Trieste Film Festival https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/en/ The leading Italian festival on Central Eastern European cinema Thu, 04 Nov 2021 13:23:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.2 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/wp-content/uploads/cropped-33-32x32.png Trieste Film Festival https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/en/ 32 32 This is IT and Last Stop Trieste subscriptions are now open! https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/en/this-is-it-and-last-stop-trieste-subscriptions-are-now-open/ Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:20:19 +0000 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/?p=71430 When East Meets West and Trieste Film Festival are launching the calls for two Industry events: Last Stop Trieste and This is IT! This is IT is a competition exclusively dedicated to long feature fiction films and hybrid works with a strong visual and artistic approach produced or co-produced by Italian producers.  The main purpose […]

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When East Meets West and Trieste Film Festival are launching the calls for two Industry events: Last Stop Trieste and This is IT!

This is IT is a competition exclusively dedicated to long feature fiction films and hybrid works with a strong visual and artistic approach produced or co-produced by Italian producers

The main purpose is to create a unique showcase of high quality Italian independent cinema where selected teams have the chance to present their works and screen their films to an exclusive panel of more than 30 international sales agents, festival programmers and buyers

Last Stop Trieste is a work in progress section for documentary projects in a stage of a fine cut, previously developed/presented in one of our partners platform:  Ex-Oriente Film Workshop, BDC Discoveries, Docu Rough Cut Boutique, Baltic Sea Docs, ZagrebDox PRO, When East Meets West.

Selected documentary fine cuts are screened in Trieste in January to an exclusive panel of approximately 40 international sales agents, festival programmers and TV commissioning editors with the aim of enhancing their potential of being selected at top festivals and their chances of distribution, as well as getting valuable feedback. 

You have time to submit your project until 30 November 2021!

For more information click here

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TSFF goes to… MIA International Audiovisual Market! https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/en/tsff-goes-to-mia-international-audiovisual-market/ Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:39:42 +0000 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/?p=71421 On Saturday 16 October, as part of the seventh edition of MIA – Internation Audivisual Market, the panel ‘Partnership as a booster of the international potential of projects funded by the new Europa Creativa MEDIA’ will be held! The meeting, organised by the MEDIA Office in Rome of the Europa Creativa Desk Italy, will be […]

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On Saturday 16 October, as part of the seventh edition of MIA – Internation Audivisual Market, the panel ‘Partnership as a booster of the international potential of projects funded by the new Europa Creativa MEDIA’ will be held!

The meeting, organised by the MEDIA Office in Rome of the Europa Creativa Desk Italy, will be devoted to the role of European cooperation along the entire value chain of the audiovisual industry.

The Trieste Film Festival was selected as a case study because it is supported by the European Union both as a festival (call for support for individual festivals) and as part of a European network MIOB – Moving Images Open Borders (call for support for European festival networks).

Carolina Stera, Festival Event Manager of the Trieste Film Festival, will also take part in the panel!

The event will be held in Rome at The Space Cinema Moderno from 12:00 to 13:30 on 16 October.

For all information: http://www.europacreativa-media.it/news-eventi/partenariato-quale-booster-del-potenziale-internazionale-dei-progetti-finanziati-dal-nuovo-programma-europa-creativa-media-R41k4

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THE NEXT TSFF WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 21 > 27 JANUARY 2022 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/en/la-33-edizione-del-tsff-dal-21-al-27-gennaio-2022/ Fri, 08 Oct 2021 10:00:47 +0000 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/?p=71402 WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE 33RD EDITION! THE NEXT TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 21 > 27 JANUARY 2022. We are pleased to announce that we have received more than 1600 submissions to the 33rd edition of the Trieste Film Festival, all coming from 35 different countries. An ever greater amount of submissions […]

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WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE 33RD EDITION!
THE NEXT TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 21 > 27 JANUARY 2022.

We are pleased to announce that we have received more than 1600 submissions to the 33rd edition of the Trieste Film Festival, all coming from 35 different countries. An ever greater amount of submissions to our festival comes from female directors!

We received more than 1600 submissions: 700+ short films, 300+ documentary films, 600+ feature films!

Now we just have to select the most beautiful and interesting films to be shown on our screens. As always in January we will bring you the best of Central and Eastern European cinema!

Thanks to all the filmmakers who sent us their films. Submissions for #TSFF33 are now closed!
Good luck to all of you, see you in Trieste!

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Film Festivals go GREEN! https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/en/film-festivals-goes-green/ Thu, 07 Oct 2021 12:52:30 +0000 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/?p=71394 AFIC – The Italian Film Festival Association, has promoted the panel ‘A Greener Festival’ on the topic of sustainability in cultural and cinematic events within the 24th Cinemambiente Turin Festival. Among the numerous proposals there is also the “Green Festival Protocol”, that will be contributed to by both the undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture […]

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AFIC – The Italian Film Festival Association, has promoted the panel ‘A Greener Festival’ on the topic of sustainability in cultural and cinematic events within the 24th Cinemambiente Turin Festival. Among the numerous proposals there is also the “Green Festival Protocol”, that will be contributed to by both the undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Ecological Transition.

The meeting was attended by many guests and speakers to discuss the issue of sustainability of cultural events and film, from Marco Glisoni of Arpa Piemonte who spoke of the difference between protocols and specifications in the European scene, giving as an example of the experience of Cinemambiente (Eco-friendly cinema), Marco Niro of APPA Trentino who presented the specification Eco-events Trentino, Sara Leporati of Fondazione Compagnia San Paolo who illustrated the hypothesis of introducing criteria related to environmental sustainability to the projects they finance, Silvano Falocco from Fondazione EcoSistemi, who presented an overview of the adoption of criteria for participation in funding calls, Angelo Gentile, who illustrated Legambiente’s Ecoevents label, Aldo Blandino, representative of the Territory and Environment Department of the city of Turin, who showed the administration’s commitment to helping its events with ISO20121 environmental certification, and finally Andrea Serra from ASJA Group, who spoke on the possibility of offsetting residual CO2 emissions produced by events.

#TSFFgoesGreen

You can find the video here  Un festival più verde

 

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TSFF second part – PRESS RELEASE & PROGRAMME https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/en/tsff-second-part-press-release-programme/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 13:03:07 +0000 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/?p=71191 The 32nd Trieste Film Festival is back with a programme of theatrical screenings at the Teatro Miela. The Festival, directed by Fabrizio Grosoli and Nicoletta Romeo, took place online in January due to Covid-19 restrictions. It had, however, always intended to show part of its programme as a live in-person event when circumstances would allow. […]

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The 32nd Trieste Film Festival is back with a programme of theatrical screenings at the Teatro Miela. The Festival, directed by Fabrizio Grosoli and Nicoletta Romeo, took place online in January due to Covid-19 restrictions. It had, however, always intended to show part of its programme as a live in-person event when circumstances would allow. This has also been dictated by the fact that most entries in this year’s selection are on actual film, therefore needing to be physically screened.

Over two weekends the programme will celebrate two great auteurs who have recently passed away; it will focus on Balkan cinema thirty years since the collapse of the Yugoslav Federation; and will include the “TSFF dei Piccoli”, a section dedicated to younger audiences.

Artistic directors Fabrizio Grosoli and Nicoletta Romeo said: «After the great success of the online edition of the Trieste Film Festival in January, we are delighted to be back with a series of special cinema screenings and the “TSFF dei Piccoli” section – a programme dedicated to young people that over the years has proved especially popular. We see this as a positive sign of hope for the world of cinema and showbusiness in general».

Since its inception, the Festival’s mission has been to promote the cinema of Central and Eastern Europe in Italy and to mark, through cinema, the most important historic events that have been taking place in these regions of the old continent – for example with recent editions dedicated to the Fall of the Berlin Wall and German Reunification.

On 4 June the Festival remembers two filmmakers who have recently died. OSTRE SLEDOVANÉ VLAKY by Jiří Menzel (Closely Watched Trains, CS, 1966, b&w, 89’, original Czech version with Italian subtitles) will be shown as a special event. The film, which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign film in 1967, is based on the short story by Bohumil Hrabal and represents one of the most important works of the so-called Czechoslovak Nová vlna (new wave), juxtaposing the grotesque and the tragic. Another special screening will be dedicated to SAN ZIMSKE NOĆI by Goran Paskaljević (Midwinter Night’s Dream, SRB, 2004, col., 95’, original Serbian version with Italian subtitles). The film, awarded a Special Jury Prize at San Sebastian in 2004 and a Special Jury Prize at the Trieste Film Festival in 2005, deals with the collapse of Yugoslavia and the special bonds that arise among people at the margins of society, people pitted against each other by war, yet forced to live together under the same roof.

In the context of the thirtieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Balkan Wars, which was already marked in January, on 4 and 5 June we continue this focus with some interesting and original works from the last thirty years. 1991-2021: GUERRA, TRAUMA, METAFORA. FINIS JUGOSLAVIAE (1991-2021: War, Trauma, Metaphor. Finis Jugoslaviae) will feature MGM SARAJEVO (Ćovjek-Bog-Monstrum) by the SaGA collective (Ismet Arnautalić, Mirsad Idrizović, Ademir Kenović, and Pjer Žalica, BIH, 1992-1994, col., 93’, original Bosnian version with Italian subtitles). The work took two years to complete and presents a snapshot of three stories all based in the city of Sarajevo: the main characters talk about the very heart of the city under siege, suffering from the restrictions imposed by the war. MARBLE ASS by Želimir Žilnik (YU, 1995, col., 87’, original Serbian version with Italian subtitles) is one of the most unusual films to have come from Europe in the 20th Century. Marble Ass is a brave political and social drama with a positive transgender message that supports individual creativity against the macho world of the military. The film takes place in a derelict flat on the outskirts of Belgrade, and centres on Merlyn, a prostitute, and her room-mate and colleague Sanela. Their routine is shattered when Johnny, a former lover gone crazy, is demobbed from the army and returns home full of barely repressed anger. The film received a Teddy Award from the Berlin Film Festival in 1995. At the Teatro Miela we shall also screen the great ‘90s Croatian success KAKO JE POČEO RAT NA MOM OTOKU by Vinko Brešan (How the War Started on My Island, HR, 1996, col., 97’, original Croatian version with Italian subtitles). The film takes us back to 1991, when the Yugoslav national army, not acknowledging Croatia’s independence, holds on to all the country’s military barracks and Blaž Gajski goes to a Croatian island to take his son back home, who is in one of these very barracks. This was Vinko Brešan’s debut, the “king of black comedy”, written with his father Ivo, famous Croatian author and screenplay writer. Despite being originally intended as a TV movie, it became the most popular Croatian film of the 1990s. The last film in this section will be DRŽAVA MRTVIH by Živojin Pavlović and Dinko Tucaković (The State of the Dead, YU, 1998-2000, col., 101′, original Serbian version with Italian subtitles). The story takes place in the ‘90s in Yugoslavia, where Slovenian Major Janez Kranjc, who has been loyal to the Yugoslavian cause all his life, moves to Belgrade with his Macedonian wife, 10-year-old twin daughters and his 20-year-old son, despite the Slovenes offering him a higher military rank to entice him stay. However, Janez will come to realise that in Belgrade he is just another foreigner in what he believed was still his country.

The Balkan Wars anniversary is also marked by an exhibition organised by Massimo Premuda that can be viewed until 13 June at DoubleRoom in Via Canova 9 and features the 1991 photographic reportage by Giovanni Montenero FINIS JUGOSLAVIAE. The exhibition retraces, thirty years on, the days of the short 1991 armed conflict, the so-called “10-day war” that followed the declaration of independence by the Republic of Slovenia. Pictures in colour and black and white by photographer Giovanni Montenero recorded the conflict’s harshest moments, as well as the daily lives of the soldiers who were based at the Pesek and Rabuiese border crossings at the gates of Trieste.

The Festival’s second weekend will be entirely dedicated to our younger viewers with the TSFF dei Piccoli: screenings, shows, workshops and walks dedicated to the younger generations.

On Saturday 12 June they will be able to watch great classics such as SNEŽNAJA KOROLEVA (The Snow Queen) by Lev Atamanov (USSR, 1957, colour, 63’, dubbed in Italian), a Soviet animation film about the adventurous story of Gerda and Kaj. The plot is an adaptation of the famous Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, and is similar in subject matter to Disney’s Frozen, that was also freely inspired by the same story. Thanks to the valuable collaboration with Ljubljana’s Animateka – International Animation Film Festival – the TSFF dei Piccoli is delighted to present IL MEGLIO DI ANIMATEKA – CORTI DI ANIMAZIONE PER BAMBINI (The Best of Animateka – Children’s Short Animated Films): 8 of the best animation shorts recently produced in Central and Eastern Europe. As well as I CLASSICI SLOVENI DELL’ANIMAZIONE CON PUPAZZI (Slovenian Puppet Animation Classics) – a retrospective of 35mm films suitable for all ages that pays tribute to all the pioneers of Slovenian animation cinema.

On Sunday 13 June the “Schermi e Lavagne” education project by the Cineteca di Bologna has organised the PICCOLE CANAGLIE (Little Rascals) selection – a programme of animation shorts made in European countries which belonged to the former Soviet bloc between the late ‘50s and the ‘70s, as well as FIABE IN FILA (Fairytales parade), a programme of shorts dedicated to fairytales and popular legends. These will range from the timeless masterpieces of Italian animators such as Giulio Gianini, Lele Luzzati and Osvaldo Cavandoli, to incursions into contemporary animation with the films Le nozze di Pollicino (Hop-o’-My-Thumb’s Wedding).

TSFF dei Piccoli encourages creativity, and in the story-telling workshop COSA STAI TRAMANDO? (What are you plotting?) organised by Costanza Grassi on Saturday 12 June it will be the kids themselves who will invent a story for a film (bookings are mandatory – please contact prenotazionitsff@gmail.com).

On Sunday 13 June renowned actress Lara Komar will present STORIA DI UNA STELLA MARINA/ZGODBA O MORSKI ZVEZDI (Story of a Starfish). The show (produced by Trieste’s Casa della Musica/Scuola di Musica55) will be performed both in Italian and Slovene with a huge pop-up book in the middle of the stage, a narrator and two musicians. This will be a fairytale to delight both eyes and ears.

Two further events conclude the programme: the first, on Saturday 12, is the walk DA PROSECCO A MIRAMARE (From Prosecco to Miramare) – a journey in search of the Karst’s flowers and herbs, their colours and scents, which will be accompanied by tales about the local inhabitants. The itinerary will start in Prosecco and will end in Miramare, in the fairytale castle perched above the sea and its park full of flowers and trees – a reminder of Maximilian of Hapsburg’s journeys. The second event, on Sunday 13, is a marvellous treasure hunt – the CACCIA AL TESORO NEL PARCO PIÙ APERTO CHE C’È (Treasure Hunt in the City’s Most Welcoming Park) inside the Parco di San Giovanni, among roses, horses, and trees. This will be a playful opportunity to discover the beauty and surprises of the city’s most accessible and inclusive park (bookings are mandatory for both events – please contact prenotazionitsff@gmail.com).

In case tickets sell out, you can JOIN THE TSFF DEI PICCOLI ONLINE!

Capacity is limited due to Covid-19 restrictions and in case you were not able to book a seat, you can watch the shorts from the comfort of your home throughout the weekend of 12 and 13 June on www.cinetecadimilano.it.

TSFF dei Piccoli will also include the presentation of the second edition of the EU CIAK education project. How and to what extent does technology influence our lives? This theme will be explored by four classes of Trieste’s Istituto Professionale S. De Sandrinelli high school. Students will present the shorts which they created during their workshops and the public in the cinema will choose the best film. The project is supported by the Fondazione Pietro Pittini.

The whole programme can be found here www.triestefilmfestival.it/1991-2021/ & www.triestefilmfestival.it/tsff-dei-piccoli/

Access to Teatro Miela will involve and be dependent on adhering to all necessary Covid-19 protocols and requirements.

Contacts: aac@alpeadriacinema.it | +39 0403476076

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SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN! https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/en/submissions-are-now-open-3/ Sat, 22 May 2021 08:00:18 +0000 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/?p=70920 Dear Friends! We are very happy to announce that the 33rd TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL, the leading European festival focused exclusively on Central Eastern European cinema, is now OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for feature films and documentaries (only Italian premieres), short films (both fiction and animation) from Central and Eastern European countries. The submission deadline is […]

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Dear Friends!

We are very happy to announce that the 33rd TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL, the leading European festival focused exclusively on Central Eastern European cinema, is now OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!

We are looking for feature films and documentaries (only Italian premieres), short films (both fiction and animation) from Central and Eastern European countries.

The submission deadline is September 30th, 2021.

Emerging talents and great masters from Central & Eastern Europe have already attended our festival in the past editions with their best film productions, because the TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL represents today a unique appointment in Italy with the cinema from these geographical and cultural areas that we love so much!

The TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL is: tons of good films, meetings with festival guests, an international coproduction forum, masterclasses, art and photo exhibitions, a VR programme, performances, concerts, special events, books presentations,  kids programmes, in a town which has always been a gateway to the East, a privileged observatory onto the New Europe, a lovely city by the sea where East and West meet.

For submission please go to the following link:
https://vp.eventival.com/TRIESTE/2022

Looking forward to receiving your films!

The 33rd TSFF will be held in Trieste from 21st till 27th January 2022.

You can find the regulation here: www.triestefilmfestival.it/en/film-submission/

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TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL IS BACK! https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/en/triestefilmfestivalisback/ Thu, 20 May 2021 10:52:36 +0000 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/?p=70862 The 32nd edition of the festival is not over yet and we are happy to announce that the festival is coming back to complete its programming! The Miela Theatre will host on 4-5 June some special screenings and the retrospective “1991 – 2021: War, Trauma, Metaphor. Finis Jugoslaviae”, while on 12-13 June we will open […]

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The 32nd edition of the festival is not over yet and we are happy to announce that the festival is coming back to complete its programming!

The Miela Theatre will host on 4-5 June some special screenings and the retrospective “1991 – 2021: War, Trauma, Metaphor. Finis Jugoslaviae”, while on 12-13 June we will open the doors of the theatre to children and young people for the TSFF dei PICCOLI: two days of screenings, workshops, shows and walks for young film lovers.

We will soon announce the programme, how to book events and how to access the theatre.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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#TSFF32: THE WINNERS https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/en/tsff32-the-winners/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 19:45:31 +0000 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/uncategorized/tsff32-tutti-i-vincitori/ The Trieste Prize awarded by the jury (Paolo Bertolin, Adina Pintilie, Ewa Puszczyńska) to the Best Feature-Length Film in competition (5,000 euros) goes – unanimously – to BEGINNING by Dea Kulumbegashvili (Georgia/France) for the following reasons: “A debut of rare directorial confidence and pristine stylistic coherence, creating a cinematic world of images, sounds and performances […]

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The Trieste Prize awarded by the jury (Paolo Bertolin, Adina Pintilie, Ewa Puszczyńska) to the Best Feature-Length Film in competition (5,000 euros) goes – unanimously – to BEGINNING by Dea Kulumbegashvili (Georgia/France) for the following reasons: “A debut of rare directorial confidence and pristine stylistic coherence, creating a cinematic world of images, sounds and performances (a special nod goes to the astounding lead actress) constantly questioning the viewer’s stance on its bewildering yet deeply affecting narrative.” The jury also awarded three special mentions: to EXILE by Visar Morina (Kosovo, Germany, Belgium) for “an unsettling exploration of the psyche of a migrant struggling to integrate, conducted through the means of an anxiety-inducing psychological  thriller.” ; to MY MORNING LAUGHTER by Marko Djordjevic (Serbia), “an endearing dramatic comedy, orchestrated with impeccable direction and performances, enhanced by a script that stays true-to-life, while subtly subverting tropes.” ; and to SO SHE DOESN’T LIVE by Faruk Loncarevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), “a thought-provoking work that relentlessly yet rigorously exposes the despairing ordinariness of gender violence, bravely intersecting gender and national identity politics.” 

The Alpe Adria Cinema Prize awarded by the jury (Heidi Gronauer, Eszter Hajdú, Leena Pasanen) to the Best Documentary in competition (2,500 euros) goes to ACASA, MY HOME by Radu Ciorniciuc: “What came first? The desire of a Roma family to move out from society, or the racism that drove them away? Their isolated existence on an island was not tolerated by mainstream society before, and now they face the discrimination of the city’s inhabitants. This is a sound example of a community whose existence, not its way of life, is targeted by hate wherever it goes.”

The Osiride Brovedan Foundation Award has been given by the jury (Alessandra De Luca, Dimitra Karya, Andrijana Sofranić Šućur) to the Best Short Film in competition (2,000 euros) to BEYOND IS THE DAY by Damian Kocur “For its original perspective, enriched by an interesting formal research, with which the director tells of the encounter with the ‘other’, between two men united by the need to share the loneliness they both feel, and to be able to communicate using a language that transcends borders.” The special mention goes to GOADS by Iris Baglanea: “an imaginative, mature, deeply thought-out and wonderfully shot film. The jury was also impressed by the director’s remarkable skill in working with children and animals.”

The films from the three competitions have also been “judged” by the public, who, with their film passes, have followed the festival on MYmovies and with their votes, have declared the winners of the Public Award. Best Feature-Length Film: FATHER by Srdan Golubovic; Best Documentary: TOWN OF GLORY by Dmitrij Bogoljubov; Best Short Film: LOVE IS JUST A DEATH AWAY by Bára Anna Stejskalová.

Born on the eve of the fall of the Berlin Wall (edition “zero” dates back to 1987), Trieste Film Festival is the leading Italian festival on Central Eastern European cinema. For thirty years, it has offered the Italian, or more generally, Western public, a special insight into a world of cinematography and creators otherwise rarely (or never) explored. More than just a Festival, the event is a bridge which brings together the places which make up cinematic Europe, discovering names and trends destined to establish themselves on the international scene.

Below is a list of the other prizes awarded.

The Corso Salani Award 2021 (4,000 euros) has been awarded by the jury (Grazia Paganelli, Donatella Palermo, Carlo Michele Schirinzi) to the section’s best film, offered by Trieste Film Festival, Associazione Corso Salani and Vivo Film, in collaboration with RAI 3 – “Fuori Orario” (“Out of Hours”), goes to ULTIMINA by Jacopo Quadri: “Ultimina, with her energy and sweetness, establishes herself as narrator of a past set in the rough surroundings in which she lives. Her experience is that of an entire country, her gestures come from afar and are interwoven with photographs and words. Jacopo Quadri’s portrayal of her is skillful, engaging, attentive, sensitive and full of respect. His filming is capable of capturing her with delicacy, finding in each shot and each story the right distance and tone. A seemingly simple film, which is in reality intense and clear.”

The SkyArte Award from the Sky Arte HD, which will premiere one of the films from the section TriesteFF Art&Sound on its channel, has been awarded to AZNAVOUR BY CHARLES by Marc di Domenico, with a special mention to HOMECOMING by Boris Miljković.

The Premio Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa for the best documentary in competition goes to ONCE UPON A YOUTH by Ivan Ramljak. They describe the film as “the director’s intimate journey into the story of Croatian photographer Marko Čaklović. Through the artist’s photo and video material and the voices of his friends, the film depicts Čaklović’s youth in Croatia at the turn of the millenium. The film’s narration brings us closer to the protagonist’s artistic heritage and depth. Turning the set into a place of collective confession, Ramljak narrates years of creativity, liberation, hedonism, and youth destructiveness of post-war Croatia’s lively cultural scene.”

The CEI Award (Central European Initiative), for the film which best interprets contemporary reality and the dialogue between cultures, (3,000 euros) goes to FATHER di Srdan Golubovic.

The Cineuropa Award for the best feature-length film in competition goes to SWEAT by Magnus von Horn “for delivering a story you will feel first in your muscles, and then in your mind. With the help of a tour-de-force performance from Magdalena Koleśnik he shows how to build – or break – an influencer, depending on what is ‘trending’.”

The Tënk Award, awarded to the best film in the Corso Salani 2021 Award section and consisting of the acquisition of the film for the platform, goes to DIVINAZIONI by Leandro Picarella.

The PAG Jury Prize – Progetto Area Giovani del Comune di Trieste (Youth Area Project of the Municipality of Trieste, awarded by a jury of young people between 18 and 35 years old, representatives of youth associations for the best short film in competition, goes to AKTŪRIMAS by Laurynas Bareiša for the following reasons: “Through originality and essentiality, the director achieves training aimed at raising the viewer’s awareness on the issue of gender inequality, a current and omnipresent theme in everyday life”. A special mention goes to GOADS by Iris Baglanea: “Death is the point of departure of an introspective journey lived through the eyes of two children and a cynical father, in a mix of attitudes, the result of a script that is at times philosophical”.

The Eastern Star Award, which recognises a figure from the world of cinema whose work has contributed, like the Trieste Film Festival, to building a bridge between Eastern and Western Europe, goes to MIKI MANOJLOVIĆ.

The Cinema Warrior Award which recognises the dedication, sacrifice and madness of those “warriors” – whether they are individuals, associations or festivals – who work (or rather, fight) behind the scenes for Cinema, is awarded to the Association U.N.I.T.A. – UNIONE NAZIONALE INTERPRETI TEATRO E AUDIOVISIVO (NATIONAL UNION OF THEATRE AND AUDIOVISUAL.

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#TSFF32: DAY 10 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/en/tsff32-day-10/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 07:00:54 +0000 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/?p=67411 BOOK PRESENTATION “IDENTITY, BORDERS” POLISH FOCUS “WILD ROSES” CLOSING AND AWARDS CEREMONY THE SPECIAL EVENT ““TO VLEMMA TOU ODISSEA” TSFF CLOSING PARTY The final A coffee with… revisits a conference 30 years ago. “Identity, border. Geographies, models, representations” is the book, edited by Mimesis, consisting of unpublished records of the conference “Identity and borders” organised […]

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BOOK PRESENTATION “IDENTITY, BORDERS”
POLISH FOCUS “WILD ROSES”
CLOSING AND AWARDS CEREMONY
THE SPECIAL EVENT “
TO VLEMMA TOU ODISSEA”
TSFF CLOSING PARTY



The final A coffee with… revisits a conference 30 years ago. “Identity, border. Geographies, models, representations” is the book, edited by Mimesis, consisting of unpublished records of the conference “Identity and borders” organised in 1991 by Alpe Adria Cinema. Over forty authoritative voices, including film historians, writers and philosophers, reflect on the theme of identity and borders. The conference will be presented at 11:00 by curator Leonardo Quaresima with Nicoletta Romeo and Fabrizio Grosoli.

From 14:00 the focus on Polish cinema Wild Roses: Women Filmmakers in Europe will feature 3 films. We begin with SOMETHING BETTER TO COME by  Hanna Polak, DK – PL, 2014, col., 110’, Russian o.v., eng. subt.
Her name is Yula. Her home is the largest garbage dump in Europe on the outskirts of Moscow. This is the story of her life. Something Better to Come premiered in 2014 at IDFA in Amsterdam, where it received the Special Jury Award. It also won Best Documentary at the 26th Trieste Film Festival.

We continue at 16:00 with DZIKIE RÓŻE (Wild Roses) by Anna Jadowska, PL, 2017, col., 89’, Polish o.v., eng. subt.
Ewa, 27, has a secret she is desperately trying to keep. While her husband is away working abroad, she gives birth to an illegitimate son and secretly puts him up for adoption. An honest look at the dilemma of motherhood.

At 17:45 it’s the turn of the Italian premiere of WIEŻA. JASNY DZIEŃ (Tower. A Bright Day) by Jagoda Szelc, PL, 2017, col., 106’, Polish o.v., eng. subt. In the midst of Mula’s family’s preparations for her daughter’s First Communion, Mula’s long lost sister, Kaja, pays them a visit. The reunion is not a happy one, as Kaja is feared by the whole family.

The CLOSING NIGHT begins at 19:45 with the announcement of the competition winners of the 32nd edition of Trieste Film Festival

At 21:00 our Special Event section brings us the film TO VLEMMA TOU ODISSEA (Ulysses’ Gaze) by Theo Angelopoulos, GR – F – I – D – GB – YU – RO – AL – BIH, 1995, col. & b-w, 176′, English – Greek – Albanian – Serbo-Croatian – Romanian – Macedonian – German o.v., eng. subt. A Greek-American filmmaker, known simply as A., returns to his hometown in northern Greece for a screening of his latest controversial film. His real reason for coming back, however, is to track down three long-missing reels of the film by the Manaki brothers, legendary pioneers of cinema who travelled through the Balkans ignoring national and ethnic strife, recording ordinary people, especially craftsmen, on film.

At 23:00 we finish with the TSFF PARTY, the farewell event of the Trieste Film Festival. The event is upon registration on the Zoom platform and is published on the Festival’s social pages. The “master of ceremonies” will be the DJs Zwei Knödel, aka Laura Bussani and Maddalena Della Libera.

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#TSFF32: DAY 9 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/en/tsff32-day-9/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 07:00:50 +0000 https://www.triestefilmfestival.it/?p=67366 CRISTI PUIU MASTERCLASS OFF THE BEATEN… SCREENS SECTION POLISH FOCUS “WILD ROSES” ART&SOUND: A NEVER BEFORE SEEN PORTRAIT OF MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ Every year, the Trieste Film Festival offers a masterclass on cinema from a guest industry expert, and this year, the masterclass is held in the morning by Cristi Puiu as part of A coffee […]

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CRISTI PUIU MASTERCLASS
OFF THE BEATEN… SCREENS SECTION
POLISH FOCUS “WILD ROSES”
ART&SOUND: A NEVER BEFORE SEEN PORTRAIT OF MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ



Every year, the Trieste Film Festival offers a masterclass on cinema from a guest industry expert, and this year, the masterclass is held in the morning by Cristi Puiu as part of A coffee with… , everyday at 11:00. Director and screenwriter, he is one of the leading names of the Romanian New Wave and is a previous guest at TSFF, where all of his films have been selected, including his latest work ‘Malmkrog’, streaming on the 29th of January at 20:00. Greek director Thanos Anastopoulos leads the meeting.

At 14:00 the Off the Beaten… Screens section presents the Italian premiere GOROD USNUL (In Deep Sleep) by Marija Ignatenko, RUS, 2020, col., 71’ Russian o.v., eng. subt. Viktor is accused of having beaten a mechanic to death on a boat where he worked as a sailor. A silent, free-flowing film which creates a cinematographic world of loss, by first-time director Maria Ignatenko.

From 16:00 the focus on Poland Wild Roses: Women Filmmakers in Europe presents two films. The first is the documentary KOMUNIA (Communion) by Anna Zamecka, PL, 2016, col., 72’ Polish o.v., eng. subt. When adults aren’t competent enough, the children around them are forced to grow up quickly. Ola is 14 years old and her mother is not around, leaving her to take care of her alcoholic father and autistic brother. The film won Best Documentary at the 2017 European Film Awards and at the 28th edition of the Trieste Film Festival.

The second film we present is the feature length CÓRKI DANCINGU (The Lure) by Agnieszka Smoczyńska, PL, 2015, col., 92’ Polish o.v., eng. subt. Two mermaid sisters emerge from the sea and make their way to a nightclub in 1980s Warsaw. They become overnight stars, with one of them falling in love with a charming, young bass player. This will push their bond to the limit, leading them to make decisions with cruel and bloody consequences.

After the morning masterclass, the Off The Beaten… Screens section presents MALMKROG by Cristi Puiu , RO – SRB – S – CH – BIH – NMK, 2020, col., 200’, French – German – Russian – Hungarian o.v., eng. subt. TSFF presents the film’s Italian premiere.
Nikolai, an aristocratic landowner, leaves his country estate at his friends’ disposal. They discuss death and the Antichrist, progress and morality. Based on the text by Russian philosopher Vladimir Solov’ëv, the film is a journey through time and history narrated by one of Romania’s most vibrant voices, Cristi Puiu.

To end the day, at 23:00, we rejoin The ART&SOUND AWARD 2021 with the Italian Premiere of POVRATAK KUĆI – MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ I NJENA DECA (Ritorno a casa – Marina Abramović e i suoi figli) by Boris Miljković, SRB, 2020, col., 84’, English – Serbian o.v., eng. subt.
A major retrospective exhibition brings Marina Abramović back to her very own native Belgrade. A deeply emotional, unedited account not just of her artistic journey, but also of her complex and controversial relationship with the city, her family and the dramatic history of her country.

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