Twelve-year-old Sofia has longed for the summer holidays so she can hang out with her friends at home in Serbia. Unfortunately, however, she must spend the summer on the Croatian island of Hvar with her eccentric and embarrassing grandmother. Sofia is bored and her grandmother treats her like a child. When she meets her cousin, everything completely changes. She learns about some family secrets that explain things a fair bit.
How I Learned to Fly Leto kada sam naučila da letim
If you are looking forward to the summer holidays, consider yourself lucky you don’t have to spend it in the company of an embarrassing, eccentric grandmother, like 12 year old Sofia in How I Learned to Fly, winner of the ECFA Award in the BUFF festival.
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Zejtune Żejtune
Alex Camilleri
Thursday, 10. 09. 2026 / 18:10 / Main Hall
When Mar’s estranged mother passes away, she sees her way out of Malta by selling off her inheritance: three pieces of farmland in the countryside. On her journey to claim her land, she meets Nenu, a spirited 80-year-old għana singer whose vibrant folk music pulls her into the colourful traditions of the island she’s been so eager to escape… Directed by the Maltese-American filmmaker Alex Camilleri (Luzzu).
Third World Treći svijet
Arsen Oremović
Thursday, 10. 09. 2026 / 19:30 / Small Hall
Third World is more than just a documentary about Haustor, the legendary Zagreb band that left its mark on the former Yugoslavia’s music scene. It is the story of two creative opposites: Darko Rundek and Srđan Sacher. Through candid conversations, a studio reunion, and a wealth of archival material, the film reveals how the two artists’ sensitivity to the magic of everyday life once united their creative worlds – creating a third.
Bitter Christmas Amarga Navidad
Pedro Almodóvar
Thursday, 10. 09. 2026 / 20:30 / Main Hall
Bitter Christmas tells two alternating stories. One takes place in 2004 and stars an advertising director Elsa during a long weekend in December. The other, set in the present, features Raúl, a cult director working on a new script. Soon we discover Raúl is writing about Elsa, her boyfriend Bonifacio, and her friends Patricia and Natalia… Almodóvar’s—always stylish—latest comes straight from Cannes!