A boy of 16 uses his visits in the house of one of his classmates to glean inspiration for his writing assignments. Impressed with this unusual and gifted student, his teacher (Luchini, Potiche, Les femmes du 6ième etage) rediscovers a taste for teaching, but the voyeuristic intrusion sparks a series of uncontrollable events. The Golden Seashell and the Best Screenplay Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival and the FIPRESCI Award at Toronto. (French spoken)
What's On
Pillion Pillion
Harry Lighton
Sunday, 09. 08. 2026 / 21:15 / Main Hall
This explicit and raw yet surprisingly tender film challenges our notions of what an ideal relationship should look like. It won the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes.
Sandbag Dam Zečji nasip
Čejen Černić
Monday, 10. 08. 2026 / 18:00 / Main Hall
A story of forbidden love in the Croatian countryside, Sandbag Dam won the Kinotrip Youth Jury Award at Ljubljana International Film Festival (Liffe), as well as four awards at the Pula Film Festival.
Palestine 36 Palestine 36
Annemarie Jacir
Monday, 10. 08. 2026 / 20:00 / Main Hall
Palestine in 1936. Uprisings against colonial rule are escalating. Yusuf, a peasant’s son, works for an influential family in Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the unrest. But history is unforgiving. With an increasing number of Jewish immigrants fleeing antisemitism in Europe and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against thirty years of British rule, conflict seems increasingly inevitable.







