31. Auteur film festival • Thursday, November 27
14:00 SORELLA DI CLAUSURA
Romania, Serbia, Italy, Spain, 2025, 107’
Director: Ivana Mladenović
Cast: Katia Pascariu, Cendana Trifan, Miodrag Mladenović, Arnold Kelsch, Cătălin Dordea, Adrian Radu…
If you want something badly enough, the entire Universe will work in your favor, right? Stella, educated but unable to hold down a job, falls in love with a famous Balkan musician after seeing him on television. This passion, turned into an obsession, takes over her life and now she has to meet him. One of the musician’s alleged lovers, Vera, a starlet-musician, promises to help Stella meet her idol and save her from a life of poverty. Their two worlds collide when Vera brings Stella to Bucharest, where she runs a company that sells sex products and lubricants.
Festivals: Locarno Film Festival…
* Q&A after the screening
17:00 THE VISITOR
Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, 2025, 105’
Director: Vytautas Katkus
Cast: Darius Šilenas, Vismantė Ruzgaitė, Arvydas Dapšys
At the end of the summer, Danielius, in his mid-thirties, returns to his hometown to sell his parents’ apartment. Without rushing, he slowly connects with people and a place that no longer feels like his own, facing a quiet and persistent loneliness.
19:00 FACING THE MONSTER
Serbia, USA, 2025, 87’
Director: Zoran Amar
Participate: Latinka Perović, Filip David, Dubravka Stojanović, Ivan Čolović, Nenad Prokić…
At the beginning of the nineties, the state of Yugoslavia fell apart and the resistance to war madness was strongest in Belgrade, where anti-war actions and movements against the Serbian nationalist regime gathered intellectuals, artists, and anti-regime individuals, mostly in a non-partisan group called the Belgrade Circle. Seeing a Monster is a documentary film that shows the struggle to preserve from oblivion the struggle for truth and dignity through bravely confronting the crimes committed in the name of the nation.
* Q&A after the screening
21:00 FANTASY
Slovenia, North Macedonia, 2025, 98’
Director: Kukla
Cast: Sarah Al Saleh, Alina Juhart, Mina Milovanović, Mia Skrbinac…
Mihrije, Sina and Jasna are three best friends in their twenties who live in Slovenia. Independent and free-spirited, they refuse to obey the conservative norms of their society. Their lives change when they meet Fantasy, who helps them question gender, their own desires and identity.
Festivals: Locarno Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival – Special Mention; Slovene Film Festival – Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Make-Up, Best Original Music…
