2006 - 2016 OCTOBER 6-9, 2016 sottile Theatre | CHARLESTON, SC main sponsors Welcome to the 10th annual Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Maria Bellelli. In her position Consul General Bellelli helps Festival, a four-day festival that showcases this year’s organize large-scale Italian cultural events and commercial most artistically important and beloved Italian movies. activities throughout the southeast and beyond. With 12 screenings of feature films and several special public and student events, Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival is fortunate to Festival is the major Italian culture event of the region. receive generous support from the College of Charleston, international, national and local businesses and organizations, Five Italian directors and a young actor are our guests private foundations and our many members. Our donors this year. You will have a chance to meet Matteo Bini, make the festival possible and we are most grateful. Our director of I, Harlequin; Matteo Gaudioso, director of An biggest thanks are reserved for you, our audience, who Almost Perfect Town; Piero Messina, director of The Wait; have supported us for 10 wonderful years. Grazie mille. Alessandro Piva, director of The Prince of Crime; Maria Sole Tognazzi, director of Me, Myself and Her; and actor Buon divertimento! Rimau Grillo Ritzberger, who stars in One Kiss. We think Giovanna De Luca you will be thrilled with these films, Rimau’s performance, Founder and Artistic Director il decimo anno and the general quality of today’s Italian cinema. Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival We are honored this year to welcome Manlio Castagna to the festival. Manlio is deputy director of the prestigious 2006 — 2016 Giffoni Film Festival, perhaps the most important cinema event for children and teenagers in the world. Dr. Mary Ann Carolan also is with us this year. Mary Ann will serve as guest a moderator and scholar. We are especially thrilled to host Italian Consul General to the United States, Gloria

2 #NCIFF2016 @ItalianfilmCofC 2016 nuovo cinema italiano film festival 3 OPENING NIGHT LORO CHI? Them Who? (2015)

Director: Francesco Miccichè Length: 95 minutes Cast : Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo, Ivano Marescotti Genre: Comedy Language: Italian with English subtitles

A con man leaves David broke, jobless and without his girlfriend. So David sets out to find the con man, but revenge isn’t on his mind. October 6 | 8:25 pm VINCENZO DA CROSIA IO E LEI Vincent of Crosia (2015) Me, Myself, and Her (2015)

Director: Fabio Mollo Director: Maria Sole Tognazzi Length: 82 minutes Length: 102 minutes Genre: Documentary Cast : Margherita Buy, Sabrina Ferilli Language: Italian with English subtitles Genre: Romantic Comedy Language: Italian with English subtitles One day in May 1987, Vincenzo Fullone, a 14-year boy from Calabria, sees a statue of the Madonna weeping in an abandoned church. No one believes what Vincenzo On the surface, Federica (Margherita Buy) and Marina (Sabrina Ferilli) appear to have has seen, until the villagers witness an apparition of the Virgin Mary a few days later. the perfect relationship, but when Marina, a retired actress, suddenly decides to get Young Vincenzo suffers great mental anguish, physical pain and moments of ecstasy. back into the movies, and Federica, still questioning her sexuality, pursues a fling with a man, their commitment to each other is put to the test. Io e lei, is a modern romantic October 7 | 1:00 pm comedy rooted in the challenges that all couples face.

Director Maria Sole Tognazzi is a special guest of the festival. October 7 | 5:00 pm

2016 nuovo cinema italiano film festival 5 LA FELICITà è UN SISTEMA COMPLESSO UN BACIO The Complexity of Happiness (2015) One Kiss (2016) Un Paese Quasi Perfetto An Almost Perfect Town (2016) Director: Gianni Zanasi Director: Ivan Cotroneo Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Hadas Yaron, Giuseppe Battiston Length: 102 minutes Length: 117 minutes Cast: Valentina Romani, Leonardo Pazzagli, Rimau Grillo Ritzberger Director: Massimo Gaudioso Genre: Comedy Genre: Drama Length: 92 minutes Language: Italian with English subtitles Language: Italian with English subtitles Cast: Fabio Volo, Silvio Orlando, Carlo Buccirosso, Nando Paone, Miriam Leone Genre: Comedy Enrico performs a unique service as a special consultant for a leading financial group. Un bacio is the story of three disaffected high school students who find each other and Language: Italian with English subtitles He approaches incompetent executives and convinces them to quit on their own. The form a tight friendship. Together, they are able to rise above the constant bullying they astonishing thing is how he manages to accomplish this. His professional success has have separately endured. They explore love and the need to be true to oneself in a place The inhabitants of a remote mountain village on the verge of extinction allowed Enrico to avoid confronting his own failures and short-comings. That is, until he where defining your truth can be dangerous. hatch a plan to save their town that is so wacky, it just might succeed. encounters an exchange student and two adolescent business owners. Actor Rimau Grillo Ritzberger is a special guest of the festival. Director Massimo Gaudioso is a special guest of the festival. October 8 | 12:30 pm October 8 | 2:30 pm October 7 | 7:30 pm

6 #NCIFF2016 @ItalianfilmCofC 2016 nuovo cinema italiano film festival 7 MIA MADRE milionari l’attesa My Mother (2015) The Prince of Crime (2014) The Wait (2015) Director: Nanni Moretti Director: Alessandro Piva Director: Piero Messina Length: 107 minutes Length: 100 minutes Length: 100 minutes Cast : John Turturro Genre: Francesco Scianna, Valentina Lodovini, Francesco Di Leva, Carmine Recano Genre: Juliette Binoche, Giorgio Colangeli, Lou de Laâge Genre: Drama/Comedy Language: Italian with English subtitles Language: Italian with English subtitles Language: Italian with English subtitles The Prince of Crime is the story of a handsome and sometimes charming Neapolitan An unexpected visit and unexplained absence brings two Nanni Moretti’s Mia Madre examines an artist’s struggle to balance life and art. crime boss, Marcello Cavani, aka “Alain Delon.” When Alain Delon was still Marcello, his women together, a young beauty from France and a rich Margherita (Margherita Buy) is a successful filmmaker directing a social drama, but try family was in a desperate situation, and it was the Camorra, not the state, that helped. mother, at an enormous villa in Sicily. Starring Academy as she might to remain professional, the emotional turmoil of her family and love life The Camorra saved his family and, in Naples, these debts must be repaid. Award winner, Juliette Binoche. exacts a toll. After her beloved mother is hospitalized, her brother keeps a bedside vigil, while Margherita finds it difficult to visit. Meanwhile, a brash American actor (John Director Alessandro Piva is a special guest of the festival. Director Piero Messina is a special guest of the festival. Turturro) arrives on the set, and his bad behavior and ineptitude present Margherita with additional challenges. October 8 | 05:00 pm October 8 | 7:30 pm October 7 | 3:00 pm 8 #NCIFF2016 @ItalianfilmCofC 2016 nuovo cinema italiano film festival 9 palio iO, ARLECCHINO (2015) I, Harlequin (2015) CLOSING NIGHT

Director: Cosima Spender Director: Matteo Bini and Giorgio Pasotti Length: 91 minutes Length: 90 minutes LO CHIAMAVANO JEEG ROBOT Cast: Gigi Bruschelli, Giovanni Atzeni Cast: Lavinia Longhi, Giorgio Pasotti, Valeria Bilello, Roberto Herlitzka They Call Me Jeeg Robot (2015) Genre: Documentary Genre: Drama/Comedy Language: Italian with English subtitles Language: Italian with English subtitles Director: Gabriele Mainetti Length: 112 minutes The Palio, the oldest horse race in the world, takes place twice a year in Siena. Fans Cast : Claudio Santamaria, Luca Marinelli, Stefano Ambrogi A well-known talk-show host is forced to return to his small village when his father, a Genre: Fantasy/Science fiction claim that the jockeys are the most daring riders in the world, while critics claim they respected actor in the commedia dell’arte tradition, becomes seriously ill. Old wounds Language: Italian with English subtitles are utterly mad. Some admit it is more a game than a race, and a corrupt one at that, as are reopened and relationships rebuilt as the son slowly begins to appreciate the jockeys work the system in return for bribes paid by those maneuvering to get the best cunning "Arlecchino" and his endless pursuit of love. Enzo, a small-time criminal, ingests toxic chemicals while hiding from the police and develops start. In all of this is a duel between a legendary but manipulative rider, Gigi Bruschelli, super powers. Without friends or family, Enzo remains a loner, until he meets Alessia, his and Giovanni Atzeni, a passionate young rider. Director Matteo Bini is a special guest of the festival. vulnerable neighbor with the wits of a small child, who believes Enzo will save humanity. October 9 | 2:30 pm October 9 | 4:15 pm October 9 | 6:30 pm

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THURSDAY, October 6 SATURDAY, October 8

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Opening Night Reception by invitation only 10:00 AM Giffoni presentation

11: 00 AM Coffee and conversation with the artists 8:25 PM Loro chi? Them Who? (95 minutes)

12:30 PM La felicità è un sistema complesso Complexity of FRIDAY, October 7 Happiness (117 minutes) 1:00 PM Vincenzo da Crosia Vincent of Crosia (82 minutes) 2:30 PM Un bacio One Kiss (102 minutes, Actor to attend) 3:00 PM Mia Madre My Mother (107 minutes) 5:00 PM Milionari The Prince of Crime (100 minutes, Director to attend) 5:00 PM Io e lei Me, Myself, and Her (102 minutes, Director to attend) 7:30 PM L’at tesa The Wait (100 minutes, Director to attend) 7:30 PM Un paese quasi perfetto An Almost Perfect Town (92 minutes, Director to attend) SUNDAY, October 9

2:30 PM Palio (91 minutes) 4:15 PM Io, Arlecchino I, Harlequin (90 minutes, Director to attend) 6:30 PM Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot They Call Me Jeeg Robot (112 minutes)

All events at the Sottile Theatre Festival Jury Award ceremony following the final film

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MATTEO BINI RIMAU GRILLO RITZBERGER PIERO MESSINA MARIA SOLE TOGNAZZI I, HARLEQUIN ONE KISS THE WAIT ME, MYSELF AND HER Matteo Bini moved to London from Italy in 2011 to Rimau Grillo Ritzberger was born in Vienna in Messina is an Italian film director best known Maria Sole Tognazzi made her directorial debut study editing at the National Film and Television 1997, and moved with his parents to Italy at the for d the 2015 film L’attesa. He was an assistant in 1997 with the short Non finisce qui. This was School. Bini’s works as an editor include Prevenge; Mr age of three. He became interested in theater in director to Paolo Sorrentino on The Great Beauty. followed by two more short films, C’ero anch’io Calzaghe; Girlfriend in a Coma; The Great European high school. His first movie role came about when (1999) and Sempre a tempo (2000). Her first Disaster Movie, and documentaries by Annalisa Piras he read a casting notice for One Kiss directed by feature-length film was Passato prossimo (2003), for ARTE and BBC4 Storyville. His short film credits Ivan Cotroneo. He was cast as “Lorenzo,” a gay for which she also co-wrote the screenplay with include Balcony, winner of the Crystal Bear at the student and free spirit. To prepare for the role, Daniele Prato and was the 2003 Nastro d’Argento 2016 Berlinale Film Festival, and Morning, winner Rimau worked with acting coach Claudio De for Best New Director. It was also entered into of the Irish Film and Television Award 2013 and Maglio and choreographer Luca Tommassini. ALESSANDRO PIVA the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. nominated for Best Short Film at the European Film THE PRINCE OF CRIME Awards 2013. In 2014, Bini co-directed and cowrote I, Harlequin which premiered at the Rome Film Festival. Alessandro Piva, photographer, editor, screenwriter and director, was born in Salerno in 1966. He studied film editing, wrote award winning screenplays, shot several documentaries in Italy, Africa, South MASSIMO GAUDIOSO America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, then AN ALMOST PERFECT TOWN turned his attention to feature films. Lacapagira was presented at the Berlin Film Festival in Massimo Gaudioso is a director, screenwriter and 2000, winning the David di Donatello award. actor. He is best known for his 29 screenplays, including Tale of Tales, Reality and Gomorrah as well as directing Un paese quasi perfetto.

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