Stories
Transcending Borders Through Film – Andrej Šprah
09. 04. 2025Film clubs play a crucial role in shaping film practices, cultures, and policies, as they serve as spaces for intense discussions where new ideas emerge. These clubs often evolve into institutions, although institutionalization is not always necessary.
The Role of Film in Connecting Communities – Sergio Grmek Germani
09. 04. 2025Grmek Germani highlights the importance of cross-border film practices, particularly in the Gorizia region, and addresses the ongoing misunderstandings between Slovenia and Italy. He believes that the path to success lies in openness, authenticity, and sensitivity in the work, and that films focusing on local realities become universal.
Crossborder Television – Mojca Petrič Bužan
09. 04. 2025At that time, a special program called LINKS was created, co-produced by the editors and journalists of TV Koper and RAI. The program offered a unique perspective on events from both sides of the border that once separated these areas. Over the years, cross-border content has become a permanent feature of all programs on TV Koper.
The power of film in studying borders and history – Stojan Pelko
04. 04. 2025Given what happened here, for me, this was the West, not just beyond the border, but also what people brought to Ljubljana, in terms of behavior, books, the very top, and even then, things of the West were coming, even though they may have been distant, eastern or eastward, they were coming from the West. It’s the same today with this border.
It was essential to meet and converse – Piero Pieri
01. 04. 2025It’s important to stay committed to the work. We have to be convinced that we are going on air with a rich repertoire of information. Even after twenty years, I believe that the sincerity in showing care and attention to others is still very much alive.
Between Trieste and Silence – Giampaolo Penca
01. 04. 2025None of my four grandparents spoke Italian. Perhaps they understood a little, they knew the dialects, but they all attended schools that were not Italian. One of my grandmothers went to a Slovenian school. Her surname was Kregar. She married Penko – without the "c" – who was educated in Hungarian schools. Another grandmother was from Istria and studied in Croatian schools. No one knows where my other grandfather came from, nor whether he was even educated. He spoke Croatian.
Cinema in Udine – Giorgio Placereani
07. 01. 2025To 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).
Trieste – A World in One City – Paolo Lughi
07. 01. 2025Today 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.
Notes and Observations on the Concept of Cinematic Culture in Gorizia Part II: The Contemporary State of the Art
07. 01. 2025Looking at the past forty years of the relationship between cinema and Gorizia, and examining the key initiatives responsible both for the survival of these connections and for the evolution of this renewed cinematic culture, one cannot help but observe an important distinction that warrants the reader’s attention. Author: Steven Stergar