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We hosted a live conversation (in English) with Luca Vullo, a versatile filmmaker who has made several documentaries, short films, music videos and commercials, winners of prizes at international festivals. Luca shared insights about his latest documentary “The Voice of the Body” – a joyful and instructive perspective on the peculiar code of Italian hand gestures.
In this post, I am not going to discuss a particular film but share with you a very special project I came across the other day.
A lot has been written about Italy’s prominent, yet controversial film director, poet and journalist Pier Paolo Pasolini. This documentary film by Philo Bregstein offers a rare glimpse into the tumultuous life of Pasolini until his still unresolved murder circumstances in 1975.
We enter the VIP lounge and start a fight for the food. The buffet is overcrowded, as it’s already 10pm. Hands grabbing us from every side like uncontrollable tentacles, hard to keep away, so I decide to hit the bar and get some wine, leaving Shlomi and Odelia to the food mission.
When was the last time you created something with your hands?
23 songs shot in 21 days would be the skinniest premise for an otherwise very passionate musical journey by John Turturro into the cultural alleys and pathways of a very special city - Napoli. Trailer.
Quick, what comes to your mind when you think about the word “island?”
For my day 2 in Rome's International Film Festival I picked a documentary film by Sergio Naitza, under the Documentary track out of the competition. We’re all too accustomed to be exposed to the lives of the A-stars like Marcello Mastroianni, and Sophia Loren, I figured the story behind an actor forever in a supporting role could be interesting too. I was not disappointed.
Italian Cinema London has launched today a week-long online festival dedicated to Italian documentaries, aptly called ItalianDocsOnline. It's a quite innovative program that exposes audiences around the world with some of the latest Italian documentaries. And what's more it's free with audience voting to add a bit of a sizzle to the event. Holly, one of the ghosts of San Berillo - an authentic study of timeworn face and stone; form and function.
