Curated by Casa del Cinema di Trieste and Film Commission FVG
Open until February 27, 2026
LUN / MON > VEN / FRI
9 am > 6 pm
FREE ENTRY
Casa del Cinema
At 09:00
ALERTA!
Allerta! / The Alert!
Mircea Săucan
RO, 1967, b-n / b-w, 58’
v.o. rumeno / Romanian o.v.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 11:00
Come and meet the guests of the festival: directors, producers, actors and actresses will present their films and talk to the festival audience.
The programme, including attendance information, will be updated during the festival.
FREE ENTRY
consecutive translation
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 11:00
CINEMARXISME
Cinemarxismo / Cinemarxism
Béla Tarr
H, 1979, b-n / b-w, 33’
v.o. ungherese / Hungarian o.v.
MARTHA
Martha e i suoi ultimi giorni di lavoro / Martha’s Last Days at Work
Jürgen Böttcher
RDT, 1978, col., 56’
v.o. tedesca / German o.v.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 14:00
Cambiamento / Renovation
Gabrielė Urbonaitė
LT – LV, 2025, col., 90’
v.o. lituana – inglese – norvegese – ucraina / Lithuanian – English – Norwegian – Ukrainian o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
Ilona e Matas, una coppia sulla trentina, si trasferiscono in un appartamento all’apparenza perfetto. La ristrutturazione del palazzo, però, mette a nudo non solo le crepe dell’edificio, ma anche quelle della loro relazione. Renovacija, girato in 16mm, è stato presentato in anteprima a Karlovy Vary, e poi a Sarajevo e a Tallinn.
Politeama Rossetti
At 14:00
INDEX
Radu Muntean
RO, 2025, col., 29’
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
I ERIMOS
Il deserto, lei / Desert, She
Ioanna Digenaki
GR, 2025, col., 14’
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
STIINA
Elisabeth Kužovnik
EST, 2025, col., 15’
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
NEDOSTUPNI
Non raggiungibile / Unavailable
Kyrylo Zemlyanyi
UA – F – B – BG – NL, 2025, col., 20’
TEMNO BRDO
La collina oscura / The Dark Hill
Vanja Miloš Jovanović
SLO, 2025, col., 15’
Anteprima internazionale / International Premiere
Politeama Rossetti
At 16:00
Yulia Lokshina
DE, 2025, col., 82’
v.o. tedesca – inglese – russa – kirghisa / German – English – Russian – Kyrgyz o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
A Russian teacher, reported by a student for criticizing the war in Ukraine, flees to Berlin. In a German school she stages her case, investigating political coercion, betrayal, and resistance. Active Vocabulary premiered at DOK Leipzig, winning Best Film in the German Documentary competition.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 16:00
by Boban Pesov
in conversation with Alen Đokić (Doppelgänger)
italian only
FREE ENTRY
Libreria Lovat
At 17:00
with Eléna Laquatra
in conversation with Alberta Mutti
english only
FREE ENTRY
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 17:30
Open until February 21, 2026
curated by Ognjen Ranković e Antonio Karača
in collaboration with Associazione Cizerouno
OPENING
14 GEN ORE 18.30
LUN/MON > SAB/SAT
5.30 pm > 7.30 pm
tel: + 39 040 3490065
+ 39 327 552 6118
www.cizerouno.it
FREE ENTRY
Cavò
At 17:30
by Martina Martonsky
curated by Elena Cantori, EContemporary
OPENING
15 JAN 6 pm
Until January 24th, 2026
LUN/MON > DOM/SUN
5 pm > 8 pm
FREE ENTRY
Econtemporary
At 17:00
Sorella di clausura
Ivana Mladenović
RO – SRB – I – E, 2025, col., 107’
v.o. rumena – inglese – serba / Romanian – English – Serbian o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
Stela falls in love with a musician seen on TV and tries to meet him with the help of Vera, a starlet who promises to save her from poverty by bringing her to Bucharest for her erotic goods business. Premiered at Locarno 2025, Sorella di clausura (Cloistered Sister) won the Best Director award at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
Politeama Rossetti
At 18:00
Fabian Volti
I, 2025, col. & b-n / b-w, 77’
v.o. italiana – sarda – araba / Italian – Sardinian – Arabic o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
In a world dominated by chaos, Abel appears in the gazes of shepherds surviving on the borders of the wandering pastures between Sardinia and Palestine, silent witnesses of conflicting daily lives.
Fabian Volti, filmmaker and photographer works on audiovisual projects,visual research and documentary cinema. Abel, his debut feature-length, was selected at the IDFA in Amsterdam.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 18:00
Or Sinai
IL – PL – I, 2025, col., 91’
v.o. polacca – ebraica / Polish / Hebrew o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
After many years away from home, Mila is forced to temporarily leave her job – and her secret romance – to return to her family in a Polish village. But the long-awaited reunion is far from what she imagined.
Mama premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was then screened at many international festivals, including Toronto, Gdynia, Warsaw and Tallinn.
Politeama Rossetti
At 20:00
Mirrors No. 3
Christian Petzold
DE, 2025, col., 86’
v.o. tedesca / German o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
After miraculously surviving a car accident, Laura is taken in by a mysterious family. An exploration of trauma, memory, myth, and identity by one of the most prominent German auteurs. After its premiere at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes 2025, Mirrors No.3 was then selected for many international festivals, including New York and the BFI London.
Politeama Rossetti
At 22:00
Noi viviamo qui / We Live Here
Zhanana Kurmasheva
KZ, 2025, col., 80’
v.o. kazaka – russa / Kazakhi – Russian o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
In the desolate Kazakh steppe, at a former Soviet nuclear test site, three generations confront the worrying effects of the past, as they fight for survival and hope in a world on the brink of destruction. Atameken, Zhanana Kurmasheva’s debut feature, premiered at CPH:DOX 2025.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 22:00
Unite
Anastasija Mirošničenko
F – B, 2025, col., 96’
v.o. russa / Russian o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
Katya works as a welder, facing daily hardships and an inner battle to piece together her past. She tries to protect her little sister from a tragic fate, hoping for a better future for both of them. Welded Together won the Grand Jury Prize at Sheffield DocFest 2025 and was selected also at Dok Leipzig and IDFA.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 23:00
