The Waiter 

a feature film by Steve Krikris

with Aris Servetalis (“Kinetta” and“Alps” by Lanthimos), Giannis Stankoglou, Chiara Gensini, Alexandros Mavropoulos

A murder story in a paradoxical way. Renos is a professional waiter, ambiguous, lonely, yet a meticulous observer of people. Unwillingly he gets entangled in the mysterious disappearance of his neighbor Milan...

59th Thessaloniki Film Festival – Domestic Premiere 2018

Greece - 2018, 95’, available in Full HD        Genre: Drama, Noir, Black Comedy
Language: Greek with English subtitles

SCREENINGS
CinemaxX 15 - Saturday, Feb. 9th - 14:50

Alganesh - hope on the horizon 

a documentary film by Lia and Marianna Beltrami. 

On the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, after decades of war, today another battle is fought: that of survival for thousands of refugees fleeing from the dictatorship.

There are 5 refugee camps of the Eritreans on the Ethiopian border, and life takes place with enormous difficulties, but above all the lack of a future. 

Dr. Alganesh, who does not want to be called a “hero”, spends her life for the weakest among the refugees.  She started the humanitarian corridors for the most desperate cases, supports the various camps, goes to the Egyptian prisons to free the prisoners, and is on the front row in Sinai to free those abducted and tortured. Does Alganesh glimpse hope on the horizon?

Siloe Film Festival – Poggi del sasso Grosseto -Official Competition (Jury special mention)
Festival del Cinema di Taurasi – Official Competition (Taurasi D’argento for Best Photography)
Festival De Cine Social Y derechos Humanos – Cine Oltro Ciel – Official Competition (Franja Migraciòn Premio Especial “Juana Cuadrado” para Realizadoras Femeninas)
New Delhi Film Festival – Official Competition (3d Best Documentary)
Cine Fest Mumbai – Official Competition (Jury mention)
Silk Road IFF – Honorary Section

Italy - 2018, 60'’, available in Full HD        Genre: Documentary, Human Interest, Social

Language: Italian with English subtitles

SCREENINGS
CinemaxX 17 - Tuesday, Feb. 12th - 13:50

The Heart of a Doll - Cuore di Bambola

a documentary film by Antonio Di Domenico

For Veronica no obstacle is insuperable. But can a doll with brittle bones become a pop star? Behind the name Lulu Rimmel lies Veronica, a girl suffering from a serious genetic disease. She daringly trades the boards of the stages of the Roman underground scene, exhibiting her voice and physicality in an openly sensual and provocative way.

Produced by Rizoma Film

Italy - 2019,75’, available in Full HD        Genre: Documentary, Human Interest 
Language: Italian

Screening

Gropius Bau Cinema - Tuesday, Feb. 12th - 09:00

La Rivoluzione (The Revolution) - POST-PRODUCTION

a feature film by Joseph Troia (FIRST FILM) 

with Giulia Schiavo, Vittorio Nastri, Paolo Caterino

Two boys and a girl perform a violent act in the name of the ideals they believe in, but a tragic accident will challenge their convictions.

Ludovica, Tommaso and Raffaele have grown up fostering the myth of the intellectuals of the 1960s and 1970s and of armed militancy. The three, who are about twenty, cultivate their humanistic and revolutionary ideas; but a tragic turn of events that will challenge their convictions and reveal their contradictions...

Produced by Stefano Incerti for Accademia Belle Arti di Napoli 

Italy - 2018, 84’, available in Full HD        Genre: Drama 
Language: Italian with English subtitles

T R Y - POST-PRODUCTION

a feature film by Ángel Haro  (FIRST FILM) 

Two childhood friends, who have lived in New York for two years, meet again in this city to remember old times and decide the future of their friendship.

Produced by Ángel Haro

Seville European Film Festival 2018

Spain  - 2018, 90’, available in Full HD        Genre: Adventure, Arthouse, Comedy, Drama, Friendship, Urban 

Language: Spanish  with English subtitles