Homage to Abruzzo Region
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With the films: Mille anni A Thousand Years by Ermanno Olmi - 15', Italy, 1995 Diario di un curato di montagna Diary of a Mountain Curate by Stefano Saverioni - 58', Italy, 2008 Uomini e lupi Men and Wolves by Daniele Vicari - 22', Italy, 1998 |
An antique land
An antique land, with a powerful nature and a majestic history and culture. And a look at this by three authors of the Italian cinema. That by a maestro of international fame, Ermanno Olmi (born 1931), always attentive to the relationship between man and nature, who in the nearly unknown Mille Anni - A Thousand Years (1995) discovers and lets us discover a territory in which human activity and animal, vegetal and mineral life appear to live in harmony, “in a bond of equal dignity”. Next is that of a director at the height of his career, Daniele Vicari (born 1967), whose documentary work once again proves to be intimately connected to the genesis of his feature films. From the experience of Uomini e Lupi from 1998 about the difficult “premodern” life of Macedonian shepherds in the Abruzzo mountains seven years later would spring L’Orizzonte degli Eventi. And finally the view “from inside” (the author is from Teramo and holds a degree in environmental science from the University of l’Aquila) of a young newcomer: Stefano Saverioni (born 1977). His Diario di un Curato di montagna (2008) speaks of the tenacious resistance of a young and restless priest working in some towns on the Italian Gran Sasso, hamlets of stone in which faith is confirmed in the solitude of daily life. These three “small” films (together they run under 100 minutes) make up the Veneto Film Festival’s tribute to the people of the Abruzzo region, recently put to a difficult test by that Nature which (we are certain) they will nonetheless not stop loving and respecting.
Marco Rossitti
President, Veneto Film Festival
NEWS
Award ceremony
The awards ceremony of the 15th Film Festival della Lessinia, with the conferral of the Lessinia d'Oro, will take place on Saturday, August 29, 2009, at 6:30 pm in the main theatre of the Teatro Vittoria.
Tribute to Marcello Baldi
Il Film Festival della Lessinia rende omaggio a Marcello Baldi con la proiezione del suo ultimo film Narciso. Dietro i cannoni, davanti ai muli. Ospite dell'evento, nel Teatro Vittoria di Bosco Chiesanuova, giovedì 27 agosto 2009 alle ore 21.00, Dario Baldi, co-regista del film insieme con il padre.
Interview to Franco Piavoli
Vittorio Zambaldo interviews Franco Piavoli, guest of the Film Festival della Lessinia. Piavoli is the author of "L'orto di Flora" within Ermanno Olmi's film "Terra Madre", which will be shown again on Thursday, August 27 at 5:00 pm in the Teatro Vittoria. READ THE INTERVIEW
Heidi in Lessinia
The retrospective devoted to Heidi continues at the Film Festival della Lessinia. Three afternoon screenings will bring to Bosco Chiesanuova three masterpieces featuring the infamous shepherd-girl invented by Johanna Spyri. Monday, August 24, 4:00 pm: Heidi. Zoccoletti olandesi (Heidi. Dutch Clogs), by Allan Dwan (featuring Shirley Temple); Tuesday, August 25, 4:00 pm: Heidi. Sono tornata per te (Heidi. I've Come back for You), by Luigi Comencini; Wednesday, August 26, 4:00 pm: Heidi torna tra i monti (Heidi Returns to the Mountains), the celebrated animated cartoons by Isao Takahata.