SPAZIO ALFIERI
DOC AT WORK – CAMPUS
Presentation of films made in 2018 by students of the Turin Scuola Holden, the Milan Civica scuola di cinema Luchino Visconti, and the Naples Centro FilmaP – Atelier di Cinema del Reale, and Zelig – School for Documentary, Television and New Media of Bolzen, FAMU Film and TV School of the Prague Academy of Performing Arts (CZ).
Wednsday, November 7th, Spazio Alfieri, 3:00pm - With the directors in-person
OUR STREET
Directed by: Petra Feňďová (Czech Republic, 2017, 3’)
The busy life of a corner of Prague, opposite the National Theatre, seen from the point of view of a newsagents’: encounters, unpleasant events, and surprises that form the infra-ordinary texture of daily life.
CINEMA
Directed by: Isabella Mari (Italy, 2018, 12’)
A film crew arrives in Ponticelli. The film industry invades the famous neighbourhood of Naples in search of ‘picturesque’ locations, turning buildings, streets, and apartments into a big film set staging social exclusion. The film observes how these foreign bodies take hold of the neighbourhood and how people who live there respond.
PIERROT
Directed by: Antonio Longobardi (Italy, 2018, 11’)
A suburban cinema and its projectionist resist like an enclave of a way of experiencing film that is now on the brink of extinction: a large theatre, screenings in actual film, and the feeling of complicity with the audience. The film carries us into the world of the “Pierrot” Cinema and of its projectionist, revealing a passion for film, its history, and its material nature.
IL VILLAGGIO
Directed by: Caterina Ferrari (Italy, 2018, 40’)
A large interport in the north of Italy, an anonymous logistics hub that shelters both fleeting and regular inhabitants, i.e. the truck drivers who move goods all across Europe. They form a nomadic community that gives a new meaning to the inert spaces of the parking lot: gestures, habits, meetings, as well as cooking make up a shared space, almost a village.
EMPIRE BUILDERS
Directed by: Andran Abramjan (Czech Republic, 2018, 83’)
A disturbing film that ushers us into the core of far right movements in the Czech Republic: following the story of a film-maker who takes active part in propaganda and that of a political candidate, an anti-Islamic sociologist, Abramjan shows from within the xenophobic, nationalist, and sovereigntist galaxy that is conquering Europe.
MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN
Directed by: Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting (USA, Belgium, Netherlands, 2018, 79’ | Età 12+)
What are the promises and consequences of artificial intelligence in today’s world? In this feature-length documentary, the filmmakers explore the complex role of artificial intelligence and also attempt to build an intelligent robot to see if it can replace them as film directors. Will our creation, infinitely smarter, interconnected and possibly self-aware, render humanity obsolete?
Wednesday, November 7th, Spazio Alfieri, ore 6:30pm
LOUISIANA
The Other Side
Regia: Roberto Minervini (Italy, France, 2015, 92’)
In North Louisiana, moments of complicity and affection alternate to terrible fights between Mark and Lisa, both addicted to methamphetamine. Around their trailer, a community of veterans get into a heated argument about the social situation. At the same time, in Texas, members of a militia group get ready for an imminent new civil war.
Wednesday, November 7th, Spazio Alfieri, ore 8:30pm
BETTY – THEY SAY I’M DIFFERENT
Directed by: Philip Cox (UK, France, 2017, 54’)
Betty Davis changed the scene of women’s music, said her ex-husband, Miles Davis. The controversial, pioneering queen of funk – almost a Madonna before Madonna, or Prince before Prince – succeeded in the early seventies with a bang, thanks to her boldness and irreverence, becoming an icon of music and fashion before mysteriously bowing out – and staying away for thirty-five years.
Wednesday, November 7th, Spazio Alfieri, ore 10:00pm