{"id":11825,"date":"2026-05-07T15:21:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triestefilmfestival.it\/stealing-land-from-director-ziga-virc-at-cinema-ariston-in-trieste-after-tsff37\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:23:53","slug":"stealing-land-from-director-ziga-virc-at-cinema-ariston-in-trieste-after-tsff37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triestefilmfestival.it\/en\/stealing-land-from-director-ziga-virc-at-cinema-ariston-in-trieste-after-tsff37\/","title":{"rendered":"Stealing Land from director \u017diga Virc at Cinema Ariston in Trieste after TSFF37"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After its passage at the Trieste Film Festival in the Fuori dagli Sche(r)mi section, <strong>\u017diga Virc&#8217;s<em>Zemljo krast &#8211; Stealing Land\/Stealing Land <\/em>,<\/strong> a sharp and surprising satire that plays on the border between innocence and conflict, is back in theaters. <strong>On Friday, May 8, 8:30 p.m. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lacappellaunderground.org\/archives\/archiviofilm\/zemljo-krast\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at Trieste&#8217;s Ariston cinema<\/a><\/strong>, director \u017diga Virc will be in the theater to meet the audience. The film is part of the Review of Slovenian Cinema in Italy organized by Kinoateljie, in collaboration with La Cappella Underground and Trieste Film Festival, with the participation of Slovenski Klub. 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