The film premiered the Locarno Film Festival and won the People's Choice Award at the European academy awards.
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe Vor der Morgenröte
A reflection on the years of exile of famous Austrian Jewish writer Stefan Zweig – from 1936, when he was forced to leave Europe by Nazism, to 1942, when he moved to the Brazilian mountain town of Petropolis.
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Last Screening
Memoir of a Snail Memoir of a Snail
Adam Elliot
Tuesday, 26. 08. 2025 / 18:00 / Main Hall
Bittersweet memories of a melancholy outcast seeking happiness in the clutter of everyday life. The animated tragicomedy for adult audiences has received an Oscar nomination, as well as numerous awards at major international festivals.
Additional Screening
Parthenope Parthenope
Paolo Sorrentino
Tuesday, 26. 08. 2025 / 20:10 / Main Hall
Born in the 1950s in the sea in front of her home villa, Parthenope seeks happiness in the long summers of her youth and falls in love with her native Naples and its many picturesque characters. Paolo Sorrentino has created a seductive epic about a modern heroine’s journey beyond “great beauty” and “youth”.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Tuesday, 26. 08. 2025 / 20:30 / Congress Square
In their second feature film, the Monty Pythons gleefully mock the clichés of historical drama, mythical heroism, educational films, and even subtitles (“Mynd you, møøøse bites kan be pretti nasti.”).