From 11 March 2025

The Seed of the Sacred Fig Daneh Anjeer Moghadas

Mohammad Rasoulof / Iran, Germany, France / 2024 / 168 min / Persian, Slovene subtitles

In a tense political thriller filmed in secrecy, a family becomes a microcosm of contemporary Iran. Mohammad Rasoulof created the film during the protests under the slogan Women, Life, Freedom. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes and nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

cast Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Missagh Zareh, Soheila Golestani, Reza Akhlaghirad, Shiva Ordooie

festivals, awards Cannes 2024 (Jury Special Award,FIPRESCI Award), Sydney 2024 (Audience Award)

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LIFFe / Perspectives

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Mary Bronstein

Sunday, 16. 11. 2025 / 11:00 / Main Hall

Staying in a motel with her daughter who suffers from a mysterious illness, the life of a highly stressed mother starts to feel like a downward spiral into anxiety, exacerbated by traumatic memories and surreal, dreamlike visions.

Kinobalon / Additional Screening

My Summer Holiday Poletne počitnice

Petra Seliškar

Sunday, 16. 11. 2025 / 11:30 / Small Hall

A little shepherd spends his summers high in the mountains together with his dog friends.

LIFFe / Adriatic Festival Network

Perla Perla

Alexandra Makarová

Sunday, 16. 11. 2025 / 14:40 / Main Hall

A harrowing portrait of a Slovakian émigré in Vienna, an artist and a mother unable to free herself of the demons haunting her tormented soul. Makarova’s psychologically complex drama reveals the lingering violence of totalitarian rule.