Z-Power

The Earth is Blue as an Orange
2022-03-16 21:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Rome) | Cineteca Milano Metropolis, Via Oslavia 8, Paderno Dugnano (MI), 20037, Italia
By Iryna Tsilyk. Ukraine, Lithuania, 2020, 74′.

Hanna, a single mother, and her four children live on the front line of the Donbass war zone in Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos, the family manages to keep their home as a safe haven, full of life and full of light. Each member of the family has a passion for cinema, motivating them to make a film inspired by their wartime lives. The creative process raises the question of what power the magical world of cinema might have in times of disaster. How to imagine war through fiction? For Hanna and the children, turning trauma into a work of art is the best way to remain human.
Original version with Italian subtitles
Screening organised in collaboration with Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Italy, Embassy of the Republic of Ukraine in Italy, Institute of Lithuanian Culture and Z-Power-Young People Back to the Movies. Admission € 5,00. Proceeds will be donated to charity for the Ukraine cause.

Khorshid
2022-03-05 21:00 - 23:00 | Cinema Astoria Lerici, Via Nino Gerini 40, Lerici (SP), 19032, Italia
By Majid Majidi. Iran, 2020, 120’.
In the criminal underworld of Tehran, the most necessary labour comes from the exploitation of minors, with children called upon to carry out mechanical work and assorted petty thefts to support themselves or to help families in difficulty. Among them are a group of four friends: Ali, Mamad, Reda and Abofazl, the latter being the brother of Zahra, who also works as a mugger in the underground. The opportunity for a more important assignment for the four comes with the promise of a treasure hidden underground and accessible only from within the walls of the School of the Sun, a local institution. The boys must thus pretend to be interested in resuming their studies and secretly dig a tunnel to find the treasure.
