INLaguna Film Festival

In collaboration with the Rete Cinema in Laguna, the Teatrino di Palazzo Grasssi presents a selection of four feature films as part of the InLaguna Film Festival, the annual event designed as an open space for independent cinema.

The films, screened in the presence of the directors and followed by Q&As with the audience, are part of the official InLaguna Film Festival competition. The winner will be awarded the Gianfranco De Bosio Prize, in honor of the great Italian director and playwright.

Schedule

Friday 6 December at 6 pm
Olivia y las Nubes - Tomàs Pichardo
Dominican Republic | 2024 | 81’
Italian preview
Introduced by Carlos Casas, curator at FABRICA
Olivia, tormented by an old love who lives under her bed, trades flowers for rain clouds. Barbara, rejected by Mauricio, escapes reality through fantastic stories. Mauricio, full of regrets, is swallowed by the earth. Ramon, in love with Olivia, witnesses the growth of a strange plant that mirrors her. The film surreally investigates the power of the memory of love.

Friday 6 December at 9 pm
La Image Permanente - Laura Ferres
Spain/France | 2023 | 94’
The screening is followed by a Q&A with film director Laura Ferres.
In a rural town in southern Spain, Antonia becomes a mother at 15 and disappears in the night. 50 years later, Carmen, an introverted casting director, is looking for candidates willing to share their experiences upon arrival in a new city. During her search she meets Antonia, whose impulsiveness will disturb her solitude. Who said that time heals all wounds?

December at 6 pm
Invention - Courtney Stephens
USA | 2024 | 72’
Italian preview
The screening is followed by a Q&A with film director film editor Dounia Sichov
In the aftermath of her conspiracy-minded father's sudden death, his daughter inherits his patent for an experimental drug. By showcasing Callie Hernandez's late father's archive, Invention explores the grieving process of a complicated parent, and the film itself becomes part of that process.

Saturday 7 December at 9 pm
À Son Image - Thierry de Peretti
France | 2024 | 113’
The screening is followed by a Q&A with film director Thierry de Peretti, moderated by Andrea De Fusco.
Adapted from a novel by Jérôme Ferrari, Thierry de Peretti takes a non-didactic look at the history of Corsica at the end of the 20th century, embodied by Antonia, a young press photographer in love with an independentist. The film does not elude the impasses of nationalism, nor does it deny the Corsican cause: rather, it delicately and calmly captures its singularity. But above all, it is the formidable portrait of a woman who makes her own way.