»Giamatti’s performance even outclasses the one he gave in Sideways. Nostalgic, funny, moving and thought-provoking, this may well qualify, in a career not short of outstanding achievements, as its director’s finest and most immersive film yet.«
– Sight and Sound
The Holdovers The Holdovers
Screenings
Sunday, 15. 12. 2024 / 19:00 / Main Hall
The Holdovers reunites Sideways’ Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti in a holiday story of three lonely, shipwrecked people at a New England boarding school during the winter break in 1970. Golden Globe for Giamatti and an Oscar for Joy Randolph.
cast Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa
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LIFFe
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Kings & Queens
Being Blanche Houellebecq Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq
Guillaume Nicloux
Friday, 22. 11. 2024 / 19:30 / Main Hall
Michel Houellebecq travels to Guadeloupe to take part in a look-alike contest, whose jury is chaired by Blanche Gardin. But unforeseen events plunge the duo into the heart of a bizarre intrigue… An ironic, wry take on political correctness and present-day taboos.
LIFFe
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Panorama
The Outrun The Outrun
Nora Fingscheidt
Friday, 22. 11. 2024 / 21:30 / Main Hall
Nora Fingscheidt’s film, interspersed with flashbacks depicting the protagonist’s downward spiral into alcoholism, focuses on her liberation from personal demons through a connection with the magical nature of her childhood home.
LIFFe
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Kinobalon at LIFFe
Who's Who? Vem är vem?
Linda Hambäck, Stina Wirsén
Saturday, 23. 11. 2024 / 10:00 / Main Hall
The beloved characters from the Who series – Little Teddy, Cat, Birdie, and Bunny – are all grown up. They’re big, with armpit hair and mobile phones. Some even have kids of their own, and now we get to know a new generation. Stories about big feels in everyday situations for the youngest audiences.