The Orizzonti program includes films from all over the world, even from areas that are often completely unknown to us. This reinforces the idea that this line-up is able to present a truly open and inclusive picture of the current state of global cinema. We have new talents, familiar names, and directors who have previously participated in other sections but are now debuting in feature films. These filmmakers bring with them valuable experience, showcasing their evolution over the years. Orizzonti remains both a place for discovery and for confirming talents.
Set in Calcutta in 1948, Mother follows seven decisive days in the life of Mother Teresa (Noomi Rapace) before founding the Missionaries of Charity. When she receives Vatican permission to leave the St. Mary’s convent to start her own community, she is confronted wi...
Bahram is an Iranian-Azeri filmmaker marked by years of censorship and frustration: his films, shot in the northwest of the country, have never been granted permission to be screened. After yet another rejection, he decides to hop on a Vespa with his producer Sadaf and bring h...
At just thirteen, Azucena is forced to leave her newborn son in an orphanage following an unwanted pregnancy. Eighteen years later, when they meet again, Julio is now a teenager. Their bodies resemble each other, and it is precisely on these bodies and their instinctive connec...
Carolina Cavalli’s second feature is a dramedy telling the story of Holly (Benedetta Porcaroli), a 28-year-old misfit convinced that her life has taken the wrong turn. When she meets Arabella, a seven-year-old girl who has run away from home, Holly comes to believe she has f...
During a summer along the Danube, fifteen-year-old Dídac travels by bicycle with his family. The encounter with Alexander, an enigmatic figure who appears and disappears in the waters of the river, sparks a profound change within him. His presence unsettles family dynamics: B...
Shafi, 4, and his sister Somira, 9, leave a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh to reach Malaysia and reunite with a relative who emigrated for work. Guided by the pure gaze of childhood, they undertake a perilous journey filled with hope, fear, and resilience. Their odyssey b...
Vincent (Damien Bonnard, already acclaimed in Venice in 2024 for Emmanuel Mouret’s film Trois Amies) works the night shift on a construction site in the futuristic district of Grand Ciel. When a worker mysteriously disappears, Vincent and his colleagues suspect that...
In the suspended silence of a remote fishing village, a boat resurfaces from the depths and docks in the harbor: the Rose of Nevada, which had mysteriously vanished thirty years earlier along with its entire crew. For some villagers, it is a sign, a fragile hope that prosperit...
In a bygone New York, the poetry collection of Ed Saxberger (Willem Dafoe) had long fallen into oblivion. Years later, a group of young artists rediscovers it, thrusting him into an unexpected new spotlight. Among them is Gloria (Greta Lee), a fascinating and unpredictable act...
In the twilight of Ceaușescu’s regime in Romania, eight-year-old Maria is the sole witness to the mysterious disappearance of her older sister. While the adults retreat into silence, it is she who sets out in search of the truth, guided by the strength of friendship and the...
