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
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
GELOZIA, BAT-O VINA!
Maledetta gelosia! / Damn You, Jealousy!
Elena Negreanu
RO, 1954, b-n / b-w, 18’
v.o. rumena / Romanian o.v
A LŐRINCI FONÓBAN
Alla filanda di Lőrinc / At the Lőrinc Spinnery
Márta Mészáros
H, 1972, b-n / b-w, 16’
v.o. ungherese / Hungarian o.v.
OD 3 DO 22
Dalle 3 alle 22 / From 3 to 22
Krešo Golik
Yugoslavia (HR), 1966, , b-n / b-w., 14’
v.o. senza dialoghi / no dialogue o.v.
ALL OTHER THINGS EQUAL
A parità di condizioni
Anya Tsyrlina
CH – RUS, 2020, col., 19’
v.o. senza dialoghi / no dialogue o.v.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 11:00
curated by Meridiano 13
with Boris Benko, Petar Stojanović
moderated by Mitja Stefančić
english only
FREE ENTRY
Politeama Rossetti
At 11:00
Il turno di Elena
Stefanos Tsivopoulos
GR, 2025, col., 101’
v.o. greca – rumena – russa / Greek – Romanian – Russian o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
Athens, 2013. Elena, a Romanian single mother works the night shift cleaning metro stations. When she is
unjustly fired, her dormant activist spirit reignites and her fight for justice collides with her deep need to
belong.
Politeama Rossetti
At 14:00
PYTEL BLECH
Un sacco di pulci / A Bagful of Fleas
Věra Chytilová
CZ, 1962, b-n / b-w, 45’, v.o. ceca / Czech o.v.
JURNALUL FLORICĂI S.
Il diario di Florica S. / The Diary of Florica S.
Eugenia Gutu
RO, 1975, b-n / b-w, 11
v.o. rumena / Romanian o.v.
KOBIETA TO SŁABA ISTOTA
La donna debole / The Weak Woman
Helena Amiradżibi
PL, 1967, b-n / b-w, 9’, v.o. polacca / Polish o.v.
THE SEVENTH SHIFT
Il settimo turno
Nataliya Ilchuk
UA – F – DE, 2023, col., 15’
senza dialoghi / no dialogue
KOBIETY PRACUJĄCE
Donne lavoratrici / Working Women
Piotr Szulkin
PL, 1978, col., 6’, senza dialoghi / no dialogue
KO AŠAROJA MEDĖJA
Perché Medea piange / Why Does Medea Weep
Gediminas Skvarnavičius
USSR/LT, 1979, col., 19’
v.o. lituana / Lithuanian o.v.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 14:00
L’elezione di Miss Babbo Natale
Raisa Răzmeri
MD, 2025, col., 96’
v.o. rumena / Romanian o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
In a remote Moldovan village, 42-year-old Elena challenges social and family conventions to pursue her new dreams and take control of her own life. Electing Ms Santa, among the projects presented in 2025 at Last Stop Trieste, is the director’s first feature documentary, premiered at the last Tallinn Film Festival.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 16:00
SUNNY
Andreea Parfenov
RO, 2025, col., 21’
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
CHŁODNO
Coldness
Lena Jaworska
PL, 2025, col., 30’
Anteprima italiana /
Italian Premiere
TRAJE VELIKO FINALE
Gran finale / Grand Finale
Luka Galešić
HR, 2025, col., 16’
Anteprima internazionale /
International Premiere
LAST TROPICS
Ultimi tropici
Thanasis Trouboukis
GR, 2025, col., 20’
Politeama Rossetti
At 16:00
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
Il maestro del coro / Broken Voices (traduzione letterale del titolo ceco)
Ondřej Provazník
CZ – SK, 2025, col., 106’
v.o. ceca – inglese / Czech – English o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
In the early 1990’s Czech Republic, 13-year-old Karolína earns a place in a world-famous girls’ choir, joining her older sister. Her voice soon catches the attention of the admired and enigmatic choirmaster. Being singled out feels like a triumph, until she begins to understand the unsettling price of that privilege. Best Actress at Karlovy Vary.
Politeama Rossetti
At 18:00
Paul in Mayerling – A Portrait
Antonio Pettinelli
I, 2025, col. & b-n / b-w, 78’
v.o. francese / French o.v.
A stubborn and passionate filmmaker, Paul Vecchiali, on set until the very end, in a face-to-face across time. Antonio Pettinelli was a volunteer assistant director to Fellini and is an author and director of documentaries and reports. Paul à Mayerling – A portrait, his first feature film, was presented at the Pesaro Film Festival and the MedFilm Festival.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 18:00
a cura di Meridiano 13
con Eleonora Sacco e Giorgia Spadoni
in conversazione con Martina Napolitano
italian only
FREE ENTRY
Libreria Ubik
At 18:00
Due procuratori
Sergei Loznitsa
F – DE – NL – LV – RO – LT, 2025, col., 118’
v.o. russa / Russian o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
USSR, 1937. A letter from an unjustly accused prisoner reaches young prosecutor Alexander Kornyev. Guided by integrity, Kornyev investigates the victims of the NKVD secret police, embarking on a dangerous odyssey to Moscow during the Stalinist purges. A rigorous, Kafkaesque portrayal of Stalinist bureaucracy and terror,
in competition at the latest Cannes Film Festival.
Politeama Rossetti
At 20:00
Il Regno di Kartli / The Kartli Kingdom
Tamar Kalandadze, Julien Pebrel
GE – F – QA, 2025, col., 104’
v.o. georgiana / Georgian o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
In a crumbling sanatorium in Tbilisi, refugee families fight to keep their home and faded dreams. Through Tamuna, Irma, and others, the film explores exile, trauma, and shared resilience, showing that nothing remains the same within Kartli. It premiered at IDFA 2025, winning Best Directing in the International Competition and a Special Mention for Best First Feature.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 20:00
Fratello / Brother
Maciej Sobieszczański
PL, 2025, col., 98’
v.o. polacca / Polish o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
Dawid is 14 years old and practices judo. Now he fights for his family’s survival after his father is sent to prison, among complex family relationships and maybe the birth of a new family. After its premiere at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, Brother was presented at festivals in Warsaw and Cottbus.
Politeama Rossetti
At 22:15
Sopravvivere a Shakespeare
Inna Sahakyan, Ruben Ghazaryan
AM – NL, 2025, col., 94’
v.o. armena – russa / Armenian – Russian o.v.
Anteprima italiana / Italian Premiere
In a decaying Soviet-era retirement home, a vibrant group of elders cling to life by staging Shakespeare. Yet loneliness lingers beyond the theatre’s doors, until drama begins to blur with reality. Outliving Shakespeare premiered at the latest IDFA in Amsterdam.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 22:00
