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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Sound of Falling In die Sonne schauen

Mascha Schilinski

Thursday, 13. 11. 2025 / 11:00 / Main Hall

The lives of four girls from different historical periods inhabiting the same farmstead in northeast Germany are subtly interconnected. Cannes 2025 Jury Prize.

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Hysteria Hysteria

Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

Thursday, 13. 11. 2025 / 16:00 / Main Hall

Hysteria kicks off when a copy of the Quran is burnt on a film set. The film crew are determined to uncover the truth, plunging the production into a state of chaos.

New Classmates Novi sošolci

Toni Cahunek

Thursday, 13. 11. 2025 / 17:15 / Small Hall

Slovenia’s economy relies on workers from Kosovo. But how does society accept their children? The documentary New Classmates explores the background of Kosovar immigration and the challenges their children face integrating into a new country. It highlights the stories of four children of immigrant families and their parents, who face various obstacles due to their ethnic background and limited knowledge of the Slovenian language.