»I wanted to rewrite the great History, the one that had forgotten to document the lives of women, the history of my great-grandmother, to fill in the gaps, to write inspiring characters whose heir I would be.«
– Carmen Jaquier
Thunder Foudre
Summer 1900, in a valley in southern Switzerland. Elisabeth, 17, is about to take her vows when the sudden death of her older sister forces her to leave the convent and return to the family farm she had left five years earlier. But Elisabeth is no longer a child. Stifled by the suffocating and strict rules of the village and obsessed by the mysteries surrounding her sister’s disappearance, she will fight for her right to experiment.
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The Penguin Lessons The Penguin Lessons
Peter Cattaneo
Sunday, 27. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle
This moving dramedy about the unlikely friendship between a cynical Englishman and an adorable penguin was adapted by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) from a true story.
Parthenope Parthenope
Paolo Sorrentino
Monday, 28. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle
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”.
All We Imagine as Light All We Imagine as Light
Payal Kapadia
Tuesday, 29. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle
In the bustling chaos of Mumbai, the lives of three women from different generations intertwine. The debut feature by Payal Kapadia, winner of the Jury Grand Prize at Cannes, is the first Indian film in thirty years to compete in the festival’s main competition.