Pawel Pawlikowski & Ruben Östlund at Slano Film Days
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- Pawel Pawlikowski will attend Croatia’s Slano Film Days to present his new feature Fatherland, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and earned him a Best Director award shared with Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi.
- Ruben Östlund will moderate a Q&A at Slano Film Days and screen several short films, while also discussing his upcoming feature The Entertainment System Is Down, a social satire set on a long‑haul flight currently in post‑production.
- Fatherland dramatizes a 1949 road trip across a divided Germany, following Nobel‑prize‑winning writer Thomas Mann (played by Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller).
- Cannes Film Festival' 25th edition under Thierry Frémaux faces controversy, highlighting a divergent narrative to the Slano Film Days' focus on artistic celebration.
- The Entertainment System Is Down is Östlund’s follow‑up to the Palme d’Or‑winning satire Triangle of Sadness.
Why it matters: Film distributors gain a new showcase platform for award‑winning works, while Cannes’ controversy pushes filmmakers toward alternative festivals like Slano, shifting audience attention and potential market deals.
