Sunday 7th – Archivio RIFF

Oroverde

riff — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:00:44 +0000

South of Italy, 1935. The true story of Bianca Panarese, about her hard apprenticeship as a tobacconist in the big Consortium, and about her love for her little brother Pietro. He was killed during the workers protests raised against the closure of the tobacco factory.

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Pre carità

riff — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:00:41 +0000

Francesco and Luca are two former school mates. Many years later, they meet at a crossing. Luca gets by doing two jobs, Francesco is a beggar who asks for money in the street. But nothing is what it seems.

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Il cinema lo faccio io

riff — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:30:42 +0000

They have work on it for five years, but The childhood of Cicerone”, debut of a talented director of thirty-five years, has not yet been shot. Finally the attended call from the producer is in the air and so the director with the screenwriter and the main actor start to make some inspections. But is there really the money to make the movie?

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Vai col liscio

riff — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:30:15 +0000

Italy, 2012, HD, Color, 12' Continue reading →

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Carta Bianca

riff — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:20:55 +0000

My mother used to say that storks are real chatterboxes

Every chance they get they open their mouths and start gossiping

Thousands of children end up falling where they dont belong

And spend their whole lives trying to return to the place of their destiny

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Silent City

riff — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:40:06 +0000

A slightly naive young Dutch woman arrives in Tokyo to master the ultimate art of fish preparation from renowned master chef Kon. Following ones dreams, however, is not so easy. In a culture quite unlike her own, Rosa struggles to find her place and expectantly waits to receive the rare words of praise she so passionately longs for. Threes Annas Silent City is dreamlike, sensual and optimistic, a real pleasure to watch. For those of you brave enough to have left everything you knew behind, looking for something deeper and completely different, Silent City will happily refresh your memory.

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FENIX 11·23

riff — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:20:49 +0000

In autumn 2004, Èric Beltran, a 14 year-old boy, creates a website inspired by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to defend the Catalan Language.

One night, thirty federal officers from the anti-terrorist unit in Madrid burst into his house and accuse him of cyberterrorism. His crime? Sending an email to a chain of supermarkets requesting that labeling should be in Catalan.

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Purosangue

riff — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:45:05 +0000

Max is a professional runner, he is already 30 years old and still dreams his great international victory. He only has one goal, to win the next edition of the Rome Marathon. Max employs his days training, sweating and running for many kilometers, he is on top of his physical form but an unfortunate incident and a dishonest manager leads him to the usage of doping.

The manager is constantly searching a champion. His latest discovery is Chelimo who comes from Kenya and when he arrives in Rome he goes to live with Max. The two men get to know each other, and they find themselves at a real checkpoint: Will Max save himself from doping?

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Addictions

riff — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:45:58 +0000

Nowadays, with the possibility for the majority of people to have access to electronics and hi tech, is it true that we have more spare time and a better quality of life? Or have we become addicted to the technology that surrounds us every day and it has suck us into it? But humans get addicted really easily to a lot of things in life and this video is also a metaphor about addictions in general, about being manipulated without even realizing it or without reacting.

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Lomo

riff — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:45:38 +0000

Lomo explores the fickleness of the creative process and that overwhelming sense of loss when one loses grasp of that perfect thought, idea, or creation. Dont Think, Just Shoot. Thats the motto! So Im shooting everything My photos will be really something Never seen before or will be again! Cant wait to get them developedhey! What the…? Come back! Stop himhes taking my Lomo my Lomo

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