FESTIVAL SECTIONS

FEATURE FILM
COMPETITION

FEATURE FILM
COMPETITION

A selection of feature films from Central and Eastern Europe produced in the last two years competing for the Trieste Award.
All Italian premieres.
ALL FILMS

SPECIAL
EVENTS

SPECIAL
EVENTS

The opening and closing films of TSFF32 will introduce our focus for the edition, remembering the beginnings of the former Yugoslav War (1991-2021). These films are two masterpieces from 1995: Underground by Emir Kusturica and Lo Sguardo di Ulisse by Theo Angelopoulos. The third special event will be the screening of In between Dying by the Azerbaijani director Hilal Baydarvo, former guest of TSFF in 2020, and creator of the in-competition documentary Nails in My Brain.
ALL FILMS

ART
&SOUND

ART
&SOUND

A showcase dedicated to works that tread the line between cinema and contemporary art, with a focus also on music documentaries. In collaboration with Sky Arte HD.
ALL FILMS

DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION

DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION

Documentaries produced in Italy and in Central and Eastern Europe, all of which are Italian premieres, running for the Alpe Adria Cinema Award.
ALL FILMS

OFF THE BEATEN...
SCREENS

OFF THE BEATEN...
SCREENS

A new showcase dedicated to fresh perspectives and new forms of cinema, to titles that are more “free” in terms of length and narrative structure, to hybridisations of genres and languages: different, but never boring, points of view on cinema and the world.
ALL FILMS

WILD ROSES:
WOMEN FILMMAKERS IN EUROPE.
FOCUS ON POLAND

WILD ROSES:
WOMEN FILMMAKERS IN EUROPE.
FOCUS ON POLAND

As of this year’s 32nd edition, we have decided to dedicate a section to female directors from Central and Eastern Europe. Each year we will choose a group of talented female filmmakers from a different country, with 2021’s focus on directors from Poland.
ALL FILMS

SHORT FILM
COMPETITION

SHORT FILM
COMPETITION

A selection of short films produced in Central and Eastern Europe, with a special attention on film schools, competing for the Osiride Brovedani Foundation Award.
ALL FILMS

CORSO SALANI
AWARD

CORSO SALANI
AWARD

The initiative aims to promote independent Italian films, both fiction and documentary, seeking international distribution. The best film of this section will be awarded the “Corso Salani Award”.
ALL FILMS

1991-2021:
War, Trauma, Metaphor.
FINIS JUGOSLAVIAE

1991-2021:
War, Trauma, Metaphor.
FINIS JUGOSLAVIAE

Our homage to Balkan cinema about the former Yugoslav War.
ALL FILMS

FEATURE FILM
COMPETITION

FEATURE FILM
COMPETITION

A selection of feature films from Central and Eastern Europe produced in the last two years competing for the Trieste Award.
All Italian premieres.
ALL FILMS

DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION

DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION

Documentaries produced in Italy and in Central and Eastern Europe, all of which are Italian premieres, running for the Alpe Adria Cinema Award.
ALL FILMS

SHORT FILM
COMPETITION

SHORT FILM
COMPETITION

A selection of short films produced in Central and Eastern Europe, with a special attention on film schools, competing for the Osiride Brovedani Foundation Award.
ALL FILMS

SPECIAL
EVENTS

SPECIAL
EVENTS

The opening and closing films of TSFF32 will introduce our focus for the edition, remembering the beginnings of the former Yugoslav War (1991-2021). These films are two masterpieces from 1995: Underground by Emir Kusturica and Lo Sguardo di Ulisse by Theo Angelopoulos. The third special event will be the screening of In between Dying by the Azerbaijani director Hilal Baydarvo, former guest of TSFF in 2020, and creator of the in-competition documentary Nails in My Brain.
ALL FILMS

OFF THE BEATEN...
SCREENS

OFF THE BEATEN...
SCREENS

A new showcase dedicated to fresh perspectives and new forms of cinema, to titles that are more “free” in terms of length and narrative structure, to hybridisations of genres and languages: different, but never boring, points of view on cinema and the world.
ALL FILMS

CORSO SALANI
AWARD

CORSO SALANI
AWARD

The initiative aims to promote independent Italian films, both fiction and documentary, seeking international distribution. The best film of this section will be awarded the “Corso Salani Award”.
ALL FILMS

ART
&SOUND

ART
&SOUND

A showcase dedicated to works that tread the line between cinema and contemporary art, with a focus also on music documentaries. In collaboration with Sky Arte HD.
ALL FILMS

WILD ROSES:
WOMEN FILMMAKERS IN EUROPE. FOCUS ON POLAND

WILD ROSES:
WOMEN FILMMAKERS IN EUROPE. FOCUS ON POLAND

As of this year’s 32nd edition, we have decided to dedicate a section to female directors from Central and Eastern Europe. Each year we will choose a group of talented female filmmakers from a different country, with 2021’s focus on directors from Poland.
ALL FILMS