31. Auteur film festival • Wednesday, November 26
14:00 WONDROUS IS THE SILENCE OF MY MASTER
Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, France, Italy, 2025, 93’
Director: Ivan Salatić
Cast: Marko Pogačar, Luka Petrone. Tea Ljubešić, Jakov Zovko, Vanja Matić, Vladimir Milošević, Igor Božanić…
In 19th-century Montenegro, the free mountainous regions are surrounded by Ottoman forces, isolated from the West, and filled with conservatism, patriarchal customs, and superstition. Morlak, a poet and bishop inspired by the historical figure Peter II Petrović Njegoš, leads his tribe in the resistance against the invaders. Gravely ill, he is sent to southern Italy in search of a cure, where he arrives at a house in Naples – a place very different from the remote hills of his homeland. As Morlak contemplates life and death, his loyal servant Djuko deals with deep nostalgia and fear of losing his master in a foreign land.
Festivals / Awards: International Film Festival Rotterdam, Pula Film Festival, Montenegro Film Festival – Zivko Nikolic Award for Special Contribution to Film Expression…
* Q&A after the screening
17:00 STRANGE RIVER / Estrany riu
Spain, Germany, 2025, 106’
Director: Jaume Claret Muxart
Cast: Nausicaa Bonnin, Roc Colell, Sergi Ferrer Pedrazo…
Sixteen-year-old Didak and his family are spending their summer vacation on a bicycle trip along the Danube. An unexpected encounter with another boy changes the course of the journey. His enigmatic presence awakens new feelings in Didak and disrupts his relationship with his family.
Festivals: Venice Film Festival, San Sebastián International Film Festival, Bangkok International Film Festival, Vienna International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival…
19:00 Q&A WITH EMIR KUSTURICA
The occasion is the 40th anniversary of the Palme d’Or win for the film Father on Business TRIP at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985. The conversation is led by Dunja Kusturica.
21:00 THE LOVE THAT REMAINS / Ástin sem eftir er
Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, France, 2025, 109’
Director: Hlynur Pálmason
Cast: Saga Garðarsóttier, Sverrir Guðnason, Ída Menkín Hlynsson, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Anders Mossling, Þorgils Hlynsson…
The film follows a year in the life of a family as the parents go through a divorce. Through tender moments and unexpected twists, it explores the fragile threads of love, family and echoes of shared memories.
Festivals: Marrakech International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, San Sebastián International Film Festival, Zurich Film Festival, New York Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Riga International Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival, Vienna International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival…
