33rd Days of European Film

Minikino (Ostrava)

Address: Kostelní 3, 702 00 Ostrava

Phone: +420 599 527 851

Reservations can be made by phone at +420 599 527 851; the box office is always open one hour before the start of the performance.

A small art cinema with a gallery and a non-smoking cafe on a side street in the centre of Ostrava. A hall with a capacity of 70 seats and a high-quality sound system can be rented. The mini-cinema has barrier-free access, air conditioning and free wireless internet.

Cinema program

Straight Circle

The Stranger

Maspalomas

Re-creation

Il Divo

This Must Be the Place

Tales from the Magic Garden

Hen

Love Me Tender

Weightless

Christy + Akce

Winter of the Crow

Dracula

Partners

Weightless

Vægtløs

2025 97 min.

An overweight fifteen-year-old arrives at a summer health camp, longing to be accepted by the other girls. As friendships and insecurities collide, she starts measuring herself against the carefree confidence she envies.

Awards: San Sebastián International Film Festival — Kutxabank New Directors Award (Winner); Göteborg Film Festival — FIPRESCI Prize (Winner); Göteborg Film Festival — Sven Nykvist Award for Cinematography (Winner)

Sections: First time

Country: Denmark

Directed by: Emilie Thalund

Starring: Marie Helweg Augustsen, Ella Paaske, Joachim Fjelstrup, Alma Ahola, Vilmer Trier Brøgger, Zere Celik, Solvej Kyung-Sook Christiansen

Language: Danish with Czech and English subtitles

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Il Divo

2008 118 min.

A portrait of Giulio Andreotti, the elusive powerbroker who served seven times as Italy’s prime minister.

Awards: Cannes Film Festival — Jury Prize (Winner); European Film Awards — Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Cinematography, Best Actor (Winner); Academy Awards — Best Makeup (Winner); Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival — Grand Prix, Best Cinematography (Winner); British Independent Film Awards — Best International Independent Film (Winner)

Sections: Tribute to Paolo Sorrentino

Country: Italy, France

Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino

Starring: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Flavio Bucci, Carlo Buccirosso, Giorgio Colangeli, Fanny Ardant, Piera Degli Esposti

Language: Italian with Czech and English subtitles

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Christy

2025 94 min.

An explosive coming-of-age drama about friendship on the tough outskirts of Cork.

Awards: Irish Film & Television Awards — Best Film, Best Director (Nomination); Astra Film Awards — Best Actress in a Drama (Nomination); Hamptons International Film Festival — Achievement in Acting Award (Festival Award)

The film is competing for the LUX Audience Award. You can rate it until 12 April here.

Sections: LUX Audience Award

Country: Ireland, United Kingdom

Directed by: Brendan Canty

Starring: Danny Power, Diarmuid Noyes, Emma Willis, Alison Oliver, Helen Behan, Chris Walley

Language: English with Czech subtitles

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Side event (only for selected shows)

PATRON

13.04. 5 p.m.

Prague - Edison Filmhub

13.04. 7:30 p.m.

Ostrava - Minikino

After the screening of the film Christy, there will be a discussion with representatives of the Patron program. Together, we will open the topic of adolescence after leaving the orphanage, the need for a safe environment, and the great role that one reliable person can play. The debate will offer concrete experiences from practice and show that help does not have to be spectacular to be essential. Admission to the film and discussion is free.

The Patron program helps young people from orphanages integrate into society and prepare for an independent life. After leaving the orphanage, teenage boys and girls are on their own for most things, and therefore it is important for them to know that they have someone to trust and to turn to. The Patron also offers them a rare one-on-one relationship.

The Patron creates a solid point on which young adults can lean after leaving the orphanage. He or she is not tasked with taking on the role of sponsor or parent, but offers his or her time and life experience. He or she also functions as a positive role model, a guide to everyday activities, and helps with successful independence – finding housing, work, and building a relationship. The patron is a volunteer (30+) who has no criminal record, functions in society without problems, and has achieved independence himself.

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Straight Circle

2025 108 min.

A border post in the desert. Soldiers stand guard on opposite sides, waiting for an enemy that may never come. Oscar Hudson’s absurdist debut exposes the senseless logic of war.

Awards: Venice Film Festival — IWONDERFULL Grand Prize, Venice Critics’ Week (Winner); Verona Film Club Award for Most Innovative Film (Winner)

Sections: First time

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Oscar Hudson

Starring: Neil Maskell, Elliott Tittensor, Luke Tittensor, Fiona Ramsay, Camilla Waldman

Language: English with Czech subtitles

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Love Me Tender

2025 134 min.

A relationship drama about an estranged couple whose fragile balance is shattered by an emotional confession. Debut director Anna Cazenave Cambet stars the exceptional Vicky Krieps.

Awards: Gijón International Film Festival — CIMA Award for Best Film Directed by a Woman (Winner); Cannes Film Festival — Un Certain Regard (Nomination); European Film Awards — Best Actress (Nomination); LUX Audience Award (Nomination)

The film is competing for the LUX Audience Award. You can rate it until 12 April here.

Sections: LUX Audience Award

Country: France

Directed by: Anna Cazenave Cambet

Starring: Vicky Krieps, Antoine Reinartz, Monia Chokri, Viggo Ferreira-Redier, Féodor Atkine, Manuel Vallade, Aurélia Petit

Language: French with Czech and English subtitles

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Maspalomas

2025 115 min.

A bitter comedy about an extroverted gay playboy forced to face the realities of aging. A music-filled film celebrating life’s triumph over the “assigned” fate of old age.

San Sebastián International Film Festival — Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance (Winner); Sebastiane Award (Winner); Golden Shell (Nomination)

Sections: Film & Music

Country: Spain

Directed by: Aitor Arregi, Jose Mari Goenaga

Starring: Zorion Eguileor, Nagore Aranburu, Kandido Uranga, José Ramón Soroiz, Kepa Errasti, Julian Hackenberg, Isaac Do Santos

Language: Basque and Spanish with Czech and English subtitles

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Re-creation

2025 89 min.

Twelve jurors, led by Vicky Krieps, must decide a verdict in what seems like a simple case. Veteran Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot) turns a crime reconstruction into a chamber drama about how “truth” shifts with every retelling.

Sections: Panorama

Country: Ireland, Luxembourg

Directed by: Jim Sheridan, David Merriman

Starring: Aidan Gillen, Colm Meaney, Vicky Krieps, Jim Sheridan, John Connors, Brendan Conroy, Maja Juric

Language: English with Czech subtitles

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This Must Be the Place

2011 113 min.

Sean Penn stars as an aging rock musician who uncovers his father’s hidden past—rooted in an unfinished obsession with revenge for a concentration camp’s cruelty.

Awards: Cannes Film Festival — Ecumenical Jury Prize (Winner); Palme d’Or (Nomination)

Sections: Tribute to Paolo Sorrentino

Country: Italy, France, Ireland

Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino

Starring: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson, Shea Whigham, Heinz Lieven, Harry Dean Stanton

Language: English with Czech subtitles

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Winter of the Crow

Zima pod znakiem wrony

2025 112 min.

In late 1981, an English academic (Lesley Manville) arrives in socialist Warsaw. Student unrest rises, the state declares martial law, and tension becomes palpable—an intense portrait of a critical moment in modern Polish history.

Awards: Toronto International Film Festival (Nomination); Warsaw International Film Festival (Nomination)

Sections: Panorama

Country: Poland, United Kingdom, Luxembourg

Directed by: Kasia Adamik

Starring: Lesley Manville, Zofia Wichłacz, Andrzej Konopka, Sascha Ley, Tom Burke, Rhianne Barreto, Aaron Quinn Long

Language: Polish and English with Czech and English subtitles

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