A young fisherman struggles to carry on as global industrial overfishing threatens life as he knows it in his Azorean village, where small-scale fishing has long been a tradition and an essential livelihood. Shot between 1999 and 2001, the film follows Pedro and his crew over a full year, chronicling their encounters with the inherent dangers of working at sea, and their determination to remain free.
What's On
Father Mother Sister Brother Father Mother Sister Brother
Jim Jarmusch
Friday, 09. 01. 2026 / 16:00 / Main Hall
Three stories, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, about the relationship between parents and their adult children. Jim Jarmusch’s “anti-action film” received the Golden Lion in Venice.
Extra Week
Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness
Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis
Friday, 09. 01. 2026 / 17:30 / Small Hall
With disarming wit, the Dalai Lama reflects on balancing millennia-old Tibetan Buddhist traditions with the contemporary values of our globalised society that now struggles to overcome violence and war while standing on the brink of environmental collapse.