From 20 March 2025

Small Things Like These Small Things Like These

Tim Mielants / Ireland, USA, Belgium / 2024 / 98 min / English

Ireland, 1985. Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) works as a coal merchant to support himself, his wife and their five daughters. While delivering coal to the local convent of the Magdalene Sisters, he begins to suspect that the girls' school they run is in fact a cruel and exploitative laundry ... The film, which is based on Claire Keegan's novel of the same name, opened the Berlinale.

cast Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson, Michelle Fairley, Eileen Walsh

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First timers / Festival Bobri

Baker Boris and Friends Pek Boris in prijatelji

različni avtorji

Saturday, 04. 04. 2026 / 10:00 / Main Hall

Full of imagination and heartfelt moments, this colourful programme of animated shorts lets you take a peek into Boris’ sweet-smelling bakery, laugh at the sleepy birthday complications of a dormouse, discover the magic of dreams and the wonders of the sea, listen to a rooster’s playful crow and feel the warmth of the relationship between a little girl and her father.

Kinobalon / Festival Bobri

The Songbirds' Secret Le Secret des mésanges

Antoine Lanciaux

Saturday, 04. 04. 2026 / 11:30 / Main Hall

When 9-year-old Lucie arrives for a vacation in a small town, she has no idea of the adventures ahead. Beautiful paper-cut animation.

Kinobalon / Festival Bobri

Mary Anning Mary Anning, chasseuse de fossils

Marcel Barelli

Saturday, 04. 04. 2026 / 15:00 / Main Hall

The animated film depicts palaeontologist Mary Anning at the age of twelve. A curious, brave and unruly girl who breaks the rules and norms of her time at a young age, she later becomes one of the first female scientists.