It?s the fifth annual San Diego Italian Film Festival, October 29 through November 12, 2011 with 15 great Italian movies, fabulous celebrations, famous directors and dynamic discussions.
This year, you?ll find movies that put you right into the heart of Italy; funny, sad, ferocious, and passionate. See director Paolo Virzi?s award winning 2010 film La prima cosa bella (The first beautiful thing), some stunning noir films like La ragazza del lago (The girl by the lake) or take in the retrospective of groundbreaking neorealism films by a trio of Italy?s greatest directors. Insightful introductions will help you understand why these films still influence movie-making today. Two weeks of Italy for you with Italy and Italian culture beside you.
Passion, identity, history and food for the senses don?t miss any of these events. You?ll know you?ve spent a week in the piazza when you come to the San Diego Italian Film Festival.
While documentaries have taken up a larger part of our movie world, this festival will explore what that means today, both here and in Italy in a big confab and movie show at SDSU on November 6. More movies, more directors, more discussions.
Admission: Suggested Donation $5
Location:
Little Theatre
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182
November 6 Event + Film:
2:00 PM to 6:00 PM to Reel Italians: Documenting a People at Home and Abroad
Italians: Documenting a People at Home and Abroad
An afternoon of documentary films and discussion about the culture, history and representation of Italians in Italy and the United States. Co-sponsored by SDIFF, SDSU Italian Program and the Department of European Studies. The program will run from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Little Theatre on the SDSU Campus.
Program & Films:
The program begins with an interview, via Skype, with Marco Bertozzi, followed by the screening of his film. At 3:30, Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien, director and producer of the powerful Pane Amaro will share their insights about their documentary and Italian migrations. Discussion by the panelists will continue after the films.
2:30 PM to Appunti romani (Roman Note) directed by Marco Bertozzi, 2004. A found footage movie about Rome capturing the struggle over the re-vision of the memory of Italy as a nation, made by assembling sequences from film reels lent by various archives;
4:10 PM to Pane amaro (Bitter Bread) directed by Gianfranco Norelli, 2009. A documentary recounting key events that shaped the Italian American experience by weaving together personal accounts, commentary by scholars, and rare historical photographs and footage.
The festival runs Saturday, October 29 through Wendsday, November 12
For more information, please visit: www.sandiegoitalianfilmfestival.com
This year, you?ll find movies that put you right into the heart of Italy; funny, sad, ferocious, and passionate. See director Paolo Virzi?s award winning 2010 film La prima cosa bella (The first beautiful thing), some stunning noir films like La ragazza del lago (The girl by the lake) or take in the retrospective of groundbreaking neorealism films by a trio of Italy?s greatest directors. Insightful introductions will help you understand why these films still influence movie-making today. Two weeks of Italy for you with Italy and Italian culture beside you.
Passion, identity, history and food for the senses don?t miss any of these events. You?ll know you?ve spent a week in the piazza when you come to the San Diego Italian Film Festival.
While documentaries have taken up a larger part of our movie world, this festival will explore what that means today, both here and in Italy in a big confab and movie show at SDSU on November 6. More movies, more directors, more discussions.
Admission: Suggested Donation $5
Location:
Little Theatre
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182
November 6 Event + Film:
2:00 PM to 6:00 PM to Reel Italians: Documenting a People at Home and Abroad
Italians: Documenting a People at Home and Abroad
An afternoon of documentary films and discussion about the culture, history and representation of Italians in Italy and the United States. Co-sponsored by SDIFF, SDSU Italian Program and the Department of European Studies. The program will run from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Little Theatre on the SDSU Campus.
Program & Films:
The program begins with an interview, via Skype, with Marco Bertozzi, followed by the screening of his film. At 3:30, Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien, director and producer of the powerful Pane Amaro will share their insights about their documentary and Italian migrations. Discussion by the panelists will continue after the films.
2:30 PM to Appunti romani (Roman Note) directed by Marco Bertozzi, 2004. A found footage movie about Rome capturing the struggle over the re-vision of the memory of Italy as a nation, made by assembling sequences from film reels lent by various archives;
4:10 PM to Pane amaro (Bitter Bread) directed by Gianfranco Norelli, 2009. A documentary recounting key events that shaped the Italian American experience by weaving together personal accounts, commentary by scholars, and rare historical photographs and footage.
The festival runs Saturday, October 29 through Wendsday, November 12
For more information, please visit: www.sandiegoitalianfilmfestival.com
