Torino Film Festival (Nov. 21-29) (2)

The 26th Turin Film Festival released its lineup completely void of Italian films in the main section. Second year artistic director Nanni Moretti, who revealed the lineup, did his best to avoid comparisons to the just-completed Rome International Film Festival. Italian films are present in other sections.

The section "Italiana.doc":

CASA VERDI by Anna Franceschini (Italy, 2008, 52’)
EARTHQUAKE ’68 by Emanuele Sweden (Italy, 2008, 98’)
GIORNALIERO DI CITTÀ E PASSANTI by Mauro Santini (Italy, 2008, 58’)
IL GRANDE PROGETTO by Vincenzo Marra (Italy, 2008, 71’)
HUNTERS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME by Carlos Casas (Italy/Switzerland, 2008, 87’)
LEONARDO by Paolo De Falco (Italy, 2008, 80’)
THE LOVE FACTORY #3 PIPPO DELBONO - BISOGNA MORIRE by Luca Guadagnino (Italy, 2008, 61’)
NAPOLI PIAZZA MUNICIPIO by Bruno Oliviero (Italy/France, 2008, 55’)
RADIO EGNATIA by Davide Barletti (Italy, 2008, 74’) (distr. Fluid Video Crew Produzioni Audiovisive Indipendenti)
RATA NECE BITI (NON CI SARÀ LA GUERRA) by Daniele Gaglianone (Italy, 2008, 170’)
SIGNORI PROFESSORI by Maura Delpero (Italy, 2008, 92’)
USO IMPROPRIO by Luca Gasparini and Alberto Masi (Italy, 2008, 71’) (distr. Vivo Film)
UNO SCAMPOLO DI PARADISO by Gabriele Vacis (Italy, 2008, 72’).

The section "Italiana.Corti":

People my age
SOFIA by Carlo Sironi (Italy, 2008, 20’)
XIAO PENGKE / LITTLE PUNK by Davide Arosio and Alberto Gerosa (Italy, 2008, 25’)
A CHI È GIÀ MORTO A CHI STA PER MORIRE by Fulvio Pepe (Italy, 2008, 21’)
LA NONNA by Massimo Alì Mohammad (Italy, 2008, 30’)

Love stories end bad
ITALIANO PER STRANIERI by Brian Christopher Griffin (Italy, 2008, 20’)
MACCHIE DI SOLE by Stella Di Tocco (Italy, 2008, 17’)
IL CITOFONO by Emanuela Rossi (Italy, 2008, 24’)
SONDERBEHANDLUNG by Carlo Michele Schirinzi (Italy, 2008, 9’)
69BITES by Kristoph Tassin and Marianna Schivardi (Spain/Italy, 2007, 18’)

Other times other spaces
OTTANA by Pietro Mele (Italy, 2008, 16’)
THE DISTANCE TO THE SUN by Andrea Dojmi (Italy/USA, 2007, 29’)
THE UNDERCOVER MAN by Rossella Biscotti (Italy/Netherlands/Switzerland, 2008, 30’)
CHI SI FERMA È PERDUTO by Giacomo Cesari (Italy/Bolivia, 2008, 25’)

The section "L'amore degli inizi" will offer a meeting with 6 Italian filmmaker after the projection of their first work:

IRENE, IRENE by Peter Del Monte (Italy, 1975, 35mm, 105’)
BERLINGUER TI VOGLIO BENE by Giuseppe Bertolucci (Berlinguer: I Love You, Italy, 1977, 35mm, 90’)
IMMACOLATA E CONCETTA, L’ALTRA GELOSIA by Salvatore Piscicelli (Immacolata e Concetta: The Other Jealousy, Italy, 1979, 35mm, 90’)
MALEDETTI VI AMERÒ by Marco Tullio Giordana (To Love the Damned, Italy, 1980, 35mm, 84’)
AMORE TOSSICO by Claudio Caligari (Italy, 1983, 35mm, 96’)
LA BELLA VITA by Paolo Virzì (Living It Up, Italy, 1994, 35mm, 92’)

The section "Regional Competion":

IV by Andrea Scaglione (Italy, 2008, 5’)
ANIME IGNARE by Luigi Sorbilli (Italy, 2008, 12’)
ARCHIVE OF DREAMS by Tomas Sheridan (UK/Italy, 2008, 15’)
LA CASA SIN TIEMPO by Simone Giovine (Argentina/Italy, 2007, 9’)
FOOTSTEPS IN THE NIGHT by Valentina Forno (Australia/Italy, 2008, 5’)
NOSTALGICO AVVENIRE by Vieri Brini and Emanuele Policante (Italy, 2008, 14’)
LA SCATOLA DEI BALOCCHI by Davide Martinoli (Italy, 2008, 8’)
LE TROIXIEME CHARGE by Mauro De Fazio (Italy, 2008, 14’)

The section "Special Events":

LA CLASSE OPERAIA VA IN PARADISO by Elio Petri (Italy, 1971, 35mm, 125’)
DIARIO DI UN MAESTRO by Vittorio De Seta (Italy, 1973, 35mm, 135’)
FRANCO CRISTALDI E IL SUO CINEMA PARADISO by Massimo Spano (Italy, 2008, DigiBeta, 100’)

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