PROGRAM ROMA
SDF XVI EDITION - DIASPORAS ENCOUNTERS AND METAMORPHOSIS
ROMA - CASA DEL CINEMA FROM 30TH JUNE TO 3RD JULY
THURSDAY, JUNE 30
DELUXE ROOM
THE DOCUMENTARY IN SCHOOLS // MEMORY AND GENERATIONS
h 11 a.m. Screening of the réportage I SEMI DEL 92 by Salvatore Cusimano (Italy, 2022, 55′), for the 30 years since the death of Giovanni Falcone. Speakers will include editors Giorgio and Mario Palumbo, the journalist former director of Rai’s Sicilian Headquarters Salvatore Cusimano, journalist-Report Paolo Mondani.
DELUXE ROOM
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 16 // DIASPORAS ENCOUNTERS AND METAMORPHOSIS
h 15.00 Screening Terykony / Boney piles by Taras Tomenko (Ukraine, 2022, 80′) – Italian premiere in collaboration with Biografilm. h 16.30 Screening Ma vie en papier / My paper life by Vida Dena (Belgium/France/Iran, 2022, 81′) – italian preview. Meeting with the filmmakers. Moderated by Anna Maria Pasetti and Antonio Pezzuto.
DELUXE ROOM
ISLANDS VOLCANOES ENERGY // CRIS TOALA OLIVARES AND THE VOLCANOES
h 18.00 Greeting by Ecuador’s Ambassador in Italy Miguel Falconi Puig and representative cultural area Progressio Ecuador Foundation in Italy Miranda Carolina Valera.
Meeting with Cris Toala Olivares, Ecuadorian photojournalist, on the photoreport Stromboli, the man and the volcano (made for National Geographic in 2017), now published in the book Living with Volcanoes (Earth June 2022).
FRIDAY, JULY 1
DELUXE ROOM
MASTERCLASS SDF 16 LE METAMORFOSI DEL LINGUAGGIO DEL REALE // IL DOCUMENTARIO D’ANIMAZIONE
h 11:00 From Persepolis to Flee, from Waltz with Bashir to The Road of the Samounes: when cartooning is more real than the real.
Introductory talk by film critic Oscar Cosulich.
In the special presence of cartoonist Vittorio Giardino.
Moderated and introduced by Ludovica Fales with Anna Maria Pasetti
DELUXE ROOM
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 16 // DIASPORAS ENCOUNTERS AND METAMORPHOSIS
h 16.00 Screening Nous, étudiants! by Rafiki Fariala (Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of Congo, Saudi Arabia, 2022, 83′).
h 18.00 Screening Bettina by Lutz Pehnert (Germany, 2022, 107′) – Italian premiere.
Meeting with the filmmakers. Moderated by Anna Maria Pasetti and Antonio Pezzuto.
SATURDAY, JULY 2
DELUXE ROOM
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 16 // DIASPORAS ENCOUNTERS AND METAMORPHOSIS
h 16.00 Screening Dida by Nikola Ilić and Corina Schwingruber Ilić (Switzerland, 2021, 78′) – Italian premiere.
h 18.00 Screening Piazza by Karen Di Porto (Italy, 2022, 60′) – world premiere.
Meeting with the filmmakers. Moderated by Anna Maria Pasetti and Antonio Pezzuto.
DOMENICA 3 LUGLIO
DELUXE ROOM
MASTERCLASS SDF 16 THE METAMORPHOSES OF THE LANGUAGE OF REALITY // THE DOCUMENTARY ANIMATION
h 11:00 Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir (2008): talk by the film’s art director David Polonsky, Russian-born Israeli illustrator, co-author with Ari Folman of the graphic novels Waltz with Bashir. A War Story (Rizzoli Lizard 2009) and Anne Frank – Diary (Einaudi Editore 2017). Moderated and introduced by Ludovica Fales with Anna Maria Pasetti
ETTORE SCOLA OUTDOOR THEATER
SDF 16 OFFICIAL AWARDS CEREMONY // WITH GIUSEPPE FIORELLO, NADIA TERRANOVA AND DAVID POLONSKY
h 21:00 Ravesi award Dal Testo allo Schermo to Nadia Terranova for Trema la notte. In the outstanding presence of Giuseppe Fiorello.
Dams Students Award // University of Roma Tre. Awarded by the President of the Jury Prof. Ivelise Perniola.
Grand Prix Media Fenix to the Best Documentary of the International Competition. In the presence of the Official Jury composed of Laura Delli Colli (President), Gioia Avvantaggiato and Igiaba Scego. Awarded by Davide Umilio for Media Fenix.
h 22:00 Special greeting to the Festival by David Polonsky (art director, illustrator, director)
Screening Waltz with Bashir by Ari Folman (Israel/Germany/France, 2008, 90′, Lucky Red Distribution).