Schedule
Francophonie Month: Heads or Fails
In Heads or Fails, a group of outcasts and petty criminals are caught in bizarre, almost dreamlike situations within an urban environment. The film's central theme is the search for meaning in a world of losers. Through a series of absurd encounters and clumsy attempts at love or profit, the characters ultimately celebrate failure as the only authentic way of existing.
The film premiered at renowned festivals of fantastic and independent cinema, including the Locarno Film Festival.
Francophonie Month: Pasarele
This is a film about the visit of four Francophone authors to Croatian cities.
The Last Viking
After serving a lengthy prison sentence for robbery, Anker (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) returns to his brother, Manfred (Mads Mikkelsen), who has a mental disability. Anker had entrusted Manfred with hiding a large amount of stolen money. The problem is that Manfred cannot remember exactly where he buried the money 14 years ago. The brothers embark on a search complicated by Manfred’s delusions and an unexpected group of companions they pick up along the way.
Francophonie Month: A Tale from the Past
Tale from the Past is set in the 1930s and tells the story of a poor village family who arrange a marriage between their grown daughter, Marigo, and the underage son of a wealthy couple. Marigo is in love with a man, but the tradition of arranged marriages forces her to follow through with the absurd ceremony and wed the boy.