From 21 March 2019

Putin's Witnesses Svideteli Putina

Vitalij Manskij / Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic / 2018 / 105 min

It’s New Year’s Eve 1999, and Russia is about to undergo a historic transformation. President Boris Yeltsin, aging and weak, steps down and appoints a little-known figure, Vladimir Putin, to replace him. Celebrated filmmaker Vitaly Mansky was there to capture the transition. Now, for the first time ever, he dips into his archives for a rare glimpse at the young Putin and the vast political machine that brought him to power.

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Francophone Film Festival

Dog on Trial Le procès du chien

Laetitia Dosch

Tuesday, 24. 03. 2026 / 18:30 / Main Hall

Avril, an idealistic lawyer with a fondness for lost causes, takes on the defence of Cosmos, a dog accused of biting three people. What follows is the first trial against a quadruped since the Middle Ages. Avril must win by any means necessary, otherwise her unusual client will face the death penalty. Winner of the Cannes Palm Dog Award.

The Stranger L'étranger

François Ozon

Tuesday, 24. 03. 2026 / 20:20 / Main Hall

François Ozon brings to the screen a striking adaptation of The Stranger, the iconic existentialist novel by Albert Camus.

Fiume o morte! Fiume o morte!

Igor Bezinović

Tuesday, 24. 03. 2026 / 20:40 / 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.