Film Under the Stars 2023

Inspired by Easy Rider, this is a nostalgic tale from a young Slovenian filmmaker of two friends who embark on a journey in search of freedom, love, and themselves. The Audience Award and Vesna Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the Festival of Slovenian Film.

Models Carl and Yaya are invited on a luxury cruise with the über-rich: a Russian oligarch who made his fortune “selling shit”, a senior British arms-dealing couple and an alcoholic, Marx-quoting captain. A storm is brewing, and heavy seasickness hits the passengers during the captain’s seven-course dinner. This hilarious satire on wealth, greed, glamour and hypocrisy by provocateur Östlund earned him his second Palme d’Or.

This striking, genre-defying audio-visual experience takes us on a kaleidoscopic journey through the life and work of David Bowie, one of the most prolific, influential, and enigmatic artists of our era. Featuring a wealth of previously unseen footage, the film premiered at the 2022 Cannes festival.

1923. A remote island off the west coast of Ireland. Pádraic and Colm are lifelong friends who meet every day at the pub for a pint and a chat. It comes as a bolt from the blue when one fine day Colm abruptly ends their friendship… Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Actor and Screenplay.

Ugyen is a young teacher who dreams of leaving his native Bhutan to become a singer in Australia. But to complete his service his superiors send him to the most remote school on the planet… 

Living tells the story of a civil servant who has spent his entire working life buried under paperwork, but at the eleventh hour decides to turn his grey existence into something beautiful. This adaptation of Kurosawa’s Ikiru was written by Nobel Prize Winner Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day). Nominated for the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor.

A quietly moving and sensitive coming-of-age story exploring issues of family, loneliness and grief through the eyes of its young protagonist. Filmed in the rarely heard Irish language, the film has delighted audiences and critics alike, winning numerous awards, including the Grand Prix in the Generation Kplus section at the Berlinale and an Oscar nomination.

“Prometheus was punished by the Gods for giving fire to man.” Christopher Nolan (Tenet, Dunkirk, Inception) brings the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, often credited as “the father of the atomic bomb”. Nolan’s script was based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. A stellar cast including Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer. One of the most anticipated movies this summer.

A hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action-adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman who can’t seem to finish her taxes. Seven Oscars, including Best Film. 

A man falls from a mountain peak to his death. The detective in charge suspects the victim’s young and attractive wife… This playful blend of police procedural and romance, seasoned with dashes of humor and sensuality, won the prize for Best Director in Cannes.

At a fading Turkish vacation resort, eleven-year-old Sophie treasures the rare time together with her loving father Calum. Twenty years later, Sophie’s tender recollections of their last holiday become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as she tries to reconcile the father she once knew with the man she didn’t.

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. Based on the acclaimed play by Samuel D. Hunter. Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.

After forty years Felice returns to the Naples he hastily left as a teenager. As vivid memories of his youth spring back to life, his feeling of nostalgia is soon overshadowed by a dark secret… Naples-born director Mario Martone plunges us in the picturesque streets of one of the most restless quarters of the city in the company of a man looking for his lost past. Adapted from a novel by Ermanno Rea. 

Empress Elisabeth of Austria is idolised for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877 “Sissi” celebrates her 40th birthday and must fight to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter…

Sandra, a successful German writer, her French husband Samuel and their visually impaired eleven-year-old son Daniel live a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he committed suicide or was killed by his wife… Palme d’Or winner 2023!

Lydia Tár is widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors. As the first-ever female musical director of a major German orchestra, she is preparing for her much-anticipated live performance of Mahler’s Fifth, while in New York her book Tár on Tár is about to be launched. But on the eve of the big days ghosts from the past begin to shake her all too perfect career…

Young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker but soon discovers a family secret that threatens to splinter the Fabelmans beyond repair. To cope, Sammy explores how film can help him see the truth… Seven Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama.

Wes Anderson recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous central European hotel between the World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend and heir. The winner of the Berlinale Silver Bear was inspired both by the work of Stefan Zweig, as well as by the pre-code comedies of the 1930s. The best attended film in Kinodvor’s fifteen years as city cinema.

The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people, but not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.

The Eight Mountains is a story of friendship. Pietro is a boy from the city, Bruno is the last child of a forgotten mountain village. Over the years Bruno remains faithful to his mountain, while Pietro is the one who comes and goes… Based on the bestselling novel by Paolo Cognetti.

A budding childhood romance between Nora and Hae Sung, classmates at a primary school in Seoul, ends abruptly when Nora’s family emigrates to Canada. Many years later Nora, now a playwriting student in New York, notices that Hae Sung has been searching for her on social media… Cinematic debut by New York based playwright Celine Song.

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed brings an emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid crisis. The documentary directed by Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival.

A French couple Vincent and Olga have been living for years in a small, rustic village in Galicia. They lead a quiet life practising eco-responsible farming. Their idyllic existence derails and spins out of control when they are the only ones in the village opposing the installation of wind turbines… 

1955. Asteroid City, pop. 87. The town’s most famous attraction is a gigantic meteor crater and celestial observatory nearby. This weekend, the military and astronomers are welcoming five science-award-winning juniors to display their inventions… Meanwhile in New York, the characters of this story set in a fictional American desert town are on stage, preparing for a play titled Asteroid City…