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Tuscany events: “Lucca Film Festival” 6th season

Monday 4th
CINEMA CENTRALE
7:00 p.m. FESTIVAL INAUGURATION
(aperitif and buffet from 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m)

retrospective GYÖRGY PÁLFI
9:00 p.m. Meeting with the director GYÖRGY PÁLFI
after TAXIDERMIA
(György Pálfi, Ungheria, 2006, col. 91’)
special events
11:00 p.m. FREE RADICALS: A (HI)STORY OF EXPERIMENTAL FILM
(Pip Chodorov, France, 2010 col. 80′)

Tuesday 5th
CINEMA CENTRALE
CINEMATON
3:00 p.m. Cinématon di Gerard Courant –
official selection
3:30 p.m. LOS MINUTOS, LAS HORAS
(Janaína Marques Ribeiro, Cuba/Brazil, 2009 Col. 11’)
BROKEN WINDOWS
(Richard O’Sullivan, England, 2010 Col. 6’)
XIE ZI
(Giuseppe Marco Albano, Italy, 2010 Col. 11’)
CET AIR LA’
(Marie Loiser, USA, 2010 b/n. 3’)
I WASS A MILL
(Stefano Giannotti, Italy, 2010, Col. 3’)
SALIM
(Tommaso Landucci, Italy, 2009, Col. 14’)
CHASING WAVES
(Paul O. Donoghue, England, 2010, Col. 6’)
SELF
(Oleg Dubson, USA, 2009, b/n, 20’)
FILM ABOUT AN UNKNOWN ARTIST
(Laura Garbštien, Lithuania, 2009, Col. 11’)
THE CAT
(George Ungar, Canada, 2010 b/n. 2’)
retrospective GYÖRGY PÁLFI
6:00 p.m. meeting with the director GYÖRGY PÁLFI
After I’M NOT YOUR FRIEND
(György Pálfi, Hungary, 2009 col. 100′)
Preview FRANCO BROCANI
9:00 p.m Shorts for Corona Cinematografica (1967 – 1984)
Introduce Giulio Bursi (University di Gorizia). After:
È ORMAI SICURO IL MIO RITORNO A KNOSSOS
[LA FORMA DELLE IDEE]
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1967 b/n. 14’)
LO SPECCHIO A FORMA DI GABBIA
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1970 b/n. 12’)
LA MASCHERA DEL MINOTAURO
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1971 b/n. 11’)
SEGNALE DI UN PIANETA IN VIA D’ESTINZIONE
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1972 b/n. 11’)
FRANKENSTEIN
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1972 col. 12’)
SULLA POESIA
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1984 col. 12’)
special events: VIVA: Andy Warhol’s muse
10:30 p.m. LONSOME COWBOYS
(Andy Warhol, USA, 1968 col. 109′)

Wednesday 6th
CINEMA CENTRALE
homage ABEL FERRARA
3:00 p.m. THE BLACKOUT
(Abel Ferrara, USA, 1997, col. 106’)
special events
5:00 p.m. LES CARNETS DE LA BÊTE / THE BEAST NOTES
(Keja Ho Kramer, France, 2008 Video, col. 28′)
5:30 p.m. CENT’ANNI DI NOSTALGIA
(JELENA EDA PEŠIC Italy, 2004 col. 9′)
special events:
6:15 p.m. (An) Other Irish Cinema
meeting with the directors Donal Foreman, Rouzbeh Rashidi and Maximilian Le Cain. After
PULL
(Donal Foreman, Ireland, 2009, 20’)
REPEAT
(Donal Foreman, Ireland, 2009, 12’)
REFUGE
(Donal Foreman, Ireland, 2010, 10’)
FLOODED MEADOW
(Rouzbeh Rashidi, Ireland, 2009, 7’)
HISTORY OF CINEMA
(Rouzbeh Rashidi, Ireland, 2008, 33’)
Everybody’s Favourite Disease
(Maximilian Le Cain, Ireland, 2010, 3’)
Making a Home
(Maximilian Le Cain, Ireland, 2007, 9’)
Valley of the kings
(Maximilian Le Cain, Ireland, 2008, 10’)
homage ABEL FERRARA
9:00 p.m. THE ADDICTION
(Abel Ferrara, USA, 1995, b/n. 82’)
retrospective GYÖRGY PÁLFI
10:30 p.m. HUKKLE
(György Pálfi, Hungary, 2003, col. 78′)

Thursday 7th
CINEMA CENTRALE
Official Selection
3.00 p.m. GYRA
(KINE, Greece, 2010 b/n. 12’)
HOME
(Francesco Filippi, Italy, 2009, Col. 15’)
OGGI GIRA’ COSI’
(Sydney Sibilia, Italy, 2010 Col. 17’)
WATER.MON.MIRROW.FLOWER
(Tianran Duan, USA, 2010, Col. 3’)
KOH
(Adam R. Levine, USA/Thailandia, 2010 b/n. 2’)
LICHT
(André Schreuders, Holland, 2010, Col. 15’)
BOULE
(Björn Ullrich, Germany, 2010, Col. 5’)
CRONOLOGIA
(Rosana Cuellar, Germany, 2010, Col. 12’)
PUZZLE
(Sebastien Loghman, France, 2010, Col. 3’)
ABSTRACT?
(Alexei Dimitriev, Russia, 2009 Col. 4’)
ROXY
(Shirley Petchprapa, USA, 2010, Col. 12’)
VANISHING POINT #3
(Rick Niebe, Italy, 2010, Col. 2’)
homage ABEL FERRARA
5:00 p.m. CHINA GIRL
(Abel Ferrara, USA, 1987, col. 88′)
Preview FRANCO BROCANI
6:45 p.m. A proposito di W.S. Hayter (Grafica e Cinema)
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1968, col. e b/n. 15’)
L’utopia del male
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1974, b/n. 14’)
S.P.Q.R.
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1975, col. 12’)
La città sublime
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1975, col. 11’)
Gastrosofia
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1976, col. 14’)

homage ABEL FERRARA
9:00 p.m. meeting with the director ABEL FERRARA
introduce enrico ghezzi. After:
BAD LIEUTENANT
(Abel Ferrara, USA, 1992, col. 96’)
CINEMATON
11:30 p.m. Cinématon di Gerard Courant – Breve selezione

Friday 8th
CINEMA CENTRALE
official selection
3:00 p.m. RESISTANCE
(Fabienne Gautier, France, 2010, Col. 27’)
SO CHE C’E’ UN UOMO
(Gianclaudio Cappai, Italy, 2009, Col. 29’)
SO ABSTRACT!
(Eytan Ipeker, Turkey, 2009, Col. 6’)
FROM -60° TO +113° F
(Elle Burchill, USA, 2010, Col. 14’)
ENTITY OF HAZE
(Rouzbeh Rashidi, Ireland, 2010, Col. 12’)
ICH BIN’S HELMUT
(Nicolas Steiner, Switzerland/Germany, 2010, Col. 11’)
GELIEBTE
(Ingo J. Biermann, Germany, 2009, Col. 5’)
LAS REMESAS
(Arturo Artal / Juan Carrascal, Spain, 2009, Col. 3’)
LONTANO
(Michele Gurrieri, France, 2010, Col. 11’)
special events
5:00 p.m. meeting with the director ADOLPHO ARRIETTA. After
FLAMMES
(Adolpho Arrietta, France, 1978 – 2009, col. 50’)
homage ABEL FERRARA
6:15 p.m. introduction of Abel Ferrara and Marcello Assante. After
MULBERRY STREET
(Abel Ferrara, USA, 2009,col, doc, 80’)

9:00 p.m. Prize giving of the winners of the official selection
9:15 p.m. Meeting with the director ABEL FERRARA and the actress SHANYN LEIGH. After
GO GO TALES
(Abel Ferrara, USA/Italy, 2007 Col. 100′)
special events
11:15 p.m. THE SUN AND THE MOON
(Steve Dwoskin, England, 2007, video, col. 60′)

Saturday 9th
Auditorium San Romano
5.30 p.m. Presentation of the book:
Lo schermo liberato – Il cinema di Miklos Jancso
With the author Giulio Marlia and the editor Marco Del Bucchia.
6.30 p.m. Conference:
film criticism on web – situations and new horizons
With: Marco Luceri (Corriete Fiorentino), Claudio Carabba (Corriere della Sera), Stefano Giuntini (Loschermo.it), Gianni Quilici (La linea dell’occhio), Alessandro Baratti (Spietati.it), Donal Foreman and Max Le Cain (Experimental Conversations) and Laura Da Prato (Splatter Container).

8.00 p.m. CLOSING PARTY (aperitif from 8.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.)
9:00 p.m. SCREENING OF THE WINNER OF THE OFFICIAL SELECTION

special events: VIVA: Andy Warhol’s muse
9:30 p.m. NECROPOLIS
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1970, col. 126′)

Homage to Miklós Jancsó and Márta Mészáros
in collaboration with Viareggio EuropaCinema

Film review exhibition organized by the Associazione Vista Nova

Web-site: www.vistanova.it

23 September
Conference
“Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour: l’uomo e lo statista”
Opening festivities for the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy to mark the bicentennial of the  birth of C. B. Cavour. Organized by AC Lucca and the prefecture  of Lucca.

24 September
“I tre tenori -omaggio a Luciano Pavarotti”
Grand Opera Gala special produced by Puccinine
San Giovanni Church 9.30
Web site: www.puccinielasualucca.com

24 September – 15 October
“Letterathe”
Cultural and literary meetings hed by the City Administration of Lucca in Villa Bottini, the Lucca Public Library, the Municipal Library.
organized by the Associazione Il Vallisneriano, the Reader’s Society and LuccAutori.
Lucca Public Library, Lucca Municipal Library, Villa Bottini, 5.00 pm and 9.15 pm

25 September
“In search of the Pioppino”
Hike in search of this delicious mushroom
Starts from the Antraccoli Church, 10.00 am

25 September
“Festival of Magic”
Display of the final course of magic sponsored by District 1 and organized by the Associazione Arti Libere.
Palazzo Pfanner Portico, 5.00 pm

26 September
“Puccini versus Verdi – The grat Italian opera challenge”
Grand Opera Gala special produced by Puccini e la sua Lucca Festival.
San Giovanni Church 9.30 pm
Web site: www.puccinielasualucca.com

27 September
“European Languages Day”
Session and conferences on the theme of “Multilingual Education and Humanities” and “Learning languages to build Europe” organized by the University of Pisa and the Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca in collaboration with city and European officials.
Pisa – Aula Magna Nuova, Palazzo della Sapienza 9.00-12.00 noon
Lucca Palazzo Ducale, 2.00 pm – 7.00 pm

28 September
“Amalia Paladini, una donna del Risorgimento”
Meeting with Maria Teresa Mori – Conference organized by the Centro Donna Lucca
Agorà Auditorium, 5.00 pm

29 September
Solemn Pontifical
Feast of St. Michael
In the San Michele Foro, 5.00 pm

Forza Lucchese!
Yes, the football season has begun. It may seem only five minutes since the World Cup disappeared from our television screens (and let us not dwell on the performance of the Italian national team) but once again the Beautiful Game is with us.

And at the Stadio Porta Elisa in Lucca, hopes are high. After all, local team la Lucchese are on a bit of a roll, having been promoted in each of their last two seasons.
Associazione sportiva Lucchese Libertas 1905 to give them their full name or the “rossoneri” as they are commonly known from the colours of their strip now play in Lega pro 1 Division, otherwise known as Serie C.

A gripping season can be expected as the Lucchese battle to hold onto their new status, not least against local rivals in the same Division, Pisa ( first derby is at Porta Elisa on 17 ocotber) and Viareggio (an away match on 14 November).
Manager Giancarlo Favarin has made a great difference since he took over and as la Lucchese take to the pitch to the strains of “Nessun Dorma” once more, let’s hope he can do it again this season.

Tickets are available from the Tourist Information Office, Piazza Curtatone (just outside the railway station).
You’ll need to produce your passport or other evidence of identity.