Kinosloga. Retrosex. 2024
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
David Fincher / USA / 2011 / 158 min / English
To Be or Not to Be To Be or Not to Be
Ernst Lubitsch / USA / 1942 / 99 min / English
When it premiered, this comedy about Nazism, shot in 1942 and set in occupied Warsaw, was criticised by the outraged reviewers as tasteless, but today it is considered one of Lubitsch’s greatest masterpieces – a proof that, with humour, one can defy all forms of repression.
The Empire L'Empire
Bruno Dumont / France, Italy, Portugal, Germany / 2024 / 110 min / French
An intergalactic comedy about the eternal struggle between good and evil; French social realism meets Hollywood blockbuster.
A Traveler’s Needs Yeohaengjaui pilyo
Hong Sang-soo / South Korea / 2024 / 90 min / Korean, French
A woman sits on a park bench playing a child’s flute. No one knows where she comes from. She claims she’s from France. With no money or resources to survive, she’s advised to teach French. She becomes a tutor to two Korean women. She likes walking barefoot and lying on rocks. She faces events with little comment and tries to live as simply as possible. But life, as always, is hard. To find some comfort, she drinks makgeolli…
TWST: Things We Said Today TWST: Things We Said Today
Andrej Ujica / France, Romania / 2024 / 86 min / English, French, German
The film takes as its starting point the arrival of the Beatles in New York for their August 1965 concert at Shea Stadium, and as its title a Beatles song that already anticipates a time when the present moment will have become a haunting past, neither retrievable nor forgettable. But the frame of reference steadily broadens. Adjacent realities of 1965 are juxtaposed—the New York World’s Fair, the Watts riots filtering through from the East Coast on television…
Mission Mt. Mangart Mission Mt. Mangart
Chris Anthony / USA / 2021 / 70 min / English
The film follows the 10th Mountain Division’s trailblazing efforts by this experimental infantry unit from concept to the end of the WW2. The division was originally recruited volunteer world-class athletes, mountain men and cowboys from 1941 – 1942. Developing a very unique collection of personalities even by today’s standards if not more so. In the end the 10th Mountain Division left behind an indelible legacy equally matched by their legendary heroism during wartime.
The Rumba Kings The Rumba Kings
Alan Brain / USA, Peru / 2021 / 94 min
In the 1950s, when the Democratic Republic of the Congo was under Belgian rule, a generation of Congolese musicians decided to fight against colonial oppression with music. They fused traditional African rhythms with Afro-Cuban sounds, thus creating a new style – Congolese rumba, which soon conquered the entire African continent with its infectious groove, captivating guitar licks, and smooth vocals. The Rumba Kings documentary is a joyful celebration of the liberating power of music.
The Island The Island
Anca Damian / Romania, France, Belgium / 2021 / 85 min / English
Discover a musical reinterpretation of the Robinson Crusoe myth: The Little Prince meets Monty Python.
My Love Affair with Marriage My Love Affair with Marriage
Signe Baumane / Latvia, Luxembourg, USA / 2022 / 108 min / English
Signe’s new animated feature fuses animation with music, theatre, science, photography, three-dimensional sets and traditional hand-drawn animation to tell the story of a spirited young woman’s quest for perfect love and lasting marriage.
Aerowaves at 25 Aerowaves at 25
Enya Belak / United Kingdom, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia / 2022 / 58 min / English
Praslovan Praslovan
Slobodan Maksimović / Slovenia, Croatia / 2024 / 115 min / Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) El Diablo Fuma (y guarda las cabezas de los cerillos quemados en la misma caja)
Ernesto Martínez Bucio / Mexico / 2025 / 97 min / Spanish
Set in a family home in the Mexican suburbs, this psychological drama paints an eerie portrait of everyday life, navigating a terrain between realism and a child’s imagination. A home-alone story laced with tales of the devil and the gradual collapse of reality cued by the parents’ disappearance.
Unicorn Wars Unicorn Wars
Alberto Vázquez / France, Spain / 2022 / 92 min / Spanish
Half Apocalypse Now, half Bambi, Unicorn Wars tells the story of the ancestral war between the army of teddy bears and the unicorns in an antiwar, environmentalist fable.
Manila in the Claws of Light Maynila, sa mga kuko ng liwanag
Lino Brocka / Philippines / 1975 / 124 min / Filipino, Tagalog, English
Shorts of the Years: What Dreams May Come Najboljši kratki filmi preteklih let: Nemara sanjati
različni avtorji / various / 93 min
Home, Daniel Mulloy; Ice Merchants, João Gonzalez; Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays, Christian Avilés; The Burden, Niki Lindroth von Bahr; Sun Dog, Dorian Jespers
Love in the Face of Genocide + Tamburreddhu – Resistenza sonora Salentina Evîn di rûyê qirkirinê de + Tamburreddhu – Resistenza sonora Salentina
Şêro Hindê; Claudio »Cavallo« Giagnotti, Pierluigi de Donno / 2020 / 103 min
Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish
Lei Lei / USA, Netherlands / 2022 / 104 min / Chinese
An ode to family, memory, reconstruction of family history in the history of China.
Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds Sirocco et le Royaume des courants d’air
Benoît Chieux / France, Belgium / 2023 / 75 min / Dubbed / 6+
Agnès, the neighbour of Juliette (4 years old) and Carmen (8 years old), writes children’s books that take place in a fantastic world, The Kingdom of the Winds. The two sisters discover a passage between their world and this extraordinary universe. Once there, the two girls are transformed into cats and separated from each other. They will have to show temerity and daring to find each other. With the help of the singer Selma, they will try to reach the real world by confronting Sirocco, the master of winds and storms… But is he as terrifying as they imagine?
Monsieur Lazhar Monsieur Lazhar
Philippe Falardeau / Canada / 2011 / 94 min / French, Slovene subtitles / 13+
Immobile Stars: The Elephant TV Specials Polet v vesolje: Slonove TV-specialke
različni avtorji / various / 79 min / 8+
The Eternal Memory La memoria infinita
Maite Alberdi / Chile, USA / 2023 / 85 min / Spanish
The story of Paulina’s deep and uncompromising devotion and Augusto’s fierce struggle to preserve his identity is a heartbreaking and inspiring monument to the indestructible power of love. The film by Maite Alberdi (The Mole Agent) was nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary.
Snatched from the Source Zajeti v izviru – Slovenski otroci Lebensborna
Maja Weiss / Slovenia / 2023 / 79 min
Maja Weiss’s documentary tells the stories of four stolen children, the last remaining Slovenian victims of the Nazi Lebensborn programme.
From Hilde, with Love In Liebe, Eure Hilde
Andreas Dresen / Germany / 2024 / 124 min / German
Berlin, 1942. Hilde and Hans share a beautiful summer. They are in love and expecting a child. But Hans is part of the resistance, and soon, the Gestapo arrests the couple. Heavily pregnant, Hilde finds herself in prison… Based on a true story, directed by Andreas Dresen.