International cinema enters the room today with the multiple-award-winning Achero Mañas (the winner of four Goya Awards in 2001 for the film “El Bola”) who will present the compelling Anything You Want (8:40pm), a film centered on a peculiar father-son relationship that transgresses traditional parental roles, and one that will tug at even the innermost heart-strings. The director will be present for the screening. The evening will continue with a horror double-feature: at 10:40pm, Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show from Gabriele Albanesi, a film set in a world of perversions, madness and terror which the audience will be unable to resist; and, at 12:10am, the five episodes that compose the film Fantasmi – Italian Ghost Stories from the directors T. Agnese, A. Gagliardi, S. Prolli, R. Palma, O. Protani, and M. Farina, five ghost stories from six young directors, with a thrilling touch of noir. Among the documentaries: Pink Saris by K. Longinotto (6:15pm) about gender-based violence in India and Under the Spotlight from Duygu Etikan (6:30pm) about the hard struggle for recognition in the world of ballet.
Between roots and experimentation: the National Feature Film section explores new forms of Italian cinema. Four feature films that reject standardized formulas to delve into the nuances of contemporary storytelling…
Four feature films that reject standardized formulas to delve into the nuances of contemporary storytelling, presenting tales of obstinacy, vulnerability, and rupture. This selection explores the landscape of independent Italian cinema, highlighting a recurring theme: territory—both physical and emotional-as a space defined by conflict, contradiction,
