FAREWELL BEIJING NIN HAO BEI JING

DIRECTOR: XIXI CAO
China, 2021, 110’
The film mainly focuses on the story of three “Beijing Drifters” (people without Beijing registered residence who have migrated to Beijing from other places in China seeking opportunities and a better life) of different ages, different statuses and different life experiences struggling to pursue their dreams in Beijing.
1 October 19:30, Saturn IMAX #2

GHOST ISLAND

DIRECTOR: ROMAN TOULANY
Germany, Spain, 2022, 80’
A young woman ends up in purgatory on a deserted holiday island. While searching for a way out she stumbles across other lonely souls, which seem to be stuck there for an eternity, guarding a mysterious secret.
2 October 20:15, Saturn IMAX #2

MAARIYA. THE OCEAN ANGEL

DIRECTOR: ARUNA JAYAWARDANA
Sri Lanka, 2022, 101’
A group of fishermen engaged in their vocation in the mid seas. They suddenly bump into a guy called Malan who has sneaked up into their fishing trawler with the sole intention of illegally migrating to Australia. One morning they find something mysterious floating in the seas and jointly pull it into their trawler believing that it must be a God-sent fortune. But they ultimately find it to be a sex doll. Though dejected, tthese men lose control of their emotions following the appearance of the female sex doll. The relations between these guys who used to get on so well, gradually start to deteriorate.

3 October 19:15, Saturn IMAX #1

PEDRO

DIRECTOR: NATESH HEGDE
India, 2021, 109’
In a remote village in Southern India, Pedro, an outcast and a drunk, accidentally kills a cow and sets off a revelatory chain of events that pit him against the entire community.
3 October 17:30, Saturn IMAX #2

SNOW WHITE DIES AT THE END

DIRECTOR: KRISTIJAN RISTESKI
North Macedonia, Cyprus, 2022, 106’
The weird lives of a hikikomori, an Asperger’s, an ad man, a video store clerk, a corner shop philosopher, and a gynecologist intertwine in three quirky tales of love, friendship, and commitment.

2 October 18:15, Saturn IMAX #2

SO CLOSE TO THE SUN SI PROCHE DU SOLEIL

DIRECTOR: BENJAMIN RANCOULE
France, Russia, 2021, 90’
Each time he wakes up, the young man finds himself in a new reality in which he will have another life. Is it amnesia or something from his past? How can he extricate himself from this nightmare? Or get back into the day he fell in love...
2 October 19:45, Saturn IMAX #1

THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE BAHA PRIKLYUCHENIYA MALENKOGO BAHI

DIRECTOR: ALEXANDER GALIBIN
Russia, 2022, 84’
A film of three novellas about a boy from a Dagestan village. The surprisingly mature character of an eight-year-old child brings a lot of trouble to the family. But thanks to it, Baha triumphs where adults give up. This is a family movie with both a lyrical story of deep reflections and an adventure comedy with subtle humor. The roles of the family members and friends of little Baha were played by actors from Dagestan theaters and residents of the Republic of Dagestan.
3 October 20:00, Saturn IMAX #2

VELGA

DIRECTOR: ANASTASIA NECHAYEVA
Russia, 2022, 84’
The story unfolds somewhere on the shores of the North Sea. Velga and Kirill grew up together, knowing each other since childhood. But their feelings of love matured and fully bloomed not so long ago. Nothing seems to be able to overshadow the couple’s carefree, happy existence, until Velga’s older sister arrives from the city for their mother’s death anniversary.
4 October 18:30, Saturn IMAX #2