10-01-2018

FESTIVALS: Trieste FF Announces Programme

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    TRIESTE: Nine titles wil vie in the international competition of the 29th Trieste Film Festival set to take place from 19 to 28 January 2018.

    The festival also organises an international competition for documentaries and short films, an overview of the best animated films from CEE, a retrospective of the second half of the 1900s from two sides: the East and the West, Italian screenings, a showcase of works that tread the line between cinema and contemporary art, a showcase of films pitched at the When East Meets West meetings, as well as Eastweek Midpoint 1 workshop.

    Born on the eve of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Trieste Film Festival – now directed by Fabio Grosoli and Nicoletta Romeo – is the first and most important Italian event dedicated to Central and Eastern European cinema.

    LINEUP:

    Aritmija (Russia, Finland, Germany)
    Directed by Boris Chlebnikov

    Breaking News (Romania)
    Directed by Iulia Rugină
    Produced by Libra Film
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre

    Daybreak / Dita zë fill (Albania, Greece)
    Directed by Gentian Koçi

    Frost / Šerkšnas (Lithuania, Ukraine, France, Poland)
    Directed by Sarunas Bartas
    Produced by Studija Kinema
    Coproduced by KinoElektron, Insight Media/Tato Film, Donten & Lacroix Films, KNM, Reborn Production Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre

    A Brief Excursion / Kratki izlet (Croatia)
    Directed by Igor Bezinović
    Produced by Bonobostudio d.o.o.
    Coproduced by Studio Pangolin
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

    Out (Slovakia, Hungary, Latvia, Czech Republic, Estonia)
    Directed by György Kristóf
    Produced by sentimentalfilm
    Coproduced by Mirage Film Studio, Film Angels Studio, endorfilm, KMH Film, Punkchart Films, RTVS, FAMU, Film Angels Prods
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Hungarian Film Fund, the Czech Film Fund, Film Riga

    The Miner / Rudar (Slovenia, Croatia, Germany)
    Directed by Hanna Slak
    Produced by Nukleus Film
    Coproduced by VOLTE
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba
     
    Soldiers. Story from Ferentari / Soldatii. Poveste din Ferentari (Romania, Serbia, Belgium)
    Directed by Ivana Mladenovic
    Produced by HiFilm Productions
    Coproduction by Bas Celik, FRAKAS Productions
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the Serbian Film Fund, Tax Shelter Belgium, Eurimages

    The Reconciliation / Zgoda (Poland)
    Directed by Maciej Sobieszczański
    Produced by Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop
    Coproduced by Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, EBH Polska, Wajda Studio
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute