»Sweet Country is a Western. It has all the elements of the genre - the frontier, confiscation of land, subordination and conquest of a people and sweeping landscapes / … My main aim is to use the accessibility of the Western genre for audiences to enter the story and to be drawn into this world and so experience the issues faced by an occupied people. This immersive approach is designed to break down the cultural boundaries between us and bring us together.«
- Warwick Thornton
Sweet Country Sweet Country
1929 in the Australian outback. In an act of self-defence, Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, kills a cruel and racist war veteran. Now, pursued as the murderer of a white man, he is left with no choice but to escape into the wild with his pregnant wife. This nuanced and exquisitely made film based on true events won the Venice Film Festival award for Best Direction.
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What's On
Into the Wonderwoods Angelo dans la forêt mystérieuse
Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducord
Tuesday, 19. 08. 2025 / 10:00 / Main Hall
10-year-old Angelo dreams of being an adventurer and explorer.
Shorts of the Years: What Dreams May Come Najboljši kratki filmi preteklih let: Nemara sanjati
različni avtorji
Tuesday, 19. 08. 2025 / 16:00 / Main Hall
Home, Daniel Mulloy; Ice Merchants, João Gonzalez; Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays, Christian Avilés; The Burden, Niki Lindroth von Bahr; Sun Dog, Dorian Jespers
Additional Screening
Parthenope Parthenope
Paolo Sorrentino
Tuesday, 19. 08. 2025 / 18:15 / Main Hall
Born in the 1950s in the sea in front of her home villa, Parthenope seeks happiness in the long summers of her youth and falls in love with her native Naples and its many picturesque characters. Paolo Sorrentino has created a seductive epic about a modern heroine’s journey beyond “great beauty” and “youth”.