“The idea was to tell the story of that weekend before the iconic conception at Shea Stadium, to mark the moment when everything changed in the world’s perception of the Beatles and also the realisation that that new music, that pop, was no longer just a youth phenomenon but embraced all ages.” (Andrej Ujica)
TWST: Things We Said Today TWST: Things We Said Today
Screenings
Friday, 14. 03. 2025 / 18:30 / Main Hall
The film takes as its starting point the arrival of the Beatles in New York for their August 1965 concert at Shea Stadium, and as its title a Beatles song that already anticipates a time when the present moment will have become a haunting past, neither retrievable nor forgettable. But the frame of reference steadily broadens. Adjacent realities of 1965 are juxtaposed—the New York World’s Fair, the Watts riots filtering through from the East Coast on television…
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Once Upon a Time in Soča Valley Nekoč v Posočju
Ema Kugler
Tuesday, 04. 03. 2025 / 18:30 / Main Hall
A poetic documentary about the old faith in the Soča Valley, passed down orally from generation to generation.
Maria Maria
Pablo Larraín
Tuesday, 04. 03. 2025 / 20:30 / Main Hall
Chilean director Pablo Larraín, known for Jackie and Spencer, returns with the third instalment of his unofficial trilogy about iconic, tragic women of the 20th century. The film imagines the last week in the life of the legendary opera diva Maria Callas as she struggles with the increasingly blurred lines between the celebrated ‘La Callas’ and the vulnerable, fragile Maria.
Solitude Einvera
Ninna Pálmadóttir
Wednesday, 05. 03. 2025 / 16:00 / Main Hall
The debut of an Icelandic director, this is a warm but never sentimental story about the solace that unexpected friendship can bring.