The Apprentice The Apprentice

Ali Abbasi / Canada, Ireland, Denmark / 2024 / 122 min / English

The Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi dramatises Trump’s rise to power through a Faustian pact with influential right-wing lawyer Roy Cohn. As the director puts it: “A success story that could only happen in America.”

cast Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova, Martin Donovan, Catherine McNally, Charlie Carrick, Ben Sullivan, Mark Rendall, Joe Pingue, Jim Monaco

festivals, awards Cannes; Telluride; London

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Breakfast at Kinodvor / Additional Screening

Barry Lyndon Barry Lyndon

Stanley Kubrick

Sunday, 08. 02. 2026 / 11:00 / Main Hall

Stanley Kubrick’s film, adapted from the classic novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, tells the story of the rise and fall of a charming fraud, liar, and social climber in the 18th century. Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography.

Kinobalon / Additional Screening

Tales from the Magic Garden Tales from the Magic Garden

Leon Vidmar, David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Jean-Claude Rozec

Sunday, 08. 02. 2026 / 11:30 / Small Hall

Three kids spend the night at their grandpa’s house. To fill the silence after losing their grandma, the family’s storyteller, they create their own stories and discover the power of imagination. This uplifting stop-motion film celebrates creativity and its healing magic.

Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness

Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis

Sunday, 08. 02. 2026 / 13:40 / Small Hall

With disarming wit, the Dalai Lama reflects on balancing millennia-old Tibetan Buddhist traditions with the contemporary values of our globalised society that now struggles to overcome violence and war while standing on the brink of environmental collapse.