31. Auteur film festival • Sunday, November 23
14:00 GOD WILL NOT HELP
Croatia, Italy, Romania, Greece, France, Slovenia, 2025, 136’
Director: Hana Jušić
Cast: Manuela Martelli, Milena Ana Marija Veselčić, Ilija Filip Đurić, Nikola Mauro, Gracin Ercegović, Stanko Nikša Butijer…
Chilean Teresa comes to the tightly structured and isolated mountain community of Croatian shepherds at the beginning of the 20th century, claiming to be the widow of their emigrant brother. Her arrival significantly changes the dynamics between the members of the community and brings unrest, but Teresa also brings freedom.
Festivals / Awards: Locarno Film Festival – Best Performance; Thessaloniki Film Festival – Artistic Achievement Award, Best Actress, Best sound; San Sebastian International Film Festival…
17:00 POET / A POET / Un poeta
Colombia, Germany, Sweden, 2025, 120’
Directed by: Simón Mesa Soto
Cast: Ubeimar Ríos, Guillermo Cardona, Rebecca Andrade, Allison Correa, Margarita Soto, Humberto Restrepo…
The obsession with poetry did not bring Oscar Restrep fame. Increasingly older and more unstable, he succumbs to the cliché of poets in the shadows. When he meets Jurladi, a teenage girl of humble origin whom he helps work on her talent, it lifts his mood. However, dragging Jurladi into the world of poets may not be a good idea.
Festivals / Awards: Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard Jury Prize; San Sebastián International Film Festival – Horizons Award; Munich Film Festival, El Gouna Film Festival – Golden Star…
19:30 OH MY FILM
Slovenia, Croatia, 2025, 93’
Director: Damjan Kozole
Participate: Marko Pogačnik, Iztok Geister, Naško Križnar, Milenko Matanović, Matjaž Hanžek, David Nez, Marika Pogačnik, Biljana Tomić, Tomaž Brejc, Ješa Denegri, Marina Abramovich…
In the period from 1965 to 1971, Slovenia, then part of socialist Yugoslavia, witnessed the emergence of the avant-garde group OHO, a movement that left a long-term mark on artists around the world, including Marina Abramović. Considered one of the most intriguing and complex examples of the post-war avant-garde in Central and Eastern Europe, OHO blurred the boundaries between art and life. This documentary, rich in rare and previously unseen material, offers for the first time a comprehensive account of this revolutionary artistic phenomenon.
Festivals: Sarajevo Film Festival, Festival of Slovenian Films…
* Q&A after the screening
21:30 SIRAT / SIRÂT
Spain, France, 2025, 113’
Director: Oliver Laxe
Cast: Sergi López, Bruno Núñez Arjona, Stefania Gadda…
A father and son come to a rave party in an isolated mountain area of southern Morocco. They are looking for Mar, their daughter and sister, who disappeared a few months ago at one of the similar marathon rave parties. They unsuccessfully show her photo to visitors, surrounded by electronic music and a special kind of freedom they’ve never seen before. Increasingly desperate, they decide to follow a group of ravers to the last party to be held deep in the desert, hoping to find Marr there.
Festivals / Awards: Cannes Film Festival – Jury Prize; European Film Awards, nominies: European Film, European Director, European Actor, European Screenwriter; Pula Film Festival – Best Film; San Sebastián International Film Festival…
* Q&A after the screening
