"Emma Thompson’s performance, so elegant and vulnerable, carries the picture."
- The Guardian.
The Children Act The Children Act
Fiona Maye is an eminent High Court judge in London presiding with wisdom and compassion over ethically complex cases of family law. But her marriage is at breaking point, and in this moment of personal crisis, she is asked to rule on the case of Adam, who is refusing the blood transfusion which will save his life. Three months from his 18th birthday, Adam is legally still a child. Should Fiona force him to live?
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Riddle of Fire Riddle of Fire
Weston Razooli
Sunday, 24. 11. 2024 / 14:30 / Main Hall
An offbeat 16mm adventure comedy from the point of view of four bandit children trying to tackle the recipe for the perfect blueberry pie. Embarking on a woodland odyssey, they meet a sect of poachers, a little girl with an elvish gift and a host of other bizarre characters.
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Cent’anni Cent’anni
Maja Doroteja Prelog
Sunday, 24. 11. 2024 / 17:00 / Main Hall
An emotional rollercoaster with heart-wrenching confessions and poetic visuals in the midst of beautiful natural sceneries, an unfiltered testament to love and change.
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Dahomey Dahomey
Mati Diop
Sunday, 24. 11. 2024 / 19:30 / Main Hall
In her beguiling work of speculative documentary the young French-Senegalese filmmaker charts the repatriation of stolen artefacts to Benin, interrogating colonial legacies, ancestry and the weight of history.