From 5 March 2025

Dahomey Dahomey

Mati Diop / Senegal, Benin, France / 2024 / 67 min / Fon, English, French

A poetic documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop gives voice to artefacts returning from exile in France to their homeland, Benin, and listens to young people as they discuss the significance of this historic event.

cast Gildas Adannou, Habib Ahandessi, Joséa Guedje

festivals, awards Berlinale 2024 (Golden Bear), Zagreb 2024 (Movies That Matter Award)

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

Michel Fessler

Sunday, 20. 04. 2025 / 14:30 / Main Hall

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.

The Other Way Around Volveréis

Jonás Trueba

Sunday, 20. 04. 2025 / 16:30 / Main Hall

Is a “good” breakup possible? Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s film is a playful and witty nod to the classic remarriage comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, showing that separation can hold just as much love and hope as a reunion.

No Other Land No Other Land

Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor

Sunday, 20. 04. 2025 / 18:00 / Small Hall

Palestinian activist Basel Adra has been documenting for years how Israeli occupiers destroy villages in his home region of Masafer Yatta. While fighting to preserve his community, he forms an unexpected alliance with Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham…