Fellini forward

TORONTO

DISTILLERY DISTRICT

JULY 11TH

8:15 PM

FELLINI FORWARD

ITALY | 2021 | ITA/ENG | SUBS N/A | 45 MINS | DOCUMENTARY, SHORT

PRODUCTION: Campari DISTRIBUTOR: Campari CAST: Francesca Fabbri Fellini, Marcus du Sautoy, Emily L. Spratt

Set in the eternal city, the short explores in depth topics of creativity, art and technology as one element in an all-encompassing and bold study, taking the spectator through every stage: research, development, and movie output. This is all achieved thanks to the collaboration of human input and Artifi cial Intelligence tools. The picture is inspired by Federico Fellini’s life, offering a metaphorical story of the debut and evolution of the cinema world.

AN EXPLORATION OF THE BIRTH AND EVOLUTION OF ITALIAN CINEMA THROUGH FEDERICO FELLINI.

MAXIMILIAN NIEMANN, ZACKARY CANEPARI, DREA COOPER

Maximilian Niemann, born in 1988 in Brandenburg, Germany, is a Hamburg-based fi lm director from Germany. He graduated from the acclaimed Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. He has created multiple award-winning experiences: NBC Universal Shocking shorts, FWA Site of the Year, and Two Clio Silver are a few of his awards. Zackary Canepari, born 1979 in Boston, United States,and Drea Cooper(aka ZCDC) are Emmy Award-winning fi lmmakers. In 2010, they launched the short doc series California Is A Place,which premiered at Sundance. The success of this show landed the two artists on Filmmaker Magazine’s “Top 25 New Filmmakers to Watch“, which led them to Flint, Michigan to pursue future successful projects. They have a Netfl ix Original documentary series Flint Town that earned many nominations from Critics Choice Awards and IDA. Their latest Netfl ix fi lm Fire in Paradise was awarded both an Emmy and an Edward R. Murrow award and was shortlisted for an Academy award.