In 37 BC, a young Illyrian named Volsus joins a Roman unit whose encounters with local, supposedly subjugated Illyrian tribes turn its seemingly simple task of collecting taxes into a perilous journey full of unexpected twists. Through the eyes of the youngster, regarded by the Romans as a primitive barbarian, we see an archaic, emotional world of quaint and brutal laws and traditions, not all that different from our own.
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Joan Baez: I Am a Noise Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle, Karen O’Connor
Tuesday, 16. 07. 2024 / 20:00 / Small Hall
An intimate documentary portrait in which the legendary singer and activist is unusually candid about her life on and off the stage.
Samsara Samsara
Lois Patiño
Tuesday, 16. 07. 2024 / 21:00 / Main Hall
A sensory cinematic experience capturing the intercorporeal journey of a soul through the afterlife, from Laos to Zanzibar. In a transcendent sequence, the audience is asked to close their eyes and surrender to a soundscape accompanied by bursts of colour still visible through closed eyelids.
There's Still Tomorrow C'è ancora domani
Paola Cortellesi
Tuesday, 16. 07. 2024 / 21:30 / The Ljubljana Castle
Rome, the 1940s. Delia wants to be a good mother and wife. Always busy, she lives with her husband Ivano and their three children. Ivano is the harsh padre padrone, but his bedridden father is even worse. Delia has occasional moments of relief exchanging secrets with her best friend Marisa, and she is happy at the prospect of her oldest daughter getting married to a wealthier young man. She submissively accepts the fate that was assigned to her, until one day a mysterious letter arrives …