Filmed in the months leading up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Postcards to Melania travels to the Slovenian town of Sevnica — birthplace of Melania Trump — to ask her former neighbors and fellow townspeople what they think of her. Constructed as a series of video postcards addressed to Melania, the film captures a collage of reflections shaped less by direct memories and more by mediated impressions of both her and her husband, Donald Trump, as they appeared in the global media spotlight. With an ironic and observational tone, the film probes themes of identity, celebrity, and the strange ways in which small towns become entangled in global political spectacle. (Source: Sasha Ihnatovich)