SIFF PROGRAM 2024
Immerse yourself in a diversity of genres, ranging from drama to documentary and short film, with a particular focus on works that explore relevant social issues and compelling human stories.
PRINCE GALLONE PALACE – TRICASE
Pisanelli Square Don Tonino Bello Square | Celacanto – Marina Serra
PROGRAM – 2024
Tuesday – SEPTEMBER 10
THRONE ROOM
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Inauguration – MATER LAB – Piazza Don Tonino Bello
7:00 PM – 7:20 PM In the Hall – Guest Presentation
19:30 – 19:55 Opening Short | INNER by Valentina Kamenova | USA 2024, 15’
8:00 PM – 9:50 PM FILM: MY PLACE IS HERE | more info
Directed by Cristiano Bortone Daniela Porto | Italy 2024, 110’
Language: Italian
Wednesday – SEPTEMBER 11
THRONE ROOM
7:30 PM – 9:05 PM Film BARRIERE | more info
Directed by Maqbool Ahmad Durrani | Pakistan 2024, 93’
Language: Urdu with Italian subtitles | European Premiere
9:30 PM – 11:05 PM Film GLOBAL HARMONY | more info
Directed by Fabio Massa | Italy 2024, 95’
Language: English with Italian subtitles
ORSINIAN TOWER
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM INTERNATIONAL SHORTS | 59 min. | more info
FOG OF MIND by Simon Sepulveda | Colombia 2023 | 6 min.
HERB’S PAJAMAS by Todd I. Gordon | USA 2023 | 16 min.
THE CAPTAIN’S DAUGHTER by Alexey Petrashevich | Russia 2023 | 15
AS EASY AS CLOSING YOUR EYES by Parker Croft | USA 2024 | 22′
CELACANTO – MARINA SERRA
7:45 PM – 8:49 PM DOC: 1768 DAYS | more info
Directed by Marco Gallo | Italy 2023, 64’
Language Italian with English subtitles
9:10 PM – 10:33 PM DOC: NO PLACE IN THE WORLD | more info
Directed by Vanina Lappa | Italy 2023, 83’
Language: Local with Italian subtitles
Thursday – SEPTEMBER 12
THRONE ROOM
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM HONG KONG BUSINESS MEETING | more info
A “business” meeting aimed at local companies interested in exploring the opportunities offered by Hong Kong, an ideal commercial platform for entering Asian markets. Organized by the Hong Kong Government. Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)
8:00 PM – 9:46 PM Film IN BROAD DAYLIGHT | more info
Directed by Lawrence Kan | Hong Kong 2024, 106’
Language: Cantonese with English Italian subtitles
10:00 PM – 11:43 PM Film CAUSE OF DEATH: UNKNOWN | more info
Directed by Ali Zarnegar | Iran 2023, 103’
Language: Farsi with Italian subtitles
ORSINIAN TOWER
8:00 PM – 8:33 PM ANIMATED SHORTS | 33’ | more info
RELEASE CONTAMINATION by Yiwen Cao | Hong Kong 2024, 14’
SUPERTRAMPby Fabrizio Gammardella | England 2024, 7 min.
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERSby Ciara Leinaala Lacy | USA 2024, 12 min.
CELACANTO – MARINA SERRA
8:00 PM – 8:40 PM DOC: UNITED FOR BISSAU | more info
by Iara Lee | Guinea Bissau, 40’
Language: Portuguese with Italian subtitles
9:15 PM – 10:35 PM DOC: DINO’S DARKROOM | more info
THE STORY OF PHOTOGRAPHER DINO PEDRIALI .
Directed by Corrado Rizza |Italy 2023, 80′
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Friday – SEPTEMBER 13
THRONE ROOM
7:40 PM – 9:21 PM Film DESIRE’ | more info
Directed by Mario Rezza | Italy 2023, 101’
Language: Neapolitan with Italian subtitles
22:00 PM – 23:33 PM Film OKARINA | more info
Directed by Alban Zogjani | Kosovo, 2023, 93’
Language: Albanian with Italian subtitles
ORSINIAN TOWER
7.30 PM– 8.30 PM FOCUS IRAN | 58 min. | more info
NOWHERE by Erfan Parsapour | Iran 2024, 14 min.
A HANGMAN WAS CRYING by Javad Joshanlou | Iran 2024 | 15′
THE MANE by Payam Shadnia | Iran 2024, 15 min.
BOLOUR by Helia Behrooz | Iran 2024, 16 min.
TORANJDirected by Tina Ahmadi Kròl | Iran 2024, 10 min.
ORSINIAN TOWER
9:00 PM – 10:30 PM WOMEN IN CINEMA | 90 min. | more info
ASSUNTA by Luana Rondinelli | Italy 2023 | 9 min..
HIS MOTHER Mania Scalia | USA 2023, 14 min.
THE PRISONERSby Silvia Jiménez | Mexico 2023, 7 min
THE WATER OF SAINT JOHN by Anna Claudia Bassani | Italy 2023,
GONE BEFORE YOUR EYES by Cara Yates | Canada 2023, 12’
FISH by Siying Li | China 2023 | 14 min.
INNER by Valentina Kamenova | USA 2023, 15 min.
UP, UP AND AWAY by Kai Yin Canice Tam | Hong Kong 2023, 14′
CELACANTO – MARINA SERRA
8:00 PM – 9:04 PM DOC: FLAVIO PAOLUCCI | more info
FROM GUELMIM TO BIASCA
Directed by Willi Herman | Switzerland 2023, 64’
Language: Italian with English subtitles
9:30 PM – 10:40 PM DOC: BIO PATRIARCHI | more info
Directed by Lorenzo Scareggi | Italy 2023, 70’
Language: Italian
Sabato – 14 SETTEMBRE
SALA DEL TRONO
19:15 PM – 21:11 PM Film DUST TO DUST | more info
Regia di Jonathan LI | Hong Kong 2024, 116’
Language: Cantonese and English with Italian subtitlesano
21:30 PM – 23:20 PM Film YELLOW BUS | more info
By Wendy Bednarz | Emirati Arabi 2023, 110’
Language: Arabic, English, Hindi with Italian subtitles
ORSINIAN TOWER
20:00 PM – 21:17 PM CORTI ITALIANI | 65 min. | more info
THIRD PARTIES by Antonio Palumbo | Italy 2023 | 14′
THUNDERLOVE by Gabriele Scollo | Italy 2023 | 12′
THE LADY OF THE SEA Roberto Leone | Italy 2024, 20 min.
FRARÌA by Alberto Diana | Italy 2023, 19 min.
ORSINIAN TOWER
7:30 PM – 8:34 PM Film AS A TEARS GO BY | more info
Directed by Wong Kar Wai | Hong Kong 1988, 102’
Language: Italian
Sunday – SEPTEMBER 15
THRONE ROOM
CLOSING NIGHT FESTIVAL 2024
9:00 PM – 10:37 PM Film GIRASOLI | more info
Directed by Catrinel Marlon | Italy 2023, 97’
Language: Italian with English subtitles
