Bordercinema

Retrospective East/West

The East/West Retrospective is part of the official program for the European Capital of Culture GO! 2025. The project aims to reveal the rich cinematic heritage of the cross-border region between Slovenia and Italy to European audiences. The filmography of this region, which explores life along the Slovenian-Italian border, challenges the conventional perception of borders as mere divisions, instead portraying them as vibrant spaces of transition, exchange, and connection.

Photo of the lectern. In the background is a poster with the title: "Symposium / Convegno 2024".

Flashbacks from the Third Symposium at the House of Film 2024

Between May 6 and 8, 2024, the 3rd symposium East/West: Borders Through Film and History took place at the House of Film in Gorica. In this edition, a diverse array of lecturers and authors focused on the significance of local film cultures and cross-border film practices, as well as the role of cross-border television co-created by Radiotelevizija Slovenija and Rai Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

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Restored Copy of the Film Red Boogie by Director Karpo Godina

The third symposium, East/West: Borders Through Film and History, which explores life along the Slovenian-Italian border through moving images, delivered an exceptional film experience on May 7 at 8:30 p.m. in the House of Film in Gorica. A freshly restored copy of the film Red Boogie by director Karp Godina from 1982 was shown, with the director himself joining us for the occasion.

How did the video essay On the edge of history come about?

One of the most important goals of the EAST / WEST - Border through film and history project is the education of young people about the history of our area and cinematography. This is why Kinoatelje decided to hold a workshop with 5th-year students of the Max Fabiani Art Lyceum at the Gabriele D'Annunzio State High School in Gorizia. The project ended with the realization of a video essay about the eastern Italian border.

PhD Andrej Šprah: Film newsreels in the whirlwinds of information, propaganda and awareness

If propaganda, despite all its dangers, reminds us that we must face the world we live in and encourages us not to remain neutral, but to take a stand, I agree with it. It will help us to design our own, personal resistance movement. After all, we are the ones who allow ourselves to be cheated.

Where is the iron curtain?

The short documentary film by director and screenwriter Mako Sajko focuses on what happened on and along the Yugoslav-Italian border in the 1960s. It describes life and friendly neighborly relations in a border area where the exchange of goods between the two countries takes place almost unhindered in a humorous and light-hearted manner. The documentary dispels myths about the impenetrable and strict border between the then Eastern and Western blocs, which over the years has been called the "Iron Curtain".