Bordercinema

Otvoritev retrospektive Oriente Vzhod / Occidente Zahod – Meja skozi film in zgodovino

We warmly invite you to a full-day film program marking the opening of the retrospective Oriente Vzhod / Occidente Zahod – The Border Through Film and History. The program will explore life in border regions, both past and present, through carefully selected film screenings, conversations with creators, a roundtable on the advantages of multicultural border spaces, a special film walk through Gorizia, and an evening opening, followed by the screening of both archival and contemporary short films.

Highlights/

The power of film in studying borders and history – Stojan Pelko

Cinema in Udine

To discuss the history of cine-club culture in Udine, one must start with Guido Galanti, who in 1930 founded Cine Club Udine—the third cine-club in Italy in chronological order. Alongside him, Renato Spinotti (Dante Spinotti’s uncle) must also be mentioned. In 1934, Cine Club produced the 16mm medium-length film Giornate di sole (Sunny Days), a comedy directed and performed by Galanti, with cinematography by Spinotti. The opening title card featured a hand-drawn depiction of the angel on Udine’s hill and the inscription “La Galanti Film presenta” (Galanti Film Presents). Author: Giorgio Placereani

Trieste – A World in One City

Today I will attempt to summarize the development of cinematic culture in Trieste. I will discuss some well-known facts, such as the favourable view of cinema held by Trieste’s writers and intellectuals, or the city’s role as a bridge between Western and Eastern cinema. However, I also want to highlight a less discussed aspect: the presence of women in Trieste’s cinematic culture over the years. Author: Paolo Lughi

PREPLETENE IDENTITETE IN ZLITJE KULTUR

Meje po eni strani zapirajo državo, njeno kulturo, vendar so hkrati tudi vhodna vrata k nečemu drugemu, k tistemu, kar je onkraj, in so zato neizbežno izpostavljene odnosu bližine s tem »drugim«, odnosu, ki se ga vse prepogosto izkorišča za ustvarjanje sporov in nasprotij.