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Best of the World III (2021) Svetovni jagodni izbor III (2021)

različni avtorji / various

Vadim na progulke / Vadim on a Walk
Sasha Svirsky (School – Studio Shar)
Russia, 2021, 8'04"

Vadim gathers his courage and leaves his narrow, familiar square to face all the unknown that the world has to offer. In broad strokes and garish colours, he needs to process all the beauty and all the cruelty he encounters.

Précieux / Precious
Paul Mas (Je Suis Bien Content)
France, 2020, 13'42"

Julie doesn't manage to fit in at her school. The arrival of Émile, an autistic child, will change all that.

ليل / Night
Ahmad Saleh (ses-Studio/Fabian&Fred/Odeh Films)
Germany, Qatar, Palestine, Jordan, 2021, 15'58"

Night has to trick the mother of the missing child into sleeping to save her soul.

Conversations with a Whale
Anna Samo (Tiger Unterwegs Filmproduktion)
Germany, 2020, 8'45"

In this love letter to artists, their art, and its audience, a filmmaker’s constant rejections surprisingly bear fruit.

水中的女孩 / Girl in the Water
Shi-Rou Huang (Tainan National University of the Arts/Slow Studio)
Taiwan, 2021, 7'20"

In a room full of wall cracks, a woman recalls some ups and downs of love while she is stroking the scar on her leg, waiting for the paint to dry. Girl in the Water is based on the filmmaker’s personal experiences. The film depicts femininity and female internal time-consciousness through the convalescence of a woman’s broken heart.

Anxious Body
Yoriko Mizushiri (Miyu Productions/New Deer)
France, Japan, 2021, 5'47"

Living things, artificial things, geometry shapes, and lines. When these different things meet, a new direction is born.

Bestia
Hugo Covarrubias, Martin Erazo (Trebol 3 Producciones/Maleza Estudio)
Chile, 2021, 15'54"

Based on true events, the film explores the life of a secret police agent during the military dictatorship in Chile. Her relationship with her dog, her body, her fears and frustrations reveal a grim fracture of her mind and of the country.

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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.

A Complete Unknown A Complete Unknown

James Mangold

Friday, 18. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

A much-anticipated biographical drama about the rise of one of the most influential songwriters in history, who changed the course of American music.