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Screenings Program
Edition
Directed by
Antonio Usbergo
Italy
2023
90'
,
Screenings
24 April h.20.00
Kung Fu Italian Style tells the story of Davide, a shy and nerdy 13-year-old boy who lives with his mother Asia in Rome, in the heart of the Esquiline district. Davide spends his days with his friend Yang, constantly tries to escape from the school bully, Nadir, and dreams of winning Yasmin's heart. Davide tries to regain self-confidence thanks to the arrival in his life of Martino, a broke B-Movie actor who, in order to survive, pretends to be a supreme connoisseur of the martial art of Kung Fu.
Edition
Directed by
Paprika Steen
Denmark
2021
96'
,
Screenings
26 April h.11.00
The married couple Piv and Ulrik must fight for a place in the parental group in their daughter’s new class. They encounter parenthood with all its power structures, dominating personalities and an institutional culture of traditional agendas that tends to forget the children and bring out the worst in their parents.
Edition
Directed by
Antonio Lukich
Ukraine
2022
105'
,
Screenings
27 April h.11.00
There are many beautiful places to die. Luxembourg is not one of them. But beautiful or not, Luxembourg makes dying very expensive.When twin brothers hear that their long-absent father is sick in Luxembourg, they set out on a journey to see him one last time. Will the man they find be the bad-ass dad they remember?
Edition
Directed by
Alex De La Iglesia
Spain
2022
99'
,
Screenings
28 Aprile h. 16.00
Julian is a fifty-year-old divorcee. After starting to use a car-sharing app to help with his financial problems, he meets Lorena, a young girl who frequently travels to Madrid. For the past few months, Lorena has had a permanent place in Julian's car, and more recently, in his heart. Julian is determined to tell her how he feels on the next trip, but an error when choosing the remaining occupants of the car will find him lumbered with a very unsettling fourth passenger, whose presence will bring about a radical change in the course of events.
Edition
Directed by
Benjamin Lehrer
France
2022
84'
,
Screenings
25 April h.16.00
A serial killer, nicknamed Le Ver(s) Solitaire for the alexandrines left at the crime scenes, is spreading terror and confusion. Clarisse Sterling, an enthusiastic young detective, is assigned to the case under the supervision of the legendary Detective Keller. Clarisse can only rely on her instinct, 200g of chouquettes and the virtues of a well-placed pineapple to solve this case and save her own skin
Edition
Directed by
Mika Kaurismaki
Finland, Germany
2022
109'
,
Screenings
26 April h.16.00
The Grump’s everyday life in the deepest of Finland rolls forward according to old routines. He’s busy working on his farm, but memories of his big brother Tarmo are bothering him. Tarmo moved to Germany decades ago, and the brothers haven’t been in touch, even though they were best friends when they were children. One day The Grump crashes his beloved Escort, and the car is taken to the junkyard. But The Grump is particular when it comes to cars; any old car won’t do. He then leaves for Germany, to buy the nearest 1972 Ford Escort, where he eventually meets his brother-Forced by various events to embark on a long car journey, the two brothers will reunite and heal decades-old wounds in a story that is a hymn to reconciliation and forgiveness.
Edition
Directed by
Dani de La Orden
Spain
2022
105'
,
Screenings
27 April h.16.00
A middle class married couple in a financial bind suddenly find themselves facing a potentially life-changing decision. Toni, one of their best friends, proposes they take a personality test created by Berta, his current girlfriend and a successful psychologist. The test consists of one single question: “What would you prefer, one hundred thousand euros right now or a million in ten years?”The answer is not all that easy and will unleash unexpected consequences.
Edition
Directed by
Volfango De Biasi
Italy
2023
100'
,
Screenings
28 Aprile h.20.00
It's not always true that the best people always die first. Nando, head of the family of the Cornicioni clan,
passed away. It seems that his death was caused by a tragic accident when he ended up in a quick-setting
concrete shower. The sad event has brought together the human family of Luna, daughter of Nando, and
the vampire one of her husband Adalberto. The heartbroken relatives don’t know that Nando is not in the
afterlife but in a distant tax haven drinking cocktails and enjoying life.
The only one who knew of his plans was his wife Stella but now too, she has been abandoned by Nando and
is penniless and looking for a way to pay off her "deceased" husband's debts. Stella decides to take
advantage of the marriage crisis between her father-in-law Vladimiro and Brunhilde, managing to unseat
the witch in the heart of the vampire. But Brunhilde doesn't give up... she's ready to do anything to save
her centuries-old marriage.
Edition
Directed by
Jeremy LaLonde
Canada, Cayman Isles
2022
91'
,
Screenings
25 April h. 20.00
Billionaire Edward Powell has just died, leaving his vast estate to his four children: cold-as-ice Mia, cocaine-fueled Victor, faux-philanthropist Jessica, and good-hearted Daniel. The money, however, comes with one catch: the siblings must spend the weekend together at the family beach house on the Cayman Islands. Daniel sees this as the perfect opportunity to reconnect with his estranged family and introduce them to his fiancé, Emily. Meanwhile, his family sees this as the perfect opportunity to bump-off Daniel and take his share of the inheritance. As the bodies stack up and plans go awry, one thing becomes painfully clear: Daniel’s going to find out what family means, even if it kills him.
Edition
Directed by
Cesc Gay
Spain
2022
100'
,
Screenings
26 April h.20.00
Stories Not To Be Told shines the comedic spotlight on those kinds of situations we’ve all found ourselves in, but which we’d rather no one ever knew about, or which we wish we could forget about altogether. Meeting that unexpected person, suffering a public humiliation or making an absurd decision. Five stories, a sardonic, yet sympathetic ode to humans’ inability to govern our own emotions and not be able to stop, even though we know we should.
Edition
Directed by
Marina Sereseski
Argentina, Spain
2022
99'
,
Screenings
27 April h.20.00
30 years ago, Carlos and Margarita were the most famous tango couple. Carlos lives in Madrid, enjoying the second opportunity that life has given him, and Margarita lives in Buenos Aires immersed in poverty and oblivion. Together with their inseparable friend Pichuquito, the couple starts a journey in search of answers, which will make them face their memories, their fears, but above all their true desires.
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