From March 21 to April 2, 2011, at the Espace Magnan, the 26th edition of the Italian Cinema Days will take place, a festival focused on emerging Italian cinema, which, as every year, presents a majority of films that you won’t see anywhere else: premieres, unreleased films, quality cinema… not distributed.
The 2011 Edition offers several meetings with directors and actors, as well as a documentary section offering a perspective on the theme of our relationship with our land, our cultures, our lives… This year, the journey through the work of Pier Paolo Pasolini continues with the famous Trilogy of Life, with concerns and philosophies not so distant from the issues of our time.
A new feature, the creation of the Garibaldi Prize awarded by a jury of professionals and complemented by a Public Prize, to acknowledge Italian unity proclaimed on March 17, 1861, 150 years ago.
A trophy will be created by Serenella Sossi, sculptor.
An evening is organized in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy around I NOSTRI ANNI by Daniele Gaglianone
PROGRAM:
FICTIONS
BASILICATA COAST TO COAST by Rocco Papaleo
FEBBRE DA FIENO by Laura Luchetti
IL COMPLEANNO by Marco Filiberti
I NOSTRI ANNI by Daniele Gaglianone
LE STELLE INQUIETE by Emanuela Piovano
PIETRO by Daniele Gaglianone
DOCUMENTARIES
A NORD EST by Milo Adami and Luca Scivoletto
FOCACCIA BLUES by Nico Cirasola
GRANDI SPERANZE by Martina Parenti and Massimo D’Anolfi
TERRA MADRE by Ermanno Olmi
HERITAGE
The Trilogy of Life by Pier Paolo Pasolini
IL DECAMERON
IL FIORE DELLE MILLE E UNA NOTTE
I RACCONTI DI CANTERBURY
The Garibaldi Prize will reward the best film of the festival after deliberations by a jury of professionals.
The Public Prize will be awarded on April 2 after votes from the spectators throughout the festival.
9 films are in competition this year:
A NORD EST by Milo Adami and Luca Scivoletto [Documentary]
BASILICATA COAST TO COAST by Rocco Papaleo [Fiction]
FEBBRE DA FIENO by Laura Luchetti [Fiction]
FOCACCIA BLUES by Nico Cirasola [Docu-Fiction]
GRANDI SPERANZE by Martina Parenti and Massimo D’Anolfi [Documentary]
IL COMPLEANNO by Marco Filiberti [Fiction]
LE STELLE INQUIETE by Emanuela Piovano [Fiction]
PIETRO by Daniele Gaglianone [Fiction]
TERRA MADRE by Ermanno Olmi [Documentary]
Jury & Garibaldi Prize
Jean-Claude MIRABELLA
Academic, professor of Italian at Paul Valéry University in Montpellier. Author of the book The Italian Cinema of Today (1976-2001), from Crisis to Renewal. Programming advisor for the Italian Cinema Festival of Villerupt. Facilitator of the Italian Cinema Meetings in Toulouse.
Francesco RANDAZZO
Writer (theater, poetry, short stories, novel) and director.
Since 1995, he is the artistic director of the Officina Teatro of the Associazione degli Ostinati. He leads the contemporary theater festival Allegro Ostinato in Syracuse. His texts juggle between rewriting theatrical classics and contemporary subjects, with a particular focus on social and civic themes.
Patrizia RAPPAZZO
Artistic director for 18 years of the Sguardi Altrove festival in Milan, an international festival of cinema and contemporary art. Journalist specialized in theater and cinema, she collaborates with various newspapers and specialized magazines while organizing cultural events related to interculturality in art and cinema.
The Public Prize
And because a festival is above all an audience, the 1st Public Prize is also awarded during the closing evening, after votes from spectators throughout the festival at the end of each session.
