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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Dreams (Sex Love) Drømmer

Dag Johan Haugerud

Sunday, 17. 05. 2026 / 19:00 / Main Hall

Johanne falls in love for the first time… with her teacher. To preserve her overwhelming experience, she entrusts her feelings to paper. When her mother and grandmother read her writings, they are initially shocked by its intimate content but soon see its literary potential… Golden Bear at the last Berlinale.

Dance of Life Ples življenja

Siniša Gačić

Sunday, 17. 05. 2026 / 19:20 / Small Hall

I Swear I Swear

Kirk Jones

Monday, 18. 05. 2026 / 17:00 / Main Hall

A direct, moving, and often very funny film about the extraordinary life of John Davidson, an activist raising awareness of Tourette’s syndrome.