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Best of the World I (2022) Svetovni jagodni izbor I (2022)

različni avtorji / various / 76 min

A programme of the best animated shorts from around the world, programmed to give you a thorough insight into the latest developments and trends in auteur animation, including many award-winners from some of the leading international festivals.

O Homem do Lixo / The Garbage Man
Laura Gonçalves (Bando à Parte)
Portugal, 2022, 11'45"

On a hot August afternoon, the family gathered at the table remembers uncle Botão: the Colonial War, emigration to France, where he lived and worked for thirty years as a garbage man.

Histoire pour 2 trompettes / A Story for 2 Trumpets
Amandine Meyer (Miyu Productions)
France, 2021, 05'25"

An initiatory and intimate story in which the author tells, in the form of a tale, the key stages of her construction as a woman and artist.

El matí del senyor Xifró / Mr. Xifró's Morning
Marc Riba, Anna Solanas (I + G Stop Motion)
Spain, 2022, 05'00"

Mr. Xifro is desperate. He just can't remember a song, and it's all he can think about this morning.

Scale
Joseph Pierce (Melocoton/The British Film Institute/BridgeWay Films/Ozú Productions/Endorfilm)
France, UK, Belgium, Czechia, 2022, 14'45"

Driving along the motorway, Will loses his sense of scale. As his crippling drug addiction deepens, he struggles to unpick the sequence of events that led to his predicament, before he’s lost forever.

Tender Parts
Steven Subotnick (independent)
USA, 2021, 05'50"

I didn’t know which way home was, nor anything about it.

I'm Late
Sawako Kabuki (Miyu Productions/New Deer)
France, Japan, 2021, 10'35"

Have you or your partner ever had an experience where you missed your period or been “late"?

The Loach
Xu An, Xi Chen (Congrong Film)
China, 2022, 07'00"

A woman is crying out for help to two men, with a child in her arms, but what comes next is mixed with good omen and misfortune, with felicity and fatality.

Deux sœurs / Two Sisters
Anna Budanova (Imaka Films)
France, 2021, 14'12"

Rouge and Blanche, two happy twin sisters, live in a plain on the edge of a hostile forest they are afraid to approach. The danger will come from elsewhere.

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A Real Pain A Real Pain

Jesse Eisenberg

Tuesday, 15. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

Two estranged cousins join a guided tour of Poland to pay tribute to their beloved grandmother. Oscar for the Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

Film Under the Stars / Avant Premiere

Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness

Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis

Wednesday, 16. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

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. In this intimate heart-to-heart, the nearly 90-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate and the world’s greatest ambassador for compassion brings a timely message of hope. Wisdom of Happiness blends the Dalai Lama’s inspirational words with stirring images of our planet and newly unearthed archival footage.

Little Trouble Girls Kaj ti je deklica

Urška Djukić

Thursday, 17. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

Urška Djukić’s (Granny’s Sexual Life) debut feature explores the power of girls’ voices to overturn traditional ideas and patriarchal patterns through the eyes of a shy and sensitive 16-year-old girl, Lucija. The opening film of the Perspectives Competition and winner of the FIPRESCI Award for Best First Film at this year’s Berlinale.