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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LIFFe / Panorama

A Poet Un poeta

Simón Mesa Soto

Tuesday, 18. 11. 2025 / 11:00 / Main Hall

A dark comedy, Mesa Soto’s second feature blends wry humour with a perceptive take on Colombia’s current social milieu to tell a tale of promise, expectation and failure.

LIFFe / Perspectives

Blue Heron Blue Heron

Sophy Romvari

Tuesday, 18. 11. 2025 / 15:00 / Main Hall

The Canadian-Hungarian filmmaker builds on her celebrated short work in a complex, sure-handed drama that deftly weaves documentary elements into a raw fictionalization of her own childhood.

LIFFe / Perspectives

Growing Down Minden Rendben

Bálint Dániel Sós

Tuesday, 18. 11. 2025 / 17:00 / Main Hall

A widowed father grapples with a tricky ethical dilemma after being the sole witness to a serious, potentially life-threatening accident caused by his son.