FAST FORWARD 2025 / Projections:
11/12/2025 / 19h15 / Montenegrin Cinematheque / Podgorica
12/12/2025 / 20h00 / Cinema “Boka” / Kotor
Marianna Giorgia Marchesini / Italy, Montenegro / 2025 / 30’
Director: Marianna Giorgia Marchesini
Screenplay: Marianna Giorgia Marchesini
Producers: Marianna Giorgia Marchesini, Ezme Film
Executive Producers: Giovanni Benini, Marianna Giorgia Marchesini
Director of Photography: Giovanni Benini
Editing: Beatrice Segolini
Cast: Sabina Talović, Azra Memović, Umejja Memović, Nur Memović, Lidija Potpara, Nina Potpara, Nela Kamberović, Slava Ostojić, Milica Anđelić, Hiba Stupar, Abela Stupar, Novak Stupar, Mina Stupar
Production: Ezme Film
Countries: Italy, Montenegro
Year: 2025
Runtime: 30’
SYNOPSIS
At a crossroads of borders in the Balkans, feminist activist Sabina Talović faces the violence of a patriarchal system with unwavering resolve. From the Yugoslav wars to the racism of new nationalisms, her voice bears witness to how acts of solidarity are always completely different while remaining fundamentally unchanged.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in 1990, Marianna Giorgia Marchesini studied at Université Savoie Mont-Blanc in France, where she obtained a Master’s degree in Languages for Communication and International Cooperation in 2014. She later completed a second-level Master’s in Social Innovation at the University of Padua, and further specialised in Anthropology, Ethnography and Ethnolinguistics at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice. Since 2012, she has been collaborating with NGOs, cultural associations and film festivals as a project designer and trainer, working on the promotion of human rights through the potential of audiovisual media.
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
- PerSo – Perugia Social Film Festival, 2025 – Special Jury Mention – PerSo Short Award
- Eastern Neighbours Film Festival (ENFF), The Hague, 2025 – Best Film Award
- DOK Leipzig, 2025 – DOK Film Market