Sunday 16th – Archivio RIFF

Return To Zero

riff — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 22:00:33 +0000

Return To Zero is based on the true story of a successful couple preparing for the arrival of their first child. Weeks before their due date they discover that their son has died in the womb and will be stillborn.

Lives and relationship forever altered by the loss, they try to cope through denial, escape and alcohol, but nothing can save their marriage. That is when they discover that they’re again pregnant and must come together to face a turbulent and terrifying pregnancy.

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Ci vorrebbe un miracolo (Its Gonna Take A Miracle)

riff — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:30:54 +0000

Between the depths of a story of miracles and the abysses, Gianluca and Elena go fishing for the truth about the evils infesting the Mediterranean sea. Who is poisoning our fish and our waters? A half-serious inquiry on pollution and superstition. Will it always be funny?

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Cycloid

riff — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:10:22 +0000

Japan, 2013, HD, Color, 3'26" - Animated Continue reading →

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No Limits

riff — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:10:07 +0000

‘No Limits’is a documentary based on the sculpture project of the Cuban artist Alexandre Arrechea, winner of the Fund for Park Avenue Award in 2013. This film, that examines the relationship between architecture and power, covers the entire process of fabrication and installation of these monumental sculptures that reference 10 of New York City’s most iconic buildings.

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41° Parallelo

riff — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:30:40 +0000

September 11, 2001: its a day like any other in Naples, but soon an event will occur that is destined to remain ingrained forever in our collective unconscious. Everyone is immersed in their daily routine until the distant tragedy slips into everyones life, with different outcomes.

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L’impresa

riff — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:30:00 +0000

Italian, 2013, Red Camera HD, Color, 15'48" - Short film Continue reading →

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Ad esempio

riff — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 18:30:56 +0000

Frustrated by his financial situation an honest family man decides to take part in a bank robbery, but when he gets to the bank he finds his wife and son are among the clients.

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Eppure io lamavo!

riff — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 18:30:17 +0000

A girl betrayed and abandoned by her boyfriend seeks revenge without success. Everything she does is silly and brings her to a whirl of tragicomedy. The meaning of words and of people around her continuously changes. How can she find peace? Can we forgive her? Maybe the definition of love is not what she once believed.

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reCuiem

riff — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 18:30:13 +0000

When 7 year old Leo and his little sister Annetta wake up in the morning their mom Emma is sleeping. Or is she dead? Alone they have breakfast and play. They live without their mom until Gabriele, her boyfriend, arrives, and then their grandma arrives. In the end, the adults talk, ambiguity is resolved, and everyone finds their way into the night.

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Happy Goodyear

riff — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 17:30:09 +0000

The documentary Happy Goodyear discloses the serious behind-the-scenes of the tyre’s multinational Goodyear. Between the 60s and the 70s the company opens a factory in Cisterna di Latina, a little village in southern Lazio, living of agriculture and craftmanship. It seemed to have brought wealthy and job for the whole community that up to then, while it revealed to be a factory of death, one of the several in all Italy. Over 300 workers of the Italian Goodyear were killed by lung cancer and their families still waiting for justice and truth.

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