The film dives head first into the inaugural year of the Teddy McArdle Free School in New Jersey, where all classes are voluntary and rules are determined by vote – adults and children have an equal say. Wilder is there from the beginning to end of the school year, documenting and observing teachers and an indelible cast of outspoken young personalities as they form relationships, explore their surroundings and intensely debate rule violations.
What's On
Piro Piro Piro Piro
Baek Mi-young, Min Sung-ah
Saturday, 29. 03. 2025 / 10:00 / Main Hall
A programme of short animated films from South Korea with no dialogues, invite young viewers into a pastel-coloured, poetic and tender world dominated entirely by birds, butterflies, rabbits and flowers.
Into the Wonderwoods Angelo dans la forêt mystérieuse
Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducord
Saturday, 29. 03. 2025 / 11:30 / Main Hall
10-year-old Angelo dreams of being an adventurer and explorer.
Maria Maria
Pablo Larraín
Saturday, 29. 03. 2025 / 13:20 / 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.