Screenplay: Pawel Pawlikowski, Ben Hopkins, Kiril Serebrenikov, Emmanuel Carrere 
Cinematography: Roman Vasjanov
Music: Massimo Pupillo
Cast: Ben Whishaw (Eddie), Viktoria Mirošničenko (Elena), Tomas Arana (Stephen), Corrado Invernizzi (Lonja), Evgenij Mironov (Kuznecov), Andrej Burkovski, Maša Maškova (Ana), Odin Lund Biron (Ethan)
Producent: Wildside & Fremantle
Distribution: Fivia d.o.o.
 

A thrilling biography of the Russian writer Eduard Limonov, known for his turbulent private life, astonishing political transmutations and migrations between the Soviet Union, Europe and the USA.

Eduard Limonov (1943-2020) switched between many identities in his lifetime: A poet, exile, political leader, a revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a lover of beautiful women, a political agitator and a novelist who wrote of his own greatness. Limonov lived many lives, although much of what he said about himself has been contested as questionable self-mythologising - which only adds to his mystique. Eduard Limonov's life story is a journey through Russia (where he founded the National Bolshevik Party), America and Europe. It is based on Emmanuel Carr?re's 2011 book Limonov, a novelized biography of the Russian dissident.

Screenplay: Ruth Becquart, Leonardo van Dijl
Cinematography: Nicolas Karakatsanis
Cast: Tessa Van den Broeck (Julie), Koen De Bouw (Tom), Claire Bodson (Sofie), Laurent Caron (Jeremy), Ruth Becquart (Liesbeth), Stefan Gota, Pierre Gervais (Backie), Julliette De Hous (Juliette)
Producent: De Wereldvrede
Distribution: Demiurg
 

Belgian tennis prodigy Tessa Van den Broeck makes her screen debut in this story about a talented athlete who decides to keep silent after her coach is accused of misconduct.

Everyone at an exclusive Belgian tennis academy is shocked when its demanding head coach, Jeremy, is suspended pending a misconduct investigation into the suicide of a former star pupil. All eyes turn to Jeremy's current favourite, Julie. Brimming with athletic promise, she's been working closely with Jeremy, and he's still texting her every day. But rather than talk to investigators, this tough and focused teenager chooses to process her emotional upheaval on her own. Aware that this moment could make or break her whole career, she's not about to let anyone else seize the advantage.

Screenplay: Rasmus Heisterberg, Joshua Oppenheimer
Cinematography: Mikhail Krichman
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, Danielle Ryan, Tim McInnerny, Bronagh Gallagher, Lennie James 
Producent: Final Cut For Real Aps
Distribution: Fivia d.o.o.
 

A musical in the Golden Age of the Broadway style about one of the last families on Earth. The family's seemingly perfect existence in an underground compound is threatened by the sudden arrival of a stranger.

What seems to be the last remaining human family on Earth hide in an ornate bunker built deep inside a salt mine after environmental collapse has destroyed society. Born in this compound, George is a naive twenty-year-old who has never set foot in the outside world. He spends his days working on a dubious book with his father, a former energy tycoon, while his mother frets over the upkeep of the many priceless paintings and artworks adorning their walls. But when a woman from the outside arrives at their doorstep seeking refuge, the family's delicate dynamic starts to crumble as George begins to question the apparent normality of their life.

Screenplay: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Livecchi, Léa Mysius
Cinematography: Paul Guilhaume
Music:Camille, Clément Ducol
Cast: Zoe Saldana (Rita Moro Castro), Selena Gomez (Jessi), Edgar Ramírez (Gustavo), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Perez/Juan Del Monte), Mark Ivanir, Adriana Paz (Epifanía), James Gerard, Eric Geynes, Tulika Srivastava, Agathe Bokja, Alonso Venegas Flores, Cyrus Khodaveisi 
Producent: Why Not Productions & Page 114 & Pathé Films & Saint Laurent
Production & France 2 Cinéma
Distribution: Fivia d.o.o.


A fiery trans gangster musical fuelled by Mexican soap opera devices, Emilia Pérez won two awards at Cannes, becoming the most awarded film of the festival's 77th edition.

Rita Mora Castro is a hard-working attorney getting slightly frustrated with the fact that her clients tend to be drug lords, murderers and wealthy abusers. One night, Rita is kidnapped and whisked off to meet cartel boss Manitas, who has an odd request for her. This powerful drug lord, who's already been taking hormone treatments for two years, wants to have gender confirmation surgery. Rita is left with no choice but to accept his offer. With her life turning into a psychedelic roller coaster ride, Rita could quickly find herself on the wrong side of the law.

Cinematography: Drew Daniels
Music: Keith Joseph Anderson, Roman Molino Dunn, Bryn Evans
Cast: Mikey Madison (Ani), Mark Eidelshtein (Ivan), Jurij Borisov (Igor), Paul Weissman (Nick), Lindsey Normington (Diamond), Emily Weider (Nikki), Luna Sofía Miranda (Lulu), Vincent Radwinsky (Jimmy), Brittney Rodriguez (Dawn), Sophia Carnabuci (Jenny), Anton Bitter (Tom), Ella Rubin (Vera), Ross Brodar (varnostnik), Zoë Vnak (Rachel)
Producent: Cre Films
Distribution: Karantanija Cinemas


Shot in his signature style, Sean Baker's comedy-drama continues the director's deeply humanist exploration of social issues. Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Anora, an exotic dancer and a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets the son of a Russian oligarch. Still green around the gills, this immature youngster is a godsend for Anora, who dreams of being a class defector, imagining leaving behind her miserable life of wandering hands and dawn subway rides. The two lovebirds jet off to Las Vegas, because it's rumoured that the drugs are better there. The couple marry on a whim. Once the news reaches Russia, Anora's fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

Screenplay: Pedro Almodóvar, Sigrid Nunez 
Cinematography: Eduard Grau
Music: Alberto Iglesias
Cast: Tilda Swinton (Martha), Julianne Moore (Ingrid), John Turturro (Damian Cunningham), Alex Hogh Andersen, Alessandro Nivola, Esther McGregor, Melina Matthews, Juan Diego Botto, Victoria Luengo
Producent: El Deseo
Distribution: Blitz film & video distribution d.o.o.

 

Pedro Almodóvar won the Golden Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival for his first English-language feature, dealing with the controversial topic of euthanasia.

Ingrid and Martha have been close friends since their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter. Eventually, they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme situation. Martha is in the hospital fighting a battle with cancer. Her illness is serious: she's undergoing a highly experimental immunotherapy treatment, but her chances are slim. She wants to find a house upstate and end her life in peace - but she wants Ingrid to come with her, and to be in the room next door when it happens. 
 

On the occasion of the presentation of the Darko Bratina Award to director Nicolas Philibert 
The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with the guests. In collaboration with Tribute to a Vision festival 

Despite addressing a difficult topic, On the Adamant, a look at the lives of patients with mental disorders at a Parisian day-care centre, is full of humour and playfulness. Radiating genuine warmth, it promotes tolerance and calls on society to accept diversity. Winner of the Golden Bear Award at the 2023 Berlinale. 

The Adamant is a unique day-care centre. A floating structure located on the Seine in the heart of Paris, it welcomes adults suffering from mental disorders, offering the kind of care that grounds them in time and space and helps them to recover or keep up their spirits. The team running it tries to resist the deterioration and dehumanisation of psychiatry as best as they can.

Nicolas Philibert’s observation over an extended period of time is motivated by a genuine and contagious interest in all that moves within a community. This gentle, enlightening film invites us to join the welcoming microcosm of The Adamant, celebrating diversity and fostering a sense of our common humanity. 

“I didn’t want to make a film about psychiatry which would lead viewers into an inevitably and eternally sombre world. When you spend time with patients in a place like The Adamant, you find people who seem to be suffering and others who don’t, who have found a kind of balance in their lives, who live with their illness, who have managed to control it and accept it. This balance might sometimes seem a bit wild, or unique to say the least, but there are some really educated, incredibly lucid people there, who are often funny too, even when the situation doesn’t call for it.” (Nicolas Philibert)

Dr. Umberto Galimberti – philosopher, psychotherapist and essayist – returns to Cankarjev dom. He is known to the Italian public for the topics he keeps revisiting, approaching them from a critical distance. Each month, he participates in over twenty events and conferences, and is a sought-after guest of various TV shows. He has visited Slovenia on a number of occasions, and feels a special affinity with Slovenian culture, not least because his late wife was a member of the Slovene minority in Trieste.

At Cankarjev dom, Galimberti will reflect on young people, a recurring subject in his intellectual work. “Young people today are not only suffering from the psychological issues that 'naturally' accompany growing up and coming of age. Their suffering is a cultural problem,” says Dr. Galimberti, adding: “Today, the future is no longer a promise – it is not something that the older generation 'promises' to the younger one, which, of course, expects that promise to be fulfilled. As a consequence, the future is unpredictable.”

The final ballet production of the dance school  Moji baletni koraki   takes you into a magical fairy world where anything is possible – good and bad, order and chaos. Regardless of the circumstances, friendship and dance always prevail.

Performers: Dancers of Moji baletni koraki
Choreography: Nuša Košti
Set Design: Kaja Orel
Costume Design: Gaja Novak

In April 1950, he whom the world had named "The God of Dance", a choreographer and the embodiment of contemporary ballet, died in London at the age of 60. The star of Nijinsky burnt beyond the legend: what do we know of this artist, about whom very few archival recordings have survived, and whose life and work are still subject to different interpretations?

Elisabeth Kapnist’s film reflects both on the bright side of Nijinsky, his artistic genius, and the obscure aspect of his gradual descent into madness. The film focuses on his artistic rise, as well as the relationships with his closest family members and colleagues, especially the most important people in his life, Romola, the woman he married in 1913, and Sergei Diaghilev, his impresario and lover. Nijinsky’s marriage led to a traumatic split from Diaghilev at the end of that same decade.

The documentary film will be followed by a talk with dr. Henrikom Neubauerjem.