Film program of the 19th edition of Subversive Film Festival is now out!

The new edition of Subversive Film Festival, set to take place from the 18th until the 24th May at Kino Kinoteka, Dokukino KIC and Pogon Jedinstvo, comprises 10 films in Feature Competition and 10 films in Documentary Competition programs, with eight films as part of our Special Screenings. A complete list of films that will be screened at this year’s festival is provided below.

The screening schedule is going to be available soon!

FICTION COMPETITION

  • A Useful Ghost, Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke; Thailand, France, Singapore, Germany, 2025, 130′
  • Chronovisor, Jack Auen, Kevin Walker, USA, 2026, 99′
  • Variations on a Theme, Devon Delmar, Jason Jacobs, Republic of South Africa, Qatar, Netherlands, 2026, 65′
  • I Only Rest in the Storm, Pedro Pinho, France, Portugal, Brazil, Romania, 2025, 211′
  • The Cronology of Water, Kristen Stewart, USA, France, Lithuania, 2025, 128′
  • Two Seasons, Two Strangers, Shô Miyake, Japan, 2025, 89′
  • Ariel, Lois Patiño, Spain, Portugal, 2025, 108′
  • Dracula, Radu Jude, Romania, Austria, Luxembourg, Brasil, UK, Switzerland, 2025, 170′
  • Resurrection, Bi Gan, China, France, USA, 2025, 160′
  • Chronicles from the Siege, Abdallah Alkhatib, Algeria, France, Palestine, 2026, 98′

 

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

  • Incomplete Calendar, Sanaz Sohrabi, Canada, Venezuela, Iran, Turkey, 2026, 77′
  • Whispers in May, Dongnan Chen, Hong Kong, Netherlands, South Korea, Sweden, China, 2026, 95′
  • The Phantom Pain of Rojava, Maryam Ebrahimi, Norway, Sweden, 2026, 81′
  • A Song Without Home, Rati Tsiteladze, Georgia, Austria, USA, Denmark, 2026, 75′
  • Do You Love Me, Lana Daher, Lebanon, France, Germany, Qatar, 2025, 76′
  • Uchronia, Fil Ieropoulos, Greece, Netherlands, 2026, 97′
  • Waking Hours, Federico Cammarata, Filippo Foscarini, Italy, 2025, 78′
  • If Pigeons Turned to Gold, Pepa Lubojacki, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2026, 110′
  • Shifting Baselines, Julien Elie, Canada, 2025, 100′
  • London, Sebastian Brameshuber, Austria, 2026, 120′

 

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

  • Pompei: Beyond the Clouds, Gianfranco Rosi, Italy, 2025, 115′
  • Time and Water, Sara Dosa, Iceland, USA, 2026, 90′
  • Che Guevara: The Last Companions, Christophe Dimitri Reveille, France, 2026, 94′
  • Our Land, Lucrecia Martel, Argentina, USA, Mexico, France, Netherlands, Denmark, 2025, 120′
  • If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Mary Bronstein, USA, 2025, 113′
  • The Radiant Hill, Karla Crnčević, Croatia, 2024, 17′
  • On Cats and Humans, Sunčica Ana Veldić, Croatia, 2025, 60′
  • Celtic Utopia, Dennis Harvey, Lars Lovén, Ireland, Sweden, 2025, 90′

 

RETROSPECTIVE: HEINY SROUR

  • Leila and the Wolves, Heiny Srour, Lebanon, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, 1984, 90′
  • The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived, Heiny Srour, Lebanon, UK, France 1974, 65′
  • The Singing Sheikh, Heiny Srour, Egypt, 1991, 11′
  • Rising Above: Women of Vietnam, Heiny Srour, UK, 1995, 50′
  • Masterclass: Heiny Srour – Shooting as a Pioneer

 

IZLOŽBE / EXHIBITIONS

NOOR ABED – CINE-COREOGRAPHY OF LANDCSAPE  (Pogon Jedinstvo)  

DEJAN KRŠIĆ – DESIGN, SOCIALISM, MODERNISM: DIDACTIC EXHIBITION  (KIC – Galerija na katu)

 

SIMPOZIJ: SURADNJE IZMEĐU PERIFERIJA / SYMPOSIUM: COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN PERIPHERIES

 

The complete programme will be published on Monday 11th May.

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