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  • Trieste announces opening/closing films for 2026 festival

    Trieste announces opening/closing films for 2026 festival

    The 37th Trieste Film Festival, billed by organizers as Italy’s leading showcase for Central and Eastern European cinema, will run from January 16–24, 2026, with a double opening led by new films from Agnieszka Holland and Kirill Serebrennikov, and a closing-night screening of Ildikó Enyedi’s latest feature. The festival will open on January 16 with…

  • Trains

    Trains

    TRANSPORT: IDFA best film award winner Polish director Maciej Drygas's entrancing Trains is a mesmerising journey through much of the 20th century by rail, accompanied by a subtly intense soundtrack.

  • The continuity of loneliness

    The continuity of loneliness

    TRAUMA: Unearth the subtle connections between personal lives and external conflicts, as 'The Diagonal Force' leads you towards Hannah Arendt's celebration of human capacity.

  • Walls of fear

    Walls of fear

    The Border Fence draws out the anxieties and fears of a community in the grip of a shifting political landscape, provoking unavoidable parallels with an increasingly divisive Europe.

  • The Sirens

    The Sirens

    As I watched Crispin Gurholt’s film The Sirens for the first time, it struck me how fast the role play of political theatre may change.

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