cast Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin, Denis Lavant, Swann Arlaud
festivals, awards Venice 2025, San Sebastian 2025, Busan 2025, London 2025, Rio de Janeiro 2025
IMDb“François Ozon’s lustrously beautiful and superbly realised monochrome version of Albert Camus’s novella has an almost supernaturally detailed sense of period and place.”
– The Guardian
“A magnificent journey through my father’s work, rendered with the utmost respect. Bravo, François, and thank you.”
– Catherine Camus
Pedro Almodóvar
Tuesday, 08. 09. 2026 / 15:40 / Main Hall
Bitter Christmas tells two alternating stories. One takes place in 2004 and stars an advertising director Elsa during a long weekend in December. The other, set in the present, features Raúl, a cult director working on a new script. Soon we discover Raúl is writing about Elsa, her boyfriend Bonifacio, and her friends Patricia and Natalia… Almodóvar’s—always stylish—latest comes straight from Cannes!
Alex Camilleri
Tuesday, 08. 09. 2026 / 20:30 / Main Hall
When Mar’s estranged mother passes away, she sees her way out of Malta by selling off her inheritance: three pieces of farmland in the countryside. On her journey to claim her land, she meets Nenu, a spirited 80-year-old għana singer whose vibrant folk music pulls her into the colourful traditions of the island she’s been so eager to escape… Directed by the Maltese-American filmmaker Alex Camilleri (Luzzu).
