The violent street demonstrations in Paris during the Yellow Vest protests are at the root of a debate that is highly topical. Its starting point is Max Weber’s famous thesis that a state has the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force. All aspects of this viewpoint are challenged in a refreshingly intelligent film, which confronts a panel of different people with footage from the street riots to discuss them. Protesters, philosophers, sociologists and police officers react to the clips and each other.
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Maria Maria
Pablo Larraín
Sunday, 09. 03. 2025 / 16:20 / Main Hall
Chilean director Pablo Larraín, known for Jackie and Spencer, returns with the third instalment of his unofficial trilogy about iconic, tragic women of the 20th century. The film imagines the last week in the life of the legendary opera diva Maria Callas as she struggles with the increasingly blurred lines between the celebrated ‘La Callas’ and the vulnerable, fragile Maria.
The Silence of Life V tišini življenja
Nina Blažin
Sunday, 09. 03. 2025 / 17:15 / Small Hall
A story about departure, remembrance, and love. A film that celebrates life.
Maria by Callas Maria by Callas
Tom Volf
Sunday, 09. 03. 2025 / 19:00 / Main Hall
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 Through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs – nearly all of which have never been shown to the public – the film weaves an intimate and loving portrait of one of history’s most extraordinarily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.