Documentaries Autumn 2018 Index Index

DOCUMENTARIES

AUTUMN 2018

INDEX

Andrea Camilleri: The Wild Maestro Animals In The Great War Anija
27 Ghost Towns 17 Golden Circus 2013 42 Grace Of The Word (The)

35 Gualtiero Marchesi: The Art Of Total Cuisine 50 Lost World Cup (The)

10 Hand Gestures 47 Happy To Be Different 44 Hidden Vatican (The)
Human Cargo (The)
19 Laura’s Passion 37 Leonardo, Who? 53 Little Warriors
44 46 15 43 41
Archives To The East Arrivederci Saigon As My Father
23 Mad Earth

36 Matteo Messina Denaro, The Last Godfather 33

51 Meraviglie

Bawdy Houses

A Journey To Italy - The Land Of Treasures

Mirror’s Game

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42 34 40 15
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Bob Wilson’s Life And Death

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30 13 37 27 49 29 13 33 35 32 52

of Marina Abramovic

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38 45 17 48 24 21 34 18 46 12 38
I Love Roma In The Name Of The Italian People If Tomorrow Illusionary Taviani (The) India Through The Eyes Of Rossellini Italiana TV Magazine Italian Tales Italy In A Day Italy Unfold Italy: Routes To Beauty John Paul II, The Beatification John XXIII And John Paul II

Bruno And Gina

Mud And Glory

Bullying Lesson

Mussolini’s Body

Car Legends

Mussolini The Final Truth

Night In Florence (A) Night In Pompei (A) Night In Venice (A)
Coppi And The White Lady Courage To Dare (The) Crazy for Football
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Devil’s Soup (The)

Night Of The Holy Shroud (The)

Nineteen And Seventy-two Ossessione Vezzoli Out Of Control Palazzo Vecchio
51 32 26 16 19 10 28
Ecology: Good And Bad Habits Egyptian Museum (The) Enlightened Enzo Avitabile Music Life Francesco Fumettology - A Comics Anthology
50 life, History, Holiness 18 La Scala Docs
52 Palermo 25 Palio Of Siena (The)

INDEX

Passion Of Anna Magnani (The) Penalty (The)
11 Waterloo 39 We Who Are Still Alive
Where Is The Future Going?
28 16 14 31 41 14
Pope Francis, Cuba And Fidel. a Historical Visit Raw Masks Rossini Crescendo (A) Roxanne Lowit - Magic Moments S Is For Stanley Searching For Valentina Seven Women Smile Of The Leader (The) Suso Syria 2.0: The Battle Of Aleppo That’s Fashion

This Is The Story Life of an Italian Rockstar 45

24 31 32 25 22 11 12 41 48 36 49
Who Cares Words That Changed The World (The) World Tales

DOCUMENTARIES

Tiles Of Peace In Middle East Towards The Holy Sepulcher Traveling Around The World Travelling With The Pupi Travelogue
46 53 20 47 20 21 22 30
Under Italy Vatican Museums (The) Villa Medici

DOCUMENTARIES
DOCUMENTARIES

A NIGHT IN POMPEI

A NIGHT IN VENICE

A NIGHT IN FLORENCE

MERAVIGLIE

StANOttE A POMPEI

StANOttE A VENEZIA

StANOttE A FIRENZE

A jOuRNEy TO ITALy - THE LAND OF TREAsuREs

WITH: Alberto Angela
DIRECTOR: Gabriele Cipollitti WITH: Alberto Angela

An extraordinary journey into the most evocative archaeological site in the world - Pompeii. three million visitors come to Pompeii each year to immerse themselves in a prodigious historical, cultural and artistic universe. It is as though the past were only yesterday, as though the memory of an ancient era has been suddenly reawakened to reveal its secrets. It is the tangible story of a human tragedy which transformed itself into one of the most incredible moments of understanding in the western world. In this journey, however, we visit both Pompeii and Herculaneum as never before, in a unique, surprising and unrepeatable way that only this programme can provide: in silence, away from the throngs of tourists who invade its ancient streets, palaces, workshops, crossroads and villas.
Alberto Angela takes us on a fascinating night-time journey through the wonders of Venice. A setting encased with art, romance, intrigue and trade, which has played host to characters such as Goldoni, Vivaldi, Marco Polo and Casanova. A journey through famous works of art, exquisite statues, the silence of the lagoon and the shimmering Grand Canal, venturing behind the wings of teatro La Fenice or into 18th century Venetian hallways. Join Angela as he takes us on a voyage of discovery in one of the world’s most unique cities, a place of elegance, music, gambling and beautiful women. Spend a night on the lagoon from dusk to dawn, watching as the pink rays of the morning sun are reflected in the waters...

A“NightLook”attheworld’smostadmiredcityofart:Florence. We also owe the city’s artistic treasure to the last woman in the great Medici dynasty: Anna Maria Luisa. In the twilight of her life, she bequeathed the enormous artistic wealth created and collected by her family to the city of Florence so that all of the “Florentines and Foreigners” could enjoy it in the centuries to come. Without the courage and obstinate willpower of this woman, the Uffizi Gallery, Palazzo Vecchio, Medici Chapels and many other artistic wonders probably would not exist anymore... these marvellous places are an echo of a great period, a faraway past and a powerful family...

A programme that takes the viewer on a tour of Italy, its works, places and absolutely unique ways of life in a testament to the creativity and ingenuity of our antecedents. these are places recognised as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Let us not forget that Italy has more UNESCO sites than any other country in the world. the special thing about Italy is that these vestiges of the past are dotted all over the country and cover to all historical periods, from the Neolithic and Classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque period and the Age of Enlightenment. this journey is therefore an opportunity to show our pride in the things that the men and women of Italy constructed and preserved in centuries past.

RAI COM

RAI COM - ARtè

ARt - CULtURE - 4K - 52’ - 2017
RAI COM - ARtè ARt - CULtURE - 4K - 52’ - 2016

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ARt - CULtURE - 6X52’ - 4K - 2017
ARt - CULtURE - 4K - 52’

DOCUMENTARIES
DOCUMENTARIES

ARRIVEDERCI sAIGON

PALERMO

THE PAssION OF ANNA MAGNANI

DIRECTOR: Enrico Cerasuolo

sEARCHING FOR VALENTINA

DIRECTOR: Giancarlo Soldi

ARRIVEDERCI SAIGON

LA PASSIONE DI ANNA MAGNANI

CERCANDO VALENtINA

DIRECTOR: Wilma Labate

DIRECTOR: Andrea Rovetta

A portrait of the great Italian actress, emblem of neo-realism and icon of world cinema: gunned down by Nazis in Rome, Open City, she brought the lacerations of war to the eyes of the world and became the symbol of a new concept of cinema that hit the streets to bring reality to light. Anna was unique. She revolutionized the way women were portrayed in the movies. As a woman, she embodied a model that was different from all the leading ladies who had come before her, as well as those that would follow. She is the icon of Italianness and the true woman, in contrast to falsemodels conjured up by male desire. “La Magnani” used her enormous acting skills to bolster the realism of passions and feelings, and inspired some of the greatest directors in Europe and the creative use of extraordinarily rich archive materials

Late Sixties: Paris, London, and Milan; the cities pulse to the same rhythm, stars in the same cultural constellation, which rebels and renews itself. Guido Crepax intercepts all that cultural ferment in Milan and captures its aesthetic revolution, transposing everything into his drawn stories, innovating the structures of storytelling. the narrative style of Crepax, who breaks the page in details jazzing or dilating the rhythm, leads back to the modernity of the Nouvelle Vague.the character Valentina is Crepax’s alter ego; through her, we discover the artist and that magical time. the documentary reveals Guido Crepax’s world, traveling between the past and present, in and out from the drawing with a rhythm and visionary ability typical of the artist.

Five young girls, armed only with musical instruments and a dream. From tuscany to the Far East. they dream of success, but they find themselves in war. It’s 1968 and the war is the real one in Vietnam. After fifty years “the Stars” recount their adventure among American soldiers, military bases lost in the jungle and Soul music.
Palermo is one of the most famous cities in the world and boasts an extraordinary artistic and cultural heritage. Palermo’s story has already been told, its wonders revealed, its lacerating contradictions uncovered... always with the undercurrent of the Mafia. But now there is a new story to tell: the tale of the city’s rebirth. the documentary takes us on a journey through the streets, palaces and faces of Palermo, the stars of the city’s way of life, in its year as the “Italian Capital of Culture”, providing an insight into how this city transformed from an open-air museum and memory trigger into a veritable laboratory of social and cultural ideas.

tRA LAB, SOLARIA FILM AND RAI CINEMA ARt - CULtURE (2018) - 80’ HD -2018
RAI COM AND ARtè ARt - CULtURE - 52’ HD -2018

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BIZEF PRODUZIONI S.R.L.

ARt - CULtURE - 80’ HD -2018

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CINEMA PORtRAItS - 52’ -2018

DOCUMENTARIES
DOCUMENTARIES

ITALIAN TALEs

sEVEN WOMEN

ENLIGHTENED

IN THE NAME OF THE

ItINERARIES, StORIES AND CRAFtS

SEttE DONNE

ILLUMINAtE

ITALIAN PEOPLE

NEL NOME DEL POPOLO ItALIANO

DIRECTOR: Yvonne Scio’

DIRECTORs: Emanuele Imbucci, Giacomo Faenza,

Elisa Amoruso, Gianfranco Giagni
DIRECTORs: Gianfranco Pannone, Maurizio Sciarra, Gianfranco Giagni, Wilma Labate.

Itineraries, Stories and Crafts from different Italian regions. A collection of many documentaries about nature, environment, arts and characters. Parks, lagoons, mountains, villages and cities, historical places and architectures. the most marvelous and particular area attractions in Italy.

“7 WOMEN” is a documentary movie produced and directed by Yvonne Scio’, which after the success of her directorial debut “ROXANNE LOWItMAGICMOMENtS”, continuestoexplorethefemaleworld. this particular project is a deep insight in the life of 7 women: journalists, costume designers, actors and so on: Rosita Missoni founder, with Ottavio, of fashion house Missoni; Rula Jabreal, Palestine journalist, Patricia Field costume designer for “Sex and the city” and “the devil wears Prada”; Bethann Hardison, fi rst Afro-American top model and civil rights activist; Susanne Bartsch and Alba Clemente, newyorkies artistsandFranDresher, leadactressintheculttVseries“theNanny”. A tale of troubles and rewards, dreams and passions, the private journey of these incredible women told by their own honest voice.

YVONNE SCIO’

Combining cinematographic narration, archive footage and interviews, the four documentary films tell the stories of four Italian women who made a name for themselves in different fields, from fashion to medicine, politics to scientific research, achieving successes recognised across the globe and paving the way for the generations of talented women who followed them. the passionate and intense story of these four extraordinary lives is told by four Italian actresses who narrate and explore the tales from the point of view of new generations: Francesca Inaudi (for “Margherita Hack” – directed by Emanuele Imbucci), Caterina Guzzanti (for “Rita Levi Montalcini” – directed by Giacomo Faenza), Valentina Bellè (for “Palma Bucarelli” – directed by Elisa Amoruso) and Carolina Crescentini (for “Krizia” – directed by Gianfranco Giagni).
In a series of four hour-long documentary films, “Nel nome del popolo italiano” explores the lives of four national heroes. Judge Vittorio Occorsio, the president of Sicily Piersanti Mattarella, professor Marco Biagi and captain Natale De Grazia: four Italian statesmen, four stories of life and sacrifice to defend democracy, legality and the ideal of integrity. the four portraits are written and directed with an original script and an innovative narrative structure as part of a cross-media and television project. In each documentary film, an actor is immersed in an original and intriguing quest to discover one of the four national heroes and his story.

D4-tALPA PRODUZIONI ARt - tRAVEL - HD 1x43’ e 27x25’ -2018
RAI COM - ANELE ARt - CULtURE - HD 4X60’ -2018
RAI COM - ARtè ARt - CULtURE - HD 4X60’ -2018

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ARt - CULtURE - HD 60’ -2018

DOCUMENTARIES
DOCUMENTARIES

WORLD TALEs

WHERE Is THE

MussOLINI THE FINAL TRuTH LITTLE WARRIORs

ItINERARIES, StORIES AND CRAFtS

FuTuRE GOING?

MUSSOLINI, L’ULtIMA VERItA’

BAMBINI GUERRIERI

DIRECTORs: Peter tompkins, Maria Luisa Forenza

DIRECTORs: Daniele Cini, Claudia Pampinella

DOVE VA IL FUtURO?

For fifty years the Italian Communist Party has taken credit for the execution of Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta Petacci. Party bigwigs still claim it to have been the work of a partisan with the fake name of “Colonel Valerio” who put his victims up against the gate of Villa Belmonte on a hillside overlooking Lake Como and shot them with a submachine gun. Not so. After fifty years of enforced silence the real killer is revealed to have been a communist partisan recruited by a British Secret Service agent, specially parachuted into northern Italy by Field Marshall Harold Alexander on orders from premier Winston Churchill. Italy’s leading historian of Fascism, Renzo de Felice, suspected as much, but did not live to gather the proof or establish the reason why.
Little Warriors tells the story of six months at Peter Pan Great Home in the heart of trastevere, in Rome. Peter Pan hosts the families of children with cancer being treated at the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome. the association was founded fifteen years ago by two mothers, Gianna and Marisa, who had just lost their children. this brought them together and united them in the desire to transform their pain into support and help for other families who often, not being able to afford to pay for accommodation, slept in their cars outside the hospital. A welcoming home - completely restructured – with three different blocks and 33 living units that today host dozens of families.
Itineraries, Stories and Crafts from different countries in the world. A collection of various documentaries about nature, environment, social aspects, shot all over the world in the best spectacular places.
A series of documentaries about the most important technological advances of the last years in all kind of fields: from exploring space to renewable energy.

D4-tALPA PRODUZIONI ARt - CULtURE - HD 1x52’ e 1x44’ -2018
D4-tALPA PRODUZIONI ARt - CULtURE - 60’ HD -2018
D4-tALPA PRODUZIONI ARt - tRAVEL - HD 7x12’ e 4x 25’ -2018
D4-tALPA PRODUZIONI ARt - CULtURE - HD 4x40 ‘e 1x25’ -2018

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DOCUMENTARIES

OuT OF CONTROL

DIRECTORs: Daniele Cini, Claudio Pampinella

WE WHO ARE sTILL ALIVE

DIRECTORs: Daniele Cini, Osvaldo Alzari

CAR LEGENDs

DIRECTOR: Alessandro Pondi

ANIMALs IN THE GREAT WAR

DIRECTOR: Folco Quilici

FUORI CONtROLLO
NOI CHE SIAMO ANCORA VIVI
AUtOCOLLECtION
ANIMALI NELLA GRANDE GUERRA

Franca, Loretta, Marina, Vanni but also James, Chris, Kevin, Marina, Roslyn can’t stop control what or how much they are eating. All of them share a Binge Eating Disorder. But there is a difference. they have decided to beat the trend and find a way to manage their condition. Will they succeed? they inhabit outsized bodies and suffer the social stigma being obese entails. Every day, for thirty minutes a day, right after their meal they go out wearing sneakers and holding poles for Nordic walking. the inhabitants of Città della Pieve in Umbria and of Valletta in Malta are used to these “plussized” figures and hardly even notice them anymore. the journey to reappropriate their own identities has just begun.

In Rome a judgement was held on 15 March 2007 against the Argentine military cadres responsible for the genocides during the seventies. At the center of this trial, debating the kidnapping and killing of several italian citizens, a particular location, perhaps the most terrible ok all the killing sites of that dark period: the ESMA, the Mechanical School of the Military Navy. Here, 5000 young people were tortured before disappearing, thrown from airplanes down in the open sea or in the Rio de la Plata river; only less of 200 of them survived. A trial is a story in itself, unfolding through painful testimonies and the final judgement, it will also try to investigate the feeling beneath: the mothers’ excruciating sorrow, who have hoped until the end tosee again at least the bodies of their sons and to have their executioners tried; the grat solidarity born between all those who had a similar destiny; the survivors’ anguish; the collective effort in the fight for human rights; the trauma of the children who discover that theirs presumed fathers are sometimes the murderers of their true parents.

In the First World War, alongside the men fought an army of animals. Mules, oxen, dogs, horses, pigs, pigeons were used for moving units and materials, communications, and for the support of the troops. the forced cohabitation with men closer to each other in a possible fate of death and suffering: officers and enlisted men had the opportunity to give and receive affection, but also to deal with beings weak and completely dependent on them. Animals in the Great War offers an unconventional story of dramatic conflict, through letters, diaries and photographs taken by the fighters, and collected in the book that Lucio Fabi has derived from his research, “the good soldier mule” (ed. MURSIA). this documentary rebuilds memories, stories, episodes of real life relationship, in and out of the trench, between humans and animals, including incredible moments of absolute serenity and tenderness, alternating the background of one of the most tragic periods in modern history.
Dream cars, real collectible jewels. Unique pieces, authentic rarities in the panorama of classic cars, priceless and jealously guarded. these cars have made the history and it’s almost impossible to see one on the streets. the celebration of an act of love, that of the contemporary man for one of his most desired creations: the car. In the role of the protagonist of this celebration, Renè Arnoux, a character who embodies in an absolutely credible way who has dedicated all his life to this overwhelming passion. the enthusiasm of this great driver comes on for each of the icons of motors we encounter in the program. A list of twenty masterpieces: Ferrari Daytona, Maserati Khamsin, Autobianchi Bianchina, Citroen SM, Fiat 500, Ferrari 348, Fiat 600, Lancia Fulvia Coupé, Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, Mercedes SL, Jaguar E type, Lamborghini Diablo, Alfa Romeo Montreal, Fiat 500 Giardiniera, VolksWagen Bulli , Porsche 911, Volkswagen Beetle, Aston Martin DB7, triumph Spitfire.

D4-tALPA PRODUZIONI ARt - CULtURE - HD - 25’ - 2018
D4-tALPA PRODUZIONI ARt - CULtURE - 80’ HD -2018
RED FILM HIStORY - HD 76’ - 2015
DIAMANtE PRODUZIONI ARt, CULtURE - HD 10X30’ - 2017

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DOCUMENTARIES
DOCUMENTARIES

ECOLOGy: GOOD AND BAD HABITs

DIRECTOR: Dario Marani

GHOsT TOWNs

PALAZZO VECCHIO

DIRECTOR: Piero Messina

FuMETTOLOGy

REPORtAGE AMBIENtE ECOLOGIA

A COMICs ANTHOLOGy

9 documentaries focused on the environment and its protection, from all over the world looking for answers and discovering little-known but fundamentals for the future of the world. the issues deal with good and bad habits of our day on one of the most burning issues of our era.
Look at your office, your machine, the grocery store. Look what for you today is normal, and ask yourself what would happen if tomorrow you had to leave everything and never come back. Eight ghost cities. Eight abandoned places to tell, between past and present, the story of the country and time in which they were alive. Apocalyptic scenarios of towns abandoned due to natural disasters, emigration, exhausted mines… for many reasons these towns are now Ghost towns.

Some buildings, like the White House, Buckingham Palace or the Kremlin, immediately evoke a sense of power. this was once true of Italy’s Palazzo Vecchio, and in fact few places in the world acted as a centre of power for such a long period of time. It was the capital of the Signoria, the Duchy of Florence and finally the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy. today it serves as the headquarters of the Municipality of Florence. Palazzo Vecchio is a story of two halves: ancient and modern. the programme takes us through the present tense with a documentarystyle approach, while re-enactments offer us a glimpse at the past. the historic reconstructions filmed inside the Palazzo draw us into the distant atmosphere of times gone by, a period when single individuals accomplished deeds and feats that have been immortalised in the beauty of the heritage they bequeathed to us.

Fumettology is entirely dedicated to the world of comics and created with the full cooperation of the authors and the publishing houses themselves, focusing on the history of Italian comics (hence the subtitle “I Miti del Fumetto Italiano”) and also widening the gaze to the latest news and pushing beyond national borders. the program pursues the goal of satisfying and intriguing the most attentive and aware comic strip fans and also audiences of all ages.