ARCHA NOEMOVA
Noah’s Ark
Meyer Levin
CZ, 1946, b-n / b-w, 15′ v.o. Czech
WIELKA DROGA
The Great Way.
The Odyssey of Monte Cassino
Michał Waszyński
PL – I, 1946, b-n / b-w, 90′
v.o. Polish – Russian – Italian
*In cooperation with: Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny (Warsaw / Warsaw)
RETROSPECTIVE: 1945. IS THE WAR OVER? TRAUMAS, RUINS, RECONSTRUCTION
From the world’s film archives, a selection of fictional masterpieces and documentaries made after World War II, to better understand an era of despair and hope.
Introduced by Francesco Pitassio
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A DEFEATED PEOPLE
A DEFEATED PEOPLE
Humphrey Jennings
UK, 1946, b-n / b-w, 18′
v.o. English
GERMANY ANNO ZERO
Roberto Rossellini
I – DE – F, 1948, b-n / b-w, 78′
v.o. German – English – French
*copy from CSC – Cineteca Nazionale
RETROSPECTIVE: 1945. IS THE WAR OVER? TRAUMAS, RUINS, RECONSTRUCTION
From the world’s film archives, a selection of fictional masterpieces and documentaries made after World War II, to better understand an era of despair and hope.
Introduced by Massimo D’Anolfi e Martina Parenti
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SEEDS OF DESTINY
Seeds of Destiny Gene Fowler Jr.
USA, 1946, b-n / b-w
v.o. English / English o.v. KINDER SUCHEN IHRE ELTERN (DER AUGENZEUGE 1946/12)
Children looking for their parents
(Der Augenzeuge 1946/12)
DE (Soviet Occupation Zone), 1946, b-n / b-w, 1′ 19″
v.o. German VALAHOL EURÓPÁBAN
It happened in Europe
Géza Radványi
H, 1947, b-n / b-w, 104′
v.o. Hungarian
RETROSPECTIVE: 1945. IS THE WAR OVER? TRAUMAS, RUINS, RECONSTRUCTION
From the world’s film archives, a selection of fictional masterpieces and documentaries made after World War II, to better understand an era of despair and hope.
Introduced by Bruno Maida
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FRANK MEZI NÁMI
Frank Among Us / Frank Among Us
František Sádek, Miroslav Hubáček
CZ, 1946, b-n / b-w, 12′
v.o. Czech GIORNI DI GLORIA
Giuseppe De Santis, Mario Serandrei, Marcello Pagliero, Luchino Visconti,
1945, b-n / b-w, 72′
v.o. Italian
*copy from CSC – Cineteca Nazionale PROCESUL CRIMINALILOR DE RĂZBOI DIN FOSTUL GUVERN ANTONESCU ŞI EXECUŢIA CONDAMNAŢILOR LA MOARTE
The Trial of War Criminals from the Former Antonescu Government and the Execution of Those Sentenced to Death
Ovidiu Gologan
RO, 1946, b-n / b-w, 2’30’
without dialogues
RETROSPECTIVE: 1945. IS THE WAR OVER? TRAUMAS, RUINS, RECONSTRUCTION
From the world’s film archives, a selection of fictional masterpieces and documentaries made after World War II, to better understand an era of despair and hope.
Introduced by Mila Orlic
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DALEKÁ CESTA Distant Journey Alfréd Radok CZ, 1948, b-n / b-w, 104′ v.o. Czech JASENOVACGustavGavrin, Kosta Hlavaty JUGOSLAVIA, 1945, b-n / b-w, 15′ v.o. Serbo-Croatian MAJDANEK. CMENTARZYSKO EUROPY Majdanek. Cemetery of Europe Aleksander Ford PL, 1944, b-n / b-w, 24′ Polish v.o. In collaboration with: Filmoteka Narodowa (Warsaw / Warsaw)
RETROSPECTIVE: 1945. IS THE WAR OVER? TRAUMI, ROVINE, RECONSTRUCTION From the world archives, masterpieces of fiction and documentaries made after World War II, to understand an era of despair and hope. Introduced by Marcello Flores.
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ODNAŽDY NOČ’IOU
Dark is the Night
Boris Barnet
US, 1944, b-n / b-w, 78′
v.o. Russian
POLAND FOREVER
Poland Forever
WincentyBejtman
USA 1941, b-n / b-w, 18′
v.o. English
In collaboration with: Filmoteka Narodowa (Warsaw / Warsaw)
RETROSPECTIVE: 1945. IS THE WAR OVER? TRAUMAS, RUINS, RECONSTRUCTION
From the world’s film archives, a selection of fictional masterpieces and documentaries made after World War II, to better understand an era of despair and hope.
Introduced by Francesco Pitassio
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Alessio Bozzer
I, 2025, col & b-n / b-w, 92’
Italian o.v.
World Premiere
Life and career, lights and shadows, successes and misfortunes of Angelo Cecchelin, the greatest comic actor Trieste has ever had. Who was Angelo Cecchelin? Rome had Petrolini, Naples had Totò. Trieste had Cecchelin. In 2017 the Trieste FF presented Alessio Bozzer’s documentary Trieste, Yugoslavia.
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Erika Rossi
I, 2024, col., 85’
Italian o.v.
For over 40 years Claudio Misculin has been the master of his “mad-actors” – madmen by profession and actors by vocation – in “Accademia della Follia”, the theatre company created in the spaces of the former psychiatric hospital of Trieste. The Trieste FF also presented previous documentaries of Erika Rossi.
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Ado Hasanović
I-F, 2024, col., 93’
English – Bosnian o.v.
August, 1993. Bekir Hasanović exchanges a gold coin for the camera he will use to film everyday life in Srebrenica from then on. Ado, Bekir’s son, starts from these images and from the pages of the diaries kept by his father to reconstruct his image, together with his mother Fatima.
Cinema Ambasciatori
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Ivana the Terrible
Ivana Mladenović
RO – SRB, 2019, col., 89’
Romanian – Serbian o.v.
Ivana invites friends, family and former lovers to play themselves and their emotions in a scripted version of the story of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Special Jury Prize in the Cineasti del presente section of the Locarno Film Festival, the film was also in competition at the Trieste FF in 2020.
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LES EVANGILES D’ANASYRMA
Gospel of Anasyrma
Elene Naveriani
CH, 2014, col., 29’
FATHER, BLESS US
Padre, ci benedica
Elene Naveriani
CH, 2013, COL., 9’
RED ANTS BITE
Le formiche rosse mordono
Elene Naveriani CH, 2019, col., 23’
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GRAD
The city
Maša Šarović
SRB, 2016, col., 12’
Serbian o.v.
Italian Premiere
NIKOG NEMA
Nobody Here
Jelena Gavrilović
SRB, 2017, col., 20’
Serbian o.v.
ROZE
Pink
Tamara Todorović
SRB, 2018, col., 17’
Serbian o.v.
Italian Premiere
U RAMENIMA
Shoulders
Tara Gajović
SRB, 2022, col., 20’ Serbian o.v.
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1956-1986, 66′
by National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive
TEATRO MIELA (RIDOTTINO)
Using the stop-motion technique, these works from the 1960s-1980s animate everyday objects with surprising skill: an earthenware vase comes to life, marzipan cookies dance, and Augusta has extravagant culinary adventures in a kitchen transformed into a creative stage.
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1956-1986, 66′
by National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive
TEATRO MIELA (RIDOTTINO)
Using the stop-motion technique, these works from the 1960s-1980s animate everyday objects with surprising skill: an earthenware vase comes to life, marzipan cookies dance, and Augusta has extravagant culinary adventures in a kitchen transformed into a creative stage.
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Celts
Milica Tomović
SRB, 2021, col., 106’ Serbian o.v.
Tired of replacing almonds with walnuts, butter with margarine, sex with masturbation, a group of friends in Yugoslavia looks for something real. Celts premiered at the Berlinale in the Panorama section and at Sarajevo FF, where it won the Best Director award. The film was in competition at the Trieste FF in 2022, where it won the CEI award.
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Homelands
Jelena Maksimović
SRB, 2020, col. & b-n / b-w, 63’
Serbo- Croatian – Greek – English o.v.
A girl born in the former Yugoslavia returns to a mountain village from which her grandmother fled during the Greek Civil War. But the place no longer corresponds to her family memories.
“Since I believe in a strong connection between my personal life and the films I participate in, I decided to let this film be as free as possible”.
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Eleven Tomorrows: Berlinale Meets Football
Eva Gemmer, Hannah Jandl, Killian Armando Friedrich, Sophie Mühe, Anna-Maria Dutoit, Justina Jürgensen, Hilarija Ločmele, Daniela Magnani Hüller, Marie Zrenner, Indira Geisel, Maximilian Bungarten
DE, 2024, col., 108’
German – Upper Sorbian – Ukrainian – Russian – Serbian o.v.
Italian premiere
Football is for everyone. All genders, all classes, all kinds of people. Eleven Tomorrows presents a short portrait of 11 amateur football clubs and shows what a strong platform football can be for young people. Friendship, loyalty, joy, togetherness.
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Hovhannes Ishkhanyan AM – F, 2023, col., 105’ Armenian o.v. Italian Premiere
Carabina, a gay artist, transvestite and sex worker is married to Hasmik, a heterosexual lawyer defending the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Having become parents, they are faced with a dilemma: will the child grow up or not in Armenia, where 93% of the population declares itself hostile to homosexuality?
The film premiered in competition at Dok Leipzig.
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Housekeeping for Beginners
Goran Stolevski
MK – PL – HR – SRB – RSK, 2023, col., 107’
Macedonian – Romani – Albanian o.v.
Despite never aspiring to be a mother, Dita finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family’s struggle to stay together. Housekeeping for Beginners, one of the projects selected at WEMW in 2021, premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2023 in the Orizzonti section.
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Christian Filippi
I, 2024, col., 90′
v.o. Italian
free entrance
INCinema – Inclusive Film Festival. The film is presented with subtitles for people who are deaf and hard of hearing and audio description for people who are blind and visually impaired.
The audio description can be accessed through the free EARCATCH app, available in stores for both iOS and Android devices.
Riccardino is about to turn 18 in the foster home where he lives, for four years he has been separated from his mother, a woman with severe personality disorders. Despite the thoughtful and attentive guidance of his educator, decides to run away, join his mother and live with her.
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1958-1969, 49’
by National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive
Gustavus, a puny squire with only two hairs on his head, takes us into his daily routine of messes and surreal adventures. We also meet a gluttonous bee (too much so) and a family of colorful owls. The National Archives in Budapest celebrates the ingenuity and liveliness of Hungarian animation.
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1958-1969, 49’
by National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive
Gustavus, a puny squire with only two hairs on his head, takes us into his daily routine of messes and surreal adventures. We also meet a gluttonous bee (too much so) and a family of colorful owls. The National Archives in Budapest celebrates the ingenuity and liveliness of Hungarian animation
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Dane Komljen
DE-SRB, 2024, col., 62’
German – English – Finnish – Serbian o.v.
Italian Premiere
Mollies is a queer-feminist collective living at a trailer park next to Ostkreuz in Berlin for nearly a decade. The Garden Cadences documents their last summer there before being evicted. The Garden Cadences premiered at Cinéma du Reel and then was presented in many festivals worldwide, including Jeonju IFF, Karlovy Vary IFF, BelDocs and DOKLeipzig.
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Fil Ieropoulos
GR, 2024, col., 92’
Greek – English – Albanian – Russian o.v.
Ten drag performers find solace in each other as they rebel against their oppressive reality and those who control it. Avant-Drag!, second feature of Greek director Fil Ieropoulos, premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam and won a special jury mention at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.
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78 Days
Emilija Gašić
SRB, 2024, col., 82’
Serbian o.v.
Italian Premiere
When their father is drafted in the military during the 1999 NATO bombing in Serbia, three sisters start an Hi8 video journal awaiting his comeback.
Shot in Hi8, 78 Days premiered at IFF Rotterdam 2024 and was then presented in more than 30 international film festivals.
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Travis Wilkerson
USA, 2024, col & b-n / b-w, 84’
English – Croatian o.v.
Italian Premiere
Un detective frustrato cerca di risolvere una serie di omicidi a Spalato. Tra documentario e fiction, un omaggio al cinema dell’Onda Nera jugoslava e una riflessione sui fascismi di ieri e di oggi. L’Onda Nera è adesso. Through the Graves the Wind is Blowing è stato presentato in anteprima alla Berlinale nel 2024, nella sezione Encounters.
Cinema Ambasciatori
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Landscapes of Resistance
Marta Popivoda
SRB – DE – F, 2021, col., 95’
v.o. serba
Sonja is a 97-year-old former antifascist fighter who was one of the first female partisans in Yugoslavia and a member of the resistance in Auschwitz. Il film (one of the selected projects at WEMW in 2018), premiered at the Rotterdam IFF in 2021 and was then selected at more than 30 international festivals, including Cinéma du Réel, Sarajevo and Thessaloniki.
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When The Phone Rang
Iva Radivojević
SRB-USA, 2024, col., 73’
Serbian – English o.v.
Italian Premiere
Through an intimate reconstruction of an important phone call, When The Phone Rang investigates dislocation and the nature of remembering. In the protagonist’s eleven-year-old mind the phone call erases her entire country, history and identity. Special Mention in the Cineasti del Presente section of the latest Locarno FF.
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Ilir Hasanaj
RSK, 2022, col., 62’
Albanian – English o.v.
Italian Premiere
As I Was Looking Above, I Could See Myself Underneath unveils intimate stories of LGBTQ+ persons from Kosovo, going through their unceasing search for a safe place that allows them to be.
The Film was presented at the festivals Dokufest in Prizren, Kosovo, Solothurner Filmtage in Switzerland, Queer Lisboa in Portugal,among others.
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Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking
Maja Novaković
SRB-BiH, 2024, col., 84’
Serbian – Bosnian o.v.
Italian premiere
An elderly man works exhausting hours alongside his horse. A story about man and grief as a universal human experience. At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking is the director’s debut feature-length documentary: it premiered at the Sheffield DocFest in 2024, where it won the Grand Jury Award in the International Competition.
Cinema Ambasciatori
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Aslı Özge
DE – TR – F, 2024, col., 97’
Turkish o.v
Italian Premiere
Faruk, well over 90 years old, increasingly becomes the protagonist in the film his daughter is making about the impending demolition of his block of flats in Istanbul. A feature film about gentrification and a complex father-daughter relationship. Faruk had its premiere at the Berlinale, in the Panorama section, where it won the FIPRESCI Award.
Politeama Rossetti
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The Other Side of Everything
Mila Turajlić
SRB – F- QA, 2017, col.,104’
v.o. serba
Belgrade. As the filmmaker begins an intimate conversation with her mother, the political fault line running through their home reveals a house and a country haunted by history.
Best documentary at IDFA in Amsterdam, the film was also in competition at the Trieste FF in 2018.
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ČOVJEK KOJI NIJE MOGAO ŠUTJETI
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Nebojša Slijepčević
HR – F – BG – SLO, 2024, col., 18’
ZANGE
Iris Baglanea
GR – SE, 2024, col.,17’
Anteprima internazionale
TANIEC W NAROŻNIKU
Dancing in The Corner
Jan Bujnowski
PL, 2024, col., 14’
Anteprima italiana
PRAEIS
It’ll Pass
Dovydas Drakšas
LT – UK, 2024, col., 27’
Anteprima italiana
RRUGËS
On the way
Samir Karahoda
RSK, 2024, col., 15’
Politeama Rossetti
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Kyuka before the end of summer
KostisCharamountanis
GR – MK, 2024, col., 105′
Greek v.o.
Italian Premiere
A Summertime Greek family drama. A single father and his twin children sail on the family boat for their holidays. In the midst of swimming and sunbathing, an unexpected meeting will lead to a bittersweet coming-of-age journey for everyone involved, with surprising plot twists and revealed secrets. The film premiered at ACID selection in Cannes 2024.
Politeama Rossetti
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Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc
RO-DE-NL, 2024, col., 83’
Romanian – Italian o.v.
Italian premiere
Tata is a raw portrait of a family locked in a relentless struggle against toxic masculinity. It tells the story of a daughter’s emotionally poignant quest to break the cycle for herself, the next generation, and even for the one who hurt her. The film is Lina Vdovîi’s feature-length directorial debut. The film premiered at the Toronto FF in 2024.
Cinema Ambasciatori
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Our Lovely Pig Slaughter
Adam Martinec
CZ – SK, 2024, col., 85’
Czech o.v.
Italian premiere
Karel and his family gather yearly for a pig-killing ritual tradition, where amidst celebrations underlying tensions and secrets surface. A rural domestic tragicomic ode to family feuds and disappearing traditions. The film premiered in competition at the Karlovy Vary IFF 2024, where it was awarded a Special Mention.
Politeama Rossetti
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A Year in the Life of a Country
Tomasz Wolski
PL, 2024, col. e b-n / b-w, 85’
Polish – English o.v.
Italian premiere
In 1981 Poland was on the verge of an unravelling revolution. Exciting time for people, troublesome for the authorities. A film about the imposition of martial law made from archive material, that vibrates with extraordinary and unexpected energy. A Year in the Life of a Country was presented at the Krakow Film Festival and at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
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MAJONEZË
Giulia Grandinetti
I, 2024, B&N / COL., 20’
GIMN ČUME
Hymn of the Plague
Romina Küper Ataka51
DE – RUS, 2024, col., 14’
FLORI, FETE SI BAIETI
Truth or Dare
Simona Borcea
RO, 2024, col., 17’
Anteprima italiana/Italian Premiere
NIGHT OF PASSAGE
Reza Rasouli
AT ,2024, col., 20’
Anteprima internazionale/
International Premiere
PLEVEL
Weeds
Pola Kazak
CZ, 2024, col., 14’
Anteprima italiana/Italian Premiere
Politeama Rossetti
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Isabela Tent
RO, 2024, col., 86’
Romanian o.v.
Italian premiere
Filmed over 10 years, it’s the story of Alice, a girl trapped in a young mother’s life.
Alice On & Off, Isabela Tent’s debut feature documentary, premiered at Krakow Film Festival and then was presented at the Transilvania IFF where it won the Best Debut Feature award.
Cinema Ambasciatori
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Konstantin Bojanov
CH – F – BG – RC – INDIA, 2024, col., 115’
Hindi o.v.
Italian premiere
After killing a cop in a Delhi brothel, Renuka takes refuge in a northern India community of sex workers. There, she begins a forbidden romance with the 17-year-old Devika. The Shameless premiered in “Un Certain Regard” at Cannes 2024 where Anasuya Sengupta won the award for Best Actress.
Politeama Rossetti
At 14:00
To Be Continued. Teenhood
Ivars Seleckis, Armands Začs
LV, 2024, col., 98’
Latvian – Russian o.v
Italian premiere
Seven years after To Be Continued, Seleckis and Začs return to visit the film’s protagonists, who are now 14 years old. The documentary captures the world through the eyes of teenagers and observes how the situation in the country and the world shapes these children’s destinies. To Be Continued. Teenhood. was presented at the latest IDFA.
Cinema Ambasciatori
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The Invasion
Sergei Loznitsa
NL – F – USA, 2024, col., 145′
v.o. Ukraine
Italian Premiere
10 years after Maidan, Sergei Loznitsa resumes his Ukrainian chronicles by documenting the country’s struggle against the Russian invasion. Shot over a 2-year period, the film portrays the life of the civilian population all over Ukraine, with lucidity and compassion. The film was presented in 2024 at the Cannes Film Festival, in the Special Screenings section.
Politeama Rossetti
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Toxic
Saulė Bliuvaitė
LT, 2024, col., 99’
Lithuanian-English o.v.
Italian premiere
Dreaming of an escape from the bleakness of their dead-end hometown, two teens form a unique bond at a local modeling school, motivated by a vague promise of a better future.
The film premiered at Locarno Film Festival in 2024, where it was awarded the Golden Leopard for Best Film.
Politeama Rossetti
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Termini
Laila Pakalniņa
LV, 2024, b-n/b-w, 71’
no dialogue
Italian premiere
The terminus resembles a circle, because it is where things turn around. The people one meets at a terminus are very important people. Maybe because it’s at the termini that the city ends and begins – and if not the city, then at least something ends and begins there.
The film premiered at the latest Riga Film Festival.
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Carne Dimitris Nakos GR, 2024, col., 104′ v.o. Greek – Albanian Italian preview
In a tale rooted in ancient Greek tragedy, a patriarch must decide the fate of his son and the boy he raised, when a long- standing unneighbourly feud turns to murder.
Meat premiered at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival, and then it was in competition at the Thessaloniki IFF and at CinéMed, Montpellier.
Politeama Rossetti
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The New Year That Never Came
Bogdan Mureşanu
RO – SRB, 2024, col., 138’
Romanian o.v.
On the brink of revolution in 1989 Romania, six lives intersect amid protests and personal struggles, leading to the explosive fall of Ceaușescu and the communist regime. The New Year That Never Came was awarded as Best Film in the Orizzonti section at the latest Venice Film Festival.
Politeama Rossetti
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Three Kilometers to the End of the World
Emanuel Pârvu
RO, 2024, col., 105’
Romanian o.v.
Italian premiere
Young Adi is spending the summer in his home village in the Danube Delta. One night he is brutally attacked on the street, the next day his world is turned upside- down. His journey of self-discovery starts clashing with the traditional values upheld by his parents and neighbours.
The film premiered in competition at Cannes 2024 and then was presented at the Sarajevo FF, where it won Best Film.
Politeama Rossetti
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Lesson Learned
Bálint Szimler
H, 2024, col., 119’
Hungarian o.v.
Italian premiere
A realistic portrayal of the Hungarian educational system, which is questioned through the eyes of a teacher, Juci, and a new student, Palkó, both modern anti- heroes of a school which becomes a metaphor for a whole country. The film premiered at the 2024 Locarno Film Festival, in the ‘Cineasti del presente’ section, winning the Pardo for Best Performance (Anna Mészöly) and a Special Mention.
Politeama Rossetti
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PORZELLAN
Porcelain
Annika Birgel
DE, 2024, col., 15’
Anteprima italiana/Italian Premiere
TIHA
Eva Vidan
HR, 2024, col., 15’
Anteprima assoluta/ World Premiere
TUŠINUKAS
Left-Handed Pen
Adas Burkšaitis
LT, 2024, col., 18’
Anteprima italiana/Italian Premiere
DAS IST KEINE FIGUR,
DAS IST VERRAT
This is not a Character, this is Betrayal
Romina Küper
DE, 2024, col., 13’
Anteprima italiana/Italian Premiere
INEINANDERFALLEN
Fall Into Each Other
Vivian Bausch
AT, 2024, col., 6’
Anteprima italiana/Italian Premiere
TAKO TE VOLIM
That’s How I Love you
Mário Macedo
HR – PT, 2024, col., 18’
Anteprima italiana/Italian Premiere
Politeama Rossetti
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That’s it for today
Marko Đorđević
SRB – BiH, 2024, col., 105’
Serbian o.v.
Italian Premiere
he relationships between three siblings over the course of a summer, during which time seems suspended. The family seems to be the ideal healing place for any wound, especially for vulnerable people looking for a new start. That’s It for Today premiered at FEST Belgrade in 2024. It was then selected at the Mostra de Valencia in Spain and at the Zagreb festival.
Politeama Rossetti
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The Sky Above Zenica
NannaFrank Møller, Zlatko Pranjić
BiH-DK, 2024, b&w/col., 90′
v.o. Bosnian-English
Italian Premiere
The citizens of Zenica have united in a common struggle for a sustainable future. But money, power, and politics prove to be as toxic an opponent as the pollution that is threatening their lives. The Sky Above Zenica premiered at CPH:Dox in Copenhagen and was then presented at the Sarajevo FF and Jihlava IDFF, among others festivals.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 22:00
Family therapy
Sonja Prosenc
SLO – I – N – SRB – HR, 2024, col., 122’
Slovenian-english o.v.
A seemingly perfect family’s life is thrown into disarray when a young stranger arrives, exposing their hidden fears, flaws, and dreams, and unraveling the deep-seated dysfunction in their relationships.
Family Therapy is Slovenia’s Oscar nominee for Best International Film and was presented at the Tribeca and Sarajevo film festivals
Politeama Rossetti
At 22:00
Trains
Maciej J. Drygas
PL-LT, 2024, b -n / b-w, 81’
no dialogue
Italian premiere
Trains is a documentary fresco, a wordless and contemplative journey through the Twentieth century, depicting humanity’s cycles of war, fleeting peace, and inevitable tragedy. Composed entirely of archival film footage from 46 archives around the world and sound design, Trains premiered at the latest IDFA in Amsterdam where it was awarded Best Film and Best Editing.
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My Late Summer
Danis Tanović
HR – BiH – RO – SLO – SRB, 2024, col., 98’
Croatian o.v.
Italian premiere
A young woman arrives on a Dalmatian island to settle a family inheritance issue. The search for inheritance becomes a quest for her own identity, as well as forgiveness. The film premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2024.
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Under the Volcano
Damian Kocur
PL, 2024, col., 105’
Ukrainian – Spanish – English – Russian – German – Wolof o.v.
A Ukrainian family of four on vacation in the Canary Islands become refugees overnight when Russia’s ongoing occupation of Ukraine turns into a full- scale invasion. The film has been selected as Poland’s official Oscar entry for Best International Feature. The film premiered at the Toronto IFF in 2024.
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April
Dea Kulumbegashvili
F – I – GE, 2024, col., 134′
Georgian v.o.
After a newborn dies during delivery, the morals and professionalism of an ob-gyn, Nina, come under scrutiny amid rumours that she performs illegal abortions for those in need.
April, coproduced by Luca Guadagnino, was presented in competition at the Venice Film Festival 2024, where it won the Special Jury Prize. In 2021 Kulumbegashvili’s debut film Beginning won the Best Film award at TSFF.
Politeama Rossetti
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Slowly
Marija Kavtaradze
LT – ES – SE, 2023, col., 108′
v.o. Lithuanian-English
Italian Premiere
A dance teacher and a sign language interpreter meet and form a beautiful bond, but they must navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy. Winner of the Directing Award in the World Cinema – Dramatic section of Sundance Film Festival in 2023, the film is also the winner of the MIOB New Vision Award 2024.
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Mother and Daughter or The Night Is Never Complete
Lana Gogoberidze
GE-F, 2023, col & b-n / b-w, 89’
Georgian o.v.
Anteprima Italiana
The world-famous director Lana Gogoberidze, together with her daughter, film director and producer Salome Alexi, remembers her mother Nutsa, Georgia’s first woman filmmaker. A cinema legacy that revolves around being human in dark times: feminist, loving, critical of violence.
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In limbo
Alina Maksimenko
PL, 2024, col., 71’
Russian – Ukrainian o.v.
Italian premiere
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine finds Alina in Irpin, near Kyiv. The front is getting closer and closer, and it’s time to make a decision – to stay or to run away? This feature documentary debut premiered at Visions du Réel and it was also selected by European Film Academy to be part of the EFA Documentary Film Selection 2024.
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Paula Ďurinová
SK-DE, 2024, col., 65’
Slovak o.v.
Italian premiere
From the sea, through dark caverns, to volcanic deserts, an unexpected disappearance uncovers a new horizon: phases of grief unfold in this emerging ecosystem, offering a perspective full of empathy for life that is no more. Lapilli is Paula Ďurinová’s feature-length debut, premiered at the Karlovy Vary FF in 2024, in the Proxima Competition section.
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Ilaria Braccialini, Federica Oriente
I, 2024, col., 73′
v.o. Italian – Moldavian
Preview
Johana is a young illegal immigrant from Moldova who, after losing her friend Alina, kidnaps a taxi driver in order to escape the prostitution racket. This will be an opportunity to discover herself. The two film directors are the founders of the Oxymoro Creative Studio collective. Il canto di Alina is their debut film.
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Wandering Souls
Maria Giménez Cavallo
USA – I, 2024, b&n o col., 71’
Italian – Sardinian dialect – French o.v
Inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Wandering Souls mixes visual and musical ethnography with classical mythology, documentary methods with fantasy. The intertwined destinies of Ovid’s characters culminate during the autochthonous carnival. Wandering Souls was one of the projects selected by This Is It in 2023 and had its premiere at Alice nella città in Rome.
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Charlotte, One of Us
Rolando Colla
CH-I, 2024, col., 117’
German – Italian o.v.
European Premiere
Charlotte lives in seclusion with her father in Trentino. She is mentally impaired and lives in a world of her own. When her father is hospitalised for a heart attack, Charlotte’s younger brother Leo returns to the village after a long absence and asks her to go to Switzerland with him. It is the beginning of an adventure, which will lead her to discover her true self.
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Enrico Masi
I – F, 2024, col., 93’
English – French – German – Italian o.v
In the Italian Alps, a family of German origin lives without electricity apart from society. On the other side of the Alpine border, in France, an immense plant is being built to research atomic fusion. Terra Incognita is a dialogue between opposing development models and premiered at the latest Festival dei Popoli in Florence.
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Giovanni C. Lorusso
I – F – LB, 2024, col. & b-n / b-w, 73’
Arabic o.v
We choose the beginning, but the end chooses us, and there is no road except the road. This film is the result of a 2 year relationship with the community of Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian residents of Shatila Camp and more specifically with the Alhaddad family. Song of All Ends premiered at Rotterdam IFF.and then was presented at Bellaria FF.
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Péter Kerekes
I – SK – CZ – AT – HR, 2024, col., 99’
Italian – Friulian o.v.
Luciana, an astrologer from Naples, knows a method to make her clients’ wishes come true: all they need to do is take a trip on their birthday to a specific destination. Whether it’s Taipei, Beirut, or a nearby village, the protagonists will go through unexpected transformations to help them discover what they truly desire. The new film by Kerekes was partly shot in the FVG region. Wishing on a Star premiered at the Venice FF in 2024, in the “Orizzonti” section.
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Péter Kerekes
I – SK – CZ – AT – HR, 2024, col., 99’
Italian – Friulian o.v.
Luciana, an astrologer from Naples, knows a method to make her clients’ wishes come true: all they need to do is take a trip on their birthday to a specific destination. Whether it’s Taipei, Beirut, or a nearby village, the protagonists will go through unexpected transformations to help them discover what they truly desire. The new film by Kerekes was partly shot in the FVG region.
Wishing on a Star premiered at the Venice FF in 2024, in the “Orizzonti” section.
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1961-1973, 52’
by National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive
Ticket 6€ (Schools’ Matinees – with limited seats )
In Hungary’s first animated science fiction series, Peter, a curious city boy, explores utopian technologies created by the bizarre Professor Leo. With Kati, his little sister, and Félix, the dog, he goes on extraordinary adventures, such as driving a ladybug car or flying through space in a polka-dot balloon.
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Giovanni Vitrotti
I, 1921, col., 26’
silent film, Italian and English intertitles
in collaboration with La Cineteca del Friuli
Piano Accompaniment: Andrej Goričar
Unable to find an honest job, Perl, a young girl, is forced by a group of criminals to commit small-time thefts. She finally decides to redeem herself by denouncing the criminals. Made in 1921, it is the oldest fiction film shot in Trieste that can be seen.
Politeama Rossetti
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Dying
Matthias Glasner
DE, 2024, col., 180’
German o.v.
Italian premiere
Dying follows the individual members of the Lunies family. As Death finally turns up on the doorstep, the estranged family members finally will meet again. A tragicomedy about illness, love, dysfunctional relationships, confused parenting and the great themes of existence.
The film premiered at the Berlinale in 2024, winning the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay. It also won Best Picture at the 2024 German Film Awards.
Politeama Rossetti
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IN PATRIA NOSTRA
MULTAE SILVAE SUNT
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Eight Postcards From Utopia
Radu Jude, Christian Ferencz-Flatz
RO, 2024, col. & b-n / b-w, 71’
Romanian o.v.
Documentario realizzato con materiale d’archivio, che assembla annunci pubblicitari della Romania post-socialista in una narrazione sulla vita, l’amore, la morte, la fragilità umana, la natura, il soprannaturale e la transizione storica. Il film è stato presentato in molti festival internazionali fra cui Locarno, DocLisboa, Viennale, Jihlava e IDFA.
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Radu Jude
RO, 2024, col., 62′
v. o. without dialogue
Italian preview
A fallen flower returning to the branch? It was a butterfly. (Moritake).
A tribute to Andy Warhol and his Sleep, Radu Jude’s ‘desktop documentary’ premiered out of competition at the Locarno Film Festival in 2024. The Trieste FF has presented almost all of its films over the years.
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Levan Akin
SE – DK – F – TR – GE, 2024, col., 106’
Georgian – Turkish – English o.v.
Italian premiere
Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. She joins forces with young Achi, yearning for change. Her search takes the unlikely duo to the urban, labyrinthine Istanbul where they meet Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever. After its premiere in the ‘Panorama’ section of Berlinale, Crossing was presented in the official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival.
Politeama Rossetti
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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Radu Jude
RO – L – F – HR, 2023, col. & b-n, 163’
Romanian – English – German o.v
Overworked and underpaid, Angela drives around the city of Bucharest to film the casting for a ‘safety at work video’ commissioned by a multinational company. When one of the interviewees reveals the company’s liability in his accident, a scandal erupts. Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival, the film is the Romanian candidate for the 2024 Academy Awards.
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Happening
Audrey Diwan
F, 2021, col., 100’
italian dubbed v.
An adaptation of Nobel Prize Annie Ernaux’s novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s. Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2021.
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Rise
Cédric Klapisch
F – B, 2022, col., 117’
italian dubbed v.
Elise, a promising classical dancer, tries to find a new direction in contemporary dancing after getting injured during a performance.
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Emanuela Muzzupappa
I, 2023, col., 18’
Italian o.v.
Italian premiere
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Impure
Olga Torrico
I, 2023, col., 20’
Italian – Caserta dialect o.v.
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Between the Edges of the Day
Andreea Lăcătuș
RO, 2023, col., 19’
Romanian o.v.
Italian premiere
A taxi car enters Bucharest in the middle of the night, Mara and her mom seek refuge with relatives. As a curious passenger, Mara observes the adults around her and starts to doubt their reasoning.
Politeama Rossetti
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Silent Sun of Russia
Sybilla Tuxen
DK, 2023, col., 71’
Russian – Spanish – Georgian o.v.
Italian Premiere
Silent Sun of Russia portrays a generation of young Russians between 2018 and 2022. The film follows three women who are rebels and anarchists, part of a global youth who dreams of living a modern life in freedom. The film premiered in competition at the latest CPH:DOX in Copenhagen.
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It’s Only/Not Only A Body… Or a Short Film About Freedom
Michał Hytroś
PL, 2023, col., 82’
Polish o.v.
Italian Premiere
What if you could leave everything behind and go to see the world in your RV Camper? This is the story about living your life as a journey, fighting eating disorders, accepting your body, passion for photography and finding yourself. The film premiered in competition at the latest Krakow Film Festival.
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Sundial
Liis Nimik
EST, 2023, col., 65’
Estonian o.v.
Italian Premiere
In the periphery countryside of Estonia, humans and every living being compose an orchestra, where everyone has their place in co-creation of the humble rhythm of Earth. Sundial premiered in competition at Visions du Réel 2023.
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Motherland
Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka
S – UA – N, 2023, col., 92’
Russian – Belarusian o.v.
Italian Premiere
In 2020, Belarus’s military practice of violent bullying, torture, and murder of conscripts as a means of control becomes a flash point for a growingly dissatisfied populace. After its premiere at CPH:DOX 2023, where it won the Main Award, Motherlandwas then selected at more than 30 international festivals.
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Between Revolutions
Vlad Petri
RO – HR – Q – IR, 2023, col. & b-w, 70’
Romanian – Farsi o.v.
Italian Premiere
Two friends separated by political revolutions find connection through letters, defying distance and turmoil. After its premiere at the Berlinale “Forum” in 2023, where it was awarded FIPRESCI Prize, Between Revolutions was selected in many international film festivals, including Thessaloniki, Sarajevo and Ji.hlava.
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Home Sweet Home
Annika Mayer
D, 2023, col. & b-w, 68’
German o.v.
Italian Premiere
A family in the 60s on Super8. Stories of a violent husband fifty years later. A film about the invisibility of domestic violence. Home Sweet Homepremiered in competition at DOK Leipzig 2023.
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A Picture to Remember
Olga Chernykh
UA – F – D, 2023, col., 72’
Ukrainian – Russian o.v.
Italian Premiere
A Picture to Remember is an essayistic account of a family’s long journey through the war. It chronicles the search for a way to handle terrible and recurring losses experienced by three generations of Ukrainian women – the director, her mother, and her grandmother. One of the projects selected last year at Last Stop Trieste, A Picture to Remember premiered in competition at IDFA 2023.
*BORN IN TRIESTE: film whose project was pitched at When East Meets West
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Fairy Garden
Gergő Somogyvári
H – RO – HR, 2023, col., 83’
Hungarian o.v.
Italian Premiere
“If I leave this place, I won’t survive too long.” On the outskirts of Budapest, in the heart of the woods, hides a ramshackle little hut. Inside, two social outcasts have formed the unlikeliest of bonds. Special Jury Award at the latest Sarajevo Film Festival.
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Maja Doroteja Prelog
SLO – PL – I – SRB – A, 2023-2024, col., 87’
Slovenian o.v.
World Premiere
After surviving a terminal illness diagnosis, Blaž sets off on a gruelling but celebratory ‘Giro d’Italia’. Accompanying him is his partner, the filmmaker Maja Doroteja Prelog, tasked with capturing the triumphant biking tour. An unfiltered testament to love and change.
*BORN IN TRIESTE: film whose project was pitched at When East Meets West
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Shoghakat Vardanyan
AM, 2023, col., 76’
Armenian – Russian o.v.
Italian premiere
Soghomon Vardanyan, a 21-year-old student and musician, had almost finished his mandatory military service when the Nagorno-Karabakh war started, in 2020. On the seventh day of the war, Soghomon goes missing. Using her phone camera, his sister Shoghakat decides to document her and her parents’ search. The film was awarded Best Film and FIPRESCI Prize at the latest IDFA.
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Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Maria Schrader
D – F – A, 2016, col., 106’
German – English – Portuguese – French – Spanish o.v.
The years of exile in the life of famous German speaking writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the ”right attitude” towards the events in WWII Germany and his search for a home in the new world. Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe premiered at Locarno Film Festival 2016 and was the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.
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Nicolette Krebitz
D, 2016, col., 97’
German o.v.
Wild tells an anarchistic story of Ania who breaks the tacit contract with civilisation and fearlessly decides to live a life without a safety net or hypocrisy. Wild premiered in competition at Sundance and then was presented in many international film festivals, including Rotterdam, Gothenburg, and BFI London.
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Valeska Grisebach
D – BG – A, 2017, col., 119’
German – Bulgarian – English o.v.
A group of German construction workers start a tough job at a remote site in the Bulgarian countryside. The foreign land awakens the men’s sense of adventure, but they are also confronted with their own prejudice and mistrust. Westernwas presented in 2017 at Cannes in the “Un Certain Regard” section and in 2018, as a Special Event, at the Trieste FF.
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Maren Ade
D – A, 2016, col., 162’
German – English o.v.
A prankster father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter in Romania, by creating a hilarious alter ego and posing as her CEO’s life coach. A brilliant comedy on a father-daughter relationship.
FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016, Best Film at the European Film Awards, Toni Erdmann was the German nominee at the Academy Awards.
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Sisi & I
Frauke Finsterwalder
D – CH – A, 2023, col., 132’
German – English – French o.v.
Italian premiere
In the late 19th century, Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary – known as Sisi – is living in an aristocratic women-only commune in Greece. Countess Irma is sent there to be Sisi’s companion. The film premiered at Berlinale Panorama 2023.
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System Crasher
Nora Fingscheidt
D, 2019, col., 119’
German o.v.
Italian premiere
She is small, but dangerous. Wherever Benni ends up, she is immediately expelled. The wild 9-year-old girl has already become what child protection services call a “system crasher”. System Crasherpremiered in competition at the Berlinale in 2019 and was selected as the German entry for the Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards.
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Ulrike Ottinger
D – F, 2019, col. & b-n, 130’
German – French – English o.v.
Paris Calligrammes combines the personal memories of Ulrike Ottinger – known worldwide as an avant-garde artist and an unconventional filmmaker – with a portrait of the city and a social cartography of the 1960s, through archival footage and extracts from her own work. The film premiered at the Berlinale 2020 and then was presented at the Trieste FF in 2021.
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Music
Angela Schanelec
D – F – SRB, 2023, col., 108’
Greek – English o.v.
Italian premiere
Binding together a foundational myth with musical creation, Angela Schanelec, the figurehead of the German “new New Wave”, returns with her very own and stunning contemporary rendering of the tragedy of Oedipus. Music premiered in competition at the Berlinale 2023, where it was awarded Best Screenplay.
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Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey Into the Desert
Margarethe von Trotta
CH – D – L – A – HKJ – I, 2023, col., 111’
German – French – Italian o.v.
When Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch meet for the first time in Paris in the summer of 1958, they are already international celebrities of the literary world. Their love is passionate, but professional and personal friction begins to disrupt their harmony. Directed by one of the most important female directors of European cinema, starring the stunning Vicky Krieps, the film was in competition at the latest Berlinale
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In the Blind Spot
Ayşe Polat
D, 2023, col., 117’
Turkish – German – English – Kurdish o.v.
In a remote city in northeastern Turkey, a German film crew attempts to shoot a documentary while a Turkish surveillance agent deals with seemingly mysterious forces haunting his young daughter. As their stories intertwine, a complex net of conspiracy, paranoia and trauma unfolds. The film premiered at Berlinale Encounters 2023.
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Mr Bachmann and His Class
Maria Speth
D, 2021, col., 217’
German o.v
Mr Bachmann and His Class is an intimate documentary portraying the bond between a school teacher and his students. His unconventional methods clash with the complex social and cultural realities of the provincial German industrial town they live in. The film premiered in competition at the Berlinale 2021 where it was awarded the Silver Bear Jury Prize.
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Anishoara
Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu
D – MD, 2016, col., 106’
Romanian o.v.
The last year of Anishoara’s childhood before she takes off into her adult life. Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu won the “When East Meets West Development Award 2013” in Trieste for this film. Anishoara was then presented at the Trieste FF in 2017, during the 28th edition.
*Born in Trieste: film whose project was pitched at When East Meets West
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3 days in Quiberon
Emily Atef
D – A – F, 2018, b-n, 115’
German – French o.v.
Italian premiere
Romy Schneider – the biggest female star in Europe of her time, gives her last interview to two journalists in a spa hotel. Three days, driven by romantic desire, professional ambition and the urge for living. The film premiered in competition at the Berlinale 2018.
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Children’s workshop by Museo della Bora
The wind is the playful dance of the air, and we’ll embrace it during this special visit. Join us as we discover curiosities about the bora and winds from both Trieste and around the globe. Together, we’ll craft three delightful wind-inspired items to take home (the pinwheel, the kite, and the weathervane).
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Princes and Princesses
Michel Ocelot
F, 1999, col., ‘67
by Schermi e Lavagne/Cineteca di Bologna
Author of the much-loved Kirikù, della fiaba di Azur e Asmar,Dililì in Paris andLe Pharaon, le Sauvage et la Princesse, withPrinces and Princesses Ocelot Ocelot has created a timeless work: the reference to the fairy tale and its archetypal characters declined in different cultural meanings, the choice of the silhouette that, like a shadow, conceals the physiognomic details of the protagonists and at the same time recalls an art, that of the shadow theatre, whose origins are lost in tales and documents thousands of years old, all contribute to confer universality to the film.
Screening dedicated to primary schools.
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Screenings of silent films with live musical accompaniment
by Schermi e Lavagne / Cineteca di Bologna
Over one hundred years ago, Lotte Reiniger, a pioneer of German cinema, created some of her masterpieces in silhouette animation, inspired by the world of classic fairy tales. Through the enchanting art of hand-cut black silhouettes, she brought to life an animated universe from the 1920s to the 1950s. This universe was entirely founded on the interplay of light and shadow, thus creating an animation technique that recalled the ancient art of Chinese shadows.
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Waiting Time Claudia Brignone
I, 2023, col., 75’
Italian o.v.
A group of women meet once a week with Teresa, a midwife, an experienced and revolutionary woman, who guides and supports them during pregnancy. They discuss the birth of the child they are carrying in their wombs and the birth of themselves as new mothers. Waiting Time premiered at the Turin FF, where it won the Special Jury Prize.
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Solitude, It’s That Andrea Adriatico
I, 2023, col., 98’
Italian o.v.
The film tells the story of Pier Vittorio Tondelli through his words and his books, reread by seven writers of today, born in the very ’80s that Tondelli traversed and described. The film premiered at the latest Rome Film Festival.
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Ludovica Fales
I – SLO, 2023, col., 85’
Italian – Romanian – Romanés o.v.
The staging of a film about an undocumented girl becomes the pretext to involve a group of young migrants in a collective reflection on the difficulties they face in the attempt to emancipate themselves from their condition of invisibility.
Lala premiered at the latest Bellaria Film Festival, where it won the MYMovies Award.
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Marco Amenta
I – F, 2023, col., 122’
Italian o.v.
Anna runs a farm in Sardinia. At night she lets go in sensual dances in the village bar and indulges in short-lived adventures. Until one day, the construction of a mega-resort on her land forces her to engage in the biggest battle of her life. Annapremiered at the latest Venice Days. *Born in Trieste: film whose project was pitched at When East Meets West
*Born in Trieste: film whose project was pitched at When East Meets West
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The Golden Egg White
Samira Guadagnuolo, Tiziano Doria
I, 2023, b-w, 65’
Italian o.v.
A white hen, animal guide, takes us through a suspended and magical Mediterranean landscape. The film was made in complete autarky. Subject, production and 16mm processing were carried out by Warshadfilm – Tiziano Doria, Samira Guadagnuolo – in their Milanese laboratory.
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Blaga’s Lessons
Stephan Komandarev
BG – D, 2023, col., 114
Blaga, a retired teacher, falls prey to a phone scam and she’s left robbed of her life savings. The once honest woman starts sacrificing all of her principles.
Best Film at the latest Karlovy Vary film festival,Blaga’s Lessons. , is the Bulgarian nominee for the Academy Awards.
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Cristi Puiu
R – MD – F, 2023, col., 160’
Romanian o.v.
Italian premiere
Four short moments in time that capture the wanderings of a bunch of errant souls stuck at the crossroads of History. The new film by Cristi Puiu, the renowned author of The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Sieranevada and Malmkrog, one of the leading personalities of the “Romanian Nouvelle Vague” and a regular guest at the Trieste FF.MMXXwas presented at the Transilvania FF, San Sebastian and Warsaw.
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Explanation for Everything
Gábor Reisz
H – SK, 2023, col., 152’
Hungarian o.v.
The tensions of a polarised society come to the surface when high school student Abel’s history graduation exam turns into a national scandal. Executive producer Kornél Mundruczó, Orizzonti Award for Best Film at the last Venice Film Festival.
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Excursion
Una Gunjak
BIH – HR – SRB – F – N – Q, 2023, col., 94’
Bosnian o.v.
In Sarajevo, a teenager seeking validation claims that she had sex for the first time during a game of “truth or dare” among students. Trapped in her own lie, she invents a pregnancy and becomes the centre of a controversy that spirals out of control. The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and received a special mention in the “Cineasti del presente” competition.
*Recommended for high school students.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 10:00
Phantom Youth
Luàna Bajrami
RKS – F, 2023, col., 94’
Albanian o.v.
Kosovo, 2007. Kosovo, 2007. Zoe and Volta leave their remote village to enter Pristina University. Amidst social and political tensions, the two young women discover a country in turmoil. By the French-Kosovar actress and director Luàna Bajrami, Phantom Youthpremiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti Extra section.
Politeama Rossetti
At 22:00
Debora Vrizzi
I – F, 2022, col., 15’
Friulian o.v.
After a turbulence, astronaut Debora reawakens in a familiar domestic environment that she hardly recognizes because everything has undergone a metamorphosis. Here she meets two aliens, her Mother and Grandmother, who telepathically tell her about life, sexuality and motherhood.
Politeama Rossetti
At 14:00
Cactusman
Olivér Rudolf
H, 2023, col., 47’
Hungarian o.v.
International Premiere
Tibor has been in love with Alíz from the first time she took her clothes to his laundry. It was a Tuesday, it was raining. Her wet hair stuck to her forehead. The man would rather never wash Alíz’s clothes, because they smell like lilacs.
Romantic and surreal melodrama in three acts.
Politeama Rossetti
At 14:00
Mersiha Husagic
BIH – D – F, 2023, col. & b-w, 88’
English – Bosnian – German o.v.
Italian Premiere
What is left when the war is over? Cherry Juice traces this question through a wild and unpredictable night in Sarajevo when Selma, a young Bosnian screenwriter, shares an adventurous encounter with a German actor named Niklas. Cherry Juice premiered at the latest Sarajevo Film Festival.
Politeama Rossetti
At 14:00
Sara Summa
D, 2023, col., 108’
French – German – Italian o.v.
Italian Premiere
Arthur and Diana are siblings. Together with Diana’s two-year-old son, they leave Berlin for Paris for a short trip for the required annual safety inspection of their rusty old Renault. But their journey will not be relaxed, the direction not Paris and whether the car will go along is all too questionable… World premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in 2023.
Politeama Rossetti
At 14:00
The Zone of Interest
Jonathan Glazer
USA – UK – PL, 2023, col., 106’
German – Polish o.v.
Rudolf Höss and his family live out their bourgeois tranquillity on an estate outside the city. Next to them, separated only by a wall, is the Auschwitz concentration camp, of which Rudolf is the director. Grand Prix at the latest Cannes Film Festival, three Golden Globes nominations, Best Sound at the European Film Awards, The Zone of Interest is this year’s Oscar-competing entry from the UK.
Politeama Rossetti
At 20:00
Green Border
Agnieszka Holland
PL – F – CZ – B, 2023, b-w, 152’
Polish – Arabic – English – French o.v.
A Syrian refugee family, a lonely English teacher from Afghanistan and a young border guard meet on the Polish-Belarusian border. Agnieszka Holland’s poignant new feature Green Border opens our eyes, speaks to the heart, and challenges us to reflect on the moral choices that fall to ordinary people every day. Special Jury Prize at the latest Venice Film Festival.
Politeama Rossetti
At 20:00
The Red Colored Grey Truck
Srđan Koljević
SRB – MNE – SLO – D, 2004, col., 95’
Serbian o.v.
Un road movie fuori dagli schemi che racconta di un daltonico ladro di camion bosniaco che si innamora di una ragazza di Belgrado in fuga che cerca di scappare da un paese sull’orlo della guerra. Film di debutto dello scomparso Srđan Koljević, presentato in concorso
al TSFF nel 2005, ha ricevuto nel 2004 il premio FIPRESCI al Festival di Varsavia e il Premio del pubblico al festival di Mannheim in Germania.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 11:00
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Radu Jude
RO – L – F – HR, 2023, col. & b-n, 163’
Romanian – English – German o.v
Overworked and underpaid, Angela drives around the city of Bucharest to film the casting for a ‘safety at work video’ commissioned by a multinational company. When one of the interviewees reveals the company’s liability in his accident, a scandal erupts. Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival, the film is the Romanian candidate for the 2024 Academy Awards.
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 18:00
Beautiful Beings
Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
IS – DK – S – NL – CZ, 2022, col., 123’
Icelandic o.v..
When a teenage boy adopts a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders, he begins to experience a series of dreamlike visions. Beautiful Beings premiered at Berlinale in 2022 and then was successfully presented at many international festivals including Karlovy Vary, Thessaloniki and Tallinn. MIOB New Vision Award 2023.
*Recommended for high school students.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 10:00
Translating Ulysses
Aylin Kuryel, Firat Yücel
NL – TR, 2023, col. & b-w, 70’
Kurdish – Turkish – English – Dutch o.v.
Italian premiere
Kawa Nemir is like a walking dictionary of the Kurdish language. He flees Turkey and takes refuge at Anne Frank’s former house in Amsterdam, where he undertakes a literary mission considered to be impossible: translating James Joyce’s Ulyssesto Kurdish, an oppressed language in Turkey.
Tribute to James Joyce: James, Giacomo, Jakob, Yakub
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 14:00
The Volta Cinema
Martin Turk
I – SLO, 2024, col. & b-w, 85’
Italian – Slovenian – English o.v.
World Premiere
In the Trieste of the beginning of the Twentieth century, four entrepreneurs decided to open Ireland’s first cinema, the Volta Cinema, guided by a then unknown teacher from Dublin: James Joyce. Today, two actors from Trieste, Danjiel Malalan and Nikla Petruška Panizon, bring to life the events and characters involved in this adventure.
Tribute to James Joyce: James, Giacomo, Jakob, Yakub
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 11:00
All Men Become Brothers
Robert Kirchhoff
SK – CZ, 2023, col. & b-w, 116’
Slovak – Czech – Kyrgyz – Russian – English – Italian o.v.
Italian premiere
A documentary about Alexander Dubček, a visionary and a political superstar, in the times of the Iron Curtain and in the era of united Europe. The film premiered at the 2023 Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
Tribute to James Joyce: James, Giacomo, Jakob, Yakub
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 16:00
Nate Pommer, Eric Weinrib
USA, 2023, col., 99’
English o.v.
Italian premiere
Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story is an intimate portrait of Ukrainian immigrant Eugene Hütz’s rise to prominence with punk icons Gogol Bordello, and his defiant return to war-torn Ukraine. Executive produced by American actor of Ukrainian origin Liev Schreiber.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 20:00
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Anna Hints
EST- F- IS, 2023, col., 89’
Estonian – Seto – Võro o.v.
Italian premiere
Can a trip to the sauna change your soul? No story too shameful, no burden too heavy to carry when you share it with your sisterhood. Sundance winner,, Savvusanna Sõsarad is a deeply moving, intimate and breathtaking approach to issues of trauma, healing, and community. Best European Documentary at the EFA 2023.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 20:00
Anna Albertano
I, 2023, b-w, 32’
Italian o.v.
Names in the Wind, a documentary dedicated to the Shoah, is an insight into deportation and life in the concentration camps through the eyes and the testimonies of several camp survivors, including Edith Bruck.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 14:00
Ennio Guerrato
I, 2024, col., 74’
Italian o.v.
World Premiere
Odd rhythms, surprising music and a group of musician friends reveal an unconventional artist and composer: Alfredo Lacosegliaz. Lacosegliaz embraced the music of Eastern Europe well before it became fashionable. Among the interviews are those of Paolo Rumiz, Carlo Muscatello, Fabio Zoratti, Gabriele Centis and Moni Ovadia.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 11:00
77 years back
Dan Stroie, Alexandru Bodrug
RO, 2023, col., 38’
Romanian o.v.
World Premiere
After 77 years, Victor returns to the village where he was born. The documentary is a search for one’s origins but it is also a touching and heartfelt exploration of a grandson’s journey with his grand-father to uncover the truth about their family’s past as refugees from Bessarabia.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 14:00
Documentary out-of-competition
Erika Rossi
I, 2024, col & b-w, 58’
Italian v.o.
World Premiere
50 years ago the first social cooperative in the world was born: this is the story of how everything was possible in Franco Basaglia’s Trieste and of those who still make it possible today.
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 16:00
Maryna Vroda
UA – D – PL – SK, 2023, col., 112’
Ukrainian – Russian o.v.
Italian premiere
Set among stunning Ukrainian winter landscapes, Stepne is a story of Anatoliy, a man who comes back home to take care of his mother. A feature debut, supported by the FVG Audiovisual Fund, Stepne premiered at the Locarno Festival in 2023, where it was awarded the Best Directing Award.
Politeama Rossetti
At 20:15
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
Elene Naveriani
CH – GE, 2023, col., 110’
Georgian o.v.
Italian premiere
An independent Georgian woman in her late 40s experiences an existential and sexual awakening during a relationship with a local deliveryman, which makes her question everything. A bittersweet portrait of an unusual feminist heroine. The film premiered at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes 2023 and was screened in many international film festivals.
Politeama Rossetti
At 18:00
Observing
Janez Burger
SLO – HR – I – NMK, 2023, col., 83’
Slovenian o.v.
Italian premiere
The harder a young paramedic tries to find out why she is receiving mysterious videos of a brutal crime streamed on Facebook, the clearer it becomes to her that she was also involved. A social thriller with paranormal overtones.
Observing premiered at the latest Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF).
Politeama Rossetti
At 22:15
Lost Country
Vladimir Perišić
SRB – F – L – HR, 2023, col., 98’
Serbian o.v.
Italian premiere
Serbia, 1996. Serbia, 1996. During demonstrations against the Milošević regime, 15-year-old Stefan has to go through the hardest revolution of all: face up to his beloved mother, spokesperson of the corrupted government. Based on Perišić own life, Lost Countrypremiered at Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique in 2023, where Jovan Ginić won the Rising Star Award.
Politeama Rossetti
At 20:00
Freedoom
Tudor Giurgiu
RO – H, 2023, col., 109’
Romanian o.v.
Italian premiere
In the days of the December 1989, the city of Sibiu becomes the scene of a violent assault that escalates into a bloody confrontation between soldiers, policemen, civilian protesters and representatives of the secret police. It premiered at the latest Transilvania FF and was shown at other international festivals. Libertate is inspired by true events.
Politeama Rossetti
At 20:00
Andrej Korovljev
HR, 2023, col., 95’
Croatian-Bosnian o.v.
Italian premiere
Set in 1995, the story of the impossible love between Una, a high school student from Pula, and an older refugee from war-torn Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following its premiere at the Pula Film Festival, Hotel Pula is a debut film that has been presented in several international festivals.
Politeama Rossetti
At 16:00
Without air
Katalin Moldovai
H – RO, 2023, col., 105’
Hungarian o.v.
Italian premiere
An innocent movie recommendation by a literature high-school teacher, Ana Bauch, ends up in an accusation put forth by a parent to the school’s principal. This sets off a series of events that cause Ana to slip away from the ground she thought was solid.
The film was presented at the latest Toronto and Warsaw Film Festivals, where it won Best Film in the Competition for First and Second Feature Films.
Politeama Rossetti
At 18:00
by Alessandro Toso
with Bogdan Tanjević
edited by Bottega Errante Edizioni in collaboration with ESTENSIONI dentro le letterature di confine
Italian only
Libreria Minerva
At 18:00
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 11:00
by Goran Marković, with Sergio M. Grmek Germani
edited by Bottega Errante Edizioni in cooperation with EXTENSIONS inside border literatures
Event in Italian and Serbian with translation by Maja Vranjes
In cooperation with the Associazione culturale Giovanile serba and Unione dei Serbi in Italia
photo Goran Marković
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 18:00
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 11:00
by Dino Pešut, with Sergia Adamo
edited by Bottega Errante Edizioni, in collaboration with ESTENSIONI dentro le letterature di confine
in collaboration with the Croatian Community of Trieste
Event in Italian and Croatian with translation by Jan Vanek
Libreria Ubik
At 18:00
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 11:00
Talk & Masterclass
with Ana Dević, Marco Jakovljević, Giustina Selvelli
by Meridiano 13
English only
Bobi Bazlen Hall
At 11:00
curated by Casa del Cinema di Trieste
in conversation with Massimiliano Maltoni
English only
photo by Giulio Alesse
Bobi Bazlen Hall
At 11:30
by Marco Dalla Gassa, Francesco D’Asero, Giulio Tosi e Federico Zecca, Consulta Universitaria del Cinema “Festival ed eventi cinematografici”
in collaboration with Trieste Film Festival, AFIC-Associazione Festival Italiani di Cinema, SNCCI-Sindacato Nazionale Critici Cinematografici Italiani, Università Ca’ Foscari, Università degli Studi di Bari “ Aldo Moro” e Università degli Studi di Trieste-Dipartimento Studi Umanistici
Italian only
CEI - Central European Initiative
At 09:00
Talk & Masterclass
Event with simultaneous english translation ita/eng
Starhotel Savoia Excelsior Palace
At 09:30
with Cathy La Torre, Margherita De Michiel, Giuseppe Gariazzo
Italian only
photo by Cathy La torre
Bobi Bazlen Hall
At 18:00
curated by Elsa Mencagli Andersen
reservations by Jan. 17
+39 328 7349711
info@elenacantori.com
photos Fabrizio Farroni
Econtemporary
At 17:30
Special screening / Tribute to Monika Bulaj
Monika Bulaj
I, 2006, col., 95’
TEATRO MIELA (RIDOTTINO)
The camera moves among the villages of the Upper Caucasus in northern Azerbaijan, inhabited by ancient tribes such as the Mountain Jews. Monika Bulaj enters this world alone and with her 15-year-old son, and shares its existence and the Everyday gestures , magic and mysteries.
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 16:00
workshop for girls and children by La Collina Cooperative
duration: 60 minutes cost 10€
reservation required: 040 3476076 or prenotazionitsff@gmail.com
recommended 6 to 12 years old
AAC Lab
At 16:00
with Carlotta De Sanctis, Marta Pacor, Valeria Testagrossa
by Vanvera Association
Italian only
Libreria Lovat
At 11:00
curated by Marzia Arzon
reservations required:
prenotazionitsff@gmail.com
cost 15€
Italian only
RETREATPIAZZA PONTEROSSO, TALLERO DI MARIA TERESA
photo by Rebecca Sillani
At 11:00
Tasting of white wines from Serbia
by Antico Caffè San Marco
DALIA – Classic method sparkling wine Crna Tamjanika, brut nature
RAJ – White wine Sauvignon
ZAGORAC – Classic method sparkling wine Pinot Noir, brut nature
cost 10€
reservation: libreria@caffesanmarco.com
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 18:00
Talk & Masterclass
with Elvira Mujčić, Marina Lalović, Martina Napolitano
by Meridiano 13
Italian only
Bobi Bazlen Hall
At 18:00
curated by Elsa Mencagli Andersenbookingsby Jan. 17 +39 328 7349711info@elenacantori.comfoto Fabrizio Farroni
Econtemporary
At 17:30
workshop for children curated by Cooperativa La Collina
duration: 60 minutes
price: 10€
mandatory booking: 040 3476076 or prenotazionitsff@gmail.com
recommended for children aged 6-12
AAC Lab
At 17:30
workshop for children curated by Cooperativa La Collina
duration: 60 minutes
price: 10€
mandatory booking: 040 3476076 or prenotazionitsff@gmail.com
recommended for children aged 6-12
AAC Lab
At 11:00
curated by Gianluca Guerra
cost €15
reservations required:
prenotazionitsff@gmail.com
Italian only
photo by Agnese Divo
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 11:00
curated by TSFF, Hangar Theaters, Kataman
ticket €15 (TSFF accredited €12)
go to liveticket.co.uk
biglietteria@hangarteatri.it
+393883980768
Hangar Teatri
At 20:30
with Antonio Caiazza, Barbara Gruden
curated by DeutschZentrum Triest
Italian only
photo by Thanos Anastopoulos
Bobi Bazlen Hall
At 17:30
by Elsa Mencagli Andersen
curate by Elena Cantori/ EContemporary
open until February 1st
opening hours 5 pm – 8 pm
photo by Ozge Sahin
Econtemporary
At 17:00
by Elsa Mencagli Andersen
curate by Elena Cantori/ EContemporary
open until February 1st
opening hours 5 pm – 8 pm
photo by Ozge Sahin
Econtemporary
At 17:00
by Elsa Mencagli Andersen
curate by Elena Cantori/ EContemporary
open until February 1st
opening hours 5 pm – 8 pm
photo by Ozge Sahin
Econtemporary
At 17:00
by Elsa Mencagli Andersen
curate by Elena Cantori/ EContemporary
open until February 1st
opening hours 5 pm – 8 pm
photo by Ozge Sahin
Econtemporary
At 17:00
by Elsa Mencagli Andersen
curate by Elena Cantori/ EContemporary
open until February 1st
opening hours 5 pm – 8 pm
photo by Ozge Sahin
Econtemporary
At 17:00
by Elsa Mencagli Andersen
curate by Elena Cantori/ EContemporary
open until February 1st
opening hours 5 pm – 8 pm
photo by Ozge Sahin
Econtemporary
At 17:00
by Elsa Mencagli Andersen
curate by Elena Cantori/ EContemporary
open until February 1st
opening hours 5 pm – 8 pm
photo by Ozge Sahin
Econtemporary
At 17:00
by Elsa Mencagli Andersen
curate by Elena Cantori/ EContemporary
open until February 1st
opening hours 5 pm – 8 pm
photo by Ozge Sahin
Econtemporary
At 17:00
by Elsa Mencagli Andersen
curate by Elena Cantori/ EContemporary
open until February 1st
opening hours 5 pm – 8 pm
photo by Ozge Sahin
Econtemporary
At 17:00
by Casa del Cinema di Trieste
through Jan. 24
opening hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
https://www.casadelcinematrieste.it/2024/11/18/trieste-citta-di-spie/
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 10:00
by Casa del Cinema di Trieste
through Jan. 24
opening hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
https://www.casadelcinematrieste.it/2024/11/18/trieste-citta-di-spie/
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 10:00
by Casa del Cinema di Trieste
through Jan. 24
opening hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
https://www.casadelcinematrieste.it/2024/11/18/trieste-citta-di-spie/
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 10:00
by Casa del Cinema di Trieste
through Jan. 24
opening hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
https://www.casadelcinematrieste.it/2024/11/18/trieste-citta-di-spie/
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 10:00
by Casa del Cinema di Trieste
through Jan. 24
opening hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
https://www.casadelcinematrieste.it/2024/11/18/trieste-citta-di-spie/
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 10:00
by Casa del Cinema di Trieste
through Jan. 24
opening hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
https://www.casadelcinematrieste.it/2024/11/18/trieste-citta-di-spie/
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 10:00
by Casa del Cinema di Trieste
open until January 24
opening hours: 10 am – 6 pm
https://www.casadelcinematrieste.it/2024/11/18/trieste-citta-di-spie/
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 10:00
with Alessio Romenzi, photojournalist
moderates Fabiana Martini, journalist and writer
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 18:00
Tsff for the Little ones
by La Collina Cooperativa Sociale
Come and discover the magic of cinema in the laboratory of wonders:we await you to experience the special effects and illusions of the film industry, play with the sounds and music of the soundtracks, try your hand at editing cartoon scenes and uncover the mysteries of optical illusions! A unique and immersive experience that will take you behind the scenes of your favorite cartoons.
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 16:00
Tsff for the Little ones
by La Collina Cooperativa Sociale
Come and discover the magic of cinema in the laboratory of wonders:we await you to experience the special effects and illusions of the film industry, play with the sounds and music of the soundtracks, try your hand at editing cartoon scenes and uncover the mysteries of optical illusions! A unique and immersive experience that will take you behind the scenes of your favorite cartoons.
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 11:30
Tsff for the Little ones
by La Collina Cooperativa Sociale
Come and discover the magic of cinema in the laboratory of wonders:we await you to experience the special effects and illusions of the film industry, play with the sounds and music of the soundtracks, try your hand at editing cartoon scenes and uncover the mysteries of optical illusions! A unique and immersive experience that will take you behind the scenes of your favorite cartoons.
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 17:30
Tsff for the Little ones
by La Collina Cooperativa Sociale
Come and discover the magic of cinema in the laboratory of wonders:we await you to experience the special effects and illusions of the film industry, play with the sounds and music of the soundtracks, try your hand at editing cartoon scenes and uncover the mysteries of optical illusions! A unique and immersive experience that will take you behind the scenes of your favorite cartoons.
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 16:30
presentation of the short films made within the project “Corti al Confine”
free entrance, italian only
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 16:00
by Stefan Bošković, with Francesca Schillaci
by Bottega Errante edizioni
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 18:00
by Christian Klinger, with Vida Valencic
by Bottega Errante Edizioni, in collaboration with DeutschZentrum Triest
Libreria Ubik
At 18:00
by Vesna Pajić and Massimo Premuda
in collaboration with Municipality of Koper
18 jan > 1 mar
mon > fri 17.00-19.00
open everyday during the festival
free entrance
At 17:00
by Casa del Cinema di Trieste
till 28 jan
mon > fri 15.00-19.00
free entrance
At 10:00
warm-up by Antares Color
byTSFF, Hangar Teatri, Kino Šiška
ticket10€ (TSFF badge holders 8€)
vivaticket.com | biglietteria@hangarteatri.it | +39 3883980768
Hangar Teatri
At 21:00
wine tasting by Antico Caffè San Marco
wine tasting 25€
prenotazionitsff@gmail.com
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 18:00
with Alejandro Bonn, Romina Colbasso, Veronica Dariol e Davide Rossi
by Artifragili
free entrance with reservations
italian onlyartifragili@gmail.com
Café Rossetti
At 19:00
con Vesna Pajić e Massimo Premuda, a cura di DoubleRoom
ingresso libero
english only
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 17:00
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 11:00
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 11:00
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 11:00
Mina Mileva & Vesela Kazakova
free entrance
english only
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 11:00
byGruppo di lavoro Consulta Universitaria del Cinema “Festival ed eventi cinematografici”
in collaborazione con Trieste Film Festival, AFIC – Associazione Festival Italiani di Cinema, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici – Università degli Studi di Trieste
ingresso libero
italian only
CEI - Central European Initiative
At 09:00
Talk & Masterclass
Free entrance
Italian/English event with simultaneous translation
Starhotel Savoia Excelsior Palace
At 09:30
Talk & Masterclass
by Creative Europe Media Desk Italy, Germany and Slovenia
free entrance
english only
CEI - Central European Initiative
At 17:00
with Eleonora Sacco and Angelo Zinna
free entrance
Bobi Bazlen Hall
At 11:00
Talk & Masterclass
with Elisabetta d’Erme
by DeutschZentrum Triest
free entrance, italian only
Bobi Bazlen Hall
At 18:00
curated by La Cappella Underground
Bastione Fiorito (San Giusto Castle)
At 11:00
Tsff for the Little ones
by La Collina Cooperativa Sociale
Come and discover the magic of cinema in the laboratory of wonders:we await you to experience the special effects and illusions of the film industry, play with the sounds and music of the soundtracks, try your hand at editing cartoon scenes and uncover the mysteries of optical illusions! A unique and immersive experience that will take you behind the scenes of your favorite cartoons.
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 10:30
Tsff for the Little ones
by La Collina Cooperativa Sociale
Come and discover the magic of cinema in the laboratory of wonders:we await you to experience the special effects and illusions of the film industry, play with the sounds and music of the soundtracks, try your hand at editing cartoon scenes and uncover the mysteries of optical illusions! A unique and immersive experience that will take you behind the scenes of your favorite cartoons.
Teatro Miela | House of Cinema | Alpe Adria Cinema
At 15:30
