Albert Serra, the enfant terrible of Catalonian film, adapted the film from his controversial debut theatre play staged at the Volksbühne theatre in Berlin. The film brought him the award in the Un Certain Regard category of the Cannes Film Festival and was also included in the Kings and Queens section of the Liffe festival.
Liberté Liberté
A forest at night. Three libertines, expelled from the puritan court of Louis XVI, run into the legendary German seducer and freethinker, the Duke of Walchen. Their mission is to export libertinage, a philosophy based on rejecting all moral restraints and authorities but above all, to find a safe place to indulge in their misguided games.
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The Guilty Den skyldige
Gustav Möller
Wednesday, 26. 02. 2020 / 15:00 / Main Hall
Danish director Gustav Möller got the idea for The Guilty after listening to a sound recording of a real 911 call. The psychological thriller takes its audience on an intense journey without physically leaving the claustrophobic environment of a police call centre.
The Diary of Diana B. Dnevnik Diane Budisavljević
Dana Budisavljević
Wednesday, 26. 02. 2020 / 16:00 / Small Hall
Long kept a secret, this story about a woman who saved thousands of children from an Ustashe camp in the Second World War talks about the best people in the worst of times. This was the big winner of the Pula Film Festival, awarded by the audience with a standing ovation.
Beanpole Dilda
Kantemir Balagov
Wednesday, 26. 02. 2020 / 17:00 / Main Hall
A story about Ija and Maša, two young women seeking sense and hope in the ruins of post-war Leningrad.