With regard to this particular crime one could say: far too short, because the murderer is released after only five years on the grounds that he proved himself to be an exemplary prisoner. Mickevičius doesn’t confine himself to this individual case, though, but raises his film to a more general level: Exemplary Behaviour is almost a meditation about the question whether a final act like murder can be atoned for in a temporal order.
Exemplary Behaviour Pavyzdingas elgesys
Audrius Mickevičius puts the horribly disfigured face of his murdered brother at the start of his film. He’s interested in the question of how someone atones for such an act.
What's On
NAZA NAZA
Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Sunday, 01. 11. 2026 / 11:00 / Main Hall
Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Mumbo Jumbo Da Mumbo Jumbo blev kæmpestor
Karsten Kiilerich, Stine Marie Buhl
Sunday, 01. 11. 2026 / 11:30 / Small Hall
When Mumbo Jumbo magically grows giant, he has to go on a perilous journey with his three friends to get back to himself.
Fjord Fjord
Cristian Mungiu
Sunday, 01. 11. 2026 / 13:15 / Main Hall
Described by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) as ‘a plea against fundamentalism of all kinds,’ the film divided critics and audiences at the Cannes Film Festival and earned the director his second Palme d’Or. Starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve.”