»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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Elvis Starling Elvis Škorc
Boris Jurjaševič
Wednesday, 29. 10. 2025 / 10:00 / Main Hall
Elvis Škorc humorously portrays the complex world of a fourteen-year-old who’s known since second grade that he wants to become an inventor.
Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness
Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis
Wednesday, 29. 10. 2025 / 15:00 / Main 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.
New Classmates Novi sošolci
Toni Cahunek
Wednesday, 29. 10. 2025 / 16:00 / Small Hall
Slovenia’s economy relies on workers from Kosovo. But how does society accept their children? The documentary New Classmates explores the background of Kosovar immigration and the challenges their children face integrating into a new country. It highlights the stories of four children of immigrant families and their parents, who face various obstacles due to their ethnic background and limited knowledge of the Slovenian language.