Koyaa – Divji ležalnik / Koyaa - Wild Sunbed
Kolja Saksida (Zvviks/RTVSLO)
Slovenia, 2017, digital, 2'45”
On a sleepy summer afternoon, Koyaa lies down in a sunbed to rest. The sweltering heat makes the item go crazy, kicking around like a wild stallion! Koyaa can barely keep it under control...
Ježeva hiša / Ježeva Kuća / Hedgehog's Home
Eva Cvijanović (NFB/Bonobostudio)
Canada, Croatia, 2017, digital, 10'
In a lush and lively forest lives a hedgehog. He is respected and envied by other animals. However, his unwavering devotion to his home annoys a quartet of insatiable beasts. Together, they march off towards Hedgehog’s home and spark a tense and prickly standoff.
Manivald
Chintis Lundgren (Chintis Lundgreni Animatsioonistuudio/Adriatic Animation/NFB)
Estonia, Croatia, Canada, 2017, digital, 13”
Manivald, a fox, is turning 33. Overeducated, unemployed and generally uninspired, he lives with his overbearing, retired mother. It is an easy life, but not a good one. This unhealthy co-dependence changes when the washing machine breaks down and Toomas, a sexy wolf repairman, arrives to fix it, and them.
59 sekund / 59 Seconds
Mauro Carraro (Nadasdy Film/Autour de Minuit/RTS)
Switzerland, France, 2017, digital, 15'50”
The love story of Bruno and Tiziana is turned upside down by the 59 seconds that wrote one of the most tragic pages of Italy’s history – the earthquake that devastated Friuli in May 1976.
Debi / Debiut / Debut
Katarzyna Kijek (Munk Studio/Polish Filmmakers Association)
Poland, 2016, digital, 7'12”
The protagonist unexpectedly finds himself in the middle of the screenplay that he is struggling to write.
Po smrti, pred peklom / After Death, Before Hell
Tomas Ramanauskas (Art Shot)
Lithuania, 2017, digital, 10'19”
A true story of the most unfortunate criminal ever to walk the Earth, who starts living his life only after he dies.
Metube 2 – August Sings Carmina Burana
Daniel Moshel (Moshel Film)
Austria, 2016, digital, 5'
After Elfie and her nerdy son August successfully proved themselves on their home webcam in MeTube 1, the odd pair venture onto the street to present the biggest, boldest, and sexiest operatic flash mob the Internet has ever witnessed!
Najboljša stranka / Cel Mai Bun Client / The Best Customer
Serghei Chiviriga (De Film Production)
Romania, 2017, digital, 12'13”
The Kruchowsky family owns a funeral home. One day, an old man orders twelve funerary wreaths with sympathy messages for many relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Kruchowsky become suspicious and start to investigate this potential cold blooded assassin.
Competition Programme III (2017) Tekmovalni program III (2017)
What's On
Sex Sex
Dag Johan Haugerud
Tuesday, 09. 09. 2025 / 16:00 / 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.
Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness
Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis
Tuesday, 09. 09. 2025 / 18:30 / Main 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.
Dreams (Sex Love) Drømmer
Dag Johan Haugerud
Tuesday, 09. 09. 2025 / 20:30 / 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.