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LOTTA DI CLASSE - Il cinema dei ragazzi di Emilio Sidoti
106’, color, documentary, 2021, Italy
A film by Demetrio Giacomelli
With: Emilio Sidoti, Ugo Collura, Giorgio Fazio, Franco Sirello, Antonio Milauro, Andrea di Capua, Dino Frazzetta, Debora Recagno, Giorgio Bolla
Cinematography: Stefano Barabino, Massimo Foletti
Editing: Benedetto Lanfranco
Producer: Gianfilippo Pedote, Alessandra Grilli
Production: CDV - Casa delle Visioni, Controra Film; in collaboration with Lab 80 film
During the late 1960s, Emilio Sidoti, an elementary school teacher in Albisola, decided to make some movies with his students in order to develop their critical gaze in a free and radical expressive pathway. This was the start of "Cinema dei ragazzi," Italy's first experience of "school and cinema;" it generated over twenty movies, all shot in Super8, and most of them were entirely written, directed, and edited by the children. Starting with the material of the time, this unique experience is put into relation with the present time, as the children of back then - who today are adults - are asked to recount the impression it left on them. Among the cases that clearly show the extraordinary consonance between the children's imagination and their vision as adults, and others that reveal the break between the time of childhood and present-day reality, existential pathways are drawn and emerge against the backdrop of the cultural and social transformations of recent decades, that involve a corner of Liguria but reflect what was happening throughout the country.
SELFIE
78’, color, documentary, 2019, Italy/France
A film by Agostino Ferrente
With: Alessandro Antonelli, Pietro Orlando
Script: Agostino Ferrente
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A film by Agostino Ferrente
With: Alessandro Antonelli, Pietro Orlando
Script: Agostino Ferrente
Editing: Letizia Caudullo, Chiara Russo
Production: Arte France, Magneto,
CDV - Casa delle Visioni, Rai Cinema in collaboration with Istituto Luce CinecittàTheatrical distribution: Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Alessandro and Pietro are 16 years-old and live in Naples, district of Traiano where, In the summer of 2014, Davide Bifolco, also 16, died, shot while being pursued by a policeman who mistook him for a fugitive. They are inseparable friends, Alessandro works as a waiter in a bar, Pietro dreams to become a hairdresser. Alessandro and Pietro accept the director’s proposal to shoot themselves with an iPhone, commenting live on their own daily experiences, their close friendship, their neighbourhood – now empty, in the middle of summer – and the tragedy that ended Davide’s life
Ammore e Malavita (Love and bullets)
133’, color, comedy, 2017, Italy
A film by Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti
With: Claudia Gerini, Carlo Buccirosso, Serena Rossi, Giampaolo Morelli, Raiz
Cinematography: Francesca Amitrano
Editing: Federico Maneschi
Production: Madeleine, Manetti Bros, RAI Cinema, Tam Tam Fotografie (Roby Schirer), Mompracem.
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A film by Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti
With: Claudia Gerini, Carlo Buccirosso, Serena Rossi, Giampaolo Morelli, Raiz
Cinematography: Francesca Amitrano
Editing: Federico Maneschi
Production: Madeleine, Manetti Bros, RAI Cinema, Tam Tam Fotografie (Roby Schirer), Mompracem.
Theatrical distribution: 01 Distribution [Italy]
In order to avoid the death of the husband (the criminal boss Don Vincenzo, “King of the Fish”), Donna Maria sends her henchmen to kill a lookalike (a shoe-seller) and then she sets up a fake funeral, while the husband is hiding in a secret place. But a nurse saw Don Vincenzo alive in the hospital while he was supposed to be dead, as the TV says. To hush the witness up, Don Vincenzo orders to his best trained bodyguards, Ciro and Rosario, to find the nurse and kill her. Ciro finds the nurse: surprisingly she is Fatima, the only girl he ever loved, which he had abandoned when he began his criminal career. To save her, Ciro hides Fatima by his uncle Mimmo, and starts a bloody fight with all his clan, including his best friend Rosario
The Bridges of Sarajevo
110’, color, fiction, 2014, France/Italy/Bosnia/Switzerland/Germany/Portugal
Collective film by Aida Begic, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, Isild Le Besco, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perisic, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec, Teresa Villaverde.
Producers: Fabienne Servan Schreiber, Laurence Miller, Francesco Virga, Gianfilippo Pedote, Mirsad Purivatra, Jovan Marjanovic, Frédéric Mermoud, Pandora da Cunha Telles, Pablo Iraola, Titus Kreyenberg
Production: Cinétévé, MIR Cinematografica, Unafilm, Rai Cinema, supported by MiBAC, Obala Art Centar, Bande à part films, Ukbar filmes, La Mission du centenaire de la Première Guerre mondiale, France 2 Cinéma, Orange Studio, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, with the support of ATLantic Grupa, Cinéforom, ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Fondation Sarajevo Cœur de l’Europe, Loterie Romande, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Office fédéral de la culture (DFI) – Suisse, Sarajevo City of Film, Fondazione Cassarurale di trento, Trentino Film Commission
Word Sales: Indie Sales [France]
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Collective film by Aida Begic, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, Isild Le Besco, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perisic, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec, Teresa Villaverde.
Producers: Fabienne Servan Schreiber, Laurence Miller, Francesco Virga, Gianfilippo Pedote, Mirsad Purivatra, Jovan Marjanovic, Frédéric Mermoud, Pandora da Cunha Telles, Pablo Iraola, Titus Kreyenberg
Production: Cinétévé, MIR Cinematografica, Unafilm, Rai Cinema, supported by MiBAC, Obala Art Centar, Bande à part films, Ukbar filmes, La Mission du centenaire de la Première Guerre mondiale, France 2 Cinéma, Orange Studio, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, with the support of ATLantic Grupa, Cinéforom, ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Fondation Sarajevo Cœur de l’Europe, Loterie Romande, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Office fédéral de la culture (DFI) – Suisse, Sarajevo City of Film, Fondazione Cassarurale di trento, Trentino Film Commission
Word Sales: Indie Sales [France]
13 European directors explore the theme of Sarajevo and what this city represents in European history over the past hundred years, and what Sarajevo incarnates today in Europe. From different generations and origins, these eminent filmmakers offer many singular styles and visions. François Schuiten, famous Belgian comic book artist (Cities of the Fantastic) imagined animated cartoon links in between these films, a metaphoric transposition in his graphically luxuriant world of the emblematic bridges of the city of Sarajevo.
Tutto parla di te (All about you)
86’, color, fiction, 2013, Italy/Switzerland
A film by Alina Marazzi
With: Charlotte Rampling, Elena Radonicich, Valerio Binasco
Screenplay by Alina Marazzi, Dario Zonta, Daniela Persico
Cinematography: Mario Masini
Editing: Ilaria Fraioli
Producer: Gianfilippo Pedote
Production: MIR Cinematografica with Rai Cinema with ventura films and RSI-Radiotelevisione Svizzera
Theatrical distribution: BIM
Pauline(CharlotteRampling) returns to Turin ‐ her place of birth ‐ for the first time after many years and gets in touch with Angela (Maria Grazia Mandruzzato), whom she had earlier met abroad and who now manages a Maternity Center. Here Pauline undertakes a research project on the experiences and problems of today’s mothers, starting from the statements, videos, photographs collected by Angela. Among the mothers attending the Center there is Emma (Elena Radonicich), a young and elusive dancer in deep crisis: she doesn’t know how to face the responsibilities demanded by motherhood and sees her life at a standstill. She feels alone and inept. Between the two women, a relationship of complicity develops, which in a play of reflections, will lead Pauline to come to terms with her own tragic past and allow Emma to discover a meaningful sense of self in her new identity as a mother.
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A film by Alina Marazzi
With: Charlotte Rampling, Elena Radonicich, Valerio Binasco
Screenplay by Alina Marazzi, Dario Zonta, Daniela Persico
Cinematography: Mario Masini
Editing: Ilaria Fraioli
Producer: Gianfilippo Pedote
Production: MIR Cinematografica with Rai Cinema with ventura films and RSI-Radiotelevisione Svizzera
Theatrical distribution: BIM
Pauline(CharlotteRampling) returns to Turin ‐ her place of birth ‐ for the first time after many years and gets in touch with Angela (Maria Grazia Mandruzzato), whom she had earlier met abroad and who now manages a Maternity Center. Here Pauline undertakes a research project on the experiences and problems of today’s mothers, starting from the statements, videos, photographs collected by Angela. Among the mothers attending the Center there is Emma (Elena Radonicich), a young and elusive dancer in deep crisis: she doesn’t know how to face the responsibilities demanded by motherhood and sees her life at a standstill. She feels alone and inept. Between the two women, a relationship of complicity develops, which in a play of reflections, will lead Pauline to come to terms with her own tragic past and allow Emma to discover a meaningful sense of self in her new identity as a mother.
Paura 3D
104’, color, horror, 2012, Italy
A film by Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti
With: Peppe Servillo, Francesca Cuttica, Domenico Diele
Cinematography: Gianfilippo Corticelli
Editing: Federico Maneschi
Production: Pepito Produzioni, Vision Project (Roby Schirer), Dania Film, Manetti bros. Film, Medusa Film, Sky Cinema, Mediaset
Theatrical distribution: Medusa Distribuzione [Italy]
Three young musicians think they have luck on their side when they score the keys to a beautiful villa outside of Rome for the weekend. Unfortunately, they soon discover that they are not alone.
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A film by Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti
With: Peppe Servillo, Francesca Cuttica, Domenico Diele
Cinematography: Gianfilippo Corticelli
Editing: Federico Maneschi
Production: Pepito Produzioni, Vision Project (Roby Schirer), Dania Film, Manetti bros. Film, Medusa Film, Sky Cinema, Mediaset
Theatrical distribution: Medusa Distribuzione [Italy]
Three young musicians think they have luck on their side when they score the keys to a beautiful villa outside of Rome for the weekend. Unfortunately, they soon discover that they are not alone.
Vogliamo anche le rose (We want roses too)
84’, colour and black and white, doc, 2007, Italy/Switzerland
A film by Alina Marazzi
With: Teresa Saponangelo, Anita Caprioli, Valentina Carnelutti
Editing: Ilaria Fraioli
Original soundtrack: Ronin, Bruno Dorella
Producers: Gianfilippo Pedote, Francesco Virga, Andres Pfaeffli, Elda Guidinelli
Production: Mir Cinematografica, Ventura Film, Rai Cinema, RTSI, Fox Channels Italy, Aamod, Yle
Theatrical Distribution: Mikado
World Sales: Women Makes Movie
This stunning visual masterpiece is an exuberant testament to the resolve of women of the ’60s and ’70s sexual revolution and feminist movement in Italy. Acclaimed director Alina Marazzi takes viewers on a gorgeous storytelling journey through archival footage, advertisements, and colorful images juxtaposed with the true-life struggles and first person narrations of three diverse Italian women: Anita, who is struggling with an oppressive father and the strict rules of her Catholic faith; Teresa, who must resort to a heartbreaking illicit abortion; and Valentina, a militant feminist caught between love and her commitment to the movement. The feminist slogan “We want bread, but we want roses too,” was first chanted by thousands of striking female textile workers in Massachusetts in 1912. Marazzi’s vibrant film is a celebration of women who fought for a world where both the essentials of bread and the poetry of roses have a place. The artistic and educational, personal and political converge beautifully in this fascinating film that transcends time and culture to reveal many of the universal struggles and inspirations of women’s equality.
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A film by Alina Marazzi
With: Teresa Saponangelo, Anita Caprioli, Valentina Carnelutti
Editing: Ilaria Fraioli
Original soundtrack: Ronin, Bruno Dorella
Producers: Gianfilippo Pedote, Francesco Virga, Andres Pfaeffli, Elda Guidinelli
Production: Mir Cinematografica, Ventura Film, Rai Cinema, RTSI, Fox Channels Italy, Aamod, Yle
Theatrical Distribution: Mikado
World Sales: Women Makes Movie
This stunning visual masterpiece is an exuberant testament to the resolve of women of the ’60s and ’70s sexual revolution and feminist movement in Italy. Acclaimed director Alina Marazzi takes viewers on a gorgeous storytelling journey through archival footage, advertisements, and colorful images juxtaposed with the true-life struggles and first person narrations of three diverse Italian women: Anita, who is struggling with an oppressive father and the strict rules of her Catholic faith; Teresa, who must resort to a heartbreaking illicit abortion; and Valentina, a militant feminist caught between love and her commitment to the movement. The feminist slogan “We want bread, but we want roses too,” was first chanted by thousands of striking female textile workers in Massachusetts in 1912. Marazzi’s vibrant film is a celebration of women who fought for a world where both the essentials of bread and the poetry of roses have a place. The artistic and educational, personal and political converge beautifully in this fascinating film that transcends time and culture to reveal many of the universal struggles and inspirations of women’s equality.
Fame chimica (The munches)
97’ color, fiction, 2003, Italy
A film by Antonio Bocola and Paolo Vari
With: Marco Foschi, Matteo Gianoli, Valeria Solarino
Cinematographer: Mladen Matula
Editing: Maurizio Grillo
Soundtrack coordination Luca Persico
Production design: Gianfilippo Pedote
Producers: Gianfilippo Pedote, Franco Bocca Gelsi, Franco Zuliani, Pio Bordoni
Produced by: Coop Gagarin, Ubu Film
Theatrical Distribution: Lucky Red
In the suburbs of Milan, a residents’ association tries to keep away a group of immigrants. Meanwhile, the friendship of two longtime friends is put to the test when a beautiful former schoolmate shows up after spending some time abroad.
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A film by Antonio Bocola and Paolo Vari
With: Marco Foschi, Matteo Gianoli, Valeria Solarino
Cinematographer: Mladen Matula
Editing: Maurizio Grillo
Soundtrack coordination Luca Persico
Production design: Gianfilippo Pedote
Producers: Gianfilippo Pedote, Franco Bocca Gelsi, Franco Zuliani, Pio Bordoni
Produced by: Coop Gagarin, Ubu Film
Theatrical Distribution: Lucky Red
In the suburbs of Milan, a residents’ association tries to keep away a group of immigrants. Meanwhile, the friendship of two longtime friends is put to the test when a beautiful former schoolmate shows up after spending some time abroad.
Un’ora sola ti vorrei (For one more hour with you)
55′, colour and black and white, doc, 2002, Italy
A film by Alina Marazzi
Editing: Ilaria Fraioli
Producers: Gianfilippo Pedote, Alina Marazzi, Francesco Virga, Giuseppe Piccioni
Produced by: Venerdì, Bartleby Film, Tele+, RTSI Televisione Svizzera
Theatrical Distribution: Mikado/CDV-Casa delle Visioni
Italian documentary filmmaker Alina Marazzi tries to piece together the life of her mother who passed away in 1972 when she was 7 years old. Through a patchwork of home movies, recordings and diary entries, Alina crafts a moving tribute to the universal power of love.
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A film by Alina Marazzi
Editing: Ilaria Fraioli
Producers: Gianfilippo Pedote, Alina Marazzi, Francesco Virga, Giuseppe Piccioni
Produced by: Venerdì, Bartleby Film, Tele+, RTSI Televisione Svizzera
Theatrical Distribution: Mikado/CDV-Casa delle Visioni
World Sales: Roco Film
AnimaMundi
28’, color, art film, 1991, Italy/USAA film by Godfrey Reggio
Original soundtrack by Philip Glass
Editing: Miroslav Janek
Produced by Gianfilippo Pedote and Larry Taub
Studio Equatore Production with RE for Bulgari
World Sales: CDV-Casa delle Visioni
Image and music are intertwined in this third collaboration between director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass. The film was produced to celebrate the World Wildlife Fund’s Biological Diversity Campaign. The film combines images of nature with pulsing rhythms in a Microcosmos (1997) meets Koyaanisqatsi (1983) spectacle.
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Original soundtrack by Philip Glass
Editing: Miroslav Janek
Produced by Gianfilippo Pedote and Larry Taub
Studio Equatore Production with RE for Bulgari
World Sales: CDV-Casa delle Visioni
Image and music are intertwined in this third collaboration between director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass. The film was produced to celebrate the World Wildlife Fund’s Biological Diversity Campaign. The film combines images of nature with pulsing rhythms in a Microcosmos (1997) meets Koyaanisqatsi (1983) spectacle.
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