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Thursday 17.09

    18:00
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    Young Picasso

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    Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest and most prolific artists of all time. But where did it all begin? The film explores Picasso’s formative years, following his journey through Malaga, Barcelona and Paris and the influences that would shape the artist we know today.

    Marea Britanie - 2019
    91 minute
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    19:00
    Official Opening | Q&A with the crew of the film: Tudor Giurgiu, Andreea Vasile, Emilia Popescu, Conrad Mericoffer, Daniel Achim, Radu Grigore, Alexandru Dorobantu
    Meet and Greet with Familia Darabont
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    3 Days In September

    Official Opening | Q&A with the crew of the film: Tudor Giurgiu, Andreea Vasile, Emilia Popescu, Conrad Mericoffer, Daniel Achim, Radu Grigore, Alexandru Dorobantu
    Meet and Greet with Familia Darabont

    Bianca’s world shatters when her fiancé’s mistress crashes their wedding. Reeling from shock, she flees on a tourist train, launching a real-time odyssey of chaotic escape and surreal encounters through the off-season seaside resort.

    România - 2026
    76 minute
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    20:00
    FOCUS Jacques Tati

    Playtime

    FOCUS Jacques Tati

    In an ultra-modern Paris of glass and steel, where familiar landmarks appear only as fleeting reflections, Monsieur Hulot wanders through a whirring office complex, an exhibition of new inventions and an upscale party, repeatedly crossing paths with a group of American tourists.

    Franţa, Italia - 1967
    155 minute
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Friday 18.09

    18:00
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    Coward

    As the First World War drags on, Pierre, a soldier newly arrived at the front, is eager to prove himself. Behind the lines, he meets Francis, who decides to lift the spirits of his comrades by putting together a theatre show.

    Belgia, Franţa, Olanda - 2026
    120 minute
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    18:00

    Los Domingos

    Ainara, a brilliant and idealistic 17-year-old, stands at a crossroads: while her family expects her to choose a university path, she feels an increasing pull toward a religious vocation.

    Spania, Franța - 2025
    115 minute
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    20:30
    Online Q&A with Vladlena Sandu
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    Memory

    Online Q&A with Vladlena Sandu

    After her parents’ divorce, six-year-old Vladlena moves from Crimea to Grozny, not yet aware of the changes that lie ahead. When war breaks out in Chechnya, it deeply affects her city and family.

    France, Netherlands - 2025
    98 minute
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    20:30
    the best director award at Cannes 2026
    +15

    Fatherland

    the best director award at Cannes 2026

    In the summer of 1949, at the height of the Cold War, Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a challenging and emotional road trip across a Germany in ruins – from US dominated Frankfurt to Soviet controlled Weimar.

    Polonia-Germania-Italia-Franţa - 2026
    82min
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Saturday 19.09

    15:00
    FOCUS Jacques Tati

    Mon Oncle

    FOCUS Jacques Tati

    Monsieur Hulot adores his shabby old-town apartment and cannot fathom why his sister has moved to an ultra-modern suburb, into a gadget-filled showcase house. His only real joy is his young nephew, whom the family tries to mold in the image of this new mechanized world. 

    Franţa, Italia - 1958
    110 minute
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    15:00
    Best Soundtrack Award – Cannes 2026

    Amarga Navidad

    Best Soundtrack Award – Cannes 2026

    Elsa is an advertising director whose mother dies during a long December holiday. She works non-stop and, without realising, doesn’t give herself time to mourn her mother’s absence.

    Spain - 2026
    111 minute
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    17:30
    Online Q&A with Rachel Tâpârjan
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    Something Familiar

    Online Q&A with Rachel Tâpârjan

    While helping a woman search for her birth mother, Rachel is drawn deeper into her own family history. When Rachel launches an international search for her missing sisters, she uncovers a painful legacy of abuse and exploitation.

    România, United Kingdom - 2026
    89 minute
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    17:30
    100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's birth

    Some Like It Hot

    100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's birth

    Two down-on-their-luck jazz musicians find themselves out of a job and on the run after the police raid the speakeasy where they perform and they inadvertently witness a gang war. With no money and nowhere to hide, they join an all-female band headed to Florida.

    United States - 1959
    122 minute
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    20:00
    Q&A with the film’s cast and crew: Adrian Văncică, Teodor Butănescu
    Golden Leopard Grand Prize – Locarno 2026
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    You Don't Belong Here

    Q&A with the film’s cast and crew: Adrian Văncică, Teodor Butănescu
    Golden Leopard Grand Prize – Locarno 2026

    Marius is a surgeon and the manager of the municipal hospital in his small hometown, raising his teenage son Ioan on his own.

    România - 2026
    157 minute
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    20:00
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    Calle Malaga

    Maria Angeles, a 79-year-old Spanish woman, lives alone in Tangier, in northern Morocco, where she enjoys the city and her daily life. Everything changes when her daughter, Clara, arrives from Madrid to sell the apartment in which she has lived her entire life.

    Morocco, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium - 2025
    116 minute
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Sunday 20.09

    15:00
    Q&A with the crew of the film: Cristian Bota, Dana Rogoz
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    Back and Forth

    Q&A with the crew of the film: Cristian Bota, Dana Rogoz

    Cornel, a young actor on the verge of divorce, travels with his authoritarian father to Austria. The journey becomes a confrontation with the past, with childhood wounds and the things we struggle to speak about honestly.

    România - 2026
    93 minute
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    15:00

    Things We Don't Say

    Carlo and Elisa are a successful couple. He’s a university professor and writer facing a creative block; she’s a brilliant, sharp-witted journalist, known for her internationally published editorials.

    Italia - 2026
    114 minute
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    17:30
    FOCUS Jacques Tati

    Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

    FOCUS Jacques Tati

    It's the summer holiday season, and Monsieur Hulot heads to a seaside resort like everyone else. Well-meaning but hopelessly clumsy, Hulot unwittingly causes one catastrophe after another among the other hotel guests.

    Franța - 1953
    114 minute
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    17:30
    Q&A with the crew of the film: Medeea Marinescu, Matei Truța
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    Wild Delta

    Q&A with the crew of the film: Medeea Marinescu, Matei Truța

    Where the Carpathians meet the Black Sea, Europe’s largest wetland is born, a place of legendary biodiversity and countless stories. This is the unique story of a remarkable land, told through the voice of the character that makes everything possible: the water.

    România - 2026
    125 minute
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    20:00

    The Dinner

    April 15th, 1939. Just two weeks after the war’s end, Franco invites his top generals for a night of triumph. But in the hotel’s kitchen, a group of defeated Republican chefs are secretly preparing the meal, while also cooking up their last chance to escape the country.

    Spain, France - 2025
    106 minute
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    20:30
    Grand Prix - Cannes 2026

    Minotaur

    Grand Prix - Cannes 2026

    Russia, 2022. Gleb is a respected manager in a provincial corporation closely connected to the highest levels of Russian power.

    France, Latvia, Germany - 2026
    140 minute
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