TAORMINA FILM FEST 30 june65 6 july 2019 "Le persone veramente serie non sono mai serie" ( Il Conformista, Alberto Moravia, 1951) TAORMINA FILM FEST PROGRAMMA 30 june 6 july 2019 SPECIALGIURIA CONCORSO LUNGOMETRAGGI EVENT IL PROGRAMMA Silvia Bizio e Gianvito Casadonte Co-direttori artistici / Co artistic directors FEATURE FILM COMPETITION JURY THE PROGRAM 65 Con la 65ª edizione del Taormina FilmFest vogliamo avvicinare il più possibile Oliver Stone - Presidente Concorso lungometraggi il cinema alla città e ai giovani, dar loro la possibilità di avere un incontro André Aciman Feature Film Competition ravvicinato con quest’arte. Ecco dunque le numerose masterclass con attori Elisa Bonora e registi italiani e internazionali: un’occasione irripetibile per giovani cinefili. Abbiamo rinnovato il carattere competitivo con film in concorso suddivisi in Carolina Crescentini Concorso documentari tre sezioni (Feature Film, Documentary e Center Stage), ripristinando premi Paolo Genovese Documentary Competition FEATUREstorici come il Cariddi sia per film che per documentari oltreFILM al Taormina COMPETITION Julia Ormond Arte Award. Un evento prodotto da Videobank in collaborazione con la Premio del Campus Carlo Siliotto PROIEZIONI / SCREENINGS Fondazione Taormina Arte, l’Assessorato Regionale al Turismo della Regione Center Stage Competition Sicilia e il Comune di Taormina. Teatro Antico The 65th edition of the Taormina FilmFest intends to reconnect cinema to GIURIA CONCORSO DOCUMENTARI Fuori Concorso Palazzo dei Congressi DOCUMENTARYthis city and the young people, giving them the chance for a close encounter COMPETITIONSpotlight - Out of Competition with this art. Thus the many masterclasses with Italian and International actors DOCUMENTARY JURY (Sala A, Sala B, Green Room) and directors, a fantastic opportunity for our young cinephiles. We renewed Piazza Vittorio Emanuele the competitive nature of the Fest with films in competition divided in three Patrizia Chen Eventi Speciali sections (Feature Films, Documentaries and Center Stage); bringing back Donatella Finocchiaro Special Events historical awards such as the Cariddi for best drama and documentary and the Casa del Cinema - Corso Umberto, 61 Taormina Arte Award. The event is produced by Videobank in collaboration Andrea Pallaoro with the Fondazione Taormina Arte, the Assessorato Regionale al Turismo Bedonna Hayes Smith Masterclass Taormina Regione Sicilia and the City of Taormina. CENTER STAGE COMPETITIONFilm delegation attendance JUNE 30 - Sunday 10.30 GREEN ROOM 14.30 Sala B 18.30 Sala B CASA DEL CINEMA OPENING DAY Allahu Akbar Daughter of the Wolf PRESS CONFERENCE Dirs. Farhat Qazi, Farhan Alam Dir. David Hackl 12.30 Presentazione numero drama action- thriller Pakistan, 2019, 87’, Canada, 2019, 91’, monografico rivista starring Farhat Qazi, Shabbir Jan, Qavi Khan starring Gina Carano, Richard Dreyfuss, 12.00 Sala A “Bianco e nero” su Brendan Fehr, Anton Gillis-Adelman The Biggest Little Farm feature film competition Bernardo Bertolucci e center stage competition presentazione Dir. John Chester del nuovo bando della USA, 2018, 91’ 16.30 Sala A 20.45 Teatro Antico Sede Sicilia del Centro starring John Chester, Molly Chester, In conversation with Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Fanfara 12° Reggimento Matthew Pilachowski Pierfrancesco Favino Con Felice Laudadio, documentary competition Carabinieri Sicilia Alessandro Rais, Ivan Scinardo, 16.30 Sala B Taormina Arte Award Costanza Quatriglio 12.30 Sala B Bruce Beresford e Ninni Panzera In the Life of Music Stooge Dirs. Caylee So, Visal Sok Dir. Madeleine Farley Battaglia al Maxxi drama-family-history UK/France/USA, 2017, 75’ (Carlo Carlei, Italy, 9’) USA/Cambodia 2018, 92’, documentary-music starring Vandarith Phem, Sreynan Chea, starring Iggy Pop 14.00 / 20.00 Roza Las, Thouna Kanika Ladies in Black PALAZZO DEI CONGRESSI feature film competition center stage competition Dir. Bruce Beresford Australia, 2018, 109’, dramedy Annullo Filatelico 14.00 Sala A 18.00 Sala A starring Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Poste Italiane L ’Appel du Sang Rachael Taylor, Alison McGirr, Il Traditore Ryan Corr, Vincent Perez. Dir. Marco Bellocchio Dir. Louis Mercanton Italy/France/Brazil/Germany, 2019, 145’ France, 1919, 57’, B/W, classic cinema biography-crime-drama starring Charles Le Bargy, Ivor Novello, starring Pierfrancesco Favino, Luigi Lo Cascio, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Desdemona Mazza Fabrizio Ferracane Accompagnamento musicale/ special event Live musical accompaniment Giovanni Renzo Un Amore Selvaggio (Raffaele Viviani, Italy, 23’) special event 10.00 Sala A 12.30 Sala B 17.00 Sala A JULY 1 - Monday This Teacher Desolation Center In conversation with Dir. Mark Jackson Dir. Stuart Swezey Nicole Kidman USA, 2018, 95’, drama USA, 2018, 94’ starring Hafsia Herzi, Sarah Kazemy, starring Thurston Moore, Mike Watt, Blixa Bargeld, 18.00 Sala A Lucy Walters, Kevin Kane Curt Kirkwood, Lee Ranaldo feature film competition Amare Amaro documentary competition Dir. Julien Paolini 10.30 Sala B France, 2019, 89’, drama 14.00 Sala A starring Gabriele Arena, Barbara Bacci, Spare Room The Best of Enemies Paolo Brancati, Francesco Caltabiano Dir. Jenica Bergere Dir. Robin Bissell, USA, 2019, 133’, biopic-drama feature film competition USA, 2018, 97’, drama spotlight – out of competition starring Skyler Samuels, Martin Sensmeier, Cole Sibus 18.30 Sala B center stage competion 14.30 Sala B Be Natural: Italian Shorts Selection The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché 12.00 Sala A Gancio Cielo (Giulio Pietromarchi, 12’) Dir. Pamela B. Green Vai Plastica (Dario Ciulla, 8’) USA, 2018, 103’, col-B/W, documentary Dir. Becs Arahanga, et al., Il tesoro della principessa (Sebastiano Rizzo, 16’) starring Alice Guy-Blanché, Evan Rachel Wood, Genericamente (Cristiano Anania, 18’) Jodie Foster, Andy Samberg, Geena Davis, Āotearoa New Zealand, 2019, 90’, drama Ben Kingsley, Agnès Varda starring Mereani Tuimatanisiga, ‘Ar-Ramadi Longopoa, Le avventure di Mr. Food and Mrs. Wine spotlight – out of competition Betsy Luitolo, Evotia-Rose Araiti (Antonio Silvestre, 18’) feature film competition Baradar (Beppe Tufarulo, 15’) Anna (Federica D’Ignoti, 9’) 20.45 Teatro Antico CASA DEL CINEMA Insane love (Eitan Pitigliani, 20') Taormina Arte Award Nicole Kidman 12.30 “Indie Exhibition and Distribution in 2019” 16.30 Sala B with Peter Baxter, director Slamdance Film Festival Yesterday La Partita 15.30 Canon Today Dir. Danny Boyle Glass First - Le diverse gamme di obiettivi Canon Dir. Francesco Carnesecchi drama UK, 2019, 112’, comedy-music nella produzione video. Con D.Metalli Italy, 2018, 94’, starring Francesco Pannofino, Alberto Di Stasio, Gabriele starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon 18.00 Flazio L'esperienza digitale nel mondo del cinema Fiore, Stefano Ambrogi center stage competition 12.30 Sala B 16.30 Sala B 20.45 Teatro Antico JULY 2 - Tuesday Panel - Women Behind the Camera Italian Shorts Selection Taormina Arte Award with Martha De Laurentiis, Il giorno più bello (Valter D’Errico, 14’) Fulvio Lucisano e Phillip Noyce 10.00 Sala A Svetlana Cvetko, Bedonna Hayes Smith, Sei Mia (Annamaria Spina, 6’) Aspromonte – La terra degli ultimi Indimenticabile Debra Eisenstadt, Bianca Goodloe, Conroy Kanter Mia (Mario Spinocchio, 6’) (Gianluca Santoni, Italy, 20’) Dir. Mimmo Calopresti 14.00 Sala A The noisy silence (Agostiono Fontana, 15’) Italy, 2019, 89’, drama Welcome Home Imaginary Order Haiti starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Marcello Fonte, Dir. George Ratliff Francesco Colella, Marco Leonardi, Sergio Rubini Dir. Debra Eisenstadt Dir. Marco Salom USA, 2018, 97’, thriller USA, 2019, 101’, drama starring Emily Ratajkowski, Aaron Paul, starring Wendi McLendon-Covey, Christine Woods, Italy, 2018, 45’, starring Martina Colombari Riccardo Scamarcio Max Burkholder, Steve Little spotlight – out of competition feature film competition 18.00 Sala A CASA DEL CINEMA 10.30 Sala B 14.30 Sala B Show Me What You Got Ploey – You Will Never Fly Alone I LWost My Mother’s Ashes Dir. Svetlana Cvetko 11.00 (Caitlin Gerard, USA, 13’) USA, 2019, 100’, B/W, drama-romance Canon Today Dir. Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson Glass First - Iceland/Belgium, 2018, 83’, animation-family starring Karen Obilom, Anne Brochet, Slipaway David Sheftell, Neyssan Falahi Le diverse gamme di starring Jamie Oram, Harriet Perring, Dirs. Julia Butler, Daniel Mentz, obiettivi Canon nella Iain Stuart Robertson, Sean Astin feature film competition USA, 2017, 89’, drama produzione center stage competition starring Elaine Partnow, Jesse Pepe video. Con D.Metalli center stage competition 18.30 Sala B 12.00 Sala A Astronaut 16.30 Tolkien 16.00 Sala A Dir. Shelagh McLeod Canon Today Dir. Dome Karukoski Song of the Tree Storytelling video: Canada, 2019, 97’, drama le idee e gli USA, 2019, 112’, biopic-drama-war Dir. Aibek Daiyrbekov starring Richard Dreyfuss, Lyriq Bent, Colm Feore strumenti starring Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Kyrgyzstan/Russia, 2018, 93’, action-drama-history spotlight – out of competition nei corti e nei Genevieve O’Reilly, Colm Meaney starring Temirlan Smanbekov, videoclip. spotlight – out of competition Omurbek Izrailov, Saltanat Bakaeva Con I.D’Antonio feature film competition JULY 3 - Wednesday 14.00 Sala A 16.30 Sala B 20.45 Teatro Antico 10.00 Sala A A Son of Man Arrhythmia Taormina Arte Award Dir. Jamaicanoproblem Dir. Gibran Bazan Peter Greenaway Picture Character Ecuador, 2018, 91’, realismo fantastico Mexico, 2019, 90’, drama Dirs. Martha Shane, Ian Cheney, starring Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador y Campodonico,