Nine films are competing in the feature film competition, 12 in the documentary competition and 16 in the short films competition. Twenty two projects from 13 countries have been selected for the coproduction forum When East Meets West running from 18 to 20 January. The selection consists of 10 documentaries and 12 fiction features chosen out of a record number of 285 submissions.
One of the guests will be Krzysztof Zanussi, who will give a masterclass on 18 January. Trieste Film Festival is a project of Alpe Adria Cinema and is supported by Comune di Trieste and Direzione Generale per il Cinema, Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali.
FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION:
The Way Out /Cesta ven (Czech Republic / France)
Directed by Petr Václav
Produced by: Moloko Film
Coproduced by: Czech Television, Cinema Defacto
Supported by the State Cinematography Fund – Czech Republic
The Tree/Drevo (Slovenia)
By Sonja Prosenc
Produced by Zavod Mono O
Supported by Slovenian Film Fund
The Reaper/Kosac (Croatia, Slovenia)
Directed by Zvonimir Juric
Produced by Kinorama
Coproduced by Slovenian Forum Ljubljana
Supported by Croatian Audiovisual Centre
In the Crosswind/Ristuules (Estonia)
Directed by Marti Helde
Produced by Allfilm
Supported by Estonian Film Institute
Corn Island/ Simindis Kundzuli (Georgia, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan)
Directed by George Ovashvili
Produced by Alamdary Films
Coproduced by: Arizona Productions, 42film, Axman Production, Kazakhfilm
Supported by Georgian National Film Centre
At Home/Sto spiti (Greece)
By Athanasios Karanikolas
The Lesson/Urok (Bulgaria, Greece)
Directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
Produced by Abraxas Film
Coproduced by Graal Film
Barbarians/Varvari (Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia)
Directed by Ivan Ikic
Produced by Sense Production
Coproduced by Or, Restart
Viktoria (Bulgaria, Romania)
Directed by Maya Vitkova
Produced by Viktoria Films
Coproduced by Mandragora
Supported by Bulgarian National Film Centre
DOCUMENTARIES COMPETITION
The Second Game/Al doilea joc (Romania)
Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
Produced by 42Km Film
Uncle Tony, Three Fools and the Secret Service (Bulgaria)
Directd by Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
Produced by An Activist38
Coproduced by Bulgarian National TV, Novafilm Production
Naked Island/Goli (Croatia)
Directed by Tiha K. Gudac
Produced by Factum
Internat (Italy)
Directed by Maurilio Mangano
The Gold Spinners/Kuulekatrajad (Estonia, Finland)
Directed by Kiur Aarma, Hardi Volmer
Produced by Traumfabrik
The Forest/Padurea (Romania, Serbia)
Directed by Sinisa Dragin
Produced by Mrakonia Film
Coproduced by Oktobar Film
Victory Day/Den pobedi (Russia)
Directd by Alina Rudnickaja
Euromajdan Rough Cut (Ukraine)
Directed by Vlodimyr Tykhyi, Andriy Lytvynenko, Kateryna Gornostai, Roman Bondarchuk, Yulia Gontaruk, Andrey Kiselyov, Roman Liubyi, Oleksandr Techynskyi,Oleksiy Solodunov, Dmitry Stoykov
Cain's Children/Kain Germekei (Hungary, France)
Directed by Marcell Gero
Something Better to Come (Denmark, Poland)
Directed by Hanna Polak
Coproduced by Danish Documentary Production and Hanna Polak Films
Velvet Terrorists (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Croatia)
Coproduced by: Czech Television, Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska, Sentimentalfilm, Partizanfilm, Hypermarket Film, Nukleus Film
Supported by Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Czech Cinematography Fund, Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Living Stone/Ziveti kamen (Slovenia, Italy)
Directed by Jurij Gruden
Produced by Ars Media
