The sixth day of the TSFF begins at 10:00 in the Cinema Ambasciatori with the Out of Competition Feature Films \u00c0 BRAS-LE-CORPS\/ Silent Rebellion by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo (CH \u2013 F \u2013 B, 2025, col., 96\u2019), which debuted at the 2025 Venice Film Festival in the \u201cVenezia Spotlight\u201d category. 15-year-old Emma \u2013 pregnant after a rape \u2013 defies her repressive rural Protestant community to carve a path of self-determination, transforming trauma into a catalyst for emancipation. <\/p>\n\n
Then, at the Politeama Rossetti at 11.30, the Masterclass with Kirill Serebrennikov in conversation with Jo\u00ebl Chapron, a longtime collaborator of the Cannes Film Festival and an expert in Russian and Soviet cinema.<\/p>\n\n
One of the most outstanding figures of contemporary Russian cinema, Kirill Serebrennikov was born in 1969 in Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia. He spent most of his youth there and began working as a stage director at the Rostov-on-Don theatres in 1994. He participated in \u201c69\u201d, an amateur theatre company, and directed his first feature film, Undressed, in 1998.. This film was a great success and earned him the favour of the Russian critics. At the same time, he pursued a career as a theatre director and as artistic director of the famous Gogol Centre in Moscow. In 2006, he directed the film Playing the Victim,which won him the Rome Film Festival Prize. In 2008 his Yuri\u2019s Day premiered in Locarno\u2019s international competition. Betrayal, the film he directed in 2012, had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival. His next film, The Student, was selected for Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2016. An opponent of Putin, known for his liberal and LGBT-friendly stances, in 2017 he was unjustly accused of embezzling public funds for a theatre group he directed. Despite protests from the Russian and international artistic community, he was sentenced to three years in prison. He was released in 2022 and has since been living in exile in Berlin.
Still at the Rossetti, at 14:00 the Out of Competition section with SHORT SUMMER by Nastia Korkia (DE \u2013 F \u2013 SRB, 2025, col., 101\u2019), world premiere at the Giornate degli Autori and winner of the 2025 Venice Award for a debut Film. Katya, 8 years old, spends the summer with her grandparents in the Russian countryside. Time stands still, adults remain silent, and a war in the background destroys lives. Meanwhile, kids are growing up and the clouds are flying. <\/p>\n\n
At 14.30 the inauguration of the Documentary Competition at the Cinema Ambasciatori with GRUDZIE\u0143\/December, director Grzegorz Paprzycki debut feature film (PL \u2013 LT, 2025, col., 62\u2019) and Italian premiere. At 16:00 SVE\u010cIAS\/The Visitor by Vytautas Katkus (LT \u2013 NO \u2013 SWE, 2025, col., 115\u2019) inaugurates the Feature Film competition at the Rossetti. 30-year-old Danielius returns to his hometown to sell his parents\u2019 flat, but the visit lasts longer than expected. With nowhere to rush, he tries to reconnect with the people and the town that no longer feels like his. Shot on 16mm, it premiered at Karlovy Vary, where Vytautas Katkus won Best Directing. Simultaneously, at the Cinema Ambasciatori, the screening of feature film and Italian premiere NO ONE WILL HURT YOU by Dino Hodi\u0107 (CH, 2025, col., 75\u2019), in the Out of Competition category. Thirty years after Srebrenica, a filmmaker who fled to Switzerland as a child embarks on an intimate journey to the roots of his identity through the story of Hasan, one of the few survivors. The documentary had its premiere at the latest Sarajevo Film Festival. At 18:00, always at the Ambasciatori, another documentary in competition: <\/em>9-MONTH CONTRACT by Ketevan Vashagashvili (GE \u2013 BG \u2013 DE, 2025, col., 80\u2019). A Georgian mother resorts to surrogacy to secure a roof over her daughter\u2019s head. What starts as a quick way to earn money, turns into a profound sacrifice. 9-Month Contract, Ketevan Vashagashvili\u2019s first feature-length documentary, was presented at WEMW in 2023 and received the Human Rights Award at the last CPH:DOX. Simultaneously, at the Rossetti will be the screening of a selection of the Short Films in Competition: shorts in competition: <\/strong>THE SPECTACLE by B\u00e1lint Kenyeres (H \u2013 F, 2025, col., 17\u2019); ERASERHEAD IN A KNITTED SHOPPING BAG by Lili Koss (BG, 2025, col., 19\u2019), Italian premiere; FOUND&LOST by Reza Rasouli (AT, 2025, col., 17\u2019), also an Italian premiere; likewise DRUMUL SPRE CAS\u0102\/The Road Home by Marian F\u0103rcu\u021b (RO, 2025, col., 16\u2019); TAMO GDE JE NEKAD BILA VODA\/Where the Water Used to Be by Vanja Vujin (SRB, 2025, col., 20\u2019) is, instead, a world premiere.<\/p>\n\n At 18:00 for TSFF BOOKS, at the Libreria Minerva: Dejan Atanackovi\u0107, in conversation with Luigi Nacci, presents his book “Lusitania”, winner of the NIN award in 2017. At 20:00, the Feature Film Competition continues at the Rossetti, with FANTASY by Kukla (SLO \u2013 MK, 2025, col., 98\u2019), a film which is also part of the Wild Roses section, making its Italian debut. Mihrije, Sina and Jasna are best friends who live in Slovenia. They refuse to conform to the conservative system they live in. Their world turns upside down when they meet Fantasy, a transgender woman. They will embark on a journey that explores the complexities of gender, desire, and self-discovery. Fantasy premiered at the latest Locarno FF, at the Sarajevo FF and other international film festivals. <\/p>\n\n Simultaneously, at the Cinema Ambasciatori, for the Corso Salani Award, making its world debut ON DEFIANCE <\/strong>by Giovanni C. Lorusso (F \u2013 I \u2013 GM, 2026, col., 75\u2019). In the hidden corners of Serekunda, Gambia, a trash collector caring for his daughter Yama awaits news of his wife, who left them in search of better opportunities abroad. As the days pass, hope almost turns into religion. Lorusso\u2019s previous film, Song of All Ends, was presented at the last edition of the TSFF. <\/p>\n\n Two films close the day at 22:00. For the Out of Competition section, at the Rossetti, IN DIE SONNE SCHAUEN\/ Sound of Falling by Masha Schilinski (DE, 2025, col., 149\u2019). <\/em>Four girls, Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka, each spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. As the home evolves over a century, echoes of the past linger in its walls. Though separated by time, their lives begin to mirror each other. The film won the Jury Prize at Cannes and was Germany\u2019s nominee for the 2026 Oscars in the Best International Feature Film category. Jury Prize at Cannes and Germany’s nominee for the 2026 Oscars, in the Best International Feature Film category. Instead, for the Documentary Competition at the Cinema Ambasciatori, the national premiere of TYKHA POVIN\/Silent Flood by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (UA \u2013 DE, 2025, col., 90\u2019). Along a beautiful river canyon in Western Ukraine lives a pacifist community with unique religious beliefs, who see their way of life gradually disrupted by floods and an unexpected war. 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