Wednesday 22 January

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Exhibition

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

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

film
Documentary Competition

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

film
Feature Film Competition

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

film
Short Films Competition

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

film
Corso Salani Award

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

evento
Exhibition

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

film
Feature films not in competition

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

film
Documentary Competition

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

evento
Book presentation

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

film
Feature Film Competition

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

film
Documentary Competition

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

film
Feature Film Competition

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

film
Documentary Competition

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