10th edition of MOVIEMOV ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2021
MOVIEMOV, Italian Film Festival is back to the Philippines with a 10th edition full of surprises!
The festival will take place from February 01 to 06, fully Online, and with a program that has never been so rich and with so many partner universities involved!
Moviemov 2021 will present 8 movies and each one will be followed by a talk with the filmmaker and the cast. There will be a tribute to Pinocchio; and feature a Social segment and a part dedicated to the Philippine-Italian cinema industry.
As usual, movies will be free of charge and accessible from all over the Philippines on a first come first served basis (the virtual movie-house will have a capacity of 300 pax)
Sara Serraiocco, godmother Moviemov 2021
Actress in Non odiare / Thou Shalt Not Hate
Liza Dino, chariperson FDCP
Paola Lavini, actress in the movie Volevo nascondermi / Hidden Away
Francesca Mazzoleni, director of the docufilm Puntasacra
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MOVIES PRESENTED IN THE MAIN PROGRAM
DAY 01, FEBRUARY 01, Monday
Opening movie:
VOLEVO NASCONDERMI / Hidden Away
2020; Italy; 120 minutes; drama; R 13
Synopsis: Toni, the son of an emigrant Italian mother, deported back to Italy from Switzerland where he spent his childhood, lived for years in a shack by the river without ever succumbing to loneliness, the cold or hunger.
Meeting the sculptor Renato Marino Mazzacurati was his chance to return to painting, the beginning of a redemption story in which he feels art is the only way to form his identity, a real opportunity to make his name known and loved by the world.
“El Tudesc,” as people called him, was a lonely, scrawny, ugly and often mocked and humiliated man. He became an imaginative artist who painted a fantasy world of tigers, gorillas and jaguars on the banks of the Po. Ligabue’s art is a “fairy tale” from which a wealth of diversity emerges and his work over time has proved to be a gift to collective humanity.
6:00 PM screening movie (link)
8:00 PM talk with the cast (link):
Paola Lavini (actress)
Carlo Cerofolini (film critic)
Tania Pedroni (screenwriter)
DAY 2, FEBRUARY 02, Tuesday
PUNTASACRA
2020; Italy; 96 minutes; docu-fction; R 11
Synopsis: The last patch of land – the last triangle of habitable space at the mouth of the Tiber.
Its inhabitants call it Punta Sacra, Sacred Point. Realism and imaginary constantly intertwine in this suburb of Rome, where Franca leads an all-female community.
A family hanging between nostalgia and an inevitable pragmatism, constantly struggling between a strong sense of belonging and the lack of opportunities for the new generations.
4:30 PM: Movie screening (link)
6:30 PM: Talk with the filmmaker (link):
Francesca Mazzoleni, filmmaker
Laura Delli Colli, writer and critic
PADRENOSTRO
2020; Italy; 121 minutes; drama; R 13
Synopsis: Valerio (Mattia Garaci) is 10 yo kid with a fervent imagination. His life is turned upside down when he witnesses a terrorist commando attempting his father Alfonso (Pierfrancesco Favino). From that moment, fear and a sense of vulnerability mark the feelings of the whole family. During those dramatic days Valerio meets Christian (Francesco Gheghi), a compelling boy slightly older than him. Lonely, rebellious and cheeky, Christian seems to come from nowhere. That encounter, in a summer full of discoveries, will change their lives forever.
7:30 PM movie screening (link)
9:30 PM talk with the filmmaker (link)
Claudio Noce, filmmaker
Paki Meduri, screenwriter
DAY 3, FEBRUARY 03, Wednesday
PALAZZO DI GIUSTIZIA / Ordinary Justice
2020; Italy/Switzerland; 84 minutes; drama; R 13
Synopsis: A day of ordinary justice in a large Italian courthouse. At the center, in the heart of the building, a hearing: in the docks sits a young criminal and the petrol station attendant who reacted, shot and killed the former’s young accomplice. We see rituals, robes, interrogations, evidences, witnesses. But the film also (or especially?) tells the story of what happens beyond the courtroom: the corridors, offices, ushers, families, children and wives of the accused and of the victims, waiting outside.
4:30 PM: Movie Screening (link)
6:30 PM: Talk with the filmmaker and cast (link) :
Chiara Bellosi, filmmaker
Giovanni Anzaldo, actor
Daphne Scoccia, actress
DAY 4, FEBRUARY 4, Thursday
I PREDATORI / The Predators
2020; Italy; 109 minutes; Comedy-drama; R 14
It’s early in the morning, the sea at Ostia is calm. A man knocks at the door of a woman’s house: he is going to sell her a watch. It is early in the morning again when, a few days later, a young assistant professor of philosophy will be left out of the group chosen for the exhumation of Nietzsche’s body. Two grievances. Two apparently incompatible families: the Pavone and the Vismara. Bourgeois and intellectual the former, proletarian and Fascist the second. Opposing factions that share the same jungle: Rome. A banal incident will bring the two poles into collision. And the folly of a twenty-five-year-old man will lead to a showdown that reveals everyone has a secret and no one is what they seem. And that we are all predators.
4:30 PM: Movie screening (link)
DAY 5, FEBRUARY 05, Friday
PINOCCHIO
2019; Italy/France; 124 minutes; drama; G
Synopsis: In this new imagining of the iconic classic beloved across the world, Matteo Garrone returns to the authentic roots of the Pinocchio story. With this groundbreaking live action film shot in Italy, Garrone creates a rich fantasy world of mystery and wonder, filled with luminous, funny and touching moments.
Geppetto, an old woodcarver, receives a piece of wood perfect for his next project: a puppet. But something magical happens – the cheeky puppet begins to talk, and can walk, run and eat like any young boy. Geppetto calls him Pinocchio, and brings him up as his son.
But Pinocchio finds it hard to be good. Easily led astray, he tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits through a fantastical world full of imaginative creatures – from the belly of a giant fish, to the land of toys and the field of miracles. His loyal friend, the Fairy with the Turquoise Hair, tries to make him see that his dream – to be a real boy – can never come true until Pinocchio finally changes his ways.
4:30 PM: Movie screening (link)
6:30 PM: Talk with the cast of the movie (link)
Maurizio Lombardi, actor
Rocco Papaleo, actor
Massimo Cantini Parrini, costume designer
NON ODIARE / Thou Shalt Not Hate
2020; Italy/Poland; 95 minutes; drama; R 13
Synopsis: Simone is an established surgeon with a satisfying life, an elegant flat and no ties. The conflicts with his father, a prison camp survivor, are just a memory, now that his father passed away.
During a boating training, he witnesses a car accident and, as a doctor, he intervenes to save the victim. When he discovers a Nazi tattoo on his chest, he hesitates, leaving the man to his fate.
But immediately, Simone, tormented by guilt, starts investigating on the dead man, reaching to his family in a working-class neighborhood.
7:30 PM: Movie Screening (link)
9:00 PM: Talk with the filmmaker (link)
Mauro Mancini, filmmaker
Ilaria Ravarino, journalist
DAY 6, FEBRUARY 06, Saturday (Closing day)
IL MIO CORPO
2020; Switzerland/Italy; 82 minutes; docu-fiction; R 11.
Synopsis: In a deep and abandoned Sicily Oscar, the son of a junk dealer, and Stanley, a young immigrant, live on the margins of society.
Oscar and his older brother Roberto work with their father, collecting scrap metal from illegal landfills. Each metal has its own value and the Oscar family survives by transforming other people's waste into a new bargaining chip. It is a grueling job. Omar and Roberto are linked by a common story but the eldest, committed to excel to survive, escapes the role of ally, leaving Oscar alone.
For Stanley the worst seems to be behind him: a small apartment for himself, a two year residence permit and a friend with whom to share some food and memories. He could leave Sicily and try his luck in a country that gives him a real chance, but something keeps him in this limbo.
A seasonal job takes him to the deep hinterland, in lands of old abandoned mines and pastures. In this forgotten place, between debris and scrap metal, the solitude of Oscar and Stanley will touch for a brief moment.
4:30: Movie screening (link)
6:30: Talk with the filmmaker (link):
Michele Pennetta, filmmaker
Giovanni Pompili, producer
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TRIBUTE TO PINOCCHIO
On the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the first appearance of the famous character, protagonist of Carlo Collodi’s children’s novel, initially published serially on the weekly “Giornale per i bambini” (Children’s newspaper), between 1881 and 1882, the MOVIEMOV 2021 will pay a tribute to PINOCCHIO.
Through literature and cinema, this dedicated leg to the festival is organized thanks to the Embassy of Italy in Manila, and in collaboration with PIA and Ateneo de Naga University Press.
DAY 01, FEBRUARY 01, Monday - 11:00 AM
PINOCCHIO
Animation; 2012; Italy/Belgium/France/Luxembourg; 85 minutes; G.
Director: Enzo d’Alò
Original language: Italian
Synopsis: The Carpenter Geppetto builds a marionette and names it Pinocchio. But, on his numerous adventures, the puppet runs into quite a bit of trouble. Fortunately, the (tooth) fairy comes to help, giving him a raven, an owl and a talking cricket. Pinocchio later finds himself on the Island of Toys and is transformed into a donkey. After a brave escape, he ends up in the belly of a (shark) whale where he saves Geppetto, who was also swallowed by the (shark) whale while searching at sea for Pinocchio.
DAY 02, FEBRUARY 02, Tuesday - 11:00 AM
LE AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO / The adventures of Pinocchio
1971; Italy; Part 1 and Part 2; G; Original Language: Italian
Director: Luigi Comencini
Cast: Nino Manfredi, Gina Lollobrigida, Andrea Balestri, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Vittorio de Sica, Ugo D’Alessio, Domenico Santorio, Lionel Stander
Synopsis: Geppetto, the carpenter makes a wooden puppet and names him Pinocchio. The puppet, promising that he’d behave well, was changed into a real boy by the good fairy. But his lively and rebellious spirit will earn him more than one punishment..
DAY 03, FEBRUARY 03, Wednesday - 11:00 AM
PINOCCHIO
Italy; 2009; Italian; G
Director: Alberto Sironi
Cast: Robbie Kay, Bob Hoskins, Luciana Littizzetto, Margherita Buy, Violante Placido, Toni Bertorelli, Francesco Pannofino, Alessandro Gassmann
Synopsis: Searching for inspiration for his new fairy tale, Collodi (Alessandro Gassman), tells the tale himself with the support of an excellent cast (Violante Placido, Margherita Buy, Bob Hoskins as Geppetto and a surprising Luciana Littizzetto as the Talking Cricket), the birth of one of the most well-loved classics of all times: “Pinocchio”.
DAY 04, FEBRUARY 04, Thursday - 11:00 AM
PINOCCHIO
Italy; 2002; Italian; G.
Director: Roberto Benigni
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Max Cavallari, Bruno Arena, Carlo Giuffrè, Peppe Barra, Kim Rossi Stuart, Alessandro Bergonzoni, Mino Bellei, Franco Javarone, Lamberto Consani, Luis Molteni, Corrado Pani
Synopsis: From the famous story by Carlo Collodi. Pinocchio, a wooden puppet build by the carpenter Geppetto, has various adventures and meets many of people on his journey to become a real child. On the way, he's helped by the Talking Cricket and above all, the Blue Fairy..
DAY 04, FEBRUARY 04, Thursday - 9:00 PM
MASTERCLASS with Marco Franzoso, writer and actor, about Pinocchio between literature and cinema, still a modern character after 140 years.
Marco Franzoso was born in 1965 and is hailed as one of Italy’s most important contemporary authors. Two of his novels, Tu Non Sai Cos’è L’Amore (You know what’s love) and Westwood dee-jay, have been made into theatre shows. Il Bambino Indaco (The indigo child), published by Einaudi in 2012, became a movie (Hungry Hearts), directed by Saverio Costanzo and starring Alba Rohrwacher and Adam Driver, both of whom received awards for their performances at the Venice Film Festival in 2014. Mi Piace Camminare Sui Tetti (I like to walk on the roofs) was published by Rizzoli in 2016, and L’Innocente (The innocent) was published by Mondadori in 2018, winning the Mondello Giovani Prize. Marco’s latest novel, Le Parole Lo Sanno (Words know it), was published by Mondadori in March 2020
SPECIAL SCREENING and TALK
DAY 03, FEBRUARY 03, Wednesday - 9:00 PM followed by a talk with the filmmakers: Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino
PRINCESS
Silvia Luzi & Luca Bellino | 2021 | 17' | With Princess Batac, Nicole Batac and Diane Batac
Synopsis: In the heart of upscale Rome, in the vicinity of well-appointed homes, embassies and exclusive tennis clubs, a quiet community lives on the edge of the river that runs through the city. We think we don’t know them but they are our helpers, babysitters and caregivers. They come into our lives during the day and they return to their makeshift homes at night, until a ravaging fire destroys them all. Princess, Nicole and Diane dream of having a new home for themselves and their grandparents. They are not aware that they are invisible and they fancy that making a wish will be enough to forget the blaze and the ensuing destruction.
A short film that has the great ambition of erasing the distance and put in contact worlds that are disconnected only in appearance.
