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East Of Eden: Between Life And Death Vzhodno od raja: med življenjem in smrtjo

various / 90 min

Sine Die, Camila Moreiras; Survive, Lara Milena Brose, Kilian Armando Friedrich; Sad Machines, Paola Michaels; Will My Parents Come to See Me, Mo Harawe; Goodbye Jerome!, Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr

Sine Die
Spain, documentary, 2021, 15'
Director: Camila Moreiras
Screenplay: Camila Moreiras
Cinematography: Camila Moreiras
Editing: Pablo Gil, Camila Moreiras
Sound: Alejandra Molina
Production: Inicia Films (Valérie Delpierre)

Amid desert landscapes and chain-link fences, plutonium lay scattered and buried in the town of Palomares, Spain. A voiceover narration describes an undisclosed medical condition, and land and body converge in the uncomfortable difference between recovery and survival.

Überleben Survive
Germany, documentary, 2021, 30'
Director: Lara Milena Brose, Kilian Armando Friedrich
Cinematography: Jacob Kohl
Editing: Katharina Fiedler
Sound: Gerhard Auer
Music: Silvio Buchmeier
Production: HFF München, Tobias Bissinger, Max Wallner

Burnt-out twentysomething Leon is struggling in a residential rehab clinic. His father Hans-Joachim, by contrast, is brimming with zest for life — in fact, this landscape artist is planning to live forever as a ‘homo digitalis’.

Las máquinas tristes Sad Machines
Argentine, Columbia, experimental, 2021, 9'
Director: Paola Michaels
Screenplay: Paola Michaels
Editing: Paola Michaels
Production: Ignacio Masllorens

What is the relationship between the thought of Jacques Lacan, Samuel Beckett and robotic machines? Paola Michaels proposes a possible cinematic response: with grace and intelligence, using archival footage, she creates an a priori unimaginable dialogue.

Will My Parents Come to See Me
Austria, Germany, Somalia, igrani fiction, 2022, 28'
Director: Mo Harawe
Screenplay: Mo Harawe
Cinematography: Steven Samy
Editing: Alexander von Piechowski
Sound: Mohamed Abdinur Isse
Cast: Xaliimo Cali Xasan, Shucayb Abdirahman Cabdi, Maxamed Axmed Maxamed, Mohamed Hersi
Production: Mo Harawe, Alexander von Piechowski, Nuux Muuse Birjeeb, Ahmed Farah

The female prison guard wants to know what the man would like for his last meal. ‘Meat and a Coke’, the young inmate replies. Familiar with the prescribed procedures, she accompanies him through his final day. It is a difficult walk towards the inevitable. ‘Will my parents come to see me?’ he asks quietly.

Au revoir Jérôme! Goodbye Jérôme!
France, animation, 2022, 8'
Director: Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr
Screenplay: Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr
Animation: Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr
Editing: Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr
Sound: Clément Naline
Music: Anna Cordonnier, Amandine Robillard
Production: Gobelins, l’école de l’image (Moïra Marguin) 

Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colourful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.

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Dreams (Sex Love) Drømmer

Dag Johan Haugerud

Saturday, 19. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

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… »Refreshingly unexpected, Dag Johan Haugerud’s Dreams breathes new life into the often oversimplified genre of sexual awakening that seems to draw on his twinned career in both cinema and books.«Deadline. Golden Bear at the last Berlinale.

Conclave Conclave

Edward Berger

Sunday, 20. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

When Cardinal Lawrence takes charge of one of the world’s most secretive and ancient procedures—the selection of a new Pope—he finds himself entangled in intrigues and scandals that could shake the very foundations of the Catholic Church. Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies Lahn Mah

Pat Boonnitipat

Monday, 21. 07. 2025 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle

A young Thai director wraps important questions about family, intergenerational ties, and the pursuit of happiness into a touching dramedy that broke all box office records at home and became a cultural phenomenon. Bring your grandma – and don’t forget the tissues!