THE DREAMED ADVENTURE
DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER
17 September, Thursday, 21:00, Rauf Denktaş
20 September, Sunday, 21:30, Fabrika
2026 | DCP | Colour | 167’ | Bulgarian, German; Turkish, English sub. | Germany, France, Bulgaria, Austria
DIRECTOR
Valeska Grisebach
CAST
Yana Radeva, Syuleyman Letifov, Stoicho Kostadinov, Nikolay Shekerdjiev
17 September, Thursday, 21:00, Rauf Denktaş
20 September, Sunday, 21:30, Fabrika
2026 | DCP | Colour | 167’ | Bulgarian, German; Turkish, English sub. | Germany, France, Bulgaria, Austria
DIRECTOR
Valeska Grisebach
CAST
Yana Radeva, Syuleyman Letifov, Stoicho Kostadinov, Nikolay Shekerdjiev
Classification: According to Article 7 of Law No. 5224, as amended on January 18, 2019, films that have not undergone evaluation and classification can only be shown at festivals, special screenings, and similar cultural and artistic events with an 18+ age restriction.
Arriving nine years after Western, Valeska Grisebach’s The Dreamed Adventure is set in a small Bulgarian town near the borders of Turkey and Greece. Within this landscape, where archaeological excavations, old friendships, smuggling networks, and unresolved past conflicts intertwine, the film carries the distinct hallmarks of an adventure or crime narrative without ever succumbing to the conventional tropes of either genre.
The central irony of The Dreamed Adventure lies precisely in its title: the chasm between the ordinariness of everyday life and the adventure promised by cinema. By tempering the familiar codes of crime, romance, and adventure films with naturalistic performances, protracted silences, and the slow rhythms of local daily life, Grisebach closely observes those living along the frontier while inviting viewers to contemplate the ambiguous boundaries that separate East and West.
Cannes 2026
Jury Prize
Arriving nine years after Western, Valeska Grisebach’s The Dreamed Adventure is set in a small Bulgarian town near the borders of Turkey and Greece. Within this landscape, where archaeological excavations, old friendships, smuggling networks, and unresolved past conflicts intertwine, the film carries the distinct hallmarks of an adventure or crime narrative without ever succumbing to the conventional tropes of either genre.
The central irony of The Dreamed Adventure lies precisely in its title: the chasm between the ordinariness of everyday life and the adventure promised by cinema. By tempering the familiar codes of crime, romance, and adventure films with naturalistic performances, protracted silences, and the slow rhythms of local daily life, Grisebach closely observes those living along the frontier while inviting viewers to contemplate the ambiguous boundaries that separate East and West.
Cannes 2026
Jury Prize