Screening Schedule

Sunday at 12:00

Dying

Germany, 2024; 180 min.

Director: Matthias Glasner

Screenplay: Matthias Glasner

Cinematography: Jakub Bejnarowicz

Editing: Heike Gnida

Music Lorenz Dangel

Sound: Christoph Schilling

Production Design: Tamo Kunz

Casting: Liza Stutzky

Producers: Jan Krüger, Ulf Israel, Matthias Glasner

Monday at 20:00

The Editorial Office

Ukraine / Germany / Slovakia / Czechia 2024; 126 min.

 

Director: Roman Bondarchuk

Writers: Dar’ya Averchenko, Alla Tyutyunnyk, Roman Bondarchuk

Cinematography: Vadym Ilkov

Editing: Viktor Onysko, Nikon Romanchenko

Music: Anton Baibakov

Sound Design: Serhiy Stepansky

Sound: Serhiy Stepansky

Cast: Dmytro Bahnenko, Zhanna Ozirna, Rymma Ziubina, Andrii Kyrylchu, Oleksandr Shmal, Vasyl Kukharskyi, Maksym Kurochkin, Oleksandr Hannochenko, Serhii Ivanov, Serhiy Stepansky

Producers: Dar’ya Averchenko, Darya Bassel

 

Sunday at 17:30

Greice

Brazil/Portugal, 2023; 110 min. 

 

Directing; Leonardo Mouramateus

The script: Leonardo Mouramateus

Editing: Karen Akerman

Camera: Leonardo Simões

Sound: Guilherme Farkas

Cast: Amandyra, Dipas, Mauro Soares, Anna Leticya Gomes, Faela Maya, Isabél Zuaa, Luara Learth, Lucas Galvino

 

Saturday at 16:00

Junks and Dolls

Iran, 2023; 76 min. 

 

Directror:: Manijeh Hekmat

Screenwriter: Manijeh Hekmat, Mehrave Ferdosi

Editors: Mostafa Kherghehpoosh Sepehr Mahdaviani

Cinematography: Mohammad Reza Janpanah

Composer: Heydar Sajedi

Sound: Iraj Shazadi Soheil Motevalli

Cast: Behdokht Valian, Mohammad Valizadegan, Reza Koolagahni, Raja Jafari, Jahan Yaghoubi, Yamna Hosseinzadeh

Producers: Manijeh Hekmat, Mahshid Ahangarani Farahani

 

Monday at 18:00

Lovable

Norway 2024; 101 min. 


Director: Lilja Ingolfsdottir

Screenplay: Lilja Ingolfsdottir

Dir. of Photography: Øystein Mamen

Sound Bror Kristiansen

Editor Lilja Ingolfsdottir

Cast Helga Guren, Oddgeir Thune, Heidi Gjermundsen Broch, Marte Solem 

Art Director Lilja Ingolfsdottir

Producer Thomas Robsahm 

Production Nordisk Film Production

Coproduction Amarcord

 

Saturday at 18:00

Together, 99

Sweden/Denmark, 2023; 115 min. 

 

 

Director: Lukas Moodysson

Screenplay: Lukas Moodysson

Cast: Gustaf Hammarsten, Shanti Roney, Anja Lundqvist, Jessica Liedberg, Olle Sarri, Cecilia Frode, Lars Frode, Lisa Lindgren, David Dencik, Jonas Karlsson…

Cinematography: Ellinor Hallin

Editing: Vickis Hallin, Andreas Nilsson

Producers: Lars Jönsson, Anna Carlsten

Production: Memfis Film & TV, Film i Väst, SF Studios Production AB

 

Saturday at 22:00

From Hilde, With Love

Germany, 2024; 124 min. 

 

Director: Andreas Dresen

Script: Laila Stieler

Director of Photography: Judith Kaufmann

Production Design: Susanne Hopf

Sound: Oswald Schwander, Andreas Walther, Ralf Krause

Editing: Jörg Hauschild

Cast: Liv Lisa Fries, Johannes Hegemann, Lisa Wagner, Alexander Scheer, Emma Bading

Producers: Claudia Steffen, Christoph Friedel, Prof. Regina Ziegler

Production. Pandora Film Produktion

 

Sunday at 22:30

The Girl with Needle

Denmark, Poland, Sweden 2024; 122 min. 

 

Director: Magnus von Horn 

Screenplay: Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek

Dir. of Photography: Michał Dymek

Music: Frederikke Hoffmeier

Sound Oskar Skriver

Editor Agnieszka Glińska 

Cast: Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri, Avo Knox Martin, Joachim Fjestrup, Tessa Hoder 

Producer Malene Blenkov, Mariusz Włodarski 

Production: Nordisk Film Production

Coproduction Lava Films, EC1 ŁÓDŹ, Lower Silesia Film Centre, Film i Väst, Nordisk Film Sweden 

 

Monday at 22:30

The Pheasants

Poland, Serbia, Lithuania, 2023; 114 min.

 

Director: DK Welchman (aka Kobiela), Hugh Welchman

Screenplay: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman

Cinematography: Radosław Ładczuk, Kamil Polak, Szymon Kuriata

Director of Animation: Piotr Dominiak

Editing: DK Welchman, Patrycja Piróg,  Miki Węcel 

Music / Composer:  Łukasz „L.U.C.” Rostkowski

Cast: Kamila Urzędowska, Robert Gulaczyk, Mirosław Baka, Sonia Mietielica, Ewa Kasprzyk, Cezary Łukaszewicz, Małgorzata Kożuchowska, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Dorota Stalińska, Andrzej Konopka, Mateusz Rusin, and Maciej Musiał. 

Produced by: Breakthru Films 

Co-produced by: Digitalkraft d o.o., Art. Shot vsį, Breakthru Productions Sp. z o.o., Canal + Polska S.A., Narodowy Centrum Kultury, Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury, SKP Ślusarek Kubiak Pieczyk Sp. k.

 

Saturday at 14:00

Porcelain War

Ukraine/Australia/USA, 2024; 87 min.

 

Director: Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev

Principal Cast: Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko, Andrey Stefanov, Frodo

Screenplay: Aniela Sidorska, Brendan Bellomo, Paula DuPre' Pesmen, Slava Leontyev

Cinematographers: Andrey Stefanov

Editors: Brendan Bellomo, Aniela Sidorska, Kelly Cameron

Music: DakhaBrakha

Producer: Aniela Sidorska, Paula DuPré Pesmen, Camilla Mazzaferro, Olivia Ahnemann

 

Sunday at 15:30

Real

Ukraine, Croatia, 2024; 90 min.   

 

Directors: Oleh Sentsov

Screenwriter: Oleh Sentsov

Sound: Directors Ihor Kazmirchuk

Operator: Oleh Sentsov

Producer: Oleh Sentsov, Denis Іvanov, Mike Downey, Boris T. Matic, Lana Matic

Production company: Arthaus Trafіk, Downey Ink., Propeler Film Kray Kіnema

 

Monday at 20:00

The Editorial Office

Ukraine / Germany / Slovakia / Czechia 2024; 126 min.

 

Director: Roman Bondarchuk

Writers: Dar’ya Averchenko, Alla Tyutyunnyk, Roman Bondarchuk

Cinematography: Vadym Ilkov

Editing: Viktor Onysko, Nikon Romanchenko

Music: Anton Baibakov

Sound Design: Serhiy Stepansky

Sound: Serhiy Stepansky

Cast: Dmytro Bahnenko, Zhanna Ozirna, Rymma Ziubina, Andrii Kyrylchu, Oleksandr Shmal, Vasyl Kukharskyi, Maksym Kurochkin, Oleksandr Hannochenko, Serhii Ivanov, Serhiy Stepansky

Producers: Dar’ya Averchenko, Darya Bassel

 

Sunday at 20:30

Blueberry Dreams

Georgia/France/Belgium/Qatar, 2024, 75 min

Director & writer: Elene Mikaberidze

Producers: Isabelle Truc, Baptiste Brunner & Elene Margvelashvili

Cionematography: Patrick Wendt

Sound: Elena Mikaberidze

Editor: Yannick Leroy and Philippe Boucq (image editing) / Marco pascal (sound editing)

Production Company Parachute Films, Y.N. Productions - La Cuisine aux Images, Iota Production

Saturday at 20:00

The Eternals: All-Phrism

Georgia, 2024; 90 min.

Author, presenter, producer: Berdia Kutubidze

Staging operator: Giorgi Shkubuliani

Directors: Giorgi Shkubuliani, Giorgi Murvanidze, Irakli Kacheishvili

Montage director: Giorgi Murvanidze

Design and graphics: Giorgi Khomeriki, Mamuka Ghlonti, Giorgi Zinkovski

Editing: Giorgi Murvanidze, Berdia Kutubidze, Giorgi Shkubuliani, Irakli Kacheishvili

Color correction: Giorgi Shkubuliani

Photographer: Erekle Sigua

Operators: Giorgi Shkubuliani, Vazha Keshelava, Bachi Murvanidze, Davit Gurielidze

Voiceover: Soso Elisashvili, Salome Bezhanidze, Giorgi Bolkvadze, Berdia Kutubidze

Lighting: Davit Diasamidze

Technical support: Kakha Kezheradze, Irakli Bezhanidze, Guram Kurashvili, Vato Bitsadze, Levan Khoferia,Kakhaber Firtskhalayshvili

Stylist editors: Khatuna Khoridze, Avtandil Vadachkoria, Amiran Vadachkoria

Makeup: Inga Egorova, Ketevan Janelidze, Irma Kheladze, Shorena Kekutia

Assistant: Julieta Filia

Monday at 14:00

Gondola

Germany/Georgia, 2023, 82 min

 

Film director: Veit Helmer

Screenplay: Veit Helmer

Cinematography: Goga Devdariani

Music: Malcolm Arison, Sóley Stefánsdóttir

Cast: Nini Soselia, Mathilde Irrmann

Producers: Veit Helmer-Filmproduktion & Natura Film

 

Sunday at 20:00

In the Name of Blood

France/ Belgium/ Austria, 2024; 108 min.

 

Director; Akaki Popkhadze (Georgia)

Screenplay: Akaki Popkhadze, Florent Hill

Photography: Justin Vaudaux

Edition: Mathieu Toulemonde

Music: Guillaume Ferran

Sound: Guilhem Donzel

Cast: Nicolas Duvauchelle, Florent Hill, Ia Shugliashvili, Denis Lavant, Finnegan Oldfield, Sandor Funtek, Jean-Philippe Ricci, Arben Bajraktaraj, Genc Jakupi, Temiko Chichinadze, Dominik A Ayala

Production company: Adastra Films

 

Monday at 16:00

Life and death of Christmas Tree

Lithuania, Georgia, Denmark, 84 min.

 

Director: Arturas Jevdokimovas

Screenwriter: Arturas Jevdokimovas, Ramunė Rakauskaitė

Cinematographer: Goga Devdariani, Bernardas Andriušis

Composer: Gintaras Sodeika

Sound operator: Nicolas Vetterli

Producer: Ringailė Leščinskienė

 

Saturday at 18:30

Vasomotor Rhinitis

Georgia, 2024, 15 min.

Director: Mikheil Gabaidze

Cinematography: Mamuka Chkhikvadze

Edited By: Amiran Vadachkoria, Shota Gujabidze

Artist: Luka Beselia

Sound Director: Naiko Kadidze

film graphic by: Giorgi Khomeriki

Cast: David Jakeli, Zaal Goguadze, Tatia Tatarashvili, Irakli Chankvetadze,Petre Chargeishvili, Soso Sturua, Gvantsa Tsekvashvili

Produced by: Sofiko Komakhidze, Elene Jafaridze

Saturday at 19:40

Swamp - Academy

Georgia, 2024, 54 min.

Director - Mirian (Matsantsala) Oragvelidze

Screenplay - Mirian (Matsantsala) Oragvelidze

Operator - Erekle Kupreishvili, Luka Kakhidze

Editing - Levan Chkhonia

Composer - Temur Eliava

Starring: Mamuka Ghirdaladze, Giorgi Gujabidze

Producer - Davit Gvianidze

Sunday at 18:00

Snowflakes In My Yard

 

Snowflakes In My Yard

Georgia, 2024; 124 min.

 

Film Director: BakurBakuradze

Script: Bakur Bakuradze, Levan Gogoladze

Cinematography: Alisher Khamidkhojaev

Cast: Bakur Bakuradze, Levan Gogoladze

Composer: Gogi Dzodzuashvili

Producer: Bakur Bakuradze, Tinatin Kajrishvili, Lasha Khalavashi

 

Saturday at 18:30

Zaza’s Diaries

Zaza’s Diaries

Georgia, 2023; 27 min.

 

Director: Nikoloz Verdzadze                                                                                   

Screenwriter: Nikoloz Verdzadze

Cinematography: Liubov Ploskonosova

Editor: Nikoloz Verdzadze

Soud design: Saba Padiurashvili

 

Sunday at 20:30

Blueberry Dreams

Blueberry Dreams

Georgia/France/Belgium/Qatar, 2024, 75 min

 

Director & writer: Elene Mikaberidze

Producers: Isabelle Truc, Baptiste Brunner & Elene Margvelashvili

Cionematography: Patrick Wendt

Sound: Elena Mikaberidze

Editor: Yannick Leroy and Philippe Boucq (image editing) / Marco pascal (sound editing)

Production CompanyParachute Films, Y.N. Productions - La Cuisine aux Images, Iota Production

 

Saturday at 12:00

THE LEGEND OF THE SURAM FORTRESS

Soviet Union, 1985, 88 min.



Director: Sergei Parajanov

Co-Director: Dodo Abashidze

Producers: Khuta Gogiladze M. Simksayev

Writers: Daniel Chonqadze Vaja Gigashvili

Editors: Marfa Ponomarenko Kora Tsereteli

Cinematography: Yury Klimenko Sergo Sikharulidze

Cast: Veriko Andjaparidze Dudukhana Tserodze Dodo Abashidze Sofiko Chiaureli Zura Kipshidze Levan Uchaneishvili Tamari Tsitsishvili Leila Alibegashvili Mzia Arabuli Paata Baratashvili Gia Burjanadze Maia Abaishvili G. Ambartsumov L. Arzhanov T. Arzhanov

 

Monday at 12:00

Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird

Georgia, 1970; 85 min.



Director: Otar Iosseliani

Writers: Otar Iosseliani, Dimitri Erista,i Ilya Nusinov 

Sh. Kakichashvili, Otar Mekhrishvili

Editor: Julietta Bezuashvili

Cinematography: Abessalom Maisuradze

Art Direction: Dimitri Eristavi

Composer: Temur Bakuradze

Costume Design: R. Quchuloria

Exec. Producers: G. Gvenetadze Zurab Chkheidze

Cast:  Gela Kandelak, Gogi Chkheidze, Jansug Kakhidze, Irine Jandieri, Chito Landia, Robert Sturua, Gogi Margvelashvili, Zurab Nizharadze, Kakhi Kavsadze, Boris Tsifuria, Merab Kokochashvili, Gogi Kharabadze, etc.

 

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