Sicilian filmmaker and satirist Franco Maresco is both the director and one of the subjects of Belluscone: A Sicilian Story, an occasionally hilarious wannabe-documentary about Maresco’s failed attempts to make a film about former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s alleged ties to the mafia. Only in a work by Maresco could this mean that Berlusconi remains entirely off-screen, while the director himself shares the spotlight with a film critic, a shady talent manager and two popular local singers.
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The Eternal Memory La memoria infinita
Maite Alberdi
Thursday, 28. 03. 2024 / 17:30 / Small Hall
The story of Paulina’s deep and uncompromising devotion and Augusto’s fierce struggle to preserve his identity is a heartbreaking and inspiring monument to the indestructible power of love. The film by Maite Alberdi (The Mole Agent) was nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary.
Priscilla Priscilla
Sofia Coppola
Thursday, 28. 03. 2024 / 18:20 / Main Hall
With a gentle and sensitive story of a young girl’s longing, growing up in a fairy tale, and finding her own life path, Sofia Coppola (Marie Antoinette, Lost in Translation) reveals the other side of the American myth of the King of Rock’n’Roll. The film, based on Priscilla Presley’s book Elvis and Me, brought Cailee Spaeny the Best Actress award in Venice.
Snatched from the Source Zajeti v izviru – Slovenski otroci Lebensborna
Maja Weiss
Thursday, 28. 03. 2024 / 19:50 / Small Hall
Maja Weiss’s documentary tells the stories of four stolen children, the last remaining Slovenian victims of the Nazi Lebensborn programme.