Date of the Festival: 22 July – 9 August 2026
Venue: PALACE ifc/ Broadway Cinemateque/ PREMIERE ELEMENTS
Price: $95/ $145
Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari screenings:
Date: 1 August 2026 (Saturday)
Time: 3:10pm
Venue: Broadway Cinematheque, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
Date: 7 August 2026 (Friday)
Time: 8:00pm
Venue: Broadway Cinematheque, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
For the full selection of EU-Asia Docs 2026, please click here.
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This year, the EU-Asia Documentary Fest (EU-Asia Docs) has the pleasure to present a series of 17 documentary films from EU member states and Asian countries. The lineup explores a diverse array of themes, ranging from environmental protection to human rights, youth empowerment, mental health, gender equality, and resilience in the face of war.
The Italian Cultural Institute Hong Kong is honored to present an Italian documentary: Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari by Massimo d’Anolfi and Martina Parenti.
Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari is divided into three distinct acts. This docu-encyclopedia explores the unknown worlds of animals, plants, and stones that we too often take for granted. Unfolding as a poetic visual essay, the first act uses archival footage to examine cinema’s obsessive representation of animals; the second offers a poetic observation inside the world’s oldest botanical garden, celebrating the silent power of plant life; and the final act reveals how stones, weathered by labor and war, are transformed into collective memory. It is an urgent invitation to abandon human arrogance and a beautiful journey through nature, history, and art.
Venice Film Festival
Best Directing Award for Envision Competition, IDFA
MoMA Doc Fortnight
Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari
Director: Massimo d’Anolfi, Martina Parenti
Duration: 206 minutes
Language: In English, German and Italian with English subtitles