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.
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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
