Submarine 2025

Saturday, 7. 6.

Colorful Worlds for Little Dreamers 4+ 

Lithuania, 30′, no dialogue 

Patrikas / The Perfect Fit, Meinardas Valkevičius, 2022, 10’26”, Kanoposir pačiūžos / Hoofs on Skates, Ignas Meilūnas, 2024, 12’24”, Katu katu, Giedrė Narušytė Boots, 2021, 5’30”, Močiutėsblynai / Grandma’s Pancakes, Vykintas Labanauskas, Dominyka Adomaitytė, 2019, 2′

A programme of stylistically diverse animated films, in which courage overcomes the most seemingly daunting obstacles.  In cooperation with the Vilnius Short Film Festival. 

Followed by  an optical toys workshop. A playful way to learn the ABCs of animated cinema and its history.  Admission is free to both the screening and the workshop.

Véletlenül írtam egy könyvet / I Accidentally Wrote a Book 8+

Nóra Lakos, Hungary, the Netherlands, 2024, 98′, in Hungarian with Slovene subtitles  

Can books be written by accident? A vivid and playful tale of creativity, imagination and the trials and tribulations of growing up.  

This screening is accessible to the blind and partially-sighted, and the deaf and hard of hearing, with audio description, Slovene subtitles, and Slovene Sign language interpreting. 

Selected by young programmers from Elvira Vatovec Prade Primary School. After the screening, they talk to the film director. 

Sunday, 8. 6.

Sauvages! / Savages 8+ 

Claude Barras, Switzerland, France, Belgium, 2024, 87′, dubbed in Slovene 

 Keira, Selaï and young orangutan Oshi join forces to protect Borneo’s tropical forest, discovering the power of nature, community, and friendship. 

Followed by an creative workshop ‘Plastic Gobblers‘ 5+

A recycling workshop to explore the underwater world and its pollution, and to make sea creatures out of plastic waste.  Free admission. In collaboration with Gumb.

Le chambre de Damien / Damian’s Room 14+ 

Jasna Krajinovič, Belgium, Slovenia, 2008, 73′ 

This sensitive yet relentless portrait of the lost youth of the socially alienated Damjan is one of the highlights of Slovenian documentary cinema.  

Selected by young programmers in collaboration with the Slovenian Cinematheque. After the screening, they talk to the film director.

Young Hearts 12+ 

Anthony Schatteman, Belgium, the Netherlands, 2024, 97′, in Dutch and French with Slovene subtitles  

The film shows the transition from the easy everyday life of adolescence to the rapid heartbeat, a symptom of first love.  

With the support of the Flemish Government.