DAY 5 | Tuesday, 14. april

FAR FINTA CHE(20 min.)

In the late 19th Century, the world witnessed the birth of cinema. In the shadow of this event, lesser-known directors created masterpieces dismissed by critics, yet crucial to the future of cinema.

In the presence of director Anna Ciju

FOSSA SANTA(15 min.)

Every Easter, the Holy Sepulchre is set up in the church of Colfosco in Val Badia: a nineteenth-century installation of great historical and artistic value depicting the Passion of Christ.

In the presence of director Paolo Vinati

SËIDA(2 min.)

Ink animation brings to life a Ladin poem, Sëida, about a fleeting encounter in nature. Ladin, one of the oldest living languages still spoken in South Tyrol.

In the presence of director Silke Müller

MEMENTO MURI (32 min.)

Along the Atlantic coast, concrete giants erected by fascism emerge from the waves. Eroded by the sea, witnesses to war and occupation, they also speak of the present.

In the presence of director Jonathan Bugiel

A textile factory is bought by a foreign multinational. Workers are asked to sign a clause reducing shift-change time by 7 minutes. Over one day, debates reveal personal struggles, workplace injustices, and tensions among colleagues, culminating in a difficult, hard-won collective decision.

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Heart of Light – eleven songs for Fiji captures the small wonders of Fijian life and landscapes. Iona (Tilda Swinton) returns to her childhood archipelago, where the islands shape a spirit that blends intimacy, history, fiction, and documentary. The film reflects on post- colonialism with quiet depth.

In the presence of director Cynthia Beatt

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Marina, an 18-year old orphan, travels to Galicia (Spain) to meet her paternal grandparents and get their signatures which she needs to secure a scholarship. Amid unfamiliar relatives, old emotions, delicate moments, and hidden wounds re-surface, as she pieces together fragmented memories of the parents she barely knew.

In the presence of the producer Alba Lombardía.

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Filmstandort Südtirol / Ecosistema del cinema in Alto Adige

Comparing regions, experiences, strategies and prospects

Curated by IDM, BFFB, ZeLIG

A discussion on the future of the film industry and film culture in South Tyrol and other regions of north-eastern Italy

Moderator: Vincenzo Bugno

On Barcelona’s outskirts, Vallbona is shaped by a river, a railway, and a motorway. Antonio, a Catalan worker’s son, has grown flowers here for nearly 90 years, joined by Makome, Norma, and Tatiana. Amid music, romances and secrets swim, and a poetic resistance emerges against urban, social, and identity struggles.

In the presence of producer Alba Lombardía.

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A Belarusian model chasing a career in China meets a mysterious morgue worker. Their encounter challenges her ideas of beauty, the body, and mortality. A fragile love story of two outsiders who upend each other’s worlds and discover they are not alone.

In the presence of directors Elsa Kremser und Levin Peter

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17-year-old Sara is on a school trip and is hiding a secret from those around her. When things get out of hand on the trip and Sara witnesses the sexual assault of her friend Lina, the two young women try to break out of the cycle of violence. This binds them together in an irrevocable pact.

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Presentation of the JoVe: Video platform for Research and Education

Matteo Cabrini

Roundtable. “Women in filmmaking: ethics, internalized moral codes and (op)pressing hegemonies”

Diana Kudaibergenova (University College London), Karina Gaibulina (UNIBZ), Ágnes Eröss (UNIBZ), Veronika Kovác (Masaryk University, Brno), Joanna Janikowska (film director, Warsaw), Anna Irimiás (University of Trento)

Cinema and psychoanalysis from Bergman to Kubrick

Marcello Barison (UNIBZ).