Wednesday 22 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
Talk & Masterclass
with Ana Dević, Marco Jakovljević, Giustina Selvelli
by Meridiano 13
English only
Bobi Bazlen Hall
At 11:00
Antico Caffè San Marco
At 11:00
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
At 14:00
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
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
At 16:00
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.
Cinema Ambasciatori
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
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
At 18:00
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.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 18:00
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
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
At 20:00
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.
Cinema Ambasciatori
At 20:00
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
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