16 screenings at Zhovten and Budynok Kino — day eight of the 55th Molodist.
Why tomorrow is worth it:
- Lukas Dhont’s Coward from the Cannes 2026 competition.
- NAZA — one of the most controversial films at Venice.
- Christophe Honore’s Orange Flavored Wedding — premiered at Cannes 2026.
- Tadeusz Konwicki’s classic How Far, How Near (1971).
- Rehearsals for a Revolution — 40 years of Iranian history in a family archive.
Films of the day
10:00 · Our Father (Full-length Films)
Dir. Goran Stankovic · Buy ticket
A monastery as rehab: Dejan becomes the priest’s right-hand man until the methods turn radical.
10:15 · Even If We Are Islands (Documentary competition)
Dir. Cristina Rodríguez Paz · Buy ticket
The last lighthouse keepers: a filmmaker in crisis sets out to find them — and herself.
12:15 · Coward (Festival of Festivals)
Dir. Lukas Dhont · Buy ticket
- Theater at the front: in World War I, young soldier Pierre meets Francis, who stages a show for their comrades.
- Cannes 2026 competition: Lukas Dhont is the first Flemish director with three features in the official selection.
12:45 · Low Expectations (Scandinavian Panorama)
Dir. Eivind Landsvik · Buy ticket
After the peak: singer Maja moves back home and works at a school — a quiet story of recovery.
13:00 · Trial of Hein (Full-length Films)
Dir. Kai Stänicke · Buy ticket
- A trial for the one who returned: after 14 years, Hein’s island refuses to recognize him.
- Teddy Jury Award at the Berlinale 2026.
15:00 · CLOSURE (Festival of Festivals)
Dir. Michał Marczak · Buy ticket
- A father searches the Vistula: Krzysztof went missing in 2023; CCTV shows him standing on a bridge.
- A Sundance hit and winner of the Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.
15:30 · Rehearsals for a Revolution (Special Events)
Dir. Pegah Ahangarani · Buy ticket
40 years of Iranian history told through five portraits of relatives and mentors, from home videos, archives and protest footage.
16:00 · This is Not a French Film (FORMA)
Dir. Tom Adjibi · Buy ticket
A debut turned satire: a young director facing racial bias turns his first film into a docu-satire.
17:30 · NAZA (Festival of Festivals)
Dir. Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor · Buy ticket
- 24 rooftop interviews in Tel Aviv: soldiers and intelligence officers describe the systems behind the killing of civilians in Gaza.
- One of the most controversial films at the Venice Film Festival.
17:30 · How Far, How Near (Century)
Dir. Tadeusz Konwicki · Buy ticket
A journey through time: a man tries to understand an old friend’s suicide — Tadeusz Konwicki’s 1971 Polish classic.
18:00 · Mouse (Teen Screen)
Dir. Kelly O'Sullivan, Alex Thompson · Buy ticket
Before senior year: left without her best friend, Minnie forms a complicated friendship with Callie’s mother.
19:45 · Orange Flavored Wedding (Special Events)
Dir. Christophe Honore · Buy ticket
- Nantes, March 1978: the youngest of seven siblings is getting married — can love heal childhood wounds?
- Premiered at Cannes 2026: Christophe Honore adapts his own play Le Ciel de Nantes; the cast includes Adèle Exarchopoulos.
20:00 · MUSIC WITH IMAGES or FILMS WITHOUT WORDS (Midnight Special)
Dir. Natalia Ilchuk · Buy ticket
Music videos and gigs from 2004–2006: Sykhiv, Mad Heads in Lviv, the Barvy club in Kyiv — a compilation by Natalia Ilchuk.
20:30 · Chronovisor (FORMA)
Dir. Jack Auen, Kevin Walker · Buy ticket
A technology that photographs the past: an armchair mystery about a reclusive academic.
Winners’ screenings
- 17:00 · Grand Prix of the Festival — Budynok Kino, Red Hall. Buy ticket
National Competition
6 films · Zhovten, Anschlag Hall
- UA4 · 10:30: On the shield, The Foreboding, Patronymic, Inside, vortex, your_tomorrow_will_never_come.mp4. Buy ticket
- Mariia Ponomarova’s Patronymic was selected for the Short Cuts competition in Toronto.
