2023 SCHEDULE
Note: All films are presented in their original language with English subtitles
Monday, March 27
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Public lecture by Allison Cooper (Bowdoin College):
"Race, Representation, and the Close-Up from Miracolo a Milano to Moonlight: Using Digital Humanities Methodologies to Analyze Narrative Film's Most Powerful Tool"
1PM - Conant Hall 113
"Race, Representation, and the Close-Up from Miracolo a Milano to Moonlight: Using Digital Humanities Methodologies to Analyze Narrative Film's Most Powerful Tool"
1PM - Conant Hall 113
Omelia contadina (Peasant Homily)
Uccellacci e Uccellini (The Hawks and the Sparrows)
4PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
**Introduction by Amy Boylan (UNH)
Uccellacci e Uccellini (The Hawks and the Sparrows)
4PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
**Introduction by Amy Boylan (UNH)
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Omelia contadina (Peasant Homily)
Alice Rohrwacher and JR • 2020 • Italy-France • 10 min • language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring Luciano Vergaro, Dario Sforza, Iris Pulvano, Emanuele La Barbera, Elisa Cortese, and the farm workers of the Altopiano dell’Alfina
Based on the concept of a homily for small-scale farmers and agricultural work, this collaboration between director Alice Rohrwacher and street artist J.R. offers a moment of poetic reflection and mourning while also serving as a call to action.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/film/omelia-contadina/
Alice Rohrwacher and JR • 2020 • Italy-France • 10 min • language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring Luciano Vergaro, Dario Sforza, Iris Pulvano, Emanuele La Barbera, Elisa Cortese, and the farm workers of the Altopiano dell’Alfina
Based on the concept of a homily for small-scale farmers and agricultural work, this collaboration between director Alice Rohrwacher and street artist J.R. offers a moment of poetic reflection and mourning while also serving as a call to action.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/film/omelia-contadina/
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Uccellacci e uccellini (The Hawks and the Sparrows)
Pier Paolo Pasolini • 1966 • Italy • 86 min • language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi, Francesco Leonetti, Gabriele Baldini, Riccardo Redi, Lena Lin Solaro, Rossana di Rocco
This fable-like film, which Pasolini considered his personal favorite, follows the adventures of a roguish father and son duo through the landscape of an Italy in the midst of the post-war Economic Boom.
https://distribuzione.ilcinemaritrovato.it/uccellacci-e-uccellini
Restored in 4K in 2020 by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Compass Film and Istituto Luce-Cinecittà at the Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, with the support of the Italian Ministry of Culture.
Pier Paolo Pasolini • 1966 • Italy • 86 min • language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi, Francesco Leonetti, Gabriele Baldini, Riccardo Redi, Lena Lin Solaro, Rossana di Rocco
This fable-like film, which Pasolini considered his personal favorite, follows the adventures of a roguish father and son duo through the landscape of an Italy in the midst of the post-war Economic Boom.
https://distribuzione.ilcinemaritrovato.it/uccellacci-e-uccellini
Restored in 4K in 2020 by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Compass Film and Istituto Luce-Cinecittà at the Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, with the support of the Italian Ministry of Culture.
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Edipo Re (Oedipus Rex)
7PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Pier Paolo Pasolini • 1967 • Italy • 86 min • language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck, Luciano Bartoli, Ninetto Davoli
**Introduction by Michael Leese (UNH)
Pasolini reinvents Sophocles’ tragedy through a dreamlike Freudian autobiographical lens. The action moves from a prologue set in Friuli, where Pasolini spent his childhood, to a defamiliarized ancient Greece, and ends in Pasolini’s birthplace of Bologna.
https://distribuzione.ilcinemaritrovato.it/edipo-re
Restored in 4K in 2021 by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Compass Film and Istituto Luce-Cinecittà at the Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, with the support of the Italian Ministry of Culture.
7PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Pier Paolo Pasolini • 1967 • Italy • 86 min • language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck, Luciano Bartoli, Ninetto Davoli
**Introduction by Michael Leese (UNH)
Pasolini reinvents Sophocles’ tragedy through a dreamlike Freudian autobiographical lens. The action moves from a prologue set in Friuli, where Pasolini spent his childhood, to a defamiliarized ancient Greece, and ends in Pasolini’s birthplace of Bologna.
https://distribuzione.ilcinemaritrovato.it/edipo-re
Restored in 4K in 2021 by Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Compass Film and Istituto Luce-Cinecittà at the Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, with the support of the Italian Ministry of Culture.
Tuesday, March 28th
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Italia K2 - Riprese di Mario Fantin
2PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2 Mario Fantin • 1954-2021 • Italy • 60 min • language: Italian with English subtitles Starring Ardito Desio and alpinists from the Italian Alpine Club (CAI) **Introduction by Nicole Gercke (UNH) In 1954, the Italian Alpine Club (CAI) sponsored an expedition to climb K2 for the first time. Bolognese cameraman and director Mario Fantin accompanied the expedition, shooting at unprecedented altitudes, in order to document the momentous occasion for Italy and its symbolic resurgence from the memories of defeat in WWII. https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/italia-k2-riprese-di-mario-fantin/ Restored in 4K by Cineteca di Bologna in association with CAI Film Archive and Film Centre with the support of the Italian Ministry of Culture. |
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Cinema's First Nasty Women (selections)
4:30PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
various • 1898-1926 • France, UK, US • 90 min • language: silent with English intertitles
Starring Little Chrysia, Sarah Duhamel, Alma Taylor, Chrissie White, Bertha Regustus, Fay Tincher, and Laura Bayley
**Introduction and presentation by Maggie Hennefeld (University of Minnesota), co-curator of the project
From this series, the Queens of Destruction take up the mantle of their rebellious teen predecessors. They demolish the home, tyrannize their spouses, and wage feminist revolution in the streets. Their films embrace the joy of social protest and anarchic physical destruction.
https://wfpp.columbia.edu/cinemas-first-nasty-women/
4:30PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
various • 1898-1926 • France, UK, US • 90 min • language: silent with English intertitles
Starring Little Chrysia, Sarah Duhamel, Alma Taylor, Chrissie White, Bertha Regustus, Fay Tincher, and Laura Bayley
**Introduction and presentation by Maggie Hennefeld (University of Minnesota), co-curator of the project
From this series, the Queens of Destruction take up the mantle of their rebellious teen predecessors. They demolish the home, tyrannize their spouses, and wage feminist revolution in the streets. Their films embrace the joy of social protest and anarchic physical destruction.
https://wfpp.columbia.edu/cinemas-first-nasty-women/
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Sedmikrásky (Daisies)
7PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Věra Chytilová • 1966 • Chechoslovakia • 76 min • language: Czech with English subtitles
Starring Jitka Cerhová and Ivana Karbanová
**Introduction by Elizabeth Stine (UNH)
Upon its release in 1966, this provocative and anarchic film was pulled from theaters by the Czech government among accusations of nihilism. It follows the destructive activities of two young women who want to bring about radical change, with its satirical tone providing social commentary on modern society.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/film/sedmikrasky/
Restored in 4k in 2022 through the donation of Mrs. Milada Kučerová and Mr. Eduard Kučer, carried out by Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in collaboration with the Národní filmovy archiv, Prague and the Czech Film Fund in UPP and Soundsquare.
7PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Věra Chytilová • 1966 • Chechoslovakia • 76 min • language: Czech with English subtitles
Starring Jitka Cerhová and Ivana Karbanová
**Introduction by Elizabeth Stine (UNH)
Upon its release in 1966, this provocative and anarchic film was pulled from theaters by the Czech government among accusations of nihilism. It follows the destructive activities of two young women who want to bring about radical change, with its satirical tone providing social commentary on modern society.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/film/sedmikrasky/
Restored in 4k in 2022 through the donation of Mrs. Milada Kučerová and Mr. Eduard Kučer, carried out by Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in collaboration with the Národní filmovy archiv, Prague and the Czech Film Fund in UPP and Soundsquare.
Wednesday, March 29th
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Public lecture by Claudia Sbuttoni (UNH):
"Cinema is the Most Powerful Weapon: Film under Italian Fascism"
2PM - Conant Hall 113
A talk on how the Italian fascist regime understood the potential of cinema and used film/film institutions to exercise cultural and political power.
"Cinema is the Most Powerful Weapon: Film under Italian Fascism"
2PM - Conant Hall 113
A talk on how the Italian fascist regime understood the potential of cinema and used film/film institutions to exercise cultural and political power.
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Tenebre
4PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Dario Argento • 1982 • Italy • 101 min • language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring Anthony Franciosa, Daria Nicolodi, John Saxon, Giuliano Gemma, Carola Stagnaro
**Introduction and presentation by Damien Pollard (Cambridge University)
Ironically set in a brightly lit futuristic Rome, this film marks Argento’s return from the spirit world to the thriller. It tells the story of an American mystery writer in Rome to promote his book who gets drawn into the hunt for a serial killer who commits his crimes in broad daylight in a society that appears largely uninterested.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/tenebre/
Restored in 4k in 2022 with elements provided by Titanus by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà.
4PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Dario Argento • 1982 • Italy • 101 min • language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring Anthony Franciosa, Daria Nicolodi, John Saxon, Giuliano Gemma, Carola Stagnaro
**Introduction and presentation by Damien Pollard (Cambridge University)
Ironically set in a brightly lit futuristic Rome, this film marks Argento’s return from the spirit world to the thriller. It tells the story of an American mystery writer in Rome to promote his book who gets drawn into the hunt for a serial killer who commits his crimes in broad daylight in a society that appears largely uninterested.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/tenebre/
Restored in 4k in 2022 with elements provided by Titanus by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà.
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Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror)
7PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau • 1922 • Germany • 95 min • language: silent with English intertitles
Starring Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, Gustav von Wangenheim
with live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis (UNH)
**Introduction by Wenjin Cui (UNH)
Inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), this expressionist work is considered one of the most influential films of the silent era. The disturbing appearance of the vampire relies on careful use of light and shadow, creepy costuming choices, and an iconic performance by Max Schreck.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/nosferatu-eine-symphonie-des-grauens/
Restored by Luciano Berriatúa on behalf of Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in collaboration with La Cinémathèque française and Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv Berlin/Koblenz at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory
7PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau • 1922 • Germany • 95 min • language: silent with English intertitles
Starring Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, Gustav von Wangenheim
with live musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis (UNH)
**Introduction by Wenjin Cui (UNH)
Inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), this expressionist work is considered one of the most influential films of the silent era. The disturbing appearance of the vampire relies on careful use of light and shadow, creepy costuming choices, and an iconic performance by Max Schreck.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezione/nosferatu-eine-symphonie-des-grauens/
Restored by Luciano Berriatúa on behalf of Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in collaboration with La Cinémathèque française and Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv Berlin/Koblenz at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory
Thursday, March 30th
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Una giornata particolare (A Special Day)
7PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Ettore Scola • 1977 • Italy • 110 min • language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni
**Introduction by Edward Bowen (University of Kansas)
Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni are reunited to play against type in this quiet but powerful film set during Hitler’s visit to Rome during the Fascist era. Loren plays the exemplary Fascist wife who has a life-changing encounter with a gay, anti-Fascist radio journalist on the eve of his inprisonment.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/film/una-giornata-particolare
Restored in 4K in 2014 by CSC – Cineteca Nazionale in collaboration with Surf Film at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory under the supervision of the cinematographer Luciano Tovoli
7PM - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Ettore Scola • 1977 • Italy • 110 min • language: Italian with English subtitles
Starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni
**Introduction by Edward Bowen (University of Kansas)
Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni are reunited to play against type in this quiet but powerful film set during Hitler’s visit to Rome during the Fascist era. Loren plays the exemplary Fascist wife who has a life-changing encounter with a gay, anti-Fascist radio journalist on the eve of his inprisonment.
https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/film/una-giornata-particolare
Restored in 4K in 2014 by CSC – Cineteca Nazionale in collaboration with Surf Film at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory under the supervision of the cinematographer Luciano Tovoli
Friday, March 31st
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Public lecture by Edward Bowen (University of Kansas):
"Long Takes and Use of Space in Ettore Scola's Films"
11AM - Conant Hall 113
This talk will examine several characteristic features of Ettore Scola’s film style, with emphasis on his varied uses of long takes and restricted locations.
"Long Takes and Use of Space in Ettore Scola's Films"
11AM - Conant Hall 113
This talk will examine several characteristic features of Ettore Scola’s film style, with emphasis on his varied uses of long takes and restricted locations.
