They Will Be Dust
After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Claudia decides to make her final journey in Switzerland. Flavio, who hasn’t left her side for over forty years, decides to accompany her on this one-way trip.
After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Claudia decides to make her final journey in Switzerland. Flavio, who hasn’t left her side for over forty years, decides to accompany her on this one-way trip.
Fernando, a young ballet dancer from Mexico, dreams of international recognition and a life in the US. Believing his lover, Jennifer, a socialite and philanthropist, will support him, he leaves everything behind — narrowly escaping death in the process.
December 2000. The famous photographer Oliviero Toscani accepts an invitation from the art critic Giancarlo Politi to curate a section of the first edition of the Tirana Biennial.
18:30 – Film Screening: Marcella (dir. Peter Miller, USA, 97’) | Cercul Militar
A tribute to Marcella Hazan, the woman who forever changed the way America cooks Italian food. Featuring appearances by Jacques Pépin, Lidia Bastianich, and Danny Meyer, the film is a tender and vibrant journey through the life of a culinary legend.
Marcella Hazan didn't just teach Italian cooking - she changed the way America eats. Fearless, passionate, and exacting, she introduced authentic recipes to millions.
The story of a concentration camp deportee who never existed. Enric Marco, an immensely charismatic man who, for years, was able to maintain, before public opinion and his own family, a deeply complex lie: that he had been a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp.
Preceded by the short film What Freedom Looks Like (dir. Dorel Gnatiuc)
Gudrun Gut, an icon of the German underground music scene, dares the unexpected: a film about herself. Here is a personal homage to female creativity: it's poetic, radical, and unmistakably Gudrun Gut!
18:30 – Film Screening: Mugaritz. No Bread. No Dessert. (dir. Paco Plaza, Spain, 95’) | Cercul Militar
A hypnotic documentary about the radical creative process behind one of the most innovative restaurants in the world: Mugaritz. Each season starts from scratch, every menu is an experiment, and every dish – a challenge for all the senses.
Every year, the team at the Mugaritz works behind closed doors to design a vocationally different gastronomic proposal each new season.
Boundary-pushing dancer Ida Rubinstein selects Maurice Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet. Ravel ends up creating his greatest success ever: Boléro.
A special screening presented by JTI, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Ravel's birth.
Eddy Merckx is more than a champion cyclist; in his time of unprecedented sporting victory during the 1960s and 1970s, he represented the fusion of Belgium’s Walloon and Flemish cultures.
18:30 – Film Screening: La Réparation (dir. Régis Wargnier, France, 104’) | Cercul Militar
A legendary chef disappears on the eve of receiving his third Michelin star. In his wake, a young daughter must keep his culinary legacy alive. A mysterious and moving story about family, identity, and rebuilding.
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
A few hours before his third Michelin star was awarded, a renowned chef disappeared with his second chef during a hunting trip. His daughter Clara found herself alone at the head of the restaurant, harassed by paparazzi...
Marie no longer feels at home in her native Mikulov, nor does she feel like she belongs to America. The phenomenon of pulling up one’s roots, migrating elsewhere, and finding a new home in a foreign land is a universal theme.
In the shadow of addiction, Boróka and Szilveszter join a Recovery Centre to confront their inner demons through methods of rock climbing, embarking on a transformative journey of self-discovery, and the reevaluation of their past lives.
Preceded by the short film Alien 2 or: Valdis' Escape in 11 Chapters (dir. Rasmus Merivoo )
Doru Chirodea fled to America in the 1980s and started writing poetry in English without actually knowing the language. Back in Romania, he prints books of poetry at his own expense, for an increasingly narrow audience. A serene meditation on the end of a bohemian, rebellious lifestyle.
Johanne falls in love for the first time… with her teacher. To preserve her feelings, she documents her emotions and experiences in writing. When her mother and grandmother read the account, they were shocked by its intimate content...
Marcella Hazan didn't just teach Italian cooking - she changed the way America eats. Fearless, passionate, and exacting, she introduced authentic recipes to millions.
1950. William Lee, an American expat in Mexico City, spends his days almost entirely alone. His encounter with Eugene Allerton, an expat former soldier, new to the city, shows him, for the first time, that it might be finally possible to establish an intimate connection with somebody.
After a local factory worker named Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances, Werner Herzog travels to Getunkirchenburg to investigate his perplexing death.