“No to Waldheim, no to Waldheim!” chants a crowd of people in the centre of Vienna in 1986. Ruth Beckermann is one of the activists trying to prevent Kurt Waldheim from being elected, documenting the bitter political reality with her camera. More than thirty years later, she uses her footage together with extensive international TV archive material to analyse what marked a turning point in Austria’s political culture. While Waldheim’s attempts to reject the facts and mask the truth stirred revolt, they also effected denial by the Austrian political class and the outbreak of anti-Semitism and patriotism, ultimately resulting in Waldheim's election as President of Austria. Best Documentary Award at Berlinale 2017
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Late Fame Late Fame
Kent Jones
Tuesday, 18. 08. 2026 / 20:30 / Main Hall
A thoughtful, melancholy drama about an aging poet who gets rediscovered. A romantic, nostalgic look at New York’s mid-1980s arts scene.
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različni avtorji
Wednesday, 19. 08. 2026 / 16:00 / Main Hall
Being John Smith, John Smith; City of Poets, 2024; L’Avance, Djiby Kebe; Man Number 4, Miranda Pennell; The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing, Theo Panagopoulos
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Rebecca Zlotowski
Wednesday, 19. 08. 2026 / 18:15 / Main Hall
When prominent psychiatrist Lilian Steiner learns of the death of one of her patients, the news deeply shakes her. Convinced that it is a murder, she decides to investigate the matter.