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After the World Premiere at the @bolzanofilmfestivalbozen , "Memento Muri", graduation film by @jonathanbugiel , @annieke_b and @susannalaruccia , travels to one of the biggest German festivals devoted to creative documentaries: @dokfest in Munich. The film is nominated for the "Megaherz Student Award", worth of 3.000€. The film will celebrate its International Premiere on Friday, 8 May at 21.00h at the HFF - Open Air - Ciné Vélo Cité. The filmmakers and the Head of the Three Years Education on Documentary Filmmaking of the ZeLIG, @emanuvernillo , will attend the screening.

After Nyon and Zagreb, "Torneranno i lupi" arrives at Bellaria Film Festival, selected for the "Gabbiano Competition", dedicated to independent works that stand out for their approach to form and language. "Gabbiano", "Seagull", is named after the bird that leaves the shore and heads toward new horizons. A fitting place for a film that is finding its way through festivals and audiences. Big up to Bianca Vallino, Esther Kreiner and Elisa Cabbai, and to everyone who brought this film to life. 📍 Bellaria Film Festival 07.05 h 21.30 Palazzo del Turismo #graduationfilmzelig #schoolofdoc #nonfictionfilm @tornerannoilupi @bellariafilmfestival @amara.n.ta @esther_christa @thewizliz @emanuvernillo

Mira&Alina

Non sono mai stata brava a raccontare le cose che ho vissuto e mi sa che non lo diventerò a breve. Non ricordo più i dettagli e raccontarle dopo, le cose, non mi sembrano più avere la stessa forza di prima. Però per fortuna le immagini mi tornano sempre. Tra la luna e il sole, un po’ uno e un po’ l’altra a darmi opposte identità. Essere il palloncino arancione che mi ha accolto vicino alla stazione appena arrivata a Nyon. Con l’emozione di quando è apparso il titolo sullo schermo e volevo piangere un po’. Cuore di uccellino tra gli uccellini. Sollevata dal fatto che ci fosse l’acqua ad indicarmi la direzione nel caso mi fossi persa con il cellulare scarico. Chi immaginava che si potesse camminare così tanto in un piccolo paese? Stanca come il gatto sotto ai poster al cinema. Tante birre, stickers, Esther che mi chiede i miei piani la mattina, io che mi rendo conto che non va bene questa cosa che non so mai cosa fare tra un secondo ma persisto. Il programma è così fitto che forse oggi predo il sole. Per fortuna esiste chi ancora disegna una mappa sul foglio e lo fa con lenta tenerezza mentre sto perdendo il treno. Mamma mi hai fatto giusta solo per gli anni Settanta. La farfalla che nella prova tecnica prima della proiezione mi ricorda di stare serena che tanto si muore. Grazie a @visionsdureel , @esther_christa @thewizliz , @emanuvernillo e @zeligfilm per aver fatto da testimoni della primo momento di vita di @tornerannoilupi , che ormai ha deciso di seguirmi sempre.

What a deeply moving and inspiring closing event of our DOC DAY edition #3 yesterday evening with Brittany Shyne’s SEEDS @seedsthedoc ! A deeply touching and engaging portrait of a community fighting for their land, their heritage and existence. Filmed with an incredible tender and loving eye by a talented director/cinematographer! It was an honor having this film in our programme including the time Brittany gave us for a Q&A after the screening 🫶. We would also like to thank our audience, which attended every month in wonderful numbers to watch and reflect on documentaries. We couldn’t be more happy about how our edition #3 turned out. Thanks also to our collaborators of @femaleviewsbz for last nights film, and to @esodoceu , @zeligfilm , @_analogica_ , our own FAS Film Frauen Roundtable for the other events. DOC DAY is an Initiative by the @film_association_of_southtyrol in cooperation with @filmclubbozen and the financial support of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano ❤️.

It's the Ides of March and we are slowly approaching our last DOC DAY screening of the current edition #3. This Thursday evening — March 19 — we will present SEEDS @seedsthedoc by US director Brittany Shyne at the @filmclubbozen — in collaboration with @femaleviewsbz , followed by a Q&A with the director. Don't miss this chance to see a unique, multi-awarded film by a true talent, who also served as her own cinematographer and is among the film's producers. About SEEDS: Interweaving the stories of three Black generational farmers, SEEDS creates a collective and intimate portrait of farming in America today — a moving and powerful exploration of their lives, joys and struggles, and the fragility of legacy and land ownership. With remarkable intimacy, the film documents everyday life: cotton harvesting, chasing cows, broken machinery, financial precarity. The camera lingers on simple moments — conversations through car windows, candy from grandma's purse — turning them into striking vignettes that honour the families' deep connection to the land and to each other. The sobering reality underscores the urgency of their story. Black farmers owned 16 million acres of land in 1910. Today, that number has dwindled to a fraction. The farmers in this community struggle to access funding that white farmers nearby seem to secure with ease. Through these intergenerational stories, SEEDS traces the cycles of inequity and embedded racism that persist to this day — and finds in the younger generations the signs of hope and renewal. A film about roots. Ancestral, bitter, sweet, and very much alive.

In one week (Thursday, 19. March at 20.00h at Filmclub) we will close the third edition of Doc Day. It has been an intense journey: beautiful films, filmmakers present in Bolzano, online Q&As and a generous, curious audience. Doc Day brings to the city rare works from the international documentary festival circuit, films that are rarely seen outside those contexts. For this reason, it represents a project of strong cultural, social and cinematic value. The last screening will be "Seeds" by Brittany Shyne. An online Q&A will follow after the screening with the filmmaker. This edition has also been accompanied by this wonderful trailer, edited by Gabriele Borghi. Doc Day is an initiative by @film_association_of_southtyrol - financed by the Auotnomous Province of Bolzano.

While the memories of our last Doc Day Event from February are still resonating, we would like to draw your attention to the next and last film of our edition #3 on March 19! SEEDS by young American filmmaker Brittany Shyne celebrated its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival @sundanceorg 2025, where it took home the main award in the US Competition and has since literally travelled around the world. The list of festivals is endless, and the response and shower of awards enormous — reason enough not to miss this unique opportunity to see this beautiful film on the big screen at the @filmclubbozen on March 19, 8pm, including an online Q&A with the director. Synopsis: Interweaving the stories of three Black generational farmers to create a collective and intimate portrait of farming today, SEEDS is a moving and powerful exploration of their lives, joys and struggles as well as the fragility of legacy and owning land. With remarkable intimacy, the film documents their everyday lives—cotton harvesting, chasing cows, dealing with broken machinery, and financial precarity. The camera relishes simple moments—conversations through car windows, candy from grandma's purse—as it captures moments of warmth, joy, and fulfilment, turning them into striking vignettes that honour the families' connection to the land and each other. But the sobering reality underscores the urgency of their story. Black farmers owned 16 million acres of land in 1910, but today that number has dwindled to a fraction. The farmers in the community struggle to access funding that white farmers nearby seem to secure with ease. Through these intergenerational stories, we see the cycles of inequity and embedded racism that persist to this present day, and the signs of hope and renewal with younger generations of farmers. SEEDS emphasizes how human beings are innately tied to our foundational roots, roots which carry our ancestral memories—sombre, bitter, and sweet. See you there!

We're getting closer to our second-to-last event of DOC DAY edition #3! Next Thursday, February 19 at 20:00, in collaboration with @esodoceu , we're showing 9-MONTH CONTRACT by Georgian filmmaker Ketevan Vashagashvili (EsoDoc participant of 2022) at @filmclubbozen . The film follows a Georgian mother who turns to surrogacy to secure a roof over her daughter's head. What begins as a quick way to earn cash becomes a profound sacrifice, pushing her body to the extreme through multiple pregnancies. As her health deteriorates, her teenage daughter confronts her, questioning the cost of her choices and how far a mother can go. After the screening, we will have an in-person Q&A with the film's director, so don't miss the chance to attend! Tickets are available on the Filmclub website. And you can also find more information on our DOC DAY page (link in bio). On the following day, Friday from 9-11, there will be an even more in-depth discussion of the film and its making with the students at the @zeligfilm School.

ⵟⴰⵟⴰ, January 2011, 15 years ago @loydivision @elisa_lamu_cantelli @itrimassin1 @francesca_giolivo

After an intense week in January dedicated to German filmmaker Thomas Heise, we are very happy to announce our DOC DAY event for next month! On February 19, we will screen 9-MONTH CONTRACT by Georgian filmmaker Ketevan Vashagashvili . Premiering in March 2025 at @cphdox , where the documentary won the Human Rights Award, 9-MONTH CONTRACT has travelled to @hotdocs_ , @docsbarcelona , @dokfest München, @sarajevofilmfestival , @tallinnblacknightsff , and many others. We are thrilled to welcome the film to Bolzano—along with the director herself for an in-person Q&A and more! Save the date and join us on February 19, 20h at @filmclubbozen for the second-to-last DOC DAY screening of edition #3. @ketevanvashagashvili

Since our full immersion into Thomas Heise's work, especially his trilogy about Halle-Neustadt, is coming up next week, we're excited to present the third film, which will be screened on Saturday, January 17th at 10:30 am at @filmclubbozen : KINDER. WIE DIE ZEIT VERGEHT. With this third documentary on the same community he had been following since the early 1990s, Heise completed his multi-generational chronicle of reunified eastern Germany—a trilogy that remains strikingly timeless, revealing the roots of conflicts still present in society today. Shot over fifteen years (1992-2007) in Halle-Neustadt, a planned socialist city that suffered heavily from the economic shock of reunification, the trilogy traces families across three generations as they navigate unemployment, loss of identity, and growing extremism. What makes Heise's work so prescient is how the films anticipated contemporary phenomena like the rise of the AfD, and intensified debates around migration—showing not just what happened, but why. Through his patient, observational approach, Heise created an invaluable document that helps us understand the deeper historical forces shaping Germany—and Europe—today. The matinée will be followed by an online Q&A with filmmaker Marie Wilke about Heise's work and his significance to German documentary cinema. Be sure to join us also for the first two parts of the trilogy on Thursday, January 15th, starting at 6:00 pm! And if your schedule allows, come to the morning lecture about Heise at @zeligfilm School at 9:30 am. To register for the class, just look for the link in bio.