17:45 / Main Hall
Cut Cut
Amir Naderi / Japan / 2011 / 132 min / Japanese
Shuji is a young filmmaker and devoted cinephile. He organises impromptu screenings of classic films on the roof of his apartment block and protests against multiplexes and the industry that is destroying the art of film on the streets of Tokyo. One day, he learns that his brother, who had helped finance his films, has been beaten to death by the Yakuza over unpaid debts. Shuji resolves to repay the debt by working as a human punching bag in the bathroom of the club where his brother was killed.
18:15 / Small Hall
The Tale of Silyan Prikaznata za Siljan
Tamara Kotevska / North Macedonia, USA, United Kingdom / 2025 / 81 min / Macedonian, English
Inspired by ancient myths and folk tales, Tamara Kotevska’s film is a moving documentary fairy tale about a farmer and his unique bond with a white stork.
20:30 / Main Hall
Two Prosecutors Dva prokurora
Sergej Loznica / France, Netherlands, Germany, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania / 2025 / 118 min / Russian
This film by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa (A Gentle Creature, Donbass) is a Kafkaesque exploration of a totalitarian regime. It is suffused with an overwhelming sense of inevitability and laced with the director’s signature grotesque humour.