From 31 March 2019

Happy as Lazzaro Lazzaro felice

Alice Rohrwacher / Italy / 2018 / 125 min / Italian

Kind-hearted peasant Lazzaro meets Tancredi, a young aristocrat plagued with the curse of his own imagination. Life in their remote farming village Inviolata is shaped by the notorious marquess Alfonsina de Luna, the so-called “Queen of Cigarettes”. And when Tancredi begs Lazzaro to help him stage his own kidnapping, an unlikely friendship develops between the young men. Winner for Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Tales from the Magic Garden Tales from the Magic Garden

Leon Vidmar, David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Jean-Claude Rozec

Sunday, 08. 02. 2026 / 11:30 / Small Hall

Three kids spend the night at their grandpa’s house. To fill the silence after losing their grandma, the family’s storyteller, they create their own stories and discover the power of imagination. This uplifting stop-motion film celebrates creativity and its healing magic.

Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness

Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis

Sunday, 08. 02. 2026 / 13:40 / Small Hall

With disarming wit, the Dalai Lama reflects on balancing millennia-old Tibetan Buddhist traditions with the contemporary values of our globalised society that now struggles to overcome violence and war while standing on the brink of environmental collapse.

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The Songbirds' Secret Le Secret des mésanges

Antoine Lanciaux

Sunday, 08. 02. 2026 / 14:40 / Main Hall

When 9-year-old Lucie arrives for a vacation in a small town, she has no idea of the adventures ahead. Beautiful paper-cut animation.