Schedule
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Tuesday, 7. 10. 2025
Palazzo del Cinema – Hiša filma (Gorizia), ITA
10.00—12.30 Cinema Is Our Magnet! 2
Čikorja an’ kafe (Chicory and Coffee), d. Dušan Kastelic, 2008, 9’, subs ita
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs, d. Stefano Cipani, 2019, 101’, subs slo
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Kulturni dom Nova Gorica (Nova Gorica), SLO
9.00—11.00 First Crossings: Young Audience Award, subs eng
11.00—14.00 First Crossings: High School Short Film Selection, subs eng
18.00—20.30 Visioni private
Short In The Clouds of Memory, d. Francesco Sossai, 2025, 7’, subs eng
The Last One for the Road (Le città di pianura), d. Francesco Sossai, 2025, 98’, subs slo
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EPIC District / Arena East (Nova Gorica), SLO
21.00 Opening of the installation in the Ingeborg Bachmann Dome
Guests: Karpo Godina, Davorin Marc, Thomas Hörl, Peter Kozek, Victor Jaschke.
In collaboration with K3 Film Festival, video installation curated by Fritz Hock and Piera Nodari.
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Epic Caffè, EPIC Center (Nova Gorica), SLO
22.00 togethering
Wednesday, 8. 10. 2025
Palazzo del Cinema – Hiša filma (Gorizia), ITA
9.00—13.45 International Forum “Sustainable Digital Transformation for Creativity”, in English
13.45—14.30 Lunch & Networking
Event organised by Motovila (Creative Europe Desk Slovenia) in collaboration with the European network of Creative Europe Desks and Kinoatelje, as the closing event of the Go Green Cinema project, co-financed by the Interreg Italy–Slovenia programme, managed by EGTC GO.
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Kulturni dom Nova Gorica (Nova Gorica), SLO
16.00—18.00 First Crossings: Competition Programme, subs eng
18.30—20.00 Excursion. Short Films from Kosovo
In collaboration with Dokufest, Prizren.
20.30 Frente a Guernica, d. Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi, 2023, 126’, subs slo
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Klub Teater (Nova Gorica), SLO
23.00 togethering
Thursday, 9. 10. 2025
Palazzo del Cinema – Hiša filma (Gorizia), ITA
10.00—12.00 Professional Festival Network Meeting: At the Centre of the Margin
14.30 Catalogue Presentation: Oriente Vzhod / Occidente Zahod – Border Through Film and History
15.30—17.00 Rabbit à la Berlin, d. Bartosz Konopka, 2009, 51’
In collaboration with Neisse Film Festival.
17.30 Opening of the Exhibition Franci Slak. Research, Turning Points, Critical Period (1969–1981)
18.00—20.00 Cinem-Eye, subs eng
Franci Slak & Roberto Rossellini
Screenings and introduction: Mila Lazić & Žiga Brdnik
Premiere of the digitized short films by Franci Slak, in collaboration with the Slovenian Cinematheque.
20.30 Our Ordinary Cinema – Omnibus Film Presentation, subs eng
Shorts by Laura Samani, Ester Ivakič, Jan Devetak, Otto Lazić-Reuschel, Francesco Sossai.
Introduction: Alessandro Comodin
22.00 First Crossings: Competition Programme, subs eng
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BorGO Cinema (Gorizia), ITA
17.00 Presentation of didactic material Kinomagnet
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Klub 27 (Gorizia), ITA
23.30 togethering
Friday, 10. 10. 2025
BorGO Cinema (Gorizia), ITA
15.00—15.45 Installation Memory is an Animal It Barks with Many Mouths
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Palazzo del Cinema – Hiša filma (Gorizia), ITA
10.00—14.00 First Crossings: Academy Student Short Film Selection, subs eng
Academy of Arts (AU UNG), University of Nova Gorica, Department of Arts, Music and Performing Arts (DAMS), University of Udine, Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT), University of Ljubljana, Academy of Dramatic Art (ADU), University of Zagreb, Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA), University of Rome
11.30—12.00 Break
16.00—18.00 Daniele Ciprì – Masterclass
In collaboration with the festival Giornate della Luce di Spilimbergo.
The event is part of the GO! STUDIO project, co-financed by the European Union through the Small Projects Fund GO! 2025 of the Interreg VI-A Italy–Slovenia 2021–2027 programme, managed by EGTC GO, and included in the official programme of the European Capital of Culture GO! 2025.
20.00 Award ceremony First Crossings
Tara Najd Ahmadi
Productive Frustration (2016), Iran, USA, 13′
A Week with Azar (2018), Slovenia, USA, Austria, 11′
Surfacing Images (2023), Serbia, Iran, 5′
Upshot, Maha Haj, Palestina, Italija, Francija, 2024, 34’
Mahdi Amel in Gaza, Mary Jirmanus Saba & Tareq Rantisi, Lebanon, Palestine, 2024, 16’
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Bar Mama Angela (Gorizia), ITA
22.30 togethering
Saturday, 11. 10. 2025
BorGO Cinema (Gorizia), ITA
11.00—12.30 Film Walk. “Lights, Camera, Action! Cross-border Film Locations”
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Palazzo del Cinema – Hiša filma (Gorizia), ITA
10.00—11.00 Our Ordinary Cinema – Omnibus Film Presentation, subs eng
Shorts by Laura Samani, Ester Ivakič, Jan Devetak, Otto Lazić-Reuschel, Francesco Sossai.
PNRR Borghi Project.
11.30—12.30 Prisoners of War (Prigionieri della guerra ), d. Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi, 1995, 64'
Inroduction: Nil Baskar
16.00—17.30 Yervant Gianikian – Masterclass and Darko Bratina Award ceremony
The mastercalss will be held in English.
18.00 I diari di Angela - Noi due cineasti. Capitolo terzo, d. Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi, 2025, 123’, subs eng
20.30—21.00 Performance Pillar of Society
The event is part of the GO! STUDIO project, co-financed by the European Union through the Small Projects Fund GO! 2025 of the Interreg VI-A Italy–Slovenia 2021–2027 programme, managed by EGTC GO, and included in the official programme of the European Capital of Culture GO! 2025.
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Mostovna (Nova Gorica), SLO
21.30 Concert MOST Session
In collaboration with Zavod Mink.
Sunday, 12. 10. 2025
Palazzo del Cinema – Hiša filma (Gorizia), ITA
11.00—20.00 Satantango, d. Béla Tarr, 1994, 7h19’
Introduction: Aljaž Škrlep
Snacks and refreshments will be available during film breaks.