Birdcalls
Malcom Sutherland, Canada, no dialogues, 2006
We hear the sounds of twelve different birds and see a hand trying to find signs, symbols, letters to contain what has been uttered.
The Little Bird and the Leaf
Lena von Döhren, Switzerland, no dialogues, 2012
It is winter. At the end of a branch hangs a single leaf. A little black bird comes along to water the leaf, but it falls off. The wind lifts the leaf and dances with it through the snowy wood. The little bird joins in, delighted. But the fiery red fox behind the tree is already licking his lips.
The Little Bird and the Bees
Lena von Döhren, Switzerland, no dialogues, 2020
It is springtime and The Little Bird is taking care of the first leaves on the tree. Then the blossoms open up one by one, and the bees coming buzzing along.
Woodpecker
Julia Ocker, Germany, no dialogues, 2022
The woodpecker needs to peck a lot of holes while trying to catch the cheeky red beetle.
Owl
Julia Ocker, Germany, 2022
Mother owl doesn't know whether she's coming or going.
How It Grows: Stork
Miha Kalan, Jernej Žmitek, Slovenia/Croatia, in Slovenian language, 2022
Something is moving in the nest on the high chimney. Little stork will fly into the world for the first time. On his way, he happily avoids all dangers and finds something to eat. But the best thing happens when he meets the beautiful eyes of a lady stork.
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Late Shift Heldin
Petra Volpe
Monday, 16. 03. 2026 / 14:50 / Main Hall
Shot with the pacing and tension of a thriller, Late Shift follows a single night in the working life of a nurse in an overcrowded Swiss hospital. Both gripping and compassionate, the film is a tribute to the extraordinary people who stand by us in the most vulnerable moments of our lives.
Peacemaker Mirotvorac
Ivan Ramljak
Monday, 16. 03. 2026 / 17:00 / Main Hall
In 1991, on the outskirts of Tenja, Josip Reihl Kir – the chief of the Osijek Police Department, a man dedicated to negotiations and avoiding war – was assassinated. Peacemaker is a story about the last few months of his life, in the dawn of the bloodthirsty Croatian-Serbian war, which Kir had been trying hard to prevent, told through the statements of a few witnesses and archive materials from the era. Many elements of that assassination still remain unclear.
Fiume o morte! Fiume o morte!
Igor Bezinović
Monday, 16. 03. 2026 / 19:00 / Small Hall
On 12 September 1919, a troop of some three hundred soldiers under the leadership of the flamboyant war-loving Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio swooped into the Northern-Adriatic port town of Fiume, now Rijeka, wanting to annex the city to Italy. Over the course of the next 16 months, during what is regarded as one of the most bizarre militant sieges of all time his official photography team captured over 10,000 images. A century later, Igor Bezinović orchestrates a direct-action history lesson focused on the siege and its modern-day implications.