© Film still Toni, Mio Padre
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German Premiere
Toni, My Father
Anna Negri / Italy / 2025 / 110 min
In the late 1970s, Toni Negri was accused of being the secret mastermind behind left-wing terrorism in Italy. Despite his eventual acquittal and later success as a celebrated philosopher, his daughter Anna looks back on his arrest as a profound rupture in her life. In Venice, the director of this personal work meets her father one last time in front of the camera. Caught between political convictions and personal pain, they struggle for closeness while questioning responsibility and the cost of ideals—for a family and an entire generation.
June 6: If it rains, the screening will be moved indoors.
Q&A
06.06. /
hofkino.berlin
Anna Negri
Director
Anna Negri was born in Venice. She left Italy at eighteen to work as an assistant director in Paris, later studying Fine Arts in Groningen and Film in London, where she earned an MA from the Royal College of Art. Her debut feature In principio erano le mutande premiered at Berlinale (1999). She has directed films and series for TV and Netflix, published a novel, and has taught directing in Rome since 2017.
Clio Nicastro
Moderator
Clio Nicastro works in the Philosophy and Cultural Studies department at Bard College Berlin and is a director of the Harun Farocki Institut. She holds a PhD in Aesthetics and Art Theory from the University of Palermo and is writing a book on eating disorders in cinema. She authored La Dialettica del Denkraum in Aby Warburg (2022) and co-edited Violence, Care, Cure (2025) and Over and Over and Over Again (2022), and is co-curating a volume featuring poems by Italian feminist Carla Lonzi.
Q&A
07.06. /
b-ware! Ladenkino
Anna Negri
Director
Anna Negri was born in Venice. She left Italy at eighteen to work as an assistant director in Paris, later studying Fine Arts in Groningen and Film in London, where she earned an MA from the Royal College of Art. Her debut feature In principio erano le mutande premiered at Berlinale (1999). She has directed films and series for TV and Netflix, published a novel, and has taught directing in Rome since 2017.
Elettra de Salvo
Moderator
Born in Rome and living in Berlin and Venice, she is an actress, director, presenter, and coach, and holds a Ph.D. in German and Theatre Studies. Formerly a presenter for ZDF and city councilor for the Green Party in Frankfurt a.M., she has had productions at Volksbühne, HAU Berlin, and Documenta IX, among others. She has collaborated with artists such as Marina Abramovic, Blixa Bargeld, and Felix Ruckert and performed and conducted workshops in cities including Moscow, New York, and Tokyo.
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Credits
| Year | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Production Country | Italy |
| Runtime | 110 min |
| FSK | 16 |
| Language | Italian |
| Subtitle | English |
| Premiere Status | German Premiere |
| Director | Anna Negri |
|---|---|
| Producers | Francesco Virga, Traudi Messini, Fedele Giubitosi, Sandro Parenzo, Carlotta Cerquetti, Anna Negri |
