Schedule

Thursday 17.09

    18:00
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    Young Picasso

    ARTIST STORIES powered by Art Encounters

    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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    20:00
    FOCUS Jacques Tati

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    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

    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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    18:00
    +18

    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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Saturday 19.09

    18:00
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    Leonora in the Morning Light

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    In the early 1930s, painter Leonora Carrington, a rebel against social expectations, joins the surrealist movement and its iconic figures like André Breton and Salvador Dalí in Paris. A whirlwind love affair with artist Max Ernst confronts her with her inner demons.

    Germany, România, Mexico, United Kingdom - 2025
    103 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
    Pornit

    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
    +15

    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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    20:00

    The Last Viking

    Finally free from prison after a 20 year sentence, Anker wants to get back the money he has stolen. However, his brother and accomplice Manfred suffers from dissociative identity disorder: he now believes he is John Lennon, and John can’t remember the place in which Manfred buried the money.

    Denmark, Sweden - 2025
    116 minute
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Sunday 20.09

    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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