The Close Up section of the Bergamo Film Meeting, which kicks off today 24 April, comprises 18 documentaries screening for the first time in Italy.
The section comprises “documentary films in which the inquisitive and attentive gaze of the director delves without hesitation into the heart of reality, proving capable of grasping and synthesising the visible and the invisible, narrating a theme, a place, a character in ‘close-ups, with intensity and participation,” say festival organisers.
Two awards will be given. Valued at €2,000, the Best Documentary CGIL Bergamo – Close UP Section prize will be awarded “based on the preferences expressed by the audience, as a recognition to promote independent film productions.” The CGIL Jury Prize, worth € 1,000 and reserved for the film that “best addresses the issues related to the labour market and working life”, will be awarded by CGIL Bergamo trade union delegates to the director of the best film in competition.
The Close Up selections are:
Albert, berger
Directed by Philippe Van Cutsem
Belgium, France / 2019 / 62 min
Alt det jeg er
Directed by Tone Grøttjord-Glenne
Norway / 2020 / 75 min
Amor Fati (pictured)
Directed by Cláudia Varejão
Portugal, France, Switzerland / 2020 / 102 min
Après L’usine
Directed by Maxime Coton
Belgium / 2019 / 50 min
Arguments
Directed by Olivier Zabat
France / 2019 / 108 min
Ikuiset vaeltajat
Directed by Mika Mattila
Finland, Norway, Germany / 2020 / 88 min
Lobster Soup
Directed by Pepe Andreu, Rafa Molés
Spain, Iceland, Lithuania / 2020 / 97 min
My Father, The Spy
Directed by Gints Grube, Jaak Kilmi
Latvia, United States, Germany / 2019 / 84 min
My Mexican Bretzel
Directed by Nuria Giménez Lorang
Spain / 2019 / 74 min
My Piece Of The Earth
Directed by Maka Gogaladze
Georgia / 2019 / 54 min
Olliver Hawk
Directed by Arthur Franck
Finland / 2019 / 72 min
Pollywood
Directed by Pawel Ferdek
Poland / 2020 / 85 min
Show Dancer
Directed by Laurits Flensted-Jensen
Denmark / 2020 / 77 min
The Last Autumn
Directed by Yrsa Roca Fannberg
Iceland / 2019 / 79 min
The Sound Is Innocent
Directed by Johana Ožvold
Czech Republic, France, Slovakia / 2019 / 68 min
They Thought They Saw A Ghost
Directed by Paolo Patelli, Giulio Squillacciotti, Giuditta Vendrame
Netherlands, Italy / 2020 / 51 min
