10:00 / Main Hall
Fearless Queen of the Night Bojevita kraljica noči
Matej Vranič / Slovenia / 2024 / 80 min / Slovene / 7+
Stunning scientific and natural sciences stories of the unusual life of the Ural owl, a mysterious nocturnal predator that can fearlessly attack even humans.
17:00 / Main Hall
Paradžanov 100! Paradžanov 100!
Sergej Paradžanov / Soviet Union (Ukraine), Soviet Union (Armenia), Soviet Union (Georgia) / 46 min
Short films by Sergej Paradžanov.
18:30 / Main Hall
The Legend of the Suram Fortress Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa
Sergej Paradžanov, Dodo Abašidze / Soviet Union (Georgia) / 1984 / 87 min / Georgian
The director shot his penultimate film in Georgia after a fifteen-year ban on filmmaking and long periods spent in prison and gulag. The film contemplates the land, its people and their relationship with authority.
19:15 / Small Hall
Four Daugthers Les filles d’Olfa
Kaouther Ben Hania / France, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Tunisia / 2023 / 110 min / English, Arabic, French
Olfa is the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappeared to join Islamic extremists. The director replaces them with actors. As the real women confront their traumatic past, the actors face ethical questions about its portrayal. This richly awarded documentary is a slow-burning study of family trauma and an intimate journey full of hope, rebellion, sisterly love and intergenerational transmission of suffering and violence.
20:30 / Main Hall
The Apprentice The Apprentice
Ali Abbasi / Canada, Ireland, Denmark / 2024 / 122 min / English