The Apprentice The Apprentice

Ali Abbasi / Canada, Ireland, Denmark / 2024 / 122 min / English

The Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi dramatises Trump’s rise to power through a Faustian pact with influential right-wing lawyer Roy Cohn. As the director puts it: “A success story that could only happen in America.”

cast Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova, Martin Donovan, Catherine McNally, Charlie Carrick, Ben Sullivan, Mark Rendall, Joe Pingue, Jim Monaco

festivals, awards Cannes; Telluride; London

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Sound of Falling In die Sonne schauen

Mascha Schilinski

Wednesday, 12. 08. 2026 / 18:00 / Main Hall

The lives of four girls from different historical periods inhabiting the same farmstead in northeast Germany are subtly interconnected. Cannes 2025 Jury Prize.

The Chronology of Water The Chronology of Water

Kristen Stewart

Wednesday, 12. 08. 2026 / 21:00 / Main Hall

Actress Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, based on the inspiring memoirs by the American author Lidia Yuknavitch.

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Buffalo Kids Buffalo Kids

Pedro Solis, Juan Jesús García

Thursday, 13. 08. 2026 / 10:00 / Main Hall

Mary (Weir) and Tom (Macneill) are parentless Irish siblings who arrive in New York City via ocean liner in 1886 and quickly find themselves on a wild, cross-country journey aboard a transcontinental “Orphan Train” where they meet an extraordinary new friend who will change their lives forever.