»Sweet Country is a Western. It has all the elements of the genre - the frontier, confiscation of land, subordination and conquest of a people and sweeping landscapes / … My main aim is to use the accessibility of the Western genre for audiences to enter the story and to be drawn into this world and so experience the issues faced by an occupied people. This immersive approach is designed to break down the cultural boundaries between us and bring us together.«
- Warwick Thornton
Sweet Country Sweet Country
1929 in the Australian outback. In an act of self-defence, Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, kills a cruel and racist war veteran. Now, pursued as the murderer of a white man, he is left with no choice but to escape into the wild with his pregnant wife. This nuanced and exquisitely made film based on true events won the Venice Film Festival award for Best Direction.
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Leviticus Leviticus
Adrian Chiarella
Sunday, 01. 11. 2026 / 02:00 / Main Hall
Footlose meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers and It Follows.
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Nightborn Yön lapsi
Hanna Bergholm
Sunday, 01. 11. 2026 / 04:00 / Main Hall
What if a white Christian couple has a child who doesn’t look like a white Christian?
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Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Sunday, 01. 11. 2026 / 11:00 / Main Hall
Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival.