The agricultural landascape of Montecarlo hills gives interesting panoramic views of the normal route that leadsto the old centre, and of buildings and the roads in the town itself, from the terrace (almost in front of the collegiate church of Sant’Andrea) which opens onto the Lucca side, from the nearby Montechiari hill, and from the top of the Fortress.
The landscape on the Lucca side mainly consists of neat rows of vineyards on the gentle slopes of the hills, olive groves, woodlands and the green areas of the “bird traps”. Various buildings, farmhouses, a few villas and scattering of residential nuclei with their terrcotta roofs, dot the landscape and provide perspective.
Various important farming concerns are situated at different points in this agricultural landascape. For example, Fattoria del Buonamico, Azienda Agricola Enzo Carmignani, Fattoria di Cercatoia, Azienda Agricola Belvedere….
the views from the hills of Montecarlo extend towards the former lake of Sesto and the mountains of Monti Pisani. Recognisable are: the village of Castelvecchio di Compito, Pieve di Compito e San Ginese, to the east; to the west, Lucca, and in the distance, the Panie mountains of the Apuan Alps.
The landscape on the Val di Nievole side of the plain is primarly characterised by hothouses for the cultivation of flowers, and activity that developed mainly after the Second World War and especially in the 1960s. Against the backdrop of the hills are recognisable: the cathedral and bell tower of Pescia, the Colleviti convent, the unmistakable modern buildings of the Flower Market a pescia, the village of Collodi and the slopes behind Castello dei Garzoni, the historical centres of Uzzano and Buggiani, Montecatini Alto and other centres and towns, and the vast reclaimed area of the Padule di Fucecchio.
Porsenna’s Labyrinth is located in Chiusi – Siena- in the underground of the main cathedral.
It is known as Porsenna’s Labyrinth because it is traditionally identified as part of Porsenna’s monumental sepulchre described by Roman scholarPliny the Elder.
It is formed by a close network of underground passages which formed a draining system conceived by the Etruscans in the archaic period (6th century B.C.), in order to exploit the infiltration and aquifer waters. The underground passages have different sizes and levels and are connected to the outside by wells and cisterns.
Today the tunnels can be visited, from the Cathedral Museum which is the start of a path, leading to the labyrinth, that passes through a large cistern of the 1st century BC.
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
The Enoteca Vanni, founded in 1965, is located in Lucca’s historical center,where you can find the best wines, liquors, extra virgin olive-oils and typical Lucchese food.
You can have a look at our products on our web-site and you can place an order through an easy automatic system . Be sure that each product comes directly from our cellars!
The Enoteca Vanni sells wine, but also the best brands of liquors, whisky and distillates, both domestic and imported. In addition, a large space is dedicated to wine especially to collectors.
It is the passion, typical of family traditions, which has placed Enoteca Vanni amongst Italy best stocked cellars.
It is the owners experience to deal with wine which guarantees the superior quality wanted by wine lovers.
So, if you find yourself walking in the center come and see them, please stop in for a visit
The Tumulus of Montefortini is an Etruscan tomb near Comeana, in the province of Prato, which is believed to date from the 7th century BC.
It is oval shaped, over 12 metres high, it dates from the VII- VI century B.C.
The oldest tomb, of monumental aspect, occupies the central part of the tumulus and features an unroofed dromos (corridor) that leads to a circular cell enclosed by roofing with concentric rings, supported by a pilaster.
The second tomb, dated between 620 and 590 B.C. is reached through a corridor 13 metres long, with high walls made of sandstone slabs in the lower part, blocks of alberese in the upper part.
Excavations began in 1966 and the finds are displayed in the Museum of Artimino.
Leslie Halloran
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