Orogenesis
Boris Labbé (Boris Labbé)
Francija/France, 2016, digital, 7'45”
A trip towards abstraction, as a hypothesis on how mountains might have been formed.
Ugly
Nikita Diakur (Nikita Diakur)
Nemčija/Germany, 2017, digital, 11'54”
An ugly cat struggles to make friends in an evil neighbourhood, but finds a soulmate in a Native American chief who helps it on its journey to restore balance within the world.
Jungle Taxi
Hakhyun Kim
Japonska, Južna Koreja/Japan, South Korea, 2016, digital, 8'
The taxi driver picks up an unwelcome fare in the jungle. He does as he's told and takes his customer to fetch the man close to death on the beach. When they arrive at the destination, the cabbie reaches inside his jacket for a gun.
Čudne ribe / Strange Fish
Steven Subotnick (Steven Subotnick)
ZDA/USA, 2017, digital, 3'42”
A meditation on blind evolution.
To Be a Tree
Xin Sun (Xin Sun)
Nemčija/Germany, 2017, digital, 6'14”
If there is rebirth after death, Wish to become a tree, Stand for eternity, No postures for grief and joy.
Half reposing in the dust, Half soaring in the wind; Half spattering the shade, Half basking in the sun.
Greatly prideful, greatly taciturn, Never to cling, never to seek... (San Mao)
Vse bo v redu / Gros chagrin / You Will Be Fine
Céline Devaux (Sacrebleu Production)
Francija/France, 2017, digital, 15'
Give it time. You'll get over it. Jean celebrates his birthday, gets drunk and recalls the dreadful weekend that led to his break-up with Mathilde.
Wednesday with Goddard
Nicolas Ménard (Nexus)
VB/UK, 2016, digital, 4'30”
A personal quest for spiritual enlightenment leads to romance and despair.
Lutke ne jočejo / Toutes les poupées ne pleurent pas / Dolls Don't Cry
Frédérick Tremblay (La Bande Vidéo)
Kanada/Canada, 2017, digital, 20'
A man and a woman are involved in the production of an animated film. He animates by day, she makes and repairs the accessories at night. Behind the scenes, another woman awaits her entrance.
Best of the World III (2017) Svetovni jagodni izbor III (2017)
What's On
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.
The Substance The Substance
Coralie Fargeat
Wednesday, 30. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle
An extravagant and spectacularly bloody body horror film starring the fearless Demi Moore as a faded Hollywood star. A French director delivers a biting critique of society’s obsession with beauty, youth, and fame.