17 NOVEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2006
The Italian Film Festival UK 2006 is delighted to welcome the following guests:
GIUSEPPE PICCIONI
GIUSEPPE PICCIONI TO ATTEND SCREENINGS IN GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, DUNDEE AND LONDON
Giuseppe Piccioni was born in Ascoli Piceno (Marche) on 2 July 1953.
He now lives in Rome where besides his film-making activities, he runs with
other colleagues the Libreria del Cinema/ Cinema Bookshop.
He graduated in Sociology in 1997 and between 1980 and 1983 he attended
Gaumont’s School of Cinematography, which was inspired and directed by Renzo
Rossellini.
His first major step as a director came in 1987 when he made The Big
Blek which received many awards among them the Nastro d’Argento and
the De Sica Awards for Young Italian Cinema as well as taking part in the
1988 Berlin Film Festival. In 1990 Piccioni’s Ask for the Moon
received the Grolla d’oro award for best director and Margherita Buy received
the Golden Sacher for Best Actress.
Two years later Piccioni directed Condemned to Marry which was
selected for the Venice Film Festival in 1993.
In 1995 Piccioni’s Penniless Hearts obtained the Audience Prize
both at Annecy and at Bastia Festivals.
In 1997 it was also awarded the Grand Prix at the Festival International
du film de Comedie de l’Alpe d’Huez.
In 1997 his Words From the Heart was edited for RAI within the
project called Italian Alphabet.
In 1998 Out of This World received five David di Donatello awards
which included best Italian film 1998, four Gold Ciak, Flaiano’s Prize for
best director, Amidei Prize for best screenplay and Casa Rossa’s prize for
best independent Italian movie.
In 1999 Piccioni participated in the International Festival des Films du
Monde in Montreal where Out of this World won the Grand Prix Special
du Jury. It also won the Silver Hugo Award at Chicago International film
festival. In addition in the same year Out of This World obtained
the Grand Jury Prize for Best Film in competition as well as the Audience
Award for Best Film at AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles. In that year Out
of This World was nominated Italian contender for Best Foreign Film
at the Oscars. In 2001 Piccioni made Light of My Eyes which was
in competition at Venice Film Festival 2001.
His two main actors received the Coppa Volpi for best actor and best actress.
In 2002 Piccioni presented his Sandra, A Private Portrait at the
Venice Film Festival. In the same year Piccioni and Bartleby Film, of which
he is one of founders, produced Just One More Hour With You by
Alina Marazzi. This documentary obtained several accolades both in Italian
and international festivals.
In 2004 he directed The Life I Want which was shown at Berlin 2005,
in the Panorama section. In the same year, it was also in competition at
the Moscow Film Festival and at the San Francisco Film Festival in 2006
– and now the Italian Film Festival UK.
He will talk about The Life I Want at these screenings:
Glasgow GFT 22 Nov 8.00pm
followed by Q and A
Edinburgh Filmhouse 23 Nov 8.15pm
followed by Q and A
Dundee DCA 24 Nov 8.30pm
followed by Q and A
London Riverside Studios 25 Nov 8.25pm
followed by Q and
A
PAOLO SORRENTINO
Paolo Sorrentino is being hailed as one of the high hopes
of new Italian cinema. With The Consequences of Love and this year’s The
Family Friend he has made his mark on the international arena. He is part
of what has become known as the Neapolitan school, as he and other directors
including Mario Martone and Stefano Incerti are making the bustling seaside
city a hotbed of Italian cinematic creativity. The Italian Film Festival
UK is delighted to throw the spotlight on such an original and emerging
key player.
He will introduce his latest film THE FAMILY FRIEND and
answer questions after the film in:
Glasgow Film Theatre 24 Nov 8.15pm
Edinburgh Filmhouse 25 Nov 8.30pm
London Renoir 27 Nov 6.30pm
He will also introduce and answer questions after the screening of ONE MAN UP in London
London Riverside 26 Nov 8.25pm
LINDA FERRI
Writer Linda Ferri to attend BAFTA launch (by invitation
only) of the IFF UK 2006
Linda Ferri who was born in Rome in 1957, will attend the BAFTA launch of
this year’s Italian Film Festival on Friday 10 November at the Princess
Anne Theatre, 195 Piccadilly in association with Aprilia and Axiom Films.
She will introduce Along the Ridge, the film she co-authored with Kim Rossi
Stuart and on which the actor makes his directorial debut.
Ferri has earned degrees in Political Science in Paris, and Philosophy of
History in Florence, and has worked for many years in the field of publishing.
Incantesimi was her first novel, published in 1997, which
became Enchantments in its English translation. Told in
a series of 25 short vignettes, it is narrated by an unnamed Italian girl
in the style of a memoir, from the toddler to early teen years. She also
co-authored with Nanni Moretti the screenplay The Son’s Room, which won
the Palme d’Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Her activities as a screenwriter include:
2006 Anche libero va bene Screenwriter
2004 The Life I Want Screenwriter
2001 The Son's Room Screenwriter
2001 Light of My Eyes Screenwriter
1997 Voglio una donnaaa! Screenwriter
LAURA MUSCARDIN
ITALIAN DIRECTOR LAURA MUSCARDIN TO ATTEND SCREENINGS IN DUNDEE AND EDINBURGH
As part of the IFF UK 2006 Laura Muscardin will present her latest documentary
Children of Rome, Open City offering a rare glimpse into the making
of Roberto Rossellini's classic of Italian neo-realism which is paired in
a double bill with My Dad Is 100 Years Old, Isabella Rossellini’s
tribute to her father. Muscardin who was born in Rome, received a degree
in Modern History from the University of Rome. She attended film production
classes at the University of Southern California in the summer of 1989.
From 1992 to 1996 she made several documentaries and videos. From 1988 to
1997 she was an assistant director on many feature films, commercials, and
also worked for television. In additional she gained some theatre experience
as stage manager and assistant director, mainly in the States. In 2001 she
shot her first feature film Days which won many international prizes and
was shown at the Italian Film Festival UK in 2005 when she travelled to
present it. She has finished shooting her second feature Billo, a story
set between Italy and Senegal featuring the music star Youssou N’Dour. Currently
she is in production on L’Altre Stelle. Muscardin will
be present at these screenings of Children of Rome, Open City:
Dundee DCA 25 November 4.15pm
Edinburgh Filmhouse 26 November 6.30pm
GIACOMO CAMPIOTTI
GIACOMO CAMPIOTTI TO PRESENT HIS NEW FILM IN LONDON
Born in Varese in 1957, Giacomo Campiotti graduated in educational science
from the University of Bologna. Campiotti began his career in the theatre,
assisting legendary Italian movie director Mario Monicelli at the Teatro
di Piazza. With the support of Ermanno Olmi, Giacomo was part of the Ipotesi
Cinema, an organisation of young filmmakers. As part of this group, between
1983 and 1987 he directed his first short and medium-length films for the
cinema: Tre donne, La bomba and Ritorno dal cinema, the last of these played
by Claudio Botosso and Enrica Modugno and based on a short story by Cesare
Zavattini. He made his feature film debut in 1989 with Corsa di primavera.
Successfully presented in the Critics' Week at the Venice Film Festival,
it was selected by numerous international festivals and won the Grifone
d'Oro for best film at Giffoni. During 1991 and 1992 he worked in the musical
videoclip sector, producing videoclips for Lucio Dalla and other artists.
His second feature film, Like Two Crocodiles / Come due coccodrilli, dates
from 1994. It was again well received by the critics and presented at various
festivals all over the world. He was acclaimed also for his television film
of Doctor Zhivago, based on Boris Pasternak’s famous novel, produced in
the United Kingdom and broadcast all over the world. It starred Sam MacLintock,
Keira Knightley, Bill Paterson, Celia Imrie and Sam Neill. His third feature
film Il Tempo Dell'Amore /A Time to Love was an omnibus film of three different
love stories that take place in three different eras and locations and starred
Juliet Aubrey, Natacha Régnier, Tom Williams, Ignazio Oliva, Lino Capolicchio,
Ciarán Hinds, and Natalia Piatti. His new coming-of-age film Never Again
as Before, receiving its UK premiere as part of the festival, shows his
ability to climb new emotional heights. It was written in collaboration
with noted Russian writer-director Alexander Adabachian.
The director will talk about his film at the
London Renoir on 4 Dec at 6.30pm only
The film is showing also at:
London Riverside 18 Nov 6.45pm
Glasgow 21 Nov 6.15pm
Edinburgh 22 Nov 6.00pm
Dundee 25 Nov 8.30pm
CARLO LUGLIO
CARLO LUGLIO studied Cinema History and in 2003 he made his first feature
film North Cape, which won awards at international festivals. The subject
matter of the film was one to which he would subsequently return: people
living on the fringes of society, such as migrants and poachers. Since 2004
he has been involved with the association Figli del Bronx and has worked
in nomad camps in the Neapolitan suburbs. With these people Carlo Luglio
made Under the Same Moon / Sotto la luna di Scampia just
at the time the Mafia feuds were breaking out in the city.
Carlo Luglio will introduce the screening of Under the Same Moon at the
Renoir, Brunswick Square, London on Friday, 24 Nov at 6.30pm and will talk
to the audience at the end of the show.
London Renoir Friday 24 Nov 6.30pm
