Tuesday 9th – Archivio RIFF

Birdie

riff — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:30:51 +0000

Martha lives an empty existence, every day she comes home, drinks something, puts her dinner in the microwave and watches tv. The gardener is the only person she talks with. Is Martha really alone?

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Column

riff — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:30:43 +0000

1999, Kosovo War. The refugee Adem is stopped in a Serbian checkpoint, where a paramiltary force him, his son and his nephew to go out of the car to shoot them. Adem tries to save their lives, but in the end he has to choose whom to hold in life: son or nephew?

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Bizness

riff — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:30:33 +0000

Belgium, 2012, HDV, Color, 14' - Short film Continue reading →

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Le dernier jour de l’hiver

riff — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:30:27 +0000

Arthur takes refuge in a restaurant. Elena, the restaurant managers daughter, mistakens him for the new waiter. Arthur plays along and a feeling born between them, but the father dislikes this new strange friendship

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Nicoleta

riff — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:30:02 +0000

1951: in the mountains of Greece still full of the hatreds of the civil war, a boy, as the head of his family, is responsible for the destiny of his baby sister. Carrying the baby on his shoulders, he treks the inhospitable mountains and braves the dangers of unforgiving people in the hope of escaping poverty.

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Aquadro

riff — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:20:38 +0000

Bolzano, today. An amateur porn video upsets the routine of a school. The protagonists are two students, Alberto and Amanda, two teenagers as any other, who have met during a school trip, and never break up. It seems to be a common teen-aged love story, but at sixteen love can blur, lose itself, become a dependence: when Amanda discovers that Albert is an habitual user of porn videos and chats, she doesnt try to redeem him, but she starts to be interested in the same hobby, starting playing games more and more daring, till they make a video in which they have sex together in a classroom, the act that makes them feel tight-knit and invincible. The video, which should remain their secret, instead ends up on the internet and it becomes public, triggering a chain reaction that puts a strain on their relationship.

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Forbidden Voices

riff — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:40:09 +0000

Their voices are suppressed, prohibited and censored. But the famous international Yoani Sánchez, Zeng Jinyan and Farnaz Seifi dont fear their dictatorial regimes. These courageous women represent a new generation of rebels that are connected to network. In Cuba, China and Iran these brave women shake the basis of the state monopoly on information with their blogs, risking their lives. Forbidden Voices follows them during their dangerous journey and it uses social media such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for reporting and combating the violations of human rights and the freedom of speech in their countries.

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The Maiden danced to death (A halálba táncoltatott leány)

riff — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:20:21 +0000

Steve, a dancer-turned-impresario, returns to Hungary from Canada after 20 years. He finds Communism gone, but his brother, Gyula, still runs the dance company they started together and is married to his former sweetheart, Mari. Their rivalry is triggered instantly, but Mari challenges them to revive their last success together, on the ballad The Maiden Danced to Death.

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MEDE’ (Mayday)

riff — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:00:15 +0000

Medè opens a window into the complex world of juvenile delinquency in Naples. It follows a group of minors, detained in various juvenile correctional facilities around the Camorra infested Naples area, who are offered a chance to learn how to sail and prepare for a historical Regatta. The film chronicles the life, struggles, hopes and denied ambitions of six kids grown up in the shadows of the Camorra

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Buffer Zone

riff — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:00:31 +0000

A dynamic and colorful picture, that reflects the atmosphere, the emotions and the spirit of a place called buffer zone. This story is about “the buffer zone occupation” movement, in which groups of activists, from the northern and the southern part of Cyprus, act together to fight against capitalism, imperialism and the unnatural division of their island.

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