20 november, su 15:30— 17:15
Sick
Hrvoje Mabic, Croatia, 2015, 95 min
2016— Toronto Arthouse Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature Film
At the age of 16 Ana was locked up in a psychiatric hospital by her parents who arranged the treatment for curing her homosexuality with the hospital director. After enduring five years of heavy traumas at the hospital, Ana is now free but on the verge of suicide and with almost no trust in people around her. Everyone she ever loved have rejected and abandoned her. Still, she longs for a girl who would accept her and wouldn’ t think of her as insane because of her PTSD condition. She finds all that in Martina, her new love whom she plans the wedding with. However, Martina’ s huge patience and devotion wanes with time as she finds Ana obsessed with her past. Her only reason for living is revenge on everyone who caused her pain and suffering, and not the relationship and life they’ re sharing together. Will Ana manage to overcome the hell she went through and devote herself to the life with Martina? Or will she end up abandoned and alone again?‘ Sick’ is a film about love, betrayal, revenge and forgiveness.
Hrvoje Mabic
Hrvoje was born in 1974 in Croatia. In 1997 he graduated philosophy in Zagreb. He is the founder of the production studio Fade In, which deals with socially engaged films and television products. He has directed many successful documentary series for which he has received awards from various festivals. His work mainly covers human rights topics including LGBT, minorities, workers rights among others.
Join Director Hrvoje Mabic after the screening for Q & A.
Moderator— Alexander Markov, director, producer, film specialist
CALL ME MARIANNA
Karolina Bielawska, Poland, 2015, 75 min
2015— 55th Krakow Film Festival, GOLDEN HORN, Audience Award, Award for Remarkable Social Awareness, Award for The Best Documentary Film 2015— Festival del Film Locarno, Premio Zonta Club Award 2015— Message To Man IFF, Petersburg, Grand Prix Golden Centaur, Press Jury Award
20 november, su 21:30— 22:55
The Transgender Day of Remembrance— 20 November
Marianna is an attractive 40-year-old woman who has just sued her parents in order to obtain a gender reassignment. Alienated by her mother and neglecting her best friends, she seeks refuge in a theatre group where she comes to make sense of her situation by rehearsing a play based on her past. When the days to the operation loom over her, Marianna kindles an unlikely romance with an older gentleman who offers her a ray of hope, but she remains confronted with the idea of losing what she holds dearest to her – her family – and she must face the chilling reminder of the sacrifices one takes to be themselves. Call Me Marianna, the opera prima by Karolina Bielawska, is a homage to freedom of identity and the unpredictable twists and turns life can offer.