“More philosophical than most of his recent films. Funnier and milder as well, with a finale one could even call innovative.”
- De Volkskrant
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Rifkin’s Festival centres on a married American couple who go to the San Sebastián Film Festival and get caught up in the magic of the event, the beauty and charm of the Basque town and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a young up-and-coming French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful doctor…
cast Wallace Shawn, Gina Gershon, Louis Garrel, Elena Anaya, Christoph Waltz
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Whites Wash at Ninety Belo se pere na devetdeset
Marko Naberšnik
Thursday, 05. 02. 2026 / 15:10 / Main Hall
A film adaptation of the bestselling novel by Bronja Žakelj, in which the author recounts her own life story. Set in Ljubljana in the 1980s, the film is a touching, humorous, and inspiring tale of growing up, loss, and survival.
Fiume o morte! Fiume o morte!
Igor Bezinović
Thursday, 05. 02. 2026 / 17:00 / 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.
Ungrateful Beings Nevděčné bytosti
Olmo Omerzu
Thursday, 05. 02. 2026 / 18:10 / Main Hall
Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu (Family Film), based in the Czech Republic, returns with an original drama about a family in crisis, infused with subtle humour and unexpected narrative turns. The film had its world premiere in the main competition at the San Sebastián Film Festival.