Amos Gitai returns to the occupied territories for the first time since his 1982 documentary Field Diary. West of the Jordan River describes the efforts of citizens, Israelis and Palestinians, who are trying to overcome the consequences of occupation. Gitai’s film shows the human ties woven by the military, human rights activists, journalists, mourning mothers and even Jewish settlers. Faced with the failure of politics to solve the occupation issue, these men and women rise and act in the name of their civic consciousness.
West of the Jordan River West of the Jordan River
Amos Gitai returns to the occupied territories for the first time since his 1982 documentary Field Diary.
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Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness
Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis
Friday, 07. 11. 2025 / 16:00 / 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.
Caught by the Tides Feng liu yi dai
Jia Zhang-ke
Friday, 07. 11. 2025 / 18:00 / Main Hall
An enduring but fragile love story shared by Qiaoqiao and Bin over a 21-year time span against the backdrop of explosive growth in China.
Fiume o morte! Fiume o morte!
Igor Bezinović
Friday, 07. 11. 2025 / 19:30 / Small Hall
On 12 September 1919, a troop of some three hundred soldiers under the leadership of the flamboyant war-loving Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio swooped into the Northern-Adriatic port town of Fiume, now Rijeka, wanting to annex the city to Italy. Over the course of the next 16 months, during what is regarded as one of the most bizarre militant sieges of all time his official photography team captured over 10,000 images. A century later, Igor Bezinović orchestrates a direct-action history lesson focused on the siege and its modern-day implications.