A presentation for teachers of educational activities tied to the Magic Lanterns and painted film: Four centuries of cinema exhibition. Afterwards there will be a screening of Davide Ferrario’s film Prima del Cinema. Il meraviglioso spettacolo di lanterna magica (Before Film: The marvellous spectacle of magic lanterns).
The MAGNIFICHE VISIONI (MAGNIFICENT VISIONS) Permanent Festival of Restored Film continues at Cinema Massimo with a screening of Mario Camerini’s Rotaie (Rails) with a live soundtrack provided by Paolo Spaccamonti, Marco Piccirillo, Ramon Moro and Dario Bruna.
Daniele Dottorini presents Alain Badiou’s book Del capello e del fango. Riflessioni sul cinema (Of Hair and Mud: Reflections on Cinema) as part of our tribute to Jean-Luc Godard, part III.
April’s CULT! evening features Gianni Canova’s novel Palpebre
A screening of Pasquale Scimeca’s film La passione di Goisué l’ebreo (The Passion of Joshua the Jew) as part of the Ecce Homo: The face of Jesus in the history of cinema festival
The National Museum of Cinema and the 25th Torino GLBT Film Festival pay tribute to James Ivory
A conference entitled The arts: Let’s discover the book archives of special libraries has been organised to celebrate UNESCO’s World Book and Copyright Day
A roundtable featuring readings from Tullio Pinelli screenplays, read by students of Turin’s Teatro Stabile drama school as part of a tribute to Tullio Pinelli. Afterwards there will be a screening of a video montage about this screenwriter, prepared by Turin’s DAMS college for the performing arts.
A screening of Darren Aronofsky’s film The Wrestler as part of the L’ULTIMO SPETTACOLO / SCHERMI AMERICANI (THE LAST SHOW/AMERICAN SCREENS) festival.
Remembering Chicca Richelmy: the National Museum of Cinema organises an evening dedicated to this Turin-based film director’s work and supporting the activities of the Associazione Chicca Richelmy.
As part of our tribute to Tullio Pinelli, Franco Giraldi presents Federico Fellini’s Il bidone (The Swindle) at Cinema Massimo
A screening of Damiano Damiani’s film L’inchiesta (The Inquiry) as part of the ECCE HOMO: The face of Jesus in the history of film festival
