23/10/2019 - From 29 October to 3 November, the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival is host to a cinematic journey with over 80 films and their producers, directors and actors

The 19th edition of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, taking place from 29 October to 3 November, will open with the hypnotic happiness plants of Jessica Hausner’s Little Joe [+see also:
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interview: Jessica Hausner
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Among the most eagerly expected guests is Phil Tippett, winner of two Academy Awards and celebrated for his visual contribution to The Return of the Jedi and Jurassic Park, who will receive the life achievement Asteroide Award recognising his career. Famous Swiss documentary filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe will present Memory: The Origins of Alien, which recounts the origins of Ridley Scott’s masterpiece. Brian Yuzna, cult director of scifi/horror cinema of the 1980s, will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his film Society and will head the jury giving out the Asteroide Award. Also in Trieste, Italian director Aldo Lado will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his sci-fi film The Humanoid (screened from a restoration).

Neon, the official selection of the festival, will present features from the genres of science-fiction, horror and fantasy, in competition and out of competition. The first, second and third works from emerging authors will be competing for the Asteroide Award. European sci-fi films, meanwhile, will be vying for the Méliès d’argent award. Among the titles, Canadian film Steampunk Connection by Annie Deniel; Time Perspectives [+see also:
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film profile] by Ciro Sorrentino; Rabid, a remake of the classic David Cronenberg film, directed by the “twisted twins” Jen and Sylvia Soska; Iron Sky: The Coming Race [+see also:
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interview: Timo Vuorensola
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interview: Tero Kaukomaa
interview: Timo Vuorensola
interview: Timo Vuorensola
film profile]; Italian films Blood Bags [+see also:
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interview: Alessio Liguori
film profile] by Alessio Liguori, in world premiere; Chinese film Last Sunrise by Wen Ren; Breakpoint. A Counter History of Progress by Jean-Robert Viallet; Sea Fever [+see also:
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film profile] by Neasa Hardiman, a co-production between Ireland, Switzerland and Belgium, starring Danish star Connie Nielsen; Midday Demons by Rossella De Venuto, an Italo-Irish co-production; French film Blind Spot [+see also:
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film profile] by Pierre Trividic and Patrick Mario Bernard; Slovenian film The Curse of Valburga by Tomaž Gorkič; Bullets of Justice [+see also:
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film profile] from Bulgarian director Valeri Milev; Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway [+see also:
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interview: Miguel Llansó
film profile] by Miguel Llansó (a co-production between Spain, Estonia, Ethiopia, Latvia, Romania, United Kingdow); Norwegian animated film Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon [+see also:
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film profile] by Rasmus A. Sivertsen; Extra Ordinary [+see also:
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film profile] by Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman (Ireland, Belgium); ANIARA [+see also:
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film profile], the first feature from Swedish duo Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja.

Artificial intelligence and its effects on our lives is certainly a recurring theme at Trieste S+FF. Standing out in the programme are the documentary Hi, AI from German director Isa Willinger; French medium-length film Blood Machines by Seth Ickerman; I Am Human by Taryn Southern and Elena Gaby; Polish film I Am REN [+see also:
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interview: Piotr Ryczko
film profile] by Piotr Ryczko. The other sections include European Fantastic Shorts, competing for the Méliès d’argent award; Spazio Italia / Corto; Sci-Fi Classix, with films screenings from restorations or from vintage reels.

(Translated from Italian)