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The last day of the Lovers Film Festival (Turin, 20th of June, Cinema Massimo, Museo Nazionale del Cinema) On Sunday the 20th the Lovers Film Festival, whose tickets are available exclusively online on the festival’s site, comes to an end in Turin at the Cinema Massimo. At 4.45 PM in Sala Rondolino Lovers Meets Alessandro Zan. Alongside the Director Vladimir Luxuria, the Deputy Alessandro Zan, the Vice President of the Senate Anna Rossomando, the TV personality and presenter Costantino della Gherardesca and the Coordinator of Torino Pride’s Coordination Alessandro Battaglia (free entry). The day will finish with the Closing Night, at 8 PM in Sala Cabiria, which, in addition to the usual award ceremony, Vincenzo De Lucia’s performance and the screening of Sublet by Eytan Fox (Israel, 2020, 89’) - will include the participation of an internationally renowned musical guest: Malika Ayane. Festival MIX Milano’s delegation on stage. THE FILM Michael, a ‘New York Times’ journalist, who recently faced a personal tragedy, is in Tel Aviv for professional tasks which he hopes to carry out quickly. When he sublets the apartment of a young cinema student, Tomer, he finds himself involved in the city life. Michael and Tomer begin an unlikely and intense relationship which will change their lives. Eytan Fox, born in New York city and raised in Israel, previously at the Lovers Film Festival with The Bubble, Yossi and Cupcakes, analyses the various aspects of his identity narrating the relationship between two different and apparently distant men. Sunday the 20th of June’s program SUNDAY 20 JUNE SALA CABIRIA 2.15 PM SPECIAL EVENT Milkwater [R] MORGAN INGARI • USA, 2020, 101’ 4.30 PM ALL THE LOVERS – INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION Jump, Darling [R] PHIL CONNELL • CANADA, 2020, 90’ 20.00 CLOSING NIGHT WINNERS’ AWARD CEREMONY Opening: Malika Ayane’s voice, Vincenzo De Luca’s transformations and the Festival MIX Milano’s delegation. SPECIAL EVENT Sublet EYTAN FOX • ISRAEL, 2020, 89’ Michael, a ‘New York Times’ journalist, who recently faced a personal tragedy, is in Tel Aviv for professional tasks which he hopes to carry out quickly. When he sublets the apartment of a young cinema student, Tomer, he finds himself involved in the city life. Michael and Tomer begin an unlikely and intense relationship which will change their lives. Eytan Fox, born in New York city and raised in Israel, previously at the Lovers Film Festival with The Bubble, Yossi and Cupcakes, analyses the various aspects of his identity narrating the relationship between two different and apparently distant men. SALA RONDOLINO 2.30 PM FUTURE LOVERS – INTERNATIONAL SHORTS COMPETITION [R] The Call MARIOS PSARAS • CYPRUS, 2020, 10’ Apodrasi apo ton Efthrafsto Planiti (Escaping the Fragile Planet) THANASSIS TSIMPINIS • GREECE, 2020, 17’ Desconexo (Offline) LUI AVALLOS • BRAZIL, 2020, 30’ Dustin NAÏLA GUIGUET • FRANCE, 2020, 20’ L’Empoté (Extra Flavour) CARLOS ABASCAL PEIRÓ • FRANCE, 2020, 9’ 4.45 PM LOVERS MEETS ZAN Alongside Vladimir Luxuria, Alessandro Zan, Anna Rossomando, Costantino della Gherardesca and Alessandro Battaglia – Torino Pride’s Coordinator. Free entry 6.30 PM FUTURE LOVERS – INTERNATIONAL SHORTS COMPETITION [R] Marlon Brando VINCENT TILANUS • NETHERLANDS, 2020, 19’ Luz De Presença (A Present Light) DIOGO COSTA AMARANTE • PORTUGAL, 2021, 19’ U Up? VIKTÓRIA SZEMERÉDY • HUNGARY, 2020, 9’ MEISJESJONGENSMIX (GirlsBoysMix) LARA AERTS • NETHERLANDS, 2020, 7’ Peach SOPHIE SAVILLE • AUSTRALIA, 2021, 8’ Personals SASHA ARGIROV • CANADA, 2020, 13’ Victoria DANIEL TOLEDO SAURA • SPAIN, 2020, 8’ The Odyssey EMMANUELLE MATTANA • AUSTRALIA, 2021, 7’ 8.30 PM ALL THE LOVERS – INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION Landlocked [R] TIMOTHY HALL • USA, 2021, 82’ 10.30 PM ALL THE LOVERS – INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION The First Death of Joana (A Primeira Morte de Joana) [R] CRISTIANE OLIVEIRA • BRAZIL/FRANCE, 2021, 91’ SALA SOLDATI 2.15 PM ALL THE LOVERS – INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION Tove [R] ZAIDA BERGROTH • FINLAND, 2020, 100’ 4.15 PM SPECIAL EVENT No Ordinary Man AISLING CHIN-YEE, CHASE JOYNT • CANADA, 2020, 84’ Husband, adoptive father and musician, Billy Tipton, born in 1914 in Oklahoma, is universally considered as one of the icons of 20th Century's jazz music. The secret he always guarded closely comes to light only upon his death, in 1989: a long time before the birth of the Transgender Movement, Tipton lived as a f to m person without anyone knowing. We relive the story of an unconventional man, from every point of view, through the words of other transgender people, between past and present. 6.15 PM Petite fille (Little Girl) SEBASTIEN LIFSHITZ • FRANCIA, 2020, 90’ Sasha is 7 years old, she has always known she is a girl even though she was born a boy. Since society does not treat like the other children of her age, her family, which supports her, strives to make sure she is understood and accepted. It is the latest documentary of Sébastien Lifshitz, which was presented at the Berlin FIlm Festival 2020. The French director, who was a guest at the Festival several times, has been an attentive observer of the LGBTQI universe for more than 20 years, and was always able to narrate its mutations and changes with sensitivity and acuity. 8.15 PM ALL THE LOVERS – INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION Swan Song [R] TODD STEPHENS • USA, 2021, 105’ 10.15 PM ALL THE LOVERS – INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION WINNING FEATURE FILM SCREENING _________________________ Since 2005 the Lovers Film Festival has been integrated in the Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Turin and held with the support of MiC, Regione Piemonte and Comune di Torino. ________________________________________________ Lovers Film Festival ufficio stampa: con.testi – Torino & Roma T: +39 011 5096036 – [email protected] Maurizio Gelatti +39 347 7726482 – Carola Messina +39 333 4442790 Helleana Grussu – [email protected] Responsabile ufficio stampa Museo Nazionale del Cinema Veronica Geraci – [email protected] T: +39 011 8138509 –+39 335 1341195 .

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