The Rome Film Festival (November 9-17) unveils its complete lineup, including the world premiere of Cinema XXI opening night selection “Centro Historico,” an anthology by international auteurs Aki Kaurismaki, Pedro Costa, Victor Erice and Manuel de Oliveira.
Ex-Venice Fest director Marco Muller presides for the first time as the fest’s artistic director, while an international jury of Scottish visual artist and filmmaker Douglas Gordon (Chair), Hans Hurch, Ed Lachman, Andrea Lissoni and Emily Jacir will give out the following awards:
- CinemaXXI Award (reserved for feature-length films)
- Special Jury Prize – CinemaXXI (reserved for feature-length films)
- CinemaXXI Award for short films and medium-length films
Complete lineup:
OUT OF COMPETITION FEATURE FILMS:
(World Premiere)
O BATUQUE DOS ASTROS
Julio Bressane, Brazil, 2012, 74’
(World Premiere)
CENTRO HISTÓRICO / HISTORIC CENTRE
Aki Kaurismäki, Pedro Costa, Victor Erice, Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal, 2012, 90’
O Tasqueiro, Aki Kaurismäki
Lamento da Vida Jovem, Pedro Costa
Vidros Partidos, Victor Erice
O Conquistador, Conquistado, Manoel de Oliveira
(World Premiere)
O FANTASMA DO NOVAIS
Margarida Gil, Portugal, 2012,93’
(International Premiere)
MUNDO INVISÍVEL / INVISIBLE WORLD
Atom Egoyan, Beto Brant, Cisco Vasques, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Guy Maddin, Jerzy Stuhr, Laís Bodanzky, Manoel De Oliveira, Marco Bechis, Maria de Medeiros, Theo Angelopoulos, Wim Wenders, Brazil, 2012, 83’
MEDIUMLENGTH AND SHORT FILMS:
(World Premiere)
STEEKSPEL / TRICKED
Paul Verhoeven, Netherlands, 2012, 52’
Cast: Peter Blok, Ricky Koole, Robert de Hoog, Gaite Jansen, Carolien Spoor, Sallie Harmsen, Jochum ten Haaf, Pieter Tiddens
(World Premiere)
ALL SIDES OF THE ROAD 3D
OpenEndedGroup, United States, 2012, 12’
GUIMARÃES TRANSVERSAL
Three short films programme:
Birds, Gabriel Abrantes, Portugal, 2012, 17′ (International Premiere)
A Mesa Ferida, Marcos Barbosa, Portugal, 2012, 20′ (World Premiere)
Der Schlingel, Paulo Abreu, Portugal, 2012, 30′ (World Premiere)
HISTÓRIAS DE GUIMARÃES
Three short films programme:
O Bravo som dos tambores, João Botelho, Portugal, 2012, 25′ (World Premiere)
O Dom das lágrimas, João Nicolau, Portugal, 2012, 24′
Vamos tocar todos juntos para ouvirmos melhor, Tiago Pereira, Portugal, 2012, 25′
(World Premieres)
PLANT 3D
OpenEndedGroup, United States, 2011, 17’
(World Premiere)
PLETORA. IL DONO 3D
Zapruder, Italy, 2012, 15’
RANDOM ACTS
– A SONG OF MY YOUTH, Lucy Harvey, Great Britain, 2012,3’
– BECAUSE THIS IS BRITAIN (AS DISCUSSED), Martha Rosler, Great Britain, 2012, 3’
– DANGEROUS GAMES, Marina Abramović, Great Britain, 2012, 5’
– END OF LIFE, Zineb Sedira, Great Britain, 2012, 3’
– EVER SINCE, Mark Wallinger, Great Britain, 2012, 3’
– I MAY HAVE LOST FOREVER MY UMBRELLA, Johan Grimonprez, Great Britain, 2012, 3’
– KNEE BRUISE LEFT EDGED, Shahryar Nashat, Great Britain, 2012, 3’
– MONSOON, Apitchapong Weerasethakul, Great Britain, 2012, 3’
– PEARL VISION, Mark Leckey, Great Britain, 2012, 3’
– PRIMATE CINEMA, Rachel Mayeri, Great Britain, 2012, 3’
– SIBERIAN TIGER, Richard Billingham, Great Britain, 2012, 3’
– SINGLE TAKE, James Richards, Great Britain, 2012, 3’
– THREE-MINUTE WARNING, Sarah Wood, Great Britain, 2012, 3’
– WARNING, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Great Britain, 2012, 3’
(World Premieres)
TANTI FUTURI POSSIBILI. CON RENATO NICOLINI
Gianfranco Rosi, Italy, 30’
(World Premiere)
WAVES 3D
OpenEndedGroup, United States, 2012, 2’
COMPETITION FEATURE LENGTH:
(All World Premieres)
A WALK IN THE PARK
Amos Poe, United States, 2012, 96’
Cast: Brian Fass, Adam Davids, Mark Eberle, Fred Sullivan, Charles Breiterman
AVANTI POPOLO
Michael Wahrmann, Brazil, 2012, 72’
Cast: André Gatti, Carlos Reichenbach, Eduardo Valente, Marcos Bertoni, Paulo Rigazzi
BLOODY DAUGHTER
Stéphanie Argerich, France – Switzerland, 2012, 94’
Cast: Martha Argerich, Stephen Kovacevich
GEGENWART / CONSEQUENCE
Thomas Heise, Germany, 2012, 68’
GOLTZIUS AND THE PELICAN COMPANY
Peter Greenaway, Netherland, 2012, 128’
Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Ramsey Nasr, Kate Moran, Pippo Delbono, Giulio Berruti, Anne Louise Hassing, Flavio Parenti, Lars Eidinger
JIANSHI LIU BAIYUAN / JUDGE ARCHER
Xu Haofeng, China, 2012, 94’
Cast: Song Yang, Yu Cheng hui, Li Chengyuan, Yenny Martin, Zhao Zheng, Li Yiming
JUNGLE LOVE
Sherad Anthony Sanchez, Philippine, 2012, 86′
Cast: Gloria Morales, Mae Bastes, Martin Riffer, Edgardo Amar, Aldrin Sapitan
NICHNASTI PA’AM LAGAN / DANS UN JARDIN JE SUIS ENTRE / ONCE I ENTERED A GARDEN
Avi Mograbi, France – Israel – Switzerland, 2012, 97’
EL OJO DEL TIBURON
Alejo Hoijman, Argentina – Spain, 2012, 91’
PANIHIDA
Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu, Germany – Moldavia, 2012, 61’
PHOTO
Carlos Saboga, Portugal – France, 2012, 85’
Cast: Anna Mouglalis, Marisa Paredes, Johan Leysen, Didier Sandre, Simão Cayatte
PICAS / PIZZAS
Laila Pakalnina, Latvia, 2012, 63’
SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF
Mike Figgis, Great Britain, 2012, 107’
Cast: Sebastian Koch, Lotte Verbeek, Rebecca Night, Emilia Fox, Frances de la Tour, Julian Sands, Kenneth Cranham, Eoin Macken, Lachlan Nieboer
TANETS DELI / DELHI DANCE
Ivan Vyrypaev, Russia, 2012, 95’
Cast: Karolina Gruszka, Igor Gordin, Kseniya Kutepova, Arina Marakulina, Ina Sukhoretskaya
TAR
Edna Biesold, Sarah-Violet Bliss, Bruce Thierry Cheung, Gabrielle Demeestere, Alexis Gambis, Shruti Ganguly, Brooke Goldfinch, Omar Zuniga Hidalgo, Shripriya Mahesh, Pamela Romanowsky, Tine Thomasen, Virginia Urreiztieta; supervisione di James Franco, United States, 2012, 72’
Cast: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Jessica Chastain, Zach Braff, Henry Hopper, Bruce Campbell
TASHER DESH / THE LAND OF CARDS / LA TERRA DELLE CARTE
Q (Kaushik Mukherjee), India, 2012, 114’
Cast: Joyraj Battacharjee, Rii Sen, Anubrata Basu, Soumiak Kanti De biswas, Tillotoma Shome
TUTTO PARLA DI TE
Alina Marazzi, Italy, 2012, 84’
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Elena Radonicich, Valerio Binasco, Maria Grazia Mandruzzato, Alice Torriani
MEDIUM LENGTH AND SHORT FILMS
(All World Premieres)
DA VINCI
Yuri Ancarani, Italy, 2012, (20’)
DOSSIER SCOLAIRE / SCHOOL FILES
Noëlle Pujol, Andreas Bolm, France – Germany, 2012, 21’
DREAMS
James Franco, Great Britain, 2012, 1’
EL RUIDO DE LAS ESTRELLAS ME ATURDE
Eduardo Williams, Argentina, 2012, 20’
ETERNITÀ
Provmyza (Galina Myznikova, Sergey Provorov), Russia, 2011, 36’
GHL
Lotte Schreiber, Austria, 2012, 17’
ISHI TO UTA TO PETA / STONE, SONG AND PETA
Takuya Dairiki, Takashi Miura, France – Japan, 2012, 60’
LA MADRE, IL FIGLIO E L’ARCHITETTO / THE MOTHER, THE SON AND THE ARCHITECT
Petra Noordkamp, Netherland, 2012, 16’
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