Italian Film Festival

Italian Film Festival

The Film Festival presents the newest releases of Italian Cinema not yet shown in the US. Join us for local premieres of some Italian Films. 10:30 am 1:00 pm 3:30 pm.

Films:

10:30 am - Short Film Program * Programma Di Cortometraggi

PLOT:
In a colorful future, two historical protagonists of world cinema travel through a “filmesque” journey in front of a circus tent.

DIRECTOR:
Vincenzo De Sio
YEAR:
2018
LENGTH:
2’45”
GENRE:
Animation
SOURCE:
Courtesy of Premiere Film Distribution

PLOT:
An Afghani refugee arrives in Italy with his goat and seeks asylum for both.

DIRECTOR:
Andrea Brusa, Marco Scotuzzi
YEAR:
2018
LENGTH:
15’
GENRE:
Drama
AWARDS:
• Nominated Best Short: David di Donatello
SOURCE:
Courtesy of Premiere Film Distribution

PLOT:
Behind a meeting between a young man and a young woman there is a new form of socialization.

DIRECTOR:
Fabrizio Benvenuto
YEAR:
2018
LENGTH:
13’
GENRE:
Drama
SOURCE:
Courtesy of Premiere Film Distribution

PLOT:
Gemma and Marcello are about to marry. They have waited a long time for this moment. There is very little time before the ceremony and they are filled with emotion,expectations and fear. Gemma and Marcello are not an ordinary couple.

DIRECTOR:
Laura Luchetti
YEAR:
2018
LENGTH:
9’
GENRE:
Stop-motion animation
SOURCE:
Courtesy of Premiere Film Distribution

PLOT:
The story of Paola Clemente, a farm worker who died under the toil of a day in the fields, told through the words of the subsequent judicial investigation.

DIRECTOR:
Pippo Mezzapesa
YEAR:
2018
LENGTH:
10’
GENRE:
Drama
SOURCE:
Courtesy of Elenfant Distribution

PLOT:
Sandro works in a warehouse during the day and impersonates Elvis at night. After a memorable performance in a night club, a manager proposes to him a tour in China.

DIRECTORS:
Andrea Della Monica
YEAR:
2018
LENGTH:
7’
GENRE:
Comedy
SOURCE:
Courtesy of Elenfant Distribution

PLOT:
When the Italian soccer team is defeated and out of the 2018 World Cup, a group of young people decides to organize a parallel world championship in a town square.

DIRECTOR:
:Vito Palmieri
YEAR:
2018
LENGTH:
15’
GENRE:
Comedy
SOURCE:
Courtesy of Elenfant Distribution

1:00 pm  -  As Needed *  Quanto Basta

PLOT:
Arturo, a talented chef with a troubled past, is assigned to serve community time as a cooking instructor at a school for teenagers with Asperger’s syndrome. One of the students, Guido, is very talented and passionate about cooking. Will the improbable friendship between the two help Arturo change his life around?
CAST:
Vinicio Marchioni, Valeria Solarino, Luigi Fedele, Nicola Siri, Mirko Frezza, Benedetta Porcaroli, Gianfranco Gallo, Alessandro Haber, Lucia Batassa, Giuseppe Laudisa
YEAR:
2018
LENGTH:
92 min.
GENRE:
Drama
AWARDS:
• Graziella Bonacchi Award (Luigi Fedele): Nastro d'argento
RATING:
USA: no rating; Australia: 15+

3:30 pm  -  The Stolen Caravaggio * Una Storia Senza Nome

PLOT:
Valeria, the young secretary of a film producer, lives a secluded life in the same apartment building as her eccentric mother, and pens anonymous scripts for a successful screenwriter, Alessandro. One day she is approached by a mysterious man who gives her an unusual gift: the plot for her next script. But that plot turns out to be a dangerous one: the story without a name is, in fact, about the mysterious1969 theft of a famous painting by Caravaggio, The Nativity, carried out in Palermo by the Mafia.
CAST:
Micaela Ramazzotti, Renato Carpentieri, Laura Morante, Alessandro Gassmann, Jerzy Skolimowski, Gaetano Bruno, Antonio Catania

YEAR:
2018
LENGTH:
110 min.
GENRE:
Drama

For location and film information go to www.italianfilmfests.org for the list of films being shown at the Marston Exploratory Theatre, the Mustang Library and the Civic Center Library.

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