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LETTERS

ICFF 3RD EDITION - GOING NATIONAL Welcome to the third edition of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival. The ICFF emerged from the hopeful confines of the Italian Canadian community to burgeon into a mainstream reality of considerable scale, depth and magnitude. This year we expanded the festival, scheduling simultaneous events in multiple cities: Toronto, Vaughan, Hamilton, Montreal and Quebec City. The ICFF has now evolved into a veritable “National Festival.”

CRISTIANO DE FLORENTIIS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ICFF CO-FOUNDER

We were able to reach this important milestone thanks to our partnership with the Italian Institute of Culture and the Cinémathèque Québécoise, the Centre Leonardo da Vinci in Montreal, Cinema Le Clap in Quebec City and Cinema Insieme in Hamilton. We are proud of our success; our vision is to guide the ICFF into new heights, while remaining a not-for-profit organization: a unique, independent, fun and exciting place to mark the month of June.

ICFF will maintain its headquarters at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. We are truly grateful for a long and fruitful collaboration with the Toronto International Film Festival, which has now formalized its commitment by becoming an official partner.

MAURIZIO MAGNIFICO

ICFF 2014 will not only be true showcase for Italian and Italianthemed films. It will also amplify the definition of New Italian cinema by bringing to Canada many spectacular films that would otherwise never be screened in North America. Our mission is to provide extraordinary opportunities for artists, filmmakers, producers and distributors to interact and to network. This edition we added a specific film industry day in collaboration with the legendary Pinewood Studios Toronto.

MANAGING DIRECTOR ICFF CO-FOUNDER

However, we did not forget about the younger generations. ICFF Jr. 2014 has been a celebration of art, education, and entertainment aimed at young audiences aged 9 to 18. Over 3,000 students filled our cinemas, making this a truly special year. We owe the opening of this festival to the encouragement and the enthusiasm that we have felt these past few years from a kind of ‘virtual village’ called “L’ Altra Italia,” a cultural association that has grown exponentially in the past few years.

We wish to thank our superb Staff and the many volunteers who ably assist us in all aspects of the Festival. We also want to thank our sponsors and media partners, old and new, who believe in our vision and help us fulfill it. The ICFF Board of Directors and the Board of Advisors deserve tremendous credit for their continuous efforts in guiding the Festival to what it is today.

Our deepest gratitude goes to IC Savings, with their unflagging interest in always making the events they are associated with a success, as well as their financial and creative investment.

Ultimately, our main supporters are the fans themselves, the people who come to our festival, enjoy our films, provide us with valuable feedback, recommend improvements and thus assist us in constantly making the ICFF an intriguing and edifying experience.

Glad to have you all with us.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR June 10, 2014 I’m sincerely happy to announce a slate of outstanding films for the third edition of the ICFF presented by IC Savings.

With three World Premieres, two International Premieres, 13 North American Premieres, four Canadian Premieres, 28 films and 37 shorts representing 7 countries, this year’s Italian Contemporary Film Festival will be one of the most influential showcases for contemporary cinema of Italian origin in the world.

This year’s edition will feature one of the true legends of Italian cinema: Carlo Verdone, who for almost 40 years has written and CRISTIANO DE FLORENTIIS directed some of the best and most popular comedies in Italy.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Mr. Verdone (who also stars in the recent Oscar® winner The ICFF CO-FOUNDER Great Beauty) will present his latest feature, Sotto Una Buona Stella, which will close the screenings at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.

Mr. Verdone will receive the ICFF Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his long and successful career in cinema.

The festival will open with The Best Offer, a romantic mystery written and directed by Oscar® winner Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso) starring Geoffrey Rush and Donald Sutherland.

I’m also proud that the festival will feature the World Premiere of 2047. Sights of Death, directed by Alessandro Capone, a rare treat for fans of Italian-made science fiction. It stars Stephen Baldwin and Danny Glover, both of whom will grace the red carpet in Toronto.

A tantalizing bevy of comedies will be presented this year, including Away From Me, directed by Alessio Maria Federici. The film stars ubiquitous Italian TV and theater personality Enrico Brignano, who will also be a guest of honour. Blame Freud, directed by Paolo Genovese, will be another headliner. It tells the story of a psychoanalyst who is dealing with three patients facing multiple hurdles in their love lives. Genovese, the winner of last year’s Audience Award, will be in attendance, along with the star of the film, Vittoria Puccini.

Canadian cinema is also represented this year, with valuable Italian-Canadian shorts, features and documentaries. Writer-director Frank D’Angelo (winner of the ICFF 2013 IC Savings Award for Real Gangsters) has chosen the ICFF as the site of the Canadian Premiere of The Big Fat Stone, in which he also stars.

The festival acknowledges the importance of the often-underestimated art of short filmmaking, with thirty-seven shorts, including Cold Feet, The Divide and The Junction (all Canadian productions).

The ICFF is proud to provide a platform for short films in order to give them the proper exposure in Canada by screening one short film prior to each feature presentation, as well as a separate “short film program.”

An important part of what makes this Festival shine is the fabulous team of programmers, who screen an avalanche of submissions (over 200 this year), selecting only the very best.

One of our main tasks is to provide our audience with all the films in Italian or other foreign languages subtitled in English (in Ontario) or in French (in Quebec).

This June immerse yourself in this filmic cornucopia that spans the globe and explores the breadth of human experience – beautiful paintings, emotional music, clever thefts, rich brokers, visceral laughter and detailed primers for murder…all courtesy of the ICFF. How could anyone resist?

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A MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSADOR MAY 5, 2014 I am delighted to join in welcoming you to this year’s edition of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival, a celebration of Italian creativity and artistry. Italy is most often asociated with masterpieces of centuries past, so I am particularly happy to see an initiative that highlights our country as it is today a rich and complex society with many stories to tell and many gifted artists to tell them.

GIAN LORENZO CORNADO AMBASCIATORE D’ITALIA IN CANADA

We are fortunate to have a rich film history and culture in Italy, which continues to generate interest and appreciation around the world. Our directors, cinematographers, and actors are familiar names to millions, that evoke images of lasting beauty and impact.To the film lovers of Toronto, Montreal, Québec City, and Hamilton:I wish you evenings of captivating, thought-provoking, enjoyable cinema, that I hope will bring you closer to contemporary Italy, its realities, its people, its heart.

To the founders and organizers, to Cristiano de Florentiis, Artistic Director of the Festival, and to all those who contribute to the ICFF’s success, including its loyal and enthusiastic audiences, go my very best wishes.

Buona visione a tutti!

A MESSAGE FROM THE CONSUL GENERAL MAY 12, 2014

TULLIO GUMA CONSOLE GENERALE CONSOLATO GENERALE D’ITALIA TORONTO

For the second year in a row, I have the pleasure of sending a congratulatory message to “L’ Altra Italia” for organizing the third edition of the “Festival del Cinema Contemporaneo Italiano”. Sorrentino’s recent prestigious directorial success, winning an Oscar for Best Foreign Film for “La Grande Bellezza,” has given renewed distinction and impetus to Italian cinema, following in the footsteps of Benigni’s own victory in 1999 for “ La Vita e’ Bella.” I am convinced that Toronto’s Italian-Canadians and Italophiles will come in large numbers to this edition of the Festival, eager to appreciate its high quality programming and great cultural relevance. My very best wishes to the ICFF for this commendable and well thought-out initiative.

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A MESSAGE FROM IIC MONTREAL APRIL 25, 2014 “Nothing succeeds like success.”

Dear lovers of Italian Cinema, I wish you a most enjoyable ICFF 2014. After bridging Ontario and Quebec in 2013, this year we are happy to celebrate a further expansion of the Festival in both provinces. At the Italian Cultural Institute, we are very proud to see that, on top of la Cinémathèque Québécoise, the ICFF will also be showing films at the Mirella and Lino Saputo theatre, of the Leonardo Da Vinci Center, thus allowing residents of St. Leonard to enjoy a few of the Festival’s films, in a place that is the pride of Montrealers of Italian descent.

MARTIN STIGLIO DIRETTORE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA MONTREAL

Au nom de ICFF, je voudrais aussi souhaiter une chaleureuse bienvenue à tous les italophiles de la Ville de Québec!

Cette année, grâce au Cinéma Le Clap, eux aussi pourront profiter de la programmation du Festival et assister à un aperçu des meilleur films qui, tout comme eux, ont l’Italie “dans le cœur”.

Je suis sûr que l’année prochaine nous trouverons les forces pour offrir à la capitale du Québec un festival cinématographique à la hauteur de ses importants mérites culturels.

A MESSAGE FROM THE IIC TORONTO APRIL 29, 2014 For too many years this city has done without an Italian Film Festival and now that it’s here, it’s here to stay. From June 12 to June 20, the third edition will bloom and bear its fruits, after a year of meticulously planning every detail, reviewing every film, choosing every guest. All this hard work shows with yet another programme richly studded with such diverse productions which all look at the country through different spectacles. Italian culture, history and life will be explored by international filmmakers, cinema without boundaries but with a common love.

ADRIANA FRISENNA DIRETTORE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA TORONTO

Since this is the only Italian Film Festival in Canada, it is only fair that we share with others, in the true Italian spirit of generosity, so for the first time this year it will travel to Hamilton, Montreal and Quebec City. Closer to home, we can choose from the TIFF Bell Lightbox, Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, Isabel Bader Theatre and Colossus in Vaughan; each venue will feature different special events and guest speakers. Twenty-five titles, one hundred screenings, eight days of Festival. Now let’s sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

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A MESSAGE FROM IC SAVINGS MAY 1, 2014 On behalf of IC Savings, I am delighted to welcome you to the third edition of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival, still the singular festival in our country to celebrate the best of Italian cinema.

FAUSTO GAUDIO CEO IC SAVINGS

Film remains an influential medium that can entertain and educate, move and inspire us. The power of film is also clear in how it can connect people through the universal language of emotion.

Over nine days, both filmmakers and enthusiasts alike will come together through features, shorts, docs and conversation to explore the complex issues of our day. We are proud, as the festival’s presenting sponsor, to play a part in this.

Since 2000, our mission at IC Savings has been to contribute to the social, economic and cultural value of the communities that we serve. As a financial cooperative with deep roots in the ItalianCanadian community, bringing forward inspiring and thought-provoking Italian cinema is a great fit for us.

On behalf of everyone at IC Savings, including our more than 11,000 members, I wish to congratulate ICFF organizers for curating another showcase of Italian cinema for appreciative audiences in Toronto, Vaughan, Hamilton, Montreal and Quebec City. I would also like to express our sincere appreciation to the countless volunteers and fellow sponsors for their support of this wonderful initiative.

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A MESSAGE FROM NCIC APRIL 23, 2014 When I was a child, just like many other Italian-Canadian kids in our community, I loved going to the cinema. It opened my eyes to the world. Undoubtedly, film allows us all to see life through the expert eyes of producers, writers and actors alike. It encourages us to question, debate and analyze our world as well as inspire our imagination.

FABIO GESUFATTO PRESIDENT NATIONAL CONGRESS OF ITALIAN-CANADIANS TORONTO DISTRICT

Throughout the 20th century, movies have made significant strides in examining the struggle for personal independence and social equality: from the right to occupy contested lands, to the right to work, to the right to vote. I am particularly fascinated by how film can be one of the most powerful tools of persuasion, enabling the integration of various communities.

As President of the National Congress of Italian-Canadians, Toronto District (NCIC), I am proud of our role in supporting the Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF) - the only one of its kind in Canada - preserving and highlighting our Italian heritage, culture and language and giving others the opportunity to appreciate the same.

The ICFF merits immense recognition for showcasing contemporary cinema, urging if not provoking, filmmakers and audiences to challenge pre-conceived notions of Italy and Italian-themed issues.

To the creators of the ICFF, Cristiano and Maurizio, the NCIC extends its auguri. To those behind the scenes, who are able to bring their vision to life, we express our appreciation. To our community at large, we encourage you to partake and experience italianita’ at its best!!!

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VANNA MAGNIFICO

TONI PRATO

LUCIA CAVAGGIONI

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BOARD OF ADVISORS

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GLADIATORS OF ROME GLADIATORI DI ROMA

It is the age of Imperial Rome. Young Timo, an orphan of Pompeii’s terrible eruption, is adopted by general Chirone and raised in the most famous Gladiators’ Academy in Rome.

Unfortunately, Timo is not exactly gladiator material. He just wants to hang out with his friends and avoid his stepfather’s bizarre training sessions at all cost.

However, when Timo encounters the lovely Lucilla, he decides to change his life and bring out the valour within himself that was never harnessed before. And as they say in Rome, if “fortune favours the bold” … hard times are awaiting Timo.

Roma Imperiale. Rimasto orfano in seguito alla terribile eruzione di Pompei, il piccolo Timo viene adottato dal generale Chirone e cresciuto nell’Accademia di Gladiatori più famosa di Roma.

IGINIO STRAFFI started his career in Italy as a sketch artist for comic books for several magazines and publishers. He directed various animated TV series, including the Winx Club, which became a worldwide success and is now broadcast in over 130 countries. He is the writer and director of three animated feature films.

ITALY 2012 ITALIAN ENGLISH SUBTITLES

95 min. | Animation Director Iginio Straffi Cast Luca Argentero Laura Chiatti Belen Rodriguez Production Rainbow Distributor Medusa Film

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15 MAY 10:30 aM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

THE BRIGHT FLIGHT IL SOLE DENTRO

This is the story of a long journey embarked upon by Yaguine and Fodè, two Guinean teenagers who have written on behalf of all children and young Africans. Their letter is addressed “To their Excellencies the members and leaders of Europe,” asking for help for schools, food and health care. With the letter in their pocket, Yaguine and Fodè hide in the cargo compartment of a plane en route to Brussels. So begins their remarkable journey of hope.

This narrative intersects with the story of another trip, this time from Europe to Africa, which occurs ten years later, made by two other teenagers and their soccer ball. È la storia di un lungo viaggio, quello di Yaguine e Fodè, due adolescenti guineani che hanno scritto a nome di tutti i bambini ed i ragazzi africani una lettera indirizzata “Alle loro Eccellenze i membri e responsabili dell’Europa“.

PAOLO BIANCHINI debuted in 1965 with the film Sette contro la morte. Il Sole Dentro was recognized as “a film of cultural interest” by the Ministry of Culture. It also received the support of UNICEF, Save the Children and was honoured at the Giffoni Festival and the ‘Immagine Chieti Film Festival.’

ITALY 2012 ITALIAN ENGLISH SUBTITLES

100 min. | Drama Director Paolo Bianchini Cast Angela Finocchiaro Francesco Salvi Diego Bianchi Gaetano Fresa Fallou Camaz Production Alveare Produce Cinema, RAI Cinema World Sales RAI Trade

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15 MAY 10:30 aM COLOSSUS THEATRE TORONTO

16 MAY 10:30 aM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

AMORI ELEMENTARI ELEMENTARY LOVES

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Shot between Italy and Moscow, this film focuses on a group of young amateur athlete members of the same figure skating and hockey club. The club becomes the stage for budding friendships, camaraderie, and first loves. Invited to a friendly tournament in Moscow by their Russian sister club, the kids and the adults that supervise them set on an adventure they won’t soon forget. A tender and funny movie that explores the inner world of a group of pre-teens, their aspirations, and their first loves.

Matilde e Tobia, Katerina e Aleksej, provenendo da diverse parti del mondo, condividono la stessa passione per l’hockey sul ghiaccio e per il pattinaggio artistico. Tra incantesimi e acrobazie sul ghiaccio, il film racconta il delicato passaggio dall’infanzia all’adolescenza, e dei percorsi imprevedibili che portano i giovani protagonisti a crescere anche attraverso l’incontro multiculturale con i coetanei.

SERGIO BASSO A graduate of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, he has lived and worked in China as a director and screenwriter with Gianni Amelio for the film La stella che non c’è (2006). In Italia he won two Golden Globes as well as an award from the Turin Film Festival with the documentaries Il viaggio di Gesù and Quando capita di perdersi, which he wrote and directed.

ITALY 2013 ITALIAN ENGLISH SUBTITLES

98 min. | Comedy Director Sergio Basso Cast Cristiana Capotondi Andry Chernyshov Olga Poodina Rachele Pogodina Production Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, RAI Cinema Distributor Academy Two

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13 MAY 10:30 aM COLOSSUS THEATRE TORONTO

SALVATORE: THIS IS LIFE

SALVATORE QUESTA È LA VITA Marco Brioni, a young elementary school teacher from Rome, is suddenly offered a position in a small Sicilian town.

One day, on a bus, he meets Salvatore, an orphan who has lost both his parents, and who lives with his grandmother and his younger sister in a little house by the sea. Salvatore works at the tomato warehouse and catches fish.

Living like an adult doesn’t leave him any time for school. So Marco goes to his house to tutor him and the two become inseparable. Salvatore sees Marco as the father he never had and Marco sees Salvatore as the son he does not have.

Marco Brioni, un maestro di scuola elementare di Roma, improvvisamente viene trasferito in una piccola cittadina siciliana. Incontra Salvatore, un orfano che vive con la nonna e la sorella. I due diventano inseparabili. Salvatore vede in Marco il padre che non ha mai avuto, e Marco vede in Salvatore il figlio che non ha.

GIAN PAOLO CUGNO’S first feature film was produced by Buena Vista International and presented at Rome’s Festa del Cinema 2006. In 2010 the Sicilia Film Commission sponsored his second feature, La Bella Società, starring the great Giancarlo Giannini

ITALY 2012 ITALIAN ENGLISH SUBTITLES

90 min. | Drama Director Gian Paolo Cugno Cast Giancarlo Giannini Enrico LoVerso Galatea Ranzi Alessandro Mollia Production Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Italia, Globe Films Distributor The Walt Disney Company Italia

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PINOCCHIO PINOCCHIO

CANADIAN PREMIERE The film is based on the original novel by Carlo Collodi. Pinocchio, carved out of a wooden trunk by his ‘father’ Geppetto, magically turns into a boy.

During his numerous adventures, Pinocchio runs into quite a bit of trouble. Fortunately, the Blue Fairy helps him extricate from his many mischiefs.

Pinocchio, un burattino costruito dal falegname Geppetto, scappa mettendosi nei guai. Fortunatamente arriverà la Fata Turchina ad aiutarlo. Pinocchio si troverà ad affrontare molteplici situazioni che lo faranno crescere e lo trasformeranno sorprendentemente.

ENZO D’ALÒ. Enzo D’Alò is an Italian screenwriter, director and musician. In 1983 he became a screenwriter and director for animated films, which brought him worldwide attention. In 1998, he directed La Gabbianella e il Gatto, which won him a Nastro Argento award. In 2001, he directed Momo alla conquista del tempo, with a soundtrack written and performed by Gianna Nannini.

Pinocchio is his fifth feature film as a director.

ITALY 2013 ITALIAN ENGLISH SUBTITLES

95 min. | Animation Director Enzo D’Alò Cast Gabriele Caprio Rocco Papaleo Paola Ruffini Lucio Dalla Production Cometafilm, Rai Cinema Distributor Rezo

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ICFF SPOTLIGHT FILMS

The discovery of the mosaic of Italy through films

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LAZIO UNDER A LUCKY STAR SOTTO UNA BUONA STELLA Presented by Federazione Laziale dell’Ontario

PUGLIA MY BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN FAMILY LA MIA BELLA FAMIGLIA ITALIANA Presented by Federazione Pugliesi in Ontario

From the Alpine heights of northern Italy to the sun-drenched island of Sicily, each of Italy’s 20 regions has something unique and wonderful to offer.

Italy’s diverse regional cultural heritages, histories, traditions, languages, cuisines, make it one of the most interesting, diverse and sought after countries in the world.

The Italian Contemporary Film Festival presented by IC Savings has created a section dedicated to the discovery of Italy’s regions through cinema. ICFF Regional Spotlight is also a culinary journey. In many cases, regionally-themed refreshments will be matched to specific films. Some of each region’s most prestigious chefs and sommeliers will accompany us in this journey with exceptional dishes and wines typical of the region in question. ICFF Regional Spotlight is a program developed in collaboration with various Ita-lian Film Commissions and with regional associations, clubs and federations in Canada.

R E G I O N A L S P OT L I G H T C O M M I T T E E Basilicata

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THE BEST OFFER

LA MIGLIORE OFFERTA CANADIAN PREMIERE The Best Offer tells the story of Virgil Oldman, a world-renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.

Virgil Oldman è un genio eccentrico, esperto d‘arte, apprezzato e conosciuto in tutto il mondo. La sua vita scorre al riparo dai sentimenti, fin quando una donna misteriosa lo invita nella sua villa per effettuare una valutazione. Sarà l‘inizio di un rapporto che sconvolgerà per sempre la sua vita.

ITALY 2013 ENGLISH 124 min. | Drama Director Giuseppe Tornatore

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I TA L I A N F I L M S REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT

12 JUNE 9 PM COLOSSUS THEATRE VAUGHAN

MY BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN FAMILY LA MIA BELLA FAMIGLIA ITALIANA INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Paolo is a 45-year-old Italian man who has lived in Germany for twenty years. One day his brother calls him to give him the news of his mother’s death. Paolo and his wife immediately travel to Italy, only to realize that it was nothing but a hoax: the mother is quite well and Paolo is needed merely to resolve some serious budgetary shortfalls. The stay turns out to have powerful dramatic consequences, as Paolo is forced to confront his past.

His family ties slowly unravel, bringing shock and revelations to everyone involved.

Dopo due decenni che ha lasciato la Puglia in seguito ad un incidente dalle cause sconosciute, Paolo è costretto a rientrare dalla Germania per le gravi condizioni di salute della madre. Questo viaggio cambierà completamente la sua vita.

OLAF KREINSEN studied linguistics, film and theater at the University of Hamburg. He works mainly as a film director, dividing his time between movies and TV series. As of 1994, Olaf has been the director and writer of numerous made-for-TV movies for major German and Austrian broadcasting companies. In the last few years he has won several awards for photography, particularly documentary photography.

ITALY 2013 ITALIAN/GERMAN ENGLISH SUBTITLES

100 min. | Drama Director Olaf Kreinsen Cast Alessandro Preziosi Tanja Wedhorn Peppino Mazzotta Karin Proia Patrick Molleken Production RAI Fiction, Rowboat Film Beta Film

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ANNI FELICI

A narcissistic artist, Guido, who putters around his studio in the company of a bevy of attractive young women, arouses the jealousy and anger of his devoted wife, Serena, who is rapidly tiring of her husband’s peccadillos. Thanks to the help of a gallery owner, an attractive middle-aged woman, Guido gets an important commission for an art show in Milan, which somehow goes disastrously wrong. When his wife reveals that she is taking the kids off to a feminist retreat in France, Guido’s life turns upside down and forces him to confront all those things that have limited his art. Our self-engaged artist finds out that life can indeed provide just retributions of a surprising kind.

Roma, 1974. Guido è un artista che vorrebbe essere d’avanguardia, ma si sente intrappolato in una famiglia troppo borghese e invadente. Serena, sua moglie, non ama l‘arte, ma ama molto l’artista e infatti lo “invade “. I loro figli, Dario e Paolo, 10 e 5 anni, sono i testimoni involontari dei loro anni felici.

DANIELE LUCHETTI From among the record-breaking works of this film director and scriptwriter, one recalls La scuola (1995, which won the David di Donatello award for Best Film and was adapted for the theater in 2014 and directed by Daniele Luchetti) and Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007, which won four David di Donatello awards for Best Actor, Best Sets and Decorations, Best Editing and Best Supporting Actress.)

TORONTO

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100 min. | Drama Director Daniele Luchetti

20 JUNE 6:30 PM CINEMATHEQUE QUEBECOISE MONTREAL

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Cast Kim Rossi Stuart Micaela Ramazzotti CINEMATHEQUE QUEBECOISE Martina Gedeck MONTREAL Samuel Garofalo Niccolò Calvagna Benedetta Buccellato Pia Engleberth Production Cattleya, RAI Cinema Distributor Bellissima Films

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12 JUNE 10:15 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

16 JUNE 7 PM CENTRO LEONARDO DA VINCI MONTREAL

18 JUNE 6:30 PM CINEMATHEQUE QUEBECOISE

A LITTLE SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE

MONTREAL

UNA PICCOLA IMPRESA MERIDIONALE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Mamma Stella is on edge. As if she hadn’t been through enough trouble with her daughter Rosa Maria, who left her husband!

Now Costantino, her son, has left the priesthood. Afraid to be the talk of the village, she relegates him to a distant lighthouse belonging to the family. Costantino does not remain far from the maddening town inhabitants for long. It does not take long indeed before all the local (or even distant) outcasts flock together there: Magnolia, a retired escort; Arturo, Rosa Maria’s estranged husband; Valbona, a lesbian; Rosa Maria herself; and, to crown it all, two eccentric workers accompanied by a little girl. After a period of chaos, this small world gradually discovers strength in unity.

Un ex prete, don Costantino, viene confinato dalla madre in un vecchio faro dismesso perché in paese non si sappia che è spretato. Ma invece di garantire l’isolamento, il vecchio faro in disuso comincia ad attirare curiosi personaggi.

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103 min. | Comedy Director Rocco Papaleo Cast Rocco Papaleo Riccardo Scamarcio Barbora Bobulova Sarah Felberbaum Claudia Potenza Production Paco Cinematografica Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures

ROCCO PAPALEO is an Italian actor, musician, screenwriter and film director. He is especially known for his collaboration with the film director and actor Leonardo Pieraccioni. In 2010 he made his directorial debut with Basilicata coast to coast and in 2013 he directed his sophomore film, Una piccola impresa meridionale.

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JUNE 136:30 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

special guests

Danny Glover & Stephen Baldwin

2047. SIGHTS OF DEATH 2047. SIGNTS OF DEATH WORLD PREMIERE The year is 2047. Our planet is ruled by the repressive and cruel Confederate Central Government (CCG). Countries that have not joined are considered scorched earth. Ryan is a rebel agent from the group Green War. He is sent on a mission by Sponge, the leader of the Green War Organization, to collect evidence to nail the military wing of the CCG for its heinous crimes. On his way there, Ryan faces the formidable Colonel Asimov, Major Anderson and a group of unscrupulous mercenaries led by Lobo. His mission quickly turns into a chaotic showdown. Ryan meets Tuage, a survivor of the CCG and quite possibly a mutant, who is on his side. Together, they fight to save what is left of the world.

Il film si svolge nel futuro, nel 2047, e descrive il cambiamento della situazione politica mondiale, con tutti i paesi improvvisamente uniti sotto un unico governo. I paesi che hanno deciso di opporsi a questa scelta sono stati avvelenati e distrutti.

ALESSANDRO CAPONE is a director of films, movies of the week and theater. Known for the TV series Distretto di Polizia (2007 - 2008) and for the series with Bud Spencer: Extralarge (1993) and I delitti del cuoco (2010). In 2006 he returns to cinema with E io non pago - Un film d’evasione, with Maurizio Mattioli, Jerry Calà and Valeria Marini.

ITALY 2014 ITALIAN ENGLISH SUBTITLES

108 min. | Comedy Director Alessandro Capone Cast Michael Madsen Daryl Hannah Danny Glover Stephen Baldwin Rutger Hauer Neva Leoni Production Red New line production AMBI pictures

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132JUNE PM |7 PM LE CLAP QUEBEC CITY

1510JUNE PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

209JUNE PM CINEMATHEQUE QUEBECOISE MONTREAL

ITALIAN MOVIES ITALIAN MOVIES

CANADIAN PREMIERE A television studio is used by day to film a TV series, but in the evenings, the premises are the domain of the employees of a cleaning company, most of them immigrants. One night, the door to the camera store is left open, and Dilip gets a sudden urge to try one out. Gradually, an idea develops: why not use the studio to film video messages that other immigrants can send to their families?

Una notte, negli studi televisivi in cui si produce una serie televisiva, durante il turno di lavoro delle pulizie degli uffici, un gruppo di immigrati scopre la porta blindata del deposito aperta. Uno di loro, Dilip, “prende in prestito” una telecamera per girare il video delle nozze di un amico.

MATTEO PELLEGRINI studied cinema in Milan and Bologna. Between 1994 and 1997, he made several shorts, earning numerous awards. He has made music videos for Tiziano Ferro and Laura Pausini, as well as working in the world of advertising. Italian Movies is his first full-length feature.

ITALY 2012 ITALIAN/RUSSIAN ENGLISH SUBTITLES

99 min. | Comedy Director Matteo Pellegrini Cast Filippo Timi Aleksei Guskov Neil D’Souza Michele Venitucci Eriq Ebouaney Production Indiana Production Company Lumiq Studios Eagle Pictures World Sales Intramovies

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13 JUNE 9:15 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

18 JUNE 7 PM CENTRO LEONARDO DA VINCI MONTREAL

special guests

8:30 PM

Paolo Genovese & Vittoria Puccini

CINEMATHEQUE QUEBECOISE MONTREAL

9 PM

BLAME FREUD

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TUTTA COLPA DI FREUD NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Francesco Taramelli is a psychoanalyst who is dealing with three patients facing various hurdles in their love lives: Marta is chasing a deaf-mute man who has stolen from her bookshop, Sara is a lesbian who was left by her girlfriend just after she proposed to her, and 18-year-old Emma is dating a fifty-year old architect called Alessandro, who is already married. Unfortunately, these three patients are Francesco’s three beloved daughters.

La storia di un analista alle prese con tre casi disperati: una libraia che si innamora di un ladro di libri; una lesbica che decide di diventare etero; e una diciottenne che perde la testa per un cinquantenne. Ma il vero caso disperato sarà quello del povero analista, se calcolate che le tre pazienti sono le sue tre adorate figlie.

PAOLO GENOVESE is an Italian film director. In 1999, along with Luca Miniero, he shot two short films, Piccole cose di valore non quantificabile and Scoperta di Walter, which won numerous national and international awards. In 2001 they directed their first feature film, Incantesimo napoletano, a revised version of the short film of the same name shot in 1998.

ITALY 2013 ITALIAN ENGLISH SUBTITLES

120 min. | Comedy Director Paolo Genovese Cast Marco Giallini Anna Foglietta Vittoria Puccini Claudia Gerini Vinicio Marchioni Laura Adriani Daniele Liotti Production Medusa Film Lotus Production

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14JUNE 2 PM |7 PM LE CLAP QUEBEC CITY

18 JUNE 4 PM CINEMATHEQUE QUEBECOISE MONTREAL

19 JUNE 8:30 PM CINEMATHEQUE QUEBECOISE MONTREAL

KRYPTONITE! LA KRIPTONITE NELLA BORSA QUEBEC PREMIERE

Naples, 1973. Peppino Sansone, a sensitive but clumsy nineyear-old boy, lives in a dysfunctional and bizarre family. His mother Rosaria has fallen prey to depression and isolates herself in anguished silence, after finding out that her husband cheats on her using his blue FIAT 850 as an alcove for his trysts.

Nella Napoli del 1973, Peppino Sansone, un sensibile bambino di 9 anni impacciato ed occhialuto, vive in una famiglia alquanto bizzarra e sopra le righe. Quando il cugino muore improvvisamente investito da un autobus, Peppino, grazie alla sua fantasia, lo riporta in vita nel suo immaginario, come supereroe e maestro di vita. Grazie ai suoi ‘consigli’, Peppino affronta le vicissitudini quotidiane e si avvicina al complicato mondo degli adulti.

IVAN COTRONEO is a successful Italian director, screenwriter and writer. He published four novels and wrote/ collaborated in a number of screenplays for movies as well as for talk shows. The film La kriptonite nella borsa (Kryptonite!) has been adapted from his novel of the same name, written in 2007. The film was screened at the CINE LUMIERE in London, for the second edition of Cinema Made In Italy.

ITALY 2011 ITALIAN FRENCH SUBTITLES

110 min. | Comedy Director Ivan Cotroneo Cast Valeria Golino Luca Zingaretti Cristiana Capotondi Libero De Rienzo Fabrizio Gifuni Lucia Ragni Antonia Truppo Production Indigo Film RAI Cinema Distributor Lucky Red

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JUNE 1411:30 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

ARTYPE ARTYPE

The project is called ARType. It results from the desire of exploring some archetypes of contemporary imaginary as primary elements of human culture seen through the eye of art. Indeed, the neologism the project’s title is inspired to is the combination of art and archetypes, in the belief that the experimental language of video art provides a privileged access to the complexity of anthropological structures in today’s world.

ITALY 120 min. | Video Art

Il progetto si chiama ARType. È il risultato del desiderio di esplorazione di alcuni archetipi dell’immaginario contemporaneo quali elementi primari della cultura umana visti attraverso una prospettiva artistica. In effetti, il neologismo del titolo si ispira alla conflazione fra art e archetype con la motivazione che la lingua sperimentale della “video art” offre un accesso privilegiato alla complessità delle strutture antropologiche del mondo moderno.

In collaboration with: Universities of Bologna, Padua, Venice

Sponsored by: Municipality of Vicenza

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14JUNE 4 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

17 2JUNE PM |7 PM LE CLAP QUEBEC CITY

18 JUNE 5 PM

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Joe Medeiros

MUSEE DE LA CIVILISATION QUEBEC CITY

MONA LISA IS MISSING LA SCOMPARSA DELLA GIOCONDA This is the story of the man who stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911, his 84-year-old daughter who thought he did it for patriotic reasons, and the filmmaker who spent more than 30 years trying to find the truth. It’s the greatest little-known art theft of all time. With the most unlikely thief. And no one knows why he really did it. Until now. More than 100 years after the theft of the Mona Lisa, writer/director Joe Medeiros finds the real reason Vincenzo Peruggia stole the masterpiece from the Louvre -- a reason even Peruggia’s only daughter didn’t know.

Dimentichiamo Dan Brown. Il protagonista della storia leonardesca più appassionante è Vincenzo Peruggia, l’uomo che nel 1911 rubò la Gioconda dal Louvre. La tenne con sé per due anni, finché le autorità francesi riuscirono a rintracciarlo.

ITALY FRANCE ROMANIA 2012 ITALIAN ENGLISH SUBTITLES in Toronto FRENCH SUBTITLES in Montreal

86 min. | Documentary Director Joe Medeiros Producer Justine Mestichelli Medeiros

JOE MEDEIROS is a writer/filmmaker and is considered the leading expert on the theft of the Mona Lisa. Medeiros’ award-winning documentary Mona Lisa Is Missing has been screened at museums and theaters across the US and at film festivals in the North America, Europe and the Middle East. The film had its television premiere in January in France, Germany, Switzerland and Israel.

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14JUNE 6:45 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

MAD. A WORLD OF FASHION II MONDO DI MAD

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Maddalena Sisto’s sketches of Armani, Fiorucci and Ferré’s garments recount 30 years of Italian fashion. Her drawings reflect the influence that fashion had on women and how it was reinterpreted. Using Mad’s work as a visual reference, the famous fashion designers in Milan tell the story of Italian fashion in the golden years of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Mad left 12,000 drawings which will be animated specifically for the film!

Maddalena Sisto, soprannominata Mad, illustratrice delle piu’ prestigiose riviste di moda italiane, racconta 30 anni di moda italiana. I suoi disegni riflettono l’influenza che la moda ha avuto sulle donne e come è stata poi reinterpretata. Usando i lavori di Mad come referenza visuale, la famosa illustratrice milanese ci fa percorrere la storia degli anni d’oro del fashion. I 12.000 disegni di Mad sono stati appositamente animati per la produzione del film!

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52 min. |Documentary Director Anna Di Francisca Zoltan Horvat Cast Elio Fiorucci Ottavio e Rosita Missoni Franca Sozzani Benedetta Barzini Production Accent Films International

ANNA DI FRANCISCA & ZOLTAN HORVAT are Italian directors and screenwriters. Di Francisca was nominated for a Best New Director award at the 1997 David di Donatello for her film “La bruttina stagionata”.

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14JUNE 9:30 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

THE MAFIA ONLY KILLS IN THE SUMMER LA MAFIA UCCIDE SOLO D’ESTATE CANADIAN PREMIERE The day the well-known Mafioso Vito Ciancimino is elected mayor of Palermo is also the day Arturo is born, and this coincidence will have many more consequences on his life than one would think. In fact, the boy has two obsessions, each of which consumes him entirely: his tormented love for Flora, who shares a desk with him in class and whom he has been in love with since elementary school; and his obsession about the frightening connections between his city and the Mafia. This second obsession isolates him from everybody, including Flora, until, unfortunately, current events prove him right.

Il film narra l’educazione di un bambino palermitano di nome Arturo. E’ una storia d’amore che racconta i tentativi di Arturo nel conquistare Flora, ragazza di cui si è invaghito alle elementari.

La consapevolezza di Arturo cresce con il tempo, ma nessuno lo ascolta. Palermo ha altro cui pensare.

PIERFRANCESCO DILIBERTO debuted as the assistant director to Franco Zeffirelli (Un tè con Mussolini ) (1998) and two years later assisted Marco Tullio Giordana with I cento passi (2000), which won four David di Donatello awards and one award at the Venice Film Festival. In 2013 he debuted as a film director by directing and starring in the film La mafia uccide solo d’estate.

ITALY 2013 ITALIAN ENGLISH SUBTITLES

90 min. | Comedy Director Pierfrancesco Diliberto aka Pif Cast Pierfrancesco Diliberto aka Pif Cristiana Capotondi Claudio Gioe Ninni Bruschetta Teresa Mannino Production Wildside RAI Cinema World Sales RAI Trade

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15 JUNE 2 PM |7 PM LE CLAP QUEBEC CITY

17 JUNE 5 PM MUSEE DE LA CIVILISATION QUEBEC CITY

9:30 PM BLOOR HOT DOCS TORONTO

18 JUNE 6:30 PM

LIKE THE WIND COME IL VENTO

CINEMATHEQUE QUEBECOISE

CANADIAN PREMIERE Inspired by a true story, Like the Wind narrates 15 years of Armida Miserere’s life, a woman who, with determination, grit and personal sacrifice, became one of Italy’s first female prison wardens. Armida Miserere, after suffering the loss of her beloved Umberto, found herself on the front line in the fight against crime, running the most dangerous prison in Italy, while struggling for truth and justice. The film is conceived as a long flashback that highlights the most important moments of her life in the attempt to unveil her mystery.

Film dedicato alla vita di Armida Miserere. Una delle prime donne a dirigere un carcere in Italia. Una donna che ha iniziato a lavorare a metà degli anni ottanta e che ha saputo affermarsi in un ambiente ancora militarizzato e maschilista.

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ITALY 2013 ITALIAN/FRENCH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

110 min. | Drama Director Marco Puccioni Cast Valeria Golino Filippo Timi Francesco Scianna Chiara Caselli Marcello Mazzarella Production Intelfilm, A-Movie Productions

MARCO SIMON PUCCIONI is a film director and screenwriter. He has received various awards for the movie Cinema e società and also received the Phil Collins/ Toyota Award for his commitment to social issues. He made his feature film directorial debut with Quello che cerchi in 2002 and received a nomination in 2004 for the David of Donatello Award for Best New Film Director.

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FRANCESCO DA BUENOS AIRES FRANCESCO DA BUENOS AIRES NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE This documentary presents Pope Francis through his life, his words and the statements of those who know him best. It is also a summary of the first year of his papacy, of the fundamental measures he has already adopted and of the transformations he has succeeded to produce in such a short period of time.

Il documentario si propone di far conoscere papa Francesco attraverso la sua vita, le sue parole, la testimonianza di coloro che lo conoscono meglio. E’ anche un resoconto del primo anno del suo papato, delle misure di fondo che già ha adottato e delle trasformazioni che è riuscito a produrre in così poco tempo.

MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ ARIAS is a writer, film director and producer who was born in Buenos Aires in Argentina. He founded and managed his own communication system advertising agency (Lenguaje Publicidad SA) and completed a degree in psychology with training in psychoanalysis. He received numerous awards at the international level, including the Special Jury Award for “El Nuremberg argentino” (2004) at the Human Rights Festival.

ITALY 2014 ITALIAN ENGLISH SUBTITLES

70 min. | Documentary Director Miguel Rodriguez Arias Executive Producer Luciano Sovena Alfredo Federico Dario Lanis Valentina Gardani Production Metropolis (Argentina) 39 FILMS (Italy) in association with Barter (Italy) Distributor Microcinema

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SHORTS PROGRAM

The shorts in this wonderful selection shift between comedy, drama and real-life stories, capturing the inflections of love and suspense, while also showcasing the creative power of art and imagination. Powerful portraits of Italian lives, represented in their most varied, lively shapes.

JUNE 1510:30 AM

I cortometraggi di questa vivace selezione spaziano dalla commedia al dramma, dal documentario alla docu-fiction, catturando le declinazioni dell’amore e della suspense, e immortalando il potere creativo dell’arte e dell’immaginazione. Straordinari ritratti di vite italiane, rappresentate nelle loro variazioni più vivide e multiformi.

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EPPURE IO L’AMAVO

GLI IMMACOLATI

ITALY 2013 | 15 min

FRANCE 2013 | 13 min

Director Cristina Puccinelli

Director Ronny Trocker

II MUSEO CHIUDE QUANDO L’AUTORE E’ STANCO

LA MELA ROSSA

ITALY 2013 | 23 min

Director Giovanni Princigalli

CANADA 2014 | 20 min

Director Paolo Buatti

AD ESEMPIO

CAMBIAMENTI

ITALY 2013 | 15 min

ITALY 2014 | 9 min

Director Silvio Governi

Director Giuliano Capozzi

GABBIE ITALY 2013 | 15 min Director Gianni Cardillo

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I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I L M S

15 JUNE 7 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

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Frank D’Angelo & Nick Mancuso

THE BIG FAT STONE THE BIG FAT STONE WORLD PREMIERE The Big Fat Stone is a modern day tale about dreams coming true. It tells the story of Edward Rizzo: a homeless man who, simply by being at the right place at the right time, gets a chance at a new life. We join Rizzo on his emotional rollercoaster in a story that will tug at your heart strings and thrill you with drama.

We learn that in a single minute, in a single second, with a simple twist of fate, everything can change forever.

The Big Fat Stone e’ una storia moderna che parla dell’importanza di realizzare i propri sogni. Edward Rizzo e’ un clochard che, fortunosamente, si trova al posto giusto al momento giusto, ed ha l’opportunita’ di rifarsi una vita. Seguiamo Rizzo in un’altalena emotiva in una storia commovente, intrigante e drammatica. Impariamo che, in un solo secondo, uno scherzo del destino puo’ cambiare una vita per sempre.

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FRANK D’ANGELO Television personality, vocalist, screenwriter and movie director, Frank D’Angelo is a native Torontonian, who was raised in an Italian-Canadian (Sicilian) family. As a performer, he created and hosted the late night talk-variety “The Being Frank Show” on CHCH Television and CityTV Montreal. Real Gangsters was his first foray as a director and screenwriter, a story about real gangsters, featuring some of today’s finest screen actors.

CANADA 2014 ENGLISH 111 min. | Drama Director Frank D’Angelo Cast Frank D’Angelo Roberto Loggia Nick Mancuso Jennifer Dale Tony Nardi Margot Kidder Ray Abruzzo John Savage Production In Your Ear Production

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NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Paolo, 40 years old, lives in a small Friuli town close to the northeastern border. Unreliable and with a passion for good wine, he spends his days at the local tavern and stubbornly stalks his ex-wife. One day, unexpectedly, he meets his nephew Zoran, an awkward 16-year-old boy who was raised in the Slovenian mountains. Reluctantly, Paolo has to take care of him, but he soon discovers Zoran’s bizarre gift: he is a phenomenal master of darts. Paolo thinks this is the perfect opportunity to take revenge on the world. But will everything be so easy?

Paolo Bressan è un quarantenne alla deriva, cinico e misantropo, che lavora di malavoglia in una mensa per anziani e insegue senza successo l’idea di riconquistare Stefania, la sua ex moglie.

Ma le cose cambiano con l’entrata in scena di Zoran, un quindicenne occhialuto lasciatogli in ”eredità” da una lontana parente slovena.

MATTEO OLEOTTO is an Italian actor and film director.

He was the co-producer, assistant director and director of the multi-award-winning short film “Nonna si deve asciugare” by Alfredo Covelli. He also co-starred in the film Lezioni di cioccolato by Claudio Cupellini. “Zoran, il mio nipote scemo” marks his directorial debut.

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103 min. | Comedy Director Matteo Oleotto Cast Giuseppe Battiston Teco Celio Roberto Citran Riccardo Maranzana Rok Prašnikar Jan Cvitokovic Ariella Reggio Marjuta Slamic Production Transmedia World Sales Slingshot Films

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Dani is a refugee from Togo who has found sanctuary in Pergine, a small mountain village in Trentino, surviving a long and perilous journey through war-torn Libya. Tormented by his wife’s death, and unable to care for his one-year-old daughter, he befriends ten-year old Michele. The young boy lives on a farm with his mother, a widow, and his paternal grandfather.

Dani and Michele, each carrying their own burden, give each other solace in this atmospheric film shot in the bucolic landscape of Trentino.

Dani, originario del Togo, fuggito alla guerra in Libia, vive in una casa di accoglienza in Trentino. Incapace di prendersi cura di sua figlia sarà invitato a lavorare nel laboratorio di Pietro, dove conoscerà Michele, di 10 anni, che soffre la perdita del proprio padre. Dani e Michele troveranno sollievo e speranza grazie alla loro amicizia.

ANDREA SEGRE Director of films and documentaries for film and television, Segre is also a researcher and a professor of Sociology of Communication. Segre is sensitive to issues relating to immigration and land ownership. He has worked on the marginality of peoples and cultures, and has collaborated with various international projects. He is the founder of the ZaLab association. Segre loves to mix the documentary tones with the aesthetic tension of international independent cinema.

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105 min. |Drama Director Andrea Segre Cast Giuseppe Battiston Anita Caprioli Roberto Citran Production Jolefilm World Sales Adriana Chiesa Enterprises

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16 JUNE 9 PM COLOSSUS THEATRE VAUGHAN

20JUNE 6:15 PM BLOOR HOT DOCS TORONTO

A BOSS IN THE KITCHEN UN BOSS IN SALOTTO NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Cristina lives in a small Northern town where she has built a family and a perfect life. One day she is summoned to the police station, and discovers that her brother Ciro is involved with the Camorra criminal organization and wants to serve his house arrest sentence at her place. Cristina reluctantly accepts, and from that moment the family routine is turned upside down by the unstoppable uncle Ciro, who isn’t accustomed to good manners.

Cristina vive in un piccolo centro del Nord dove si è costruita una famiglia e una vita perfetta. Quando un giorno viene convocata in Questura, scopre che suo fratello Ciro è implicato in un processo di camorra ed ha chiesto di poter trascorrere gli arresti domiciliari da lei.

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90 min. | Comedy Director Luca Miniero Cast Rocco Papaleo Paola Cortellesi Luca Argentero Angela Finocchiaro Marco Marzocca Production Cattleya Warner Bros. Italia

LUCA MINIERO is a film director who made his directorial debut with the short film Piccole cose di valore non quantificabile and then went on to write and direct together with Paolo Genovese three films, of which Incantesimo napoletano won two awards in 2002: the Golden Globe for Best First Feature and the Special Jury Award at the Italian Film Festival of Annecy.

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15 JUNE 7 PM HWT CENTRE HAMILTON

16 JUNE 9:30 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

18 JUNE 7 PM CENTRO LEONARDO DA VINCI MONTREAL

I’LL BE BACK

MI RIFACCIO VIVO NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Biagio, a businessman with an inferiority complex, decides to end his life after the latest provocation from Ottone, his sworn enemy. Yet, up there, someone grants him a second opportunity, which Biagio takes in order to seek revenge. However, upset by a shocking revelation, Biagio decides to take the high road and help improve his sworn enemy.

Biagio, un imprenditore con un complesso di inferiorità, decide di farla finita dopo l’ennesima provocazione da parte di Ottone, suo nemico da sempre. Ma lassù qualcuno gli concederà una seconda possibilità, che Biagio coglierà per vendicarsi. Tuttavia, turbato da una rivelazione, deciderà di essere migliore aiutando chi diceva di odiare.

SERGIO RUBINI has worked for many years as a successful actor and director on stage and on the radio.

Alongside his sterling career as a director, he continued to work as an actor in countless productions. in 2003, among other films, he played Disma, the good thief, in the blockbuster The Passion of the Christ, directed by Mel Gibson.

ITALY 2013 ITALIAN ENGLISH SUBTITLES

105 min. | Comedy Director Sergio Rubini Cast Neri Marcorè Margherita Buy Emilio Solfrizzi Vanessa Incontrada Lillo Sergio Rubini Bob Messini Production Fandango, RAI Cinema World Sales Fandango

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17JUNE 7 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

“...AND COUNTING!” LETTER THREE WORLD PREMIERE “...And Counting!” (Letter Three) is a postmortem of Two Letters, and a journey into the present state of theatre, culture (and funding). Forced to fund his Two Letters theatre project, using his entire RRSP account, having hit a wall in the Italian-Canadian community in Toronto (community leaders and media) and in the mainstream (arts councils and media), and playing to small audiences all over the city of Toronto, while the theatre community and colleagues ran for cover or were missing in action, the actor/ writer recounts his journey in hell and his encounters with those who create that hell, realizing, in the end, that it may be better to work for an arts council in Canada than to be an artist, and that as an artist he may be worth more dead than alive.

CANADA 2013 ENGLISH 180 min Written, Directed and Performed by Tony Nardi Producer Paul Tana Executive Producer Rocco Galati

“...And Counting!” (Letter Three) rappresenta un’analisi retrospettiva delle opere Two Letters, ed un viaggio nello stato attuale del teatro, della cultura e dei finanziamenti. Costretto a finanziare il suo progetto teatrale Two Letters attingendo interamente ai propri risparmi pensionistici, avendo battuto la testa contro il muro nel tentativo di sensibilizzare la comunita’ italocanadese di Toronto (sia gli esponenti di spicco che i media) nonche’ del mainstream (enti artistici e media) ed esibendosi davanti a piccoli pubblici in tutta Toronto, mentre la comunita’ teatrale ed i colleghi fuggivano od erano assenti, l’attore/scrittore Nardi racconta il proprio viaggio all’inferno ed i suoi incontri con coloro che hanno creato tale inferno, rendendosi conto che, alla fine, potrebbe essere meglio lavorare per un ente artistico in Canada piuttosto che essere un artista vero e proprio, e che come artista potrebbe essere meglio per lui essere morto piuttosto che vivo.

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A GIRLFRIEND ’S GUIDE TO MURDER AMICHE DA MORIRE

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE What’s a girl to do? If you’re married on a small island in southern Italy, your husband is going to call the shots. If you are an unmarried woman living at home with your parents, your mother will be doing that. If you are the town prostitute, living with the town’s disdain puts a damper on your freedom to do as you please. It couldn’t hurt to have couple of friends to die for…

Although the friendship between Gilda, Olivia and Crocetta is a product of pragmatism and a big secret they’ve agreed to keep between them, it is not always easy for a prostitute, an old maid and a naïve housewife to see eye to eye on everything!

Il film racconta di tre donne: Gilda, Olivia e Crocetta, che malgrado le diversità si trovano costrette a far fronte comune per salvarsi la pelle. A complicare la loro vita arriva un fiero quanto brusco commissario di polizia, Nico Malachia, il quale intuisce che le tre nascondono un segreto.

GIORGIA FARINA graduated from the University of London and holds a Master’s in Cinema from Columbia University in New York. Her short films have won various awards. She is now a habitué at the Toronto Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. The black comedy Amiche da morire is her first feature film.

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103 min. | Comedy Director Giorgia Farina Cast Vinicio Marchioni Claudia Gerini Cristiana Capotondi Sabrina Impacciatore Antonella Attili Corrado Fortuna Production Andrea Leone Films, Rai Cinema World Sales Lion Pictures International

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18 JUNE 6:30 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

THE PENGUIN MOVE

LA MOSSA DEL PINGUINO NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Bruno is a thirty-year-old Roman man with a wife and infant son.

Unfortunately, he still hasn’t found his path in life. After his latest failure, which cost him most of his savings, he has an outlandish idea: he discovers the little-known winter sport of curling and decides to start a team to participate to the selections for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics. And so it begins, the march of the Assault Penguins, a rag tag team ready to fight its way through a plethora of obstacles and improbable situations all the way to the podium. Will these underdogs make it?

Bruno, trentenne romano con moglie e figlio piccolo, non ha ancora trovato una direzione da dare alla sua vita. Decide di provare con il curling, fondando una squadra per partecipare alle selezioni per le Olimpiadi invernali di Torino 2006.

CLAUDIO AMENDOLA is an actor, dubber, producer and film director. He has played several film roles throughout his career, including Mary Forever (1988), Another Life (1992) – which earned him a David di Donatello – The Escort (1993), Pasolini, An Italian Crime (1995), Johnny the Partisan (2000), and Caterina in the Big City (2003). He achieved great success with the popular TV series I Cesaroni. La Mossa del Pinguino marks his directorial debut.

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94 min. | Comedy Director Claudio Amendola Cast Ricky Memphis Edoardo Leo Antonello Fassari Ennio Fantastichini Francesca Inaudi Production DAP Italy, Lotus Production World Sales RAI Trade

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18 JUNE 9:15 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

AT NIGHT

NOTTETEMPO NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE One night, a bus veers off the road and overturns. This is the beginning of a story that will bring together the lives of three people: Assia, a young and romantic woman in search of true love, Michele, a stand-up comic who no longer laughs after a night of tragic coincidences (instead of laughing, he now carries a gun), and Matteo, a police officer and rugby player who was the first to arrive at the scene of the accident. Just before the bus explodes, a mysterious premonition urges him to move, a decision that saves his life. His survival occasions a new beginning, altering his destiny as well as that of those who follow him in a mad race against time.

Un incidente. Un autobus va fuori strada e si rovescia. Questo è l’inizio di una storia che unirà le vite di tre persone. Un poliziotto, una ragazza che viene salvata nell’incidente dall’agente, ed il marito di una donna morta nel tragico avvenimento.

FRANCESCO PRISCO is a young film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed various commercials and short films (his short was nominated for a David di Donatello award and received an Honorable Mention at the Nastri D’Argento Italian Cinema Awards). He made his feature film debut with Nottetempo (At Night), a film noir, with the chilling cadences of a thriller set “on the road.”

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90 min. | Drama Director Francesco Prisco Cast Giorgio Pasotti Nina Torresi Gianfelice Imparato Esther Elisha Antonio milo Production Nuvola Film Run Comunicazione Distributor Videa CDE

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JUNE 196:30 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

OPERATION REMEMBRANCE THE CANADIANS IN ITALY 1943

Three stories of courage and compassion in three documentaries that commemorate the Canadian contribution to the liberation of Italy: the sacrifice of Canadian soldiers during World War II in Ortona 1943: A Bloody Christmas, the bravery of those who took part in the invasion of Sicily in Operation Husky and the touching testimony of Gino Farnetti-Bragaglia, found and adopted by three Canadian soldiers in Torrice, near Frosinone, after a deadly battle between Canadian and German Armoured units.

Tre storie di coraggio e umanità in tre documentari che commemorano il contributo del Canada alla liberazione dell’Italia: il sacrificio dei soldati canadesi durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale in Ortona 1943: A Bloody Christmas, l’eroismo di coloro che presero parte all’invasione della Sicilia in Operation Husky e la toccante testimonianza di Gino Farnetti-Bragaglia, ritrovato e adottato da tre soldati canadesi a Torrice, vicino Frosinone, dopo una sanguinosa battaglia tra le forze canadesi e quelle tedesche.

ITALY 95 min. | Documentary Special Guests Gino Farnetti-Bragaglia (World War II survivor) Steve Gregory [founder of Operation Husky 2013] Vincenzo Nisco (moderator)

THREE DOCUMENTARIES ORTONA 1943: A Bloody Christmas, Fabio Toncelli, 2008, 54 min.

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OPERATION HUSKY: L’acero e la svastica, Matteo Berdini, 2013,

26 min. [Italian with English subtitles]

GINO’S STORY : 2013, 15 min. [Italian with English subtitles]

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19 JUNE 7 PM COLOSSUS THEATRE VAUGHAN

9:30 PM TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX TORONTO

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UNDER A LUCKY STAR

SOTTO UNA BUONA STELLA NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Federico Picchioni is a father who separated from his wife while their sons were still young. Over the years, thanks to a brilliant career in a financial holding company, he was able to let the family live a comfortable life, but his emotional and physical absence were unforgivable, especially for the children. The sudden death of his wife and a financial scandal dramatically change his life to the point that he must live with his sons. The cohabitation becomes challenging, especially once Luisa arrives, a new tenant in the apartment next door.

Un padre separato, grazie alla sua carriera in una holding finanziaria, non ha fatto mancare nulla ai suoi figli se non la sua, imperdonabile, totale assenza affettiva e fisica. La morte della moglie e lo scandalo finanziario che lo coinvolgerà lo costringeranno a condividere l’appartamento con i suoi figli ai quali non potrà piu pagare l’affitto.

CARLO VERDONE Son of critic and professor of film history Mario Verdone, Carlo Verdone obtained a diploma in film directing from the Experimental Cinematography Centre. After making his bones in cabaret, he notched up considerable success on the TV programme “Non Stop“ (1979). In the last thirty years, Verdone has shown in his films the anguishes and the neuroses of Italian modern men.

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106 min. | Comedy Director Carlo Verdone Cast Carlo Verdone Paola Cortellesi Tea Falco Lorenzo Richelmy Eleonora Sergio Production Filmauro Distributor Filmauro, Universal Pictures International

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20JUNE 7 PM ISABEL BADER THEATRE TORONTO

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AWAY FROM ME

STAI LONTANA DA ME NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Jacopo (Enrico Brignano) has a serious problem. He may be a brilliant marriage counselor, but he can never manage to have a steady relationship. And for good reason: since he was very young, Jacopo has brought bad luck to every woman who has fallen in love with him. Really bad luck. Luck that sends you to the hospital several times a week, that ruins your professional life, or causes you to fall out with family and friends for life.

When it comes to women, Jacopo is definitely jinxed.

Jacopo (Enrico Brignano) è un giovane consulente matrimoniale che da sempre porta una sfortuna nera a tutte le donne che si fidanzano con lui. Un giorno incontra Sara (Ambra Angiolini), donna bella nonche’ ambizioso architetto,della quale si innamora perdutamente. Riuscirà il loro amore a sopravvivere a tanta sfortuna?

ALESSIO MARIA FEDERICI started his film career in 1997 as an assistant director for the films Piovono mucche, Eccomi qua and Nessun messaggio in segreteria. The film Lezioni di Cioccolato 2 (2001) marked his debut as a feature film director. In 2013 he directed Stai lontana da me, a remake of a French comedy, starring Enrico Brignano and Ambra Angiolini.

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$70

CLOSING GALA PACKAGE

Casa Loma

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$85

MOVIE PACKAGES 8 TICKET MOVIE PASS entitles one ticket per movie

10 TICKET MOVIE PASS max. two tickets per movie

GALA PACKAGES OPENING GALA PARTY TICKET OPENING GALA PACKAGE Opening Movie + Party

Closing Movie + Party

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EVENT VENUES VAUGHAN RECEPTIONS

A joint film and culinary experience in Vaughan. The evening’s journey begins with food and wine from a specific region of Italy; each regional culinary tradition is influenced by a particular history, culture or environment, which differ from those of other regions in the many different ingredients and cooking methods. After having satisfied our taste buds and savoured the wine, the journey continues with a short film followed by the highlight of the evening, the feature film screening.

OPENING NIGHT GALA The ICFF Opening Night Party will take place at the RitzCarlton Hotel (Toronto), a 5-Diamond award winning hotel, situated in the heart of downtown. The Opening Celebration will feature entertainment, an exquisite culinary experience, and an opportunity to share the passion of cinema. VIP Guest appearances.

CLOSING NIGHT GALA Casa Loma: Canada’s Majestic Castle. Visit Casa Loma and step back in time to a period of European elegance and splendor. Canada’s foremost castle is complete with decorated suites, secret passages, an 800-foot tunnel, towers, stables, and beautiful 5-acre estate gardens.

Drop in for the finale of this year’s ICFF. Enjoy an evening of conversation, entertainment and delectable food.

There will also be an opportunity to meet the organizers, international guests and supporters.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE TICKETS All sales are final. No refunds, unless a screening or event is cancelled.

Seating is guaranteed until 15 minutes before the screening. Latecomers will be admitted at the discretion of ICFF staff.

Program is subject to change.

Students must present a valid ID to receive the discounted rate. Discounted rates are only available in person at any of our ticket outlet locations.

HST and applicable service fees are not included in the listed price.

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CASA LOMA 1 Austin Terrace, Toronto Toronto’s premier heritage attraction & North America’s only full sized castle

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entertainment venues and restaurants

LIBERTY GRAND 25 British Columbia Road, Toronto

ROSEWATER ROOM 19 Toronto Street, Toronto

CORAL GABLES COUNTRY CLUB 997 North Greenway Drive, Miami

CIAO 133 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto CIBO 522 King Street West, Toronto

SPICE ROUTE 499 King Street West, Toronto

ROSEWATER 19 Toronto Street, Toronto

ALSO, TORONTO: C Lounge / Courthouse / Tattoo / Phoenix Concert Theatre / Velvet Underground MIAMI: Cibo Coral Gables / Cibo South Beach – Coming soon / Coral Gables Athletic Club / Liberty Caffè 25 British Columbia Road, Exhibition Place, Toronto / 416.542.3789

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