I am Frank
JAZ SEM FRENK
Metod Pevec
/ 2019 / 98 min
Political leanings can divide entire families. This is also the case in Metod Pevec's latest work, as here a brotherly dispute in post-independence Slovenia turns into a struggle between capital and ideals; inclusive of collateral damage. Filmtalk: I ...
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Extracurricular
Dopunska Nastava
Ivan-Goran Vitez
Croatia / 2019 / 101 min
A hostage drama with a bitter political aftertaste. Not allowed to congratulate her on her birthday, a traumatised war veteran takes his daughter's class hostage. A corrupt mayor takes advantage of the situation to outdo his election rival. A cynical ...
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Cat in the Wall
Cat in the Wall
Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
Bulgaria, Great Britain, France / 2019 / 92 min
A cat hiding in the apartment of Bulgarian immigrant Irina triggers a neighbourhood dispute. This naturalistic tragicomedy about the multicultural microcosm of a housing estate with its disputes and acts of solidarity gives fitting insight into an ...
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The Flying Circus
Cirku Fluturues
Fatos Berisha
/ 2019 / 114 min
Monty Python in Kosovo-Albanian, at the end of the nineties. In Kosovo the conflict between Serbs and Albanians threatens to escalate again, the fundamental rights of the Albanian population have been drastically restricted, and the borders are ...
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Cold Meridian
Cold Meridian
Peter Strickland
/ 2020 / 6 min
Dream and dance in the mind of Hungary's rising screen star Juli Jakab (SON OF SAUL , SUNSET). A mesmerising performance by two dancers. Shot on 8mm film by psycho-horror director Peter Strickland. An experimental relaxation video.
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Goodbye, Johnny
Sbogom, Djoni
Konstantin Burov
Bulgaria / 2020 / 88 min
A toxic relationship. Twenty-seven-year-old Vasel can no longer get rid of Johnny, the man who saved his life. Initially a life-philosophy guru, he soon turns out to be a selfish psychopath. A psychological thriller both laconic and bizarre, narrated ...
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The Lawyer
Advokatas
Romas Zabarauskas
/ 2020 / 97 min
A romantic tragedy in which grief is transformed into love. The Syrian sex cam worker Ali meets Lithuanian lawyer Marius, whose search for intimacy leads him to a Serbian refugee camp. Can the two navigate the gap that otherwise separates their very ...
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Quo Vadis, Aida?
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Jasmila Žbanić
/ 2020 / 104 min
A humanist mission out of control: in July 1995 Bosnian Serb militias murdered more than 8,500 Bosniaks in Srebrenica. Golden Bear winner Jasmila Žbanić traces the tragic story from the perspective of a translator who tries to save her family.
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II
II
Vlada Senkova
Belarus / 2019 / 60 min
A fast-paced coming-of-age film from the Belarusian provinces. There is a close emotional connection between the three teenagers Nastya, Sasha and Khristina, yet one day their world is shaken by a piece of news that reveals the ugly side of their ...
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The last day of this summer
Poslednij den' etogo leta
Yuliya Shatun, Nikita Alexandrov
Belarus / 2019 / 46 min
Fantastically beautiful smartphone poetry about a day in the life of Vadim and the melancholy of a fading summer, which draws its strength from seemingly incidental matters and, in doing so, develops a keen eye for atmosphere.
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