Thursday 23 January
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
IN PATRIA NOSTRA
MULTAE SILVAE SUNT
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 11:00
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 11:00
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
At 14:00
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.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 14:00
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.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 14:00
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.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 16:30
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
At 16:00
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
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.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 18:00
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
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
At 18:00
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.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 20:00
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
At 20:15
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
At 22:00
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
At 22:00
