With regard to this particular crime one could say: far too short, because the murderer is released after only five years on the grounds that he proved himself to be an exemplary prisoner. Mickevičius doesn’t confine himself to this individual case, though, but raises his film to a more general level: Exemplary Behaviour is almost a meditation about the question whether a final act like murder can be atoned for in a temporal order.
Exemplary Behaviour Pavyzdingas elgesys
Audrius Mickevičius puts the horribly disfigured face of his murdered brother at the start of his film. He’s interested in the question of how someone atones for such an act.
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Darko Sinko
Thursday, 17. 04. 2025 / 17:00 / Main Hall
Boris Robič is an ordinary man. One evening, while reading a book in his apartment, shots are fired at him. No one understands what happened. Not him, not the police. After all, Boris lived a quiet, peaceful life and believed he had no enemies. But when the detective closes the case, Boris starts his own investigation… World premiere at the San Sebastián film festival.
No Other Land No Other Land
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Thursday, 17. 04. 2025 / 19:30 / Small Hall
Palestinian activist Basel Adra has been documenting for years how Israeli occupiers destroy villages in his home region of Masafer Yatta. While fighting to preserve his community, he forms an unexpected alliance with Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham…