"Emma Thompson’s performance, so elegant and vulnerable, carries the picture."
- The Guardian.
The Children Act The Children Act
Fiona Maye is an eminent High Court judge in London presiding with wisdom and compassion over ethically complex cases of family law. But her marriage is at breaking point, and in this moment of personal crisis, she is asked to rule on the case of Adam, who is refusing the blood transfusion which will save his life. Three months from his 18th birthday, Adam is legally still a child. Should Fiona force him to live?
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The Boy and the Heron Kimitachi wa do ikiru ka
Hayao Miyazaki
Wednesday, 08. 05. 2024 / 13:00 / Main Hall
The great Hayao Miyazaki returns with a deeply personal, autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and the art of creating. The winner of this year’s Oscar for animated feature is a film full of breathtaking beauty, mischievous humour, and gentle melancholy.
Snatched from the Source Zajeti v izviru – Slovenski otroci Lebensborna
Maja Weiss
Wednesday, 08. 05. 2024 / 17:15 / Small Hall
Maja Weiss’s documentary tells the stories of four stolen children, the last remaining Slovenian victims of the Nazi Lebensborn programme.
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About Dry Grasses Kuru Otlar Üstüne
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Wednesday, 08. 05. 2024 / 19:00 / Main Hall
An incident at a state school in Anatolia thwarts a teacher’s dream of escaping his bleak life in a remote Turkish region.