall

Elvis Škorc humorously portrays the complex world of a fourteen-year-old who’s known since second grade that he wants to become an inventor.

Kinobalon / Festival Bobri

Hola Frida Hola Frida

André Kadi, Karine Vézina

Saturday, 28. 03. 2026 / 13:40 / Main Hall

This playful and colourful film takes us into the world of the girl who would one day become the famous painter Frida Kahlo. Curious, imaginative and full of life, Frida turns every trial into an adventure.