WISHING ON A STAR

COUNTRY: Italy, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic, Croatia

YEAR/DURATION: 2024. • 99′

documentary

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Festivals and awards

Venice International Film Festival 2024 – Program Horizons, world premiere
CinEast – Central and Eastern European Film Festival 2024
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024
DOK Leipzig 2024. – Audience Competition
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025
Trieste Film Festival 2025
ZagrebDox 2025 – Regional Competition
Crossing Europe Film Festival 2025

Synopsis

Luciana is an Italian astrologer; she believes that life is affected by the position of the constellations at the moment of our birth. If we want to change our life, it is enough to visit a place with a favourable constellation on our birthday: the day on which we get the opportunity to be “born again” every year. Many people contact Luciana about their problems, the film follows their stories and birthday trips. Beneath the humorous mood, this film is an empathetic search for meaning in a chaos-filled cosmos.

Trailer

About the director

Péter Kerekes (Košice, 1973) is a Slovakian director and producer. He graduated in film directing from the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. In 2003 he directed and produced his first feature-length documentary film 66 Seasons, which became a festival hit and won several awards, including the award for Best Film at Docaviv. His next feature-length documentary film, Cooking History (2009), received, among others, the Prix Arte nomination for Best Documentary at the European Film Awards. His feature-length documentary film Velvet Terrorists (2013), which he co-directed with Pavol Pekarčík and Ivan Ostrochovský, won the FEDEORA Award at Karlovy Vary, and had its international premiere at Berlinare Forum, winning the Tagesspiegel Readers’ Award.

Screening

• • VALLI CINEMA – TUESDAY 15.7.2025.

    16:00

FREE ENTRANCE

• • VALLI CINEMA – WEDNESDAY 16.7.2025.

    12:00

FREE ENTRANCE