A young fisherman struggles to carry on as global industrial overfishing threatens life as he knows it in his Azorean village, where small-scale fishing has long been a tradition and an essential livelihood. Shot between 1999 and 2001, the film follows Pedro and his crew over a full year, chronicling their encounters with the inherent dangers of working at sea, and their determination to remain free.
What's On
Past Lives Past Lives
Celine Song
Thursday, 05. 10. 2023 / 16:30 / Main Hall
A budding childhood romance between Nora and Hae Sung, classmates at a primary school in Seoul, ends abruptly when Nora’s family emigrates to Canada. Many years later Nora, now a playwriting student in New York, notices that Hae Sung has been searching for her on social media… Cinematic debut by New York based playwright Celine Song.
Fallen Leaves Kuolleet lehdet
Aki Kaurismäki
Thursday, 05. 10. 2023 / 18:45 / Main Hall
Kaurismäki’s “fourth part of the proletariat trilogy” is a tender tragicomedy about two lonely souls seeking love in a time of economic inequality, war, and uncertainty. Winner of the Cannes Jury Prize and the Grand Prix of The International Film Critics Award (FIPRESCI) for Best Film of the Year.
Last Screening
The Happiest Man in the World Najsrekjniot čovek na svetot
Teona Strugar Mitevska
Thursday, 05. 10. 2023 / 20:45 / Main Hall
The latest work of Macedonian cinematic superhero Teona Strugar Mitevska. The comical surface of the speed-dating scene and the irony-infused title reveal an insightful and touching study of the Bosnia and Herzegovinian society, where 30 years later, the consequences of war are far more present than it seems at first glance.