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XXXI Mostra Internazionale Del Cinema Libero IL CINEMA RITROVATO 2002 Cineteca Del Comune Di Bologna & Nederlands Filmmuseum XXXI Mostra Internazionale del Cinema Libero IL CINEMA RITROVATO 2002 Cineteca del Comune di Bologna & Nederlands Filmmuseum Sedicesima edizione / 16th edition Sabato 29 giugno - sabato 6 luglio / Saturday, June 29 - Saturday, July 6 IL CINEMA RITROVATO 2002 sedicesima edizione Con il contributo del / with contributions from: Comune di Bologna - settore cultura Regione Emilia-Romagna - Assessorato alla Cultura Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per il Cinema Programma Media + dell’Unione Europea Con la collaborazione di / in association with: Università di Bologna - Dipartimento di Musica e Spettacolo Archimedia Maison Française Agis Emilia-Romagna Fondazione Teatro Comunale, Bologna Sponsor di Viva Bologna: Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna Fondazione del Monte Acantho Villani Sponsor del Cinema Ritrovato: United Colors of Benetton Areoporto di Bologna Emilia Romagna Film Commission Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna Ascom di Bologna Haghefilm (Amsterdam) L’Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna) Partner tecnici del Cinema Ritrovato: Bo news Ciné Matériel (Paris) CMT (Rovigo) INA ASSISTALIA Starhotels Studio Kuni I luoghi del festival / Festival locations: • Proiezioni mattutine e pomeridiane al / Morning and afternoon screenings at Cinema Fulgor (via Montegrappa 2), Cinema Lumière (via Pietralata 55) and Sala Gino Cervi (via Riva di Reno 72) • Proiezioni serali nel / Evening screenings in Cortile di Palazzo d’Accursio, Piazza Maggiore and Teatro Comunale Per informazioni / Information: • Segreteria del Festival - Ufficio ospitalità e accrediti / Festival Secretariat - Hospitality and accreditation office Via Riva di Reno 72 - Bologna - Tel. 051. 20 48 14 - Fax 051. 20 48 21 - [email protected] segreteria aperta dalle 9 alle 18 dal 29 giugno al 6 luglio / open June 29th – July 6th . Hours: 9 am - 6 pm • Cinema Fulgor - Via Montegrappa 2 - Bologna - Tel. 051. 23 13 25 • Cinema Lumière - Via Pietralata 55 - Bologna - Tel. 051. 52 38 12 • Sala Gino Cervi - Via Riva di Reno 72 - Bologna - Tel. 051. 20 48 20 Modalità di accesso / Festival entry: Abbonamento settimanale: Euro 50 - Richiesto a tutti i partecipanti (tranne i sostenitori) Abbonamento settimanale ridotto per gli studenti universitari: Euro 25 (necessaria la presentazione del tesserino) Consente la priorità di accesso fino a 5 minuti dall’inizio del film a tutte le proiezioni diurne che si tengono al Cinema Fulgor in via Montegrappa 2 e al Cinema Lumière in via Pietralata 55, nonché alle proiezioni serali nel Cortile di Palazzo d’Accursio. Biglietto giornaliero: Euro 10 Consente la priorità di accesso fino a 5 minuti dall’inizio dei film della giornata (vedi sopra). Biglietto per fasce orarie: mattino, pomeriggio e serata: Biglietto intero: Euro 6 - Riduzione soci FICC e accreditati: Euro 4 - Riduzione Anziani: Euro 3 Per la Sala Cervi (70 posti) in via Riva di Reno 72, l’accesso alle proiezioni è libero, previa presentazione della tessera FICC (Euro 5,50), limitatamente alla disponibilità dei posti. In Piazza Maggiore le proiezioni serali sono gratuite; gli accreditati avranno accesso ai posti riservati fino a 5 minuti dall’inizio del film. Festival Pass: 50 Euros – Required of all accredited participants (with the exception of supporters) Reduced Festival Pass for University students: 25 Euros (upon presentation of University enrollment card) Festival Pass holders will have priority entry up to 5 minutes before the start of the film at all daytime screenings held at the Cinema Fulgor, via Montegrappa 2, and at Cinema Lumière, via Pietralata 55, and at all evening screenings held in the Cortile di Palazzo d’Accursio. Day Pass: 10 Euros: holders will have priority entry up to 5 minutes before the start of all the screenings on one day. Tickets for morning, afternoon or evening screenings General: 6 Euros - FICC members and accredited guests: 4 Euros – Senior Citizens: 3 Euros. At the Sala Cervi (70 seats), via Riva di Reno 72, entrance to screenings is free and open to holders of a FICC membership card (5,50 Euros) until all seats are filled. Evening screenings in Piazza Maggiore are free: accredited guests may take advantage of the reserved seating up to 5 minutes prior to the start of the film. In caso di pioggia, le proiezioni serali si terranno al cinema Fulgor. In case of rain, evening screenings will take place at Cinema Fulgor Modalità di traduzione / Festival language services: Tutte le serate, nonché le proiezioni e gli incontri presso il Cinema Fulgor e il Cinema Lumière, hanno una traduzione in italiano e in inglese tramite simultanea o sottotitolatura. Tutte le manifestazioni presso la Sala Gino Cervi non sono tradotte (tranne il convegno Archimedia e la riunione dell’Associazione delle Cineteche Europee). All evening screenings, as well as screenings and events at Cinema Fulgor and Cinema Lumière, will be translated into Italian and English by subtitling or simultaneous interpreting. There will be no interpreting for events at the Sala Gino Cervi (except the Archimedia seminar and the ACE meeting). Seminario ARCHIMEDIA con il Programma MEDIA + dell’Unione Europea ARCHIMEDIA Workshop promoted by the European Program MEDIA Il cinema è anche sonoro! Registrazione e riproduzione del suono: (in)compatibilità delle tecnologie del passato e delle performance digitali / Cinema is sound too! Sound recording and reproduction: the (in)compatibility between old techniqes and digital techniqes Per inscrizioni: Archimedia - Martina Kittilä +32 2 507 84 03 - [email protected] - www.ledoux.be/archimedia Per informazioni: Enrica Serrani +39 051 20 48 27 - [email protected] Mostra presso la segreteria del festival / Exhibition at the festival office: CHARLES CHAPLIN IN CINETECA (dal 29 giugno al 31 luglio) In collaborazione con la Cinémathèque Suisse di Losanna, in occasione de Il Cinema Ritrovato viene inaugurata una mostra di manifesti cinematografici dedicata ai film di Charles Chaplin. La mostra viene curata da André Chevailler in collaborazione con l’Archivio Grafica e Fotografia della Cineteca. Verranno esposti 35 affissi originali del periodo 1910-1950 in cui vengono rappresentati attraverso l’interpretazione grafica dei maggiori cartellonisti francesi i film più importanti di Charlot. Alcuni titoli: Limelight, Mademoiselle Charlot, Chaplin Revue, Monsieur Verdoux ecc. CHARLES CHAPLIN AT THE CINETECA (from June 29th til July 31th) In collaboration with the Cinémathèque Suisse in Lausanne, an exhibition of posters from Charles Chaplin films will be held. The exhibition is curated by André Chevailler in collaboration with the Graphic Arts and Photography Archives of the Cineteca di Bologna. The exhibit includes thirty five original posters from the period between 1910-1950, representing the most important films of Charlot as interpreted by some of the most important French graphic designers of the time. Some of the films represented are: Limelight, Mademoiselle Charlot, Chaplin Revue, Monsieur Verdoux, etc. GIANLUIGI TOCCAFONDO: Mostra dei disegni per la sigla della Cineteca. I disegni originali sono ispirati ad una sequenza di fotogrammi tratti da Rapsodia satanica, realizzato nel 1917 da Nino Oxilia e interpretato da Lyda Borelli. GIANLUIGI TOCCAFONDO: Exhibition of the drawings for the Cineteca trademark. The original drawings were inspired by a sequence of frames from Nino Oxilia’s film Rapsodia satanica, from 1917 starring Lyda Borelli. Copertina (Limelight) e foto pag. 31: copyright © Roy Export Company Establishment Il Progetto Chaplin è sostenuto dalla Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Bologna Istituzione Cineteca del Comune di Bologna Presidente: Giuseppe Bertolucci Direttore: Gian Luca Farinelli Consiglio di amministrazione: Giuseppe Bertolucci (Presidente), Francesco Arnone, Gian Piero Brunetta, Alberto Clò, Marco Sermenghi. Ente Mostra Internazionale del Cinema Libero Fondatori: Cesare Zavattini e Leonida Repaci Consiglio di amministrazione: Gian Paolo Testa (presidente), Giovanni Gualandi (vice-presidente), Gino Agostini, Giuseppe Bertolucci, Pietro Bonfiglioli, Marco Marozzi, Edolo Melchioni, Luciano Pinelli. Amministratore: Gianni Biagi Direttore artistico: Peter von Bagh IL CINEMA RITROVATO - 2002 Promosso da Cineteca del Comune di Bologna e Nederlands Filmmuseum Direzione culturale: Nico de Klerk, Gian Luca Farinelli, Vittorio Martinelli, Nicola Mazzanti, Mark- Paul Meyer, Peter von Bagh Coordinatore: Guy Borlée Cura delle sezioni: Léonce Perret e la bellezza del mondo / Léonce Perret and the Beauty of the World A cura di Mariann Lewinsky, in collaborazione con Cinémathèque Gaumont, Cinémathèque Française, Nederlands Filmmuseum e CNC - Archives du Film. Un particolare ringraziamento a Martine Offroy, Manuela Padoan, Agnès Bertola e Claudine Kaufman. Il miracolo del 3-D / The miracle of 3-D A cura di Philippe-Alain Michaud (Auditorium du Louvre), con la consulenza scientifica di Jean- Claude Lebensztejn e l’assistenza tecnica di François Herr e Michael Godefroy (Cinématériel, Paris), Christopher Mondt (Filmprojektion, Hamburg), Sigrid Limprecht e Bernhard Gugsch (Bonner Kinemathek) Osservatorio del Cinema Muto Italiano / Observatory on Italian Silent Cinema: Film d’Arte Italiana A cura di Alessia Navantieri, Michele Canosa e Nicola Mazzanti, in collaborazione con Davide Pozzi, Dipartimento di Musica e Spettacolo dell’Università di Bologna e L’Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna) Cinema 2 - Re-Action! A cura di Paolo Simoni, Sergio Fant, Pauline de Raymond, con la partecipazione della
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