Santa Maradona   opening film
  Thurs 13/3 9pm      Sat 15/3 9.30pm
2001/96m   R(A)
  Directed by Mar co Ponti    Cast: Stefano Accorsi, Anita   Caprioli,   Libero de Rienzo, Mandala Tayde
Roommates Bart and Andrea are young men with very different outlooks on life. While bathrobe-clad Bart is content to divide his day between passing critical judgments on the world and planning the next outing with his girlfriend, Andrea is focused on getting to work and becoming an adult. Until he meets Dolores, that is. The budding actress’ fresh outlook offers Andrea a new perspective on life, opening up the possibility that growing up may not require losing one’s adolescent joie-de-vivre after all.
Awards: Best New Director at David di Donatello Awards (2002) Best Supporting Actor at David di Donatello Awards (2002) Best Film (FIPRESCI Award) at Mar del Plata Film Festival (2002) Best Actor (Silver Ombú) at Mar del Plata Film Festival (2002)
 That’s it   (Ecco fatto)
  Fri 14/3 9.30pm      Sun 16/3 4.30pm
1998/96m   R(A)
  Directed by Gabriele Muccino  Cast: Giorgio Pasotti, Barbara   Bobulova, Claudio Santamaria, Ginevra Colonna
Distracted from his final-year high school studies, Matteo runs the risk of not qualifying for his graduation at all. His academic goals seem to move even further away after he meets Margherita, an older woman with whom he starts an affair. Soon after moving into her artist’s studio, in spite of his cosmopolitan confidence, he begins to worry that she might be cheating on him. As he falls into a vortex of jealousy, he finds it more and more difficult to keep a grip on the situation and bluff his way to graduation.

 

 

 

 Scarlet Diva 
  Fri 14/3 7pm      Mon 17/3 7pm
2000/90m   R(A)
  Directed by Asia Argento  Cast: Asia Argento, Vera Gemma,   Jean Shepherd, Gianluca Arcopinto, Leo Gullotta
Distracted from his final-year high school studies, Matteo runs the risk of not qualifying for his graduation at all. His academic goals seem to move even further away after he meets Margherita, an older woman with whom he starts an affair. Soon after moving into her artist’s studio, in spite of his cosmopolitan confidence, he begins to worry that she might be cheating on him. As he falls into a vortex of jealousy, he finds it more and more difficult to keep a grip on the situation and bluff his way to graduation.

 

 

 

 Ignorant Fairies    (Le fate ignoranti)
  Sun 16/3 9.30pm      Tue 18/3 7pm
2001/106m   R(A)
  Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek  Cast: Margherita Buy, Stefano   Accorsi, Andrea Renzi, Selma Yilmaz, Gabriel Garko
Antonia and Massimo have been married for over a decade and they live happily in a beautiful house on the outskirts of Rome. Massimo’s sudden death in a car crash throws Antonia into a state of deep mourning, which she bears with the help of her mother, Veronica, and her Filipina housekeeper, Nora. The discovery that Massimo had been unfaithful for the last seven years of his life prompts her to search for her husband’s lover, armed with only a name and an address. The search, however, does not uncover another woman, but instead … a man.
Awards: Best Feature (aGLIFF Award) at Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival (2002) Silver Ribbon Best Actor at Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2001) Silver Ribbon Best Actress at Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2001)

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 Profession of Arms   (Il mestiere delle armi)
  Sun 16/3 7pm      Wed 19/3 9.30pm
2000/105m   NC-16
  Directed by Ermanno Olmi  Cast: Hirsto Jivkov, Sergio   Grammatico, Dessy Tenekedijeva, Sandra Ceccarelli
An account of the final days of Giovanni De Medici, the film evolves into a straightforward but eloquent account of one man's life, as leader of the Papal mercenary army against the German invaders, in the midst of a treacherous time. Occasionally evoking images of Titian and other Renaissance painters, Olmi's film does what historical films so rarely do – immerses you in another way of living and dying, far from our own.

Awards: Best Cinematography at David di Donatello Awards (2002) n Best Costume Design at David di Donatello Awards (2002) Best Director at David di Donatello Awards (2002) Best Editing at David di Donatello Awards (2002) Best Film at David di Donatello Awards (2002) Best Screenplay at David di Donatello Awards (2002) Silver Ribbon Best Cinematography at Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2001)

 My mother's smile   (L'ora religione)
  Tue 18/3 9.30pm
2001/108m   PG
  Directed by Marco Bellocchio  Cast: Sergio Castellitto,
  Jaqueline Lustig, Chiara Conti, Alberto Mondini
Ernesto is a successful artist, who learns from mysterious Don Pugni (secretary to the equally enigmatic Cardinal Piumini) of the Church’s intention of canonizing his own mother. The news is a double blow for Ernesto, who realizes how much he has been kept in the dark about his own family, and cannot reconcile the contrasts between his world as a free, atheistic artist and his mother’s religious piety. The memory of his mother’s smile opens up a gaping chasm that forces him to reconsider the past and to rethink how to live the present
Awards: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention at Cannes Film Festival (2002) Best Actor at European Film Awards (2002) Silver Ribbon Best Actor at Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2002) Silver Ribbon Best Director at Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (2002)

 Clown in Kabul   (Clown a Kabul)
  Sat 15/3 4.30pm      Mon 17/3 9.30pm
2002/75m   PG
  Directed by Enzo Balestrieri, Stefano Moser  Credited Cast Patch   Adams  Languages English, Italian, Pashtu
In February 2002, 23 doctors and 15 volunteers from all over the world set off to Kabul dressed as clowns under the lead of legendary comic doctor Hunter ‘Patch’ Adams. Followed by an Italian film troupe, the team traveled across Afghanistan for three weeks, bringing their ‘smile therapy’ to the hospitals of the Red Cross, Doctors without Frontiers, Emergency, and Indira Ghandi, as well as schools and camps. This is the account of the doctors’ humanitarian expedition in the midst of a tragic reality, and of how they touched the hearts of many unfortunate people.

Nominations: Best Documentary Award at European Film Awards (2002)

 

 Son's Room    (La stanza del figlio)
  Sat 15/3 7pm      Wed 19/3 7pm
2000/99m   R(A)
  Directed by Mar co Ponti   Cast: Stefano Accorsi, Anita   Caprioli,   Libero de Rienzo, Mandala Tayde
Events take a tragic turn when Giovanni postpones a morning jog with his son Andrea, resulting in the son’s death in a diving accident. The film exposes the shattering of Giovanni’s seemingly perfect life, and follows the complexities of his grieving and his struggle to make sense of his loss. Drained of their energies, the parents seem to be running on emotional autopilot. Their lives are finally shaken up when their son’s girlfriend comes on the scene, taking the family on a much-needed transitional journey.
Awards: FIPRESCI Award (Competition) at Cannes Film Festival (2001) Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival (2001) Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) at David di Donatello Awards (2001) Best Film at David di Donatello Awards (2001) Best Music at David di Donatello Awards (2001)
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