Internationally acclaimed director Jafar Panahi drives a cab through the vibrant streets of Tehran, picking up passengers. His camera, placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio, captures a spirited slice of Iranian society while effortlessly redefining the borders of comedy, drama and cinema. “A film of quiet but profound outrage, laughing on the surface but howling in anger just beneath.” - Variety. Golden Berlin Bear winner. (Persian spoken)
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The Last One for the Road Le città di pianura
Francesco Sossai
Saturday, 08. 08. 2026 / 21:15 / Main Hall
Francesco Sossai breathes new life into Italian comedy with a bittersweet road movie. Together with two old friends, we wander through the Venetian lowlands, empty our glasses, and try to remember the “truly incredible thing about life” that Carlo Bianchi discovered. It was the big winner at the prestigious Italian David di Donatello film awards.
Lampie Lampje – de film
Margien Rogaar
Sunday, 09. 08. 2026 / 16:50 / Main Hall
Eleven-year-old Lampie lives by the lighthouse with her father. One day, she is sent to work in the Black House as a punishment, where she meets Edward, a boy with a fish tail. Lampie must decide whether to save her new friend or return to her father.
It Was Just an Accident Yek tasadef sadeh
Jafar Panahi
Sunday, 09. 08. 2026 / 19:00 / Main Hall
A slowly smouldering moral thriller by Jafar Panahi, inspired by the director’s own experience of imprisonment. The film twists and turns as it probes difficult questions of revenge, trauma and forgiveness, all the while sustaining a vein of bitter, unsettling humour.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes.