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From 8 March

Savages Sauvages

Kinobalon

Eleven-year-old Kéria, her young cousin Selaï and orangutan Oshi join forces to protect their tropical forest from destruction. On their exciting mission of the heart, they discover the importance of mutual respect and nature conservation.

9 March at 19:00

Maria by Callas Maria by Callas

Rain-check screenings

The legendary Greek-American opera singer believed that two different women lived inside her: Callas, the public figure and icon, and Maria, the woman who longed for a normal life. Through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs – nearly all of which have never been shown to the public – the film weaves an intimate and loving portrait of one of history’s most extraordinarily talented women, told completely in her own words.

10 March at 18:00

Medea Medea

Mondays

English subtitles.

From 12 to 19 March

27 Documentary Film festival

Cankarjev dom, Kinodvor, The Slovenian Cinematheque

12 March at 10:00 and 15:00

Evil Does Not Exist Aku wa sonzai shinai

Rendez-vous with Coffee and Talk

The ecological health of a small Japanese rural community is threatened by a new glamping development. But evil is done by ordinary people with reasons for their incomprehensible urge to destroy.

From 15 to 29 March

Beavers – 17th Ljubljana Festival of Culture and Art Education

Kinobalon

Free tickets for family films available from 8 March. More on bobri.si.

16 March at 19:00

Housekeeping for Beginners Domaḱinstvo za početnici

Rain-check screenings

A film full of laughter, tears and untamed energy. It explores universal truths about family—both the one we are born into and the one we find along the way.

17 March at 20:15

The Volta Cinema Kino Volta

Premiere of Slovene Film followed by a Q&A session with the film crew.
St. Patrick’s Day. With the support of the Embassy of Ireland. English subtitles.

From 20 to 26 March

Francophone Film Festival

Kinodvor and Slovenian Cinematheque

21 march at 17:00

Holy Cow Vingt dieux!

Kinotrip. With the support of the French Institute in Slovenia.

Totone’s carefree teenage life of drinking and dancing takes a turn when he must provide for his 7-year-old sister. Seeking income, he channels his energy into producing an award-winning comté cheese to claim a competition prize. 

23 March at 19:00

The Substance The Substance

Rain-check screenings

An extravagant and spectacularly bloody body horror film starring the fearless Demi Moore as a faded Hollywood star. A French director delivers a biting critique of society’s obsession with beauty, youth, and fame.

25 March at 19:30

Maldoror Maldoror

Francophone Film Festival

From 29 March

Wild Heart Ponyherz

Kinobalon

Moving from the city to the countryside, 11-year-old Anni has a tough time settling in – until she encounters Wild Heart, an untamed horse, to whom she feels an almost magical connection. 

30 March at 19:00

Hold Me Tight Serre moi fort

Rain-check screenings

The mysterious and stunning family drama by actor and director Mathieu Amalric takes us to the inner world of a woman, wife and mother of two children, who is wandering real and imaginary memories. With Vicky Krieps in one of her best roles ever.

5 April at 10:00

Our Piggy Naše prasátko

First Timers; Kinobalon

Small, naive, curious and playful. Just like the youngest children, Our Piggy is discovering and learning about the things around him. It is most interested in the everyday things that turn into what they are in his imagination. 

6 April at 19:00

Joan Baez: I Am a Noise Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

Rain-check screenings

An intimate documentary portrait in which the legendary singer and activist is unusually candid about her life on and off the stage.

From 12 April

Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods Bambi, l'histoire d'une vie dans les bois

Kinobalon

The story of Bambi retraces the first years of a fawn’s life, and the trials he must face in the woods… This initiatory tale, a hymn to nature.

13 April at 19:00

Samsara Samsara

Rain-check screenings

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.

16 April at 10:00 and 15:00

On the Adamant Sur l’Adamant

Rendez-vous with Coffee and Talk

French documentary film maker Nicolas Philbert takes us on an unusual ship, used as a day-care centre for adults with mental disabilities. Surrounded by incredibly talented people with sparkling personalities, we can contemplate community, freedom and the importance of art in everyday life. The warm and subtle film that breaks downs the boundaries between ‘us’ and ‘them’ won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale.

27 April at 19:00

From Hilde, with Love In Liebe, Eure Hilde

Rain-check screenings

A drama based on the lives of real Nazi resistance fighters, foregrounding the quiet strength of a young woman defying the regime in Nazi prisons with a principled stand and a belief in human kindness.

From 10 May

Flow Flow

Kinobalon

When the world is devastated by a great flood, a group of animals, led by a cat, find shelter in a boat. To survive, they have to learn to live together and to trust and help each other despite their differences.

14 May at 10:00 and 15:00

The Zone of Interest The Zone of Interest

Rendez-vous with Coffee and Talk

Commandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build an idyllic life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp …

11 June at 10:00 and 15:00

20,000 Species of Bees 20.000 especies de abejas

Rendez-vous with Coffee and Talk

Centring on a family faced with a gender crisis of their eight-year-old son, 20,000 Species of Bees is a study into interpersonal relationships that sheds light on the burning issues of gender and identity from a personal perspective and using metaphors from the natural world.