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WORKS IN PROGRESS

THIS IS IT

When East Meets West and Trieste Film Festival are happy to present the upcoming edition of This is IT, a work in progress section exclusively dedicated to long feature films and hybrid works with a strong visual and artistic approach produced or co-produced by Italian producers, or coming from any of the East & West 2025 spotlight territories: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
The selected teams will have the chance to present their works and screen 8′ of their films to an exclusive panel of international sales agents, festival programmers and buyers. 

All selected films will compete for the Laser Film Award, consisting in 4 days of colour grading services and 1 DCP for a total value of 10.000€.

THIS IS IT 2025 SELECTED PROJECTS

*further details soon to be disclosed

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Cat On My Mind

by Laila Pakalnina
SIA Kompānija Hargla | Latvia

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Cuerpo Celeste

by Nayra Ilic
Planta | Chile
dispàrte | Italy
Oro Films | Chile
Hora Magica | Chile

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Home

by Or Sinai
Baryo Film & TV Productions | Israel
MOREFILM | Poland
Intramovies | Italy

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Like Heaven Without God

by Luca Capponi
Onira | Netherlands
Wild Rocket | Italy

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On Their Own

by Tudor Jurgiu
Indyca | Italy
Libra Films | Romania

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The Lost Son

by Darko Štante
Staragara | Slovenia
Graal | Greece
Propeler Film | Croatia
Staragara I.T. | Italy
Kaval Film | North Macedonia

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The White Club (working title)

by Michele Pennetta
Beauvoir | Switzerland
Indyca srl | Italy
Nefertiti | Italy
Vertigo | Slovenia

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Wolf Park

by Demelza Kooij
Folk Film | Norway
Sisyfos Film | Sweden
Jump Cut | Italy