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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Kinobalon / Avant Premiere

Super-Charlie Super-Charlie

Jon Holmberg

Saturday, 30. 08. 2025 / 17:00 / Main Hall

Based on the book series by best-selling author Camilla Läckberg.

The Oslo Trilogy

Sex Sex

Dag Johan Haugerud

Saturday, 30. 08. 2025 / 18:50 / Main Hall

Sex, Love and Dreams—not necessarily in that order—are the chapters in a loosely connected trilogy set in contemporary Oslo. In Sex, an intimate conversation between two men sparks a witty and refreshingly honest reflection on sexuality and gender roles in our society.

Additional Screening

Parthenope Parthenope

Paolo Sorrentino

Saturday, 30. 08. 2025 / 21:20 / Main Hall

Born in the 1950s in the sea in front of her home villa, Parthenope seeks happiness in the long summers of her youth and falls in love with her native Naples and its many picturesque characters. Paolo Sorrentino has created a seductive epic about a modern heroine’s journey beyond “great beauty” and “youth”.