LA COMPAGNIA
Saletta MyMovies.it – free entrance
HOW I DID IT – PUBLIC MEETING WITH THE FILMMAKERS
Saturday, November 10th, La Compagnia Saletta MyMovies.it, 11:00am
WHEN PIGS COME
Directed by: Biljana Tutorov (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, 2017, 72’)
Tribute to Biljana Tutorov, International Jury
Dragoslava has four TV sets, three grandchildren, two best friends, and a husband with whom she fights over a remote control. She has lived in five countries without ever moving from her flat in a small borderline town. The media and politics creep into the family intimacy but she reflects about it with humour and determination. Our every single gesture, from getting up in the morning onward, is an act of responsibility which starts to change the world.
Saturday, November 10th, La Compagnia, 3:00pm – With the director in-person
KINSHASA MAKAMBO
Directed by: Dieudo Hamadi (Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Switzerland, Germany, Qatar, Norway, 2018, 75’)
Tribute to Stephan Riguet, International Jury
Christian, Ben, and Jean-Marie are three activists struggling for political change and free elections in their country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Twitting and posting on Facebook is not enough. Concrete actions are necessary, but how to choose between dialogue with politicians and people’s uprising? Kinshasa Makambo carries us into the centre of the debate and the dilemmas of the young Africans who want change at all costs, including bullets, prison, and exile.
Saturday, November 10th, La Compagnia, 4:30pm – With Stephane Riguet in-person
TANZANIA TRANSIT
Directed by: Jeroen van Velzen (Netherlands, 2018, 75’)
On board a train that links the suburbs of the capital, the stories of a few travellers, immersed in a lively, colourful humankind that is poor but dignified are the emblem of a country at full speed: Tanzania. Villagers – the people most tied to tradition – look amazed and a bit suspiciously at the lures of the big city. The faith of the destitute must overcome the temptations of superstition. The life of a single woman is never easy, at any latitude. In this film, entirely devoted to the travel theme, the landscape seen from the train windows is the leading character.
Saturday, November 10th, La Compagnia, 6:00pm
AWARDS CEREMONY
The International Jury composed of Filipa Reis (Portugal), Stephan Riguet (France) and Biljana Tutorov (Serbia) will bestow the following Awards to the films in the International Competition.
Best Feature-Length Documentary
Best Mid-Length Documentary
Best Short Documentary
Best Anthropological Film: Gian Paolo Paoli Award
These films are in competition to win the Cinemaitaliano.info-CG Entertainment Award (home video distribution) and the Gli Imperdibili Award.
The films of the International Competition and the films of the Italian Competition, compete for the award: The Gaze of the Other: The challenge of dialogue between cultures and religions, bestowed by the Istituto Sangalli per la storia e le culture religiose of Florence.
Audience Award
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GENESIS 2.0
Directed by: Christian Frei, Maxim Arbugaev (Switzerland, 2018, 113’)
On the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, hunters are searching for the tusks of extinct mammoths. The price for white gold has never been so high. The tusk hunters find a surprisingly well-preserved mammoth carcass. Such finds are magnets for high-tech genetic scientists. They want to bring the extinct woolly mammoth back to life à la Jurassic Park. Resurrecting the mammoth is a first manifestation of the next great technological revolution. Man becomes Creator. Genesis two point zero.
Saturday, November 10th, La Compagnia, 8:30pm