FilmFestival Cottbus: 5 November – 3 December 2026
Klassiki is proud to partner once again with FilmFestival Cottbus, Germany’s annual celebration of Central and Eastern European film. From 5 November to 3 December, stream a selection of titles from the festival programme.
Oskar Rupenheits crafts a gritty police thriller set in 90s Riga in award-winning Red Code Blue. Bojan Stijović skewers toxic masculinity in the Montenegrin mountains in his prodigal son parable Black Trumpet. And Luca Pereș-Bota and Nikol Urbanová conjure a hazy summer dream in their tender Czech miniature Sisters.
Subscribers can accompany their viewing with video interviews with Bojan Stijović and Oskars Rupenheits, and we’ll be publishing bonus material over on the Klassiki Journal. Don’t miss out!
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Red Code Blue
Directed by Oskars Rupenheits • 2025 • Latvia
Riga in the wild post-Soviet nineties. Enter rookie detective Romāns Skulte (Raitis Stūrmanis), whose commitment to justice makes him a marked man in a world where drug traffickers and racketeers rule the streets under the protection of crooked cops....
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Black Trumpet
Directed by Bojan Stijović • 2026 • Montenegro
A gripping reworking of the parable of the prodigal son set in the sun-drenched hills of Montenegro, Bojan Stijović’s feature debut blends family drama with the uneasy energy of a thriller. After years living abroad, famous writer Maksim (Momčilo Ot...
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Sisters
Directed by Luca Pereș-Bota and Nikol Urbanová • 2026 • Czechia
A lucid dream of a short film from emerging directors Luca Pereș-Bota and Nikol Urbanová. Twenty-something Ema (Alžběta Malá) arrives from Prague to spend one final summer’s day in her family’s country home with teenaged sister Mia ...
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Oskars Rupenheits on the Wild West energy of his police thriller Red Code Blue
Director Oskars Rupenheits sits down with Sam Goff to discuss his award-winning police thriller Red Code Blue, screening on Klassiki as part of our partnership with FilmFestival Cottbus from 5 November until 3 December. Oskars gets into the moral dilemmas at the heart of the film, recreating the ...
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Bojan Stijović on the toxic Montenegrin masculinity behind Black Trumpet
Director Bojan Stijović sits down with Sam Goff to discuss his twisted take on the prodigal son, Black Trumpet, screening on Klassiki as part of our partnership with FilmFestival Cottbus from 5 November until 3 December. Bojan explains how the film draws on the unique social politics of small-tow...
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FilmFestival Cottbus 2026 comes to Klassiki
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