LA COMPAGNIA
Saletta MyMovies.it – Free Entance
HOW I DID IT – PUBLIC MEETING WITH THE FILMMAKERS
Tuesday, November 6th, La Compagnia Saletta MyMovies.it, 11:00am.
LAS NUBES
Directed by: Juan Pablo González (Usa, Mexico, 2018, 20’)
In the town of Las Nubes in Mexico, an anonymous rancher tells how since he stopped measuring time his memory has clouded almost completely. What he does remember with exact precision is the last night he saw his daughter...
Tuesday, November 6th, La Compagnia, 3:00pm.
NO OBVIOUS SIGNS
Directed by: Alina Gorlova (Ukraine, 2018, 60’)
“No obvious signs” are the words Ukrainian soldiers hear in hospitals where they go with physiological traumas, needing help. But until their bodies have no injuries, not only doctors, but even society don’t notice their problems. This is the story of the woman who returns from war and that tries hard to get back to normal life. What lies behind the heroic deeds of warriors in Ukraine? What do they have to face, one on one, in their life in peace? And where does war stop?
Tuesday, November 6th, La Compagnia, 3:00pm. – With the director in-person
SEC ROUGE
Directed by: Kate Tessa Lee, Tom Schön (Germany 2018, 27’)
For centuries, generations of fisherwomen from Rodrigues Island have practiced the traditional octopus spearing, which used to be a warrant of self-sufficiency, emancipation, and social prestige. With the advent of major economic and climatic changes, this job, alongside its stoical self-reliant way of life, is nowadays at stake. Sec Rouge, a creole term for an optimal dry tide to fish octopus, was an omen of prosperous catch for the elders. Today a ‘dry-red’ tide is a rarity; a mirage-image of precarious times for the few remaining fisherwomen who are still struggling to do their job.
Tuesday, November 6th, La Compagnia, 4:45pm. – With the directors in-person
ACID FOREST
Directed by: Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė (Lithuania, 2018, 60’)
The Acid Forest is one of the oldest and most beautiful natural reserves in Lithuania. It has become homeland to thousands of cormorants, after just a few specimens arrived there once for reproduction, now grown in surplus enough to become a menace. The story of the forest becomes a particular one, that has to do with the balance of power between birds, trees, and humans.
Tuesday, November 6th, La Compagnia, 4:45pm. – With the director in-person
DOCUMENTARY IN VR
Festival dei Popoli and Gold Enteprise, with the collaboration of the Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini, present Popoli VR – Il reale del virtuale, a selection of VR documentaries from all over the world. The works discuss a variety of themes: each of them is a unique experience that, however, can be repeated in a different way, changing the viewer’s angle, or the user’s responsibility, or the form of storytelling. Which perspectives and which opportunities become available with VR for narratives of the real? How many stories can we tell? How many experiences can we live?
Program:
Anote’s Ark, di Matthieu Rytz (Canada, 2018, 10')
Chromatica di Flavio Costa (Italia, 2017, 17’37”)
Drumpossible, di Omar Rashid (Italia, 2017, 1' 30")
Half Life (VR short Version), di Robert Connor (Svezia, 2018, 11')
Jafri, di Michael Beets (Australia, 2016, 8')
Out of the Blue, di Sophie Ansel (Francia, USA, Messico, Australia, Russia, 2017, 10')
Sun Ladies, di Christian Stephen, Celine Tricart (USA, 2018, 7')
From Sunday 4 to Friday 9 November, from 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm at the Sala Mymovies.it of Cinema La Compagnia. - Free entrance
AFTER THE SILENCE
Après Le Silence
Directed by: Sonam Larcin (Belgium, 2018, 23’)
Essendo fuggito dal suo paese, David ha dovuto abbandonare anche l’uomo che ama. Ricorda lui, la loro vita insieme, la società che li costringeva a una vita clandestina. Ora, ai fini dell’ottenimento dello status di rifugiato, dovrà parlare proprio di quella vita segreta che ha sempre dovuto tenere tenuto per sé.
Tuesday, November 6th, La Compagnia, 6:45pm
ERASED, ASCENT OF THE INVISIBLE
Tirss, Rihlat Al Sou’oud Ila Al Mar’i
Directed by: Ghassan Halwani (Lebanon, 2018, 76’)
“In Libano si è compiuto un crimine completo in due atti: 1. l’atto di uccidere; 2. l’atto di dissimulare tale crimine”. Oltre 17.000 persone sono scomparse in Libano nel corso della guerra civile che ha avuto luogo tra il 1975 e il 1990. La loro storia è rimasta incompiuta, avvolta nel mistero. In una disperata ricerca di giustizia, il regista cerca, attraverso un laborioso lavoro d’artista, di riportare alla luce queste esistenze cadute nell’oblio per ridar loro dignità ed un nome.
Tuesday, November 6th, La Compagnia, 6:45pm - With the director in-person
QUEEN: ROCK THE WORLD
Directed by: Christopher Bird (UK, 2017, 60’)
A backstage of the revolutionary tour of Queen in the U.S. in 1977. BBC reporter Bob Harris was given exclusive access to the tour, which allowed him to capture private moments of the band in a significant phase of their career. However, the film was never completed. Now it has been accurately restored and revisited, offering an extensive portrayal of one of the greatest bands of all time.
Tuesday 6 November, La Compagnia, 9:15pm - With the Director in-person
QUEEN + BEJART: BALLET FOR LIFE
Directed by: Lynne Wake (UK, 2018, 60’)
The extraordinary collaboration of Queen and visionary choreographer Maurice Béjart led to create a dance show accompanied by the music of Queen and Mozart. Using backstage videos of the Paris premiere of Ballet for Life and clips of never-seen interviews with Maurice Béjart, this documentary pays homage to a generation of artists who died from AIDS in the early nineties, including Freddie Mercury and the dancer Jorge Donn.
Tuesday 6 November, La Compagnia, 9:15pm - With the Director in-person