Programme 2011 – Archivio RIFF

La vita dispari (The Uneven Rome)

riff — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:40:45 +0000

Max, artist photographer, lives and workes in a loft in the S. Lorenzo quarter. His gallerist and lover, Ludovica, is launching him in the Pantheon of Italian art. One night Ludovica is killed and Max becomes the main suspect. A magical, mysterious contemporary Rome, between art and noir is the background of this murder…

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The Godmather

riff — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:40:27 +0000

In this romantic-action-comedy, Rosella Wu is convinced by her mother to kill Danny, her mobster husband. When Danny quits the mob and cleans up his act she tries to cancel the hit but it’s too late: the hit man crashes into the house, guns blazing! Now Rosella must save her husband, fix her marriage and stand up to her over-bearing mother who still wants Danny dead!

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Al Servizio del Cliente

riff — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:10:32 +0000

Italy, 2010, HD, 2:35, Color, 5’35’’ - National short competition Continue reading →

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Black Field (Mavro Livadi)

riff — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:10:27 +0000

Set in 17th century Greece, a young nun and a Janissary warrior fall in love. But the nun, Anthi, is tormented by a dark secret: she is, in fact, a boy… A modern fairytale with a cross gender love story that transcends time, religion and sexual identity

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Dear Alice

riff — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:40:59 +0000

Dear Alice tells the story of four very different lives and how their paths, by a series of circumstances, come to cross. During what seems to be just an ordinary day, these four people are making everyday decisions that at the moment seem to be trivial but lead, ultimately, to a life changing and violently destructive end.

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The Foal

riff — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:40:16 +0000

Five-year old Chloe is taken to her
Uncle and Aunt’s farm to live when her mother dies suddenly. Unable to comprehend the concept of death,
she befriends the corpse of a recently deceased foal and adopts the responsibility of caring for it.

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L’erede (The Heir)

riff — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:10:01 +0000

After the death of his father, Bruno, a doctor from Milan, comes into possession of a run-down house in a remote region of Central Italy. This inheritance will prove to be a curse however. When he meets his disturbing neighbours, he becomes entangled in a web of suspicions that will dramatically change his life forever….

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Diari del Novecento

riff — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:30:53 +0000

Excerpts from the diaries of thirty renowned figures of the 20th Century, ranging from Franz Kafka to Kurt Cobain, are dramatised by actors as part of a blog format that also includes film clips, library footage and

photos.

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When China Met Africa

riff — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:15:48 +0000

A historic gathering of over 50 African heads of state in Beijing reverberates in Zambia where the lives of three characters unfold.
Mr. Liu is a Chinese entrepreneurs who have settled across the continent in search of new opportunities. In northern Zambia, Mr. Li, a project manager for a multinational Chinese company is upgrading the country’s longest road. Meanwhile Zambia’s Trade Minister is on route to China to secure millions of dollars of investment. Through the intimate portrayal of these characters, the expanding footprint of a rising global power is laid bare.

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Live Stream

riff — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:00:38 +0000

Phillipp Hofmann is a University professor that using a nickname on the Net escapes his loneliness. On a web- site he discovers Ms.Bingo’s videos that in real life is one of his students. Everybody knows her real identity but when she announce her suicide as a live broadcast Phillipp is the only one who believes her. Without revealing his identity Mr. Hofmann starts shooting funny videos to make her laugh.

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