The film explores the disturbing legacy of the Marcos regime and chronicles Imelda’s present-day push to help her son, Bongbong, win the vice-presidency. To this end, Imelda confidently rewrites her family’s history of corruption, replacing it with a narrative of a matriarch’s extravagant love for her country.
The Kingmaker The Kingmaker
Centred on the indomitable character of Imelda Marcos, The Kingmaker examines, with intimate access, the Marcos family’s improbable return to power in the Philippines.
What's On
Just super Helt super
Rasmus A. Sivertsen
Wednesday, 24. 07. 2024 / 10:00 / Main Hall
“I may not have been born a full-fledged superhero. But Mom always told me not to stress about it. I’d be ready when the time was right.”
The Goldman Case Le procès Goldman
Cédric Kahn
Wednesday, 24. 07. 2024 / 18:30 / Main Hall
Cédric Kahn stages the 1975 trial of French leftist revolutionary Pierre Goldman in Paris. The film opened the Directors’ Fortnight section at Cannes and won the César Award for Best Actor.
Replacement Screening
Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey Into the Desert Ingeborg Bachmann – Reise in die Wüste
Margarethe von Trotta
Wednesday, 24. 07. 2024 / 21:00 / Main Hall
When the charismatic Ingeborg Bachmann first meets playwright Max Frisch, they are already international celebrities of the literary world. Their courtship is rapid, and in the next four years they share a passionate but open relationship where friction is never far from the surface …