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Minerva Pictures arrives at the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival!

6 November 2024

Once again this year, Minerva Pictures is participating in the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, the most important sci-fi genre festival in Italy and among the most prestigious in Europe, presenting three unmissable films! It all starts on Thursday, October 31st at midnight with Monster on a Plane (2024) by Ezra Tsegaye, a horror comedy that nods to Critters and Airplane!, but with an extra dose of madness. From the exotic Mermaid Lagoon, flight 123 is headed to Hamburg, carrying Professor Singh and a mysterious creature hidden in the cargo hold. When this fierce and mysterious furball escapes and grows uncontrollably, spreading hallucinogenic gases, the entire flight descends into chaos. It will be up to the arrogant Captain James Pillow and the intrepid flight attendant Natalie to maintain calm amid screams and laughter, in a race against time wilder than Snakes on a Plane.

On Friday, November 1st, at 10 p.m., it’s the turn of Year 10 (2024), the powerful post-apocalyptic tale by Ben Goodger. In a world covered by a perpetually dark sky and toxic rains, a father and his son struggle to survive among the remnants of civilization. But their fragile existence is upended when a group of violent cannibals steals the antibiotics that keep the son’s girlfriend alive. Thus begins a dramatic and dangerous journey, between the last glimmers of humanity and the triumph of hostile nature. Coming soon exclusively on Full Action, the channel of The Film Club, Prime Video, and TIMVISION!

That same evening at midnight, Tetsuo (1989) by Shin’ya Tsukamoto closes the night, presented in the Sci-Fi Classix section. An authentic cornerstone of cyberpunk cinema; a dark and disturbing vision that redefined the boundaries of the genre, echoing the visual violence of Cronenberg and the visceral nature of Japanese manga.

We look forward to seeing you in Trieste for a weekend of cinema beyond the boundaries of imagination!

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“Shadow of Fire” by Tsukamoto inaugurates the 21st edition of the Asian Film Festival

10 April 2024

Kicking off the 21st edition of the Asian Film Festival tonight is Shadow of Fire (2023), the latest film by visionary director Shin’ya Tsukamoto, showcased in the Orizzonti section at the Venice Film Festival 2023.

With this film, Tsukamoto concludes his deeply personal war trilogy, following Fires on the Plain (2014) and Killing (2018), the latter available on Rarovideo Channel of The Film Club and Prime Video.

The film is set in a black market that begins to come to life again after the devastation of World War II. In a small Japanese restaurant almost completely destroyed by fire, a woman makes a living by selling her body. Her entire family died during the conflict. A war orphan sneaks into the woman’s house to steal, while a young demobilized soldier arrives as a client. The three start a strange life together. But it is short-lived: the soldier’s war memories end up destroying all three lives.

“The film tells of a fire and the continuously moving shadows it casts all around, but above all of the people living hidden among these shadows. As the world moves away from peace, I felt it my duty to make this film, as if it were a prayer,” the director commented.

So, the much-anticipated screening of Shadow of Fire at Cinema Farnese in Rome at 7:00 PM tonight is not to be missed.

And there’s more: soon, the film will also be available exclusively for streaming on Rarovideo Channel of The Film Club and Prime Video, along with other must-see titles from the Tsukamoto collection!