Cinedays 2013: Kinoteka

A day in Cagliari narrated by the young Caterina.

Forty-something Irene had a dream job that made her life easy: she was indeed a luxury hotel inspector and her work got carried out in a wonderful ever-renewed setting.

Many years after her father's disappearance, Caterina discovers that she can talk to herself when she is 12 and tries to convince the girl to prevent her father from letting them go to sea alone on the day the murder takes place. The woman also tries to contact Marianna Dell'Acqua, the ex-lover of her father, who in the meantime is in prison.

When a politician disappears, his (mad) twin brother is brought to replace him.

Satché is about to die. He decides to make his last day on this world the day of his life.

Two young Tunisian women strive for the same emancipation enjoyed by men.

A young, aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming a success in the big city. In pursuit of this and to the chagrin of his brother and parents, he makes his way to Nairobi:the city of opportunity.

Town of Runners is a feature documentary about young runners from the Ethiopian rural town of Bekoji, home to the current Olympic and World Champions Tirunesh Dibaba and Kenenisa Bekele. The film follows three children as they move from school track to national competition and from childhood to adulthood.

Radhika is a young and naive girl, looking forward to her new married life in America. However once she arrives, she is shocked to learn that both her husband and mother in law are abusive.

Ukerewe Island, in Tanzania is home to a large community of people who live with albinism. While many albinos are killed at birth or rejected by their families, those who survive risk being murdered for their body parts. Told over the course of five years, In the Shadow Of The Sun tells the story of two members of the Tanzanian Albino Society. We follow Vedastus, a teenage boy as he struggles to find a place in the world, and Josephat, a strong-willed advocate for people with albinism, who fights to unite his country and dreams of scaling the heights of Kilimanjaro. As the brutal wave of murders escalate Vedastus flees the island in search of safety whilst Josephat stands and faces the killings head on.