From the Baltics to the Balkans and beyond
Teeming with a selection of 140 titles, the Trieste Film Festival (January 17-24), historically dedicated to Eastern European cinema, will kick off its 19th edition with Jiri Menzel’s widely acclaimed I Served the King of England [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile].
This year’s feature competition spans from the Baltic to the Mediterranean Seas. The 13 films vying for the Trieste Award include two titles from Slovenia – Estrellita [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Danijel Hočevar
interview: Metod Pevec
interview: Nerina Kocjančič
film profile] by Metod Pevec and Maja Weiss’ Installation of Love – alongside Robert Selacek’s Rules of Lies (Czech Republic),
And Along Came Tourists [+see also:
trailer
interview: Alexander Fehling
film profile] by Robert Thalheim (Germany) and Egg [+see also:
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film profile], a Turkish/Greek co-production by Semih Kaplanoglu.
Screening out of competition is the domestic premiere of Off the Ropes by Fulvio Bernasconi. The film won its male lead Michele Venitucci the ex-aequo Best Actor prize at Locarno last year.
Retrospectives this year are on Hungarian filmmaker Istvan Gaal [Orpheus and Eurydice (1985), The Falcons (1970)], who recently passed away, and the Trieste-born critic-screenwriter-producer-author Tullio Kezich.
The festival also features international competitions of short films and documentaries.
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