Paolo Manera
Born in Torino (1967), where he lives with Elena and Sofia and Giacomo The Bad Cat. Since the 80’s musician/composer in independent bands, soundtracks, recordings (w/th Barflies, Bandamanera + vv. partnership). Graduated in Literature with a thesis on Cinema. Since 1989 working for cinema programs/seminars/events (see Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani, Aiace Torino, Archivio Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza, Centre Culturel Français, Centro Studi Cinematografici – C.S.C., Associazione Museo nazionale del Cinema, La Città del Cinema…). Since 1991 film critic and editor (see «Cineforum», «Film», «Il Manifesto», «LaStampa», «L’Indice», Baldini e Castoldi, Einaudi, Il Castoro…). Since 1999 to 2003 in Torino Film Festival – Cinema Giovani as director of the International Short Film Competition, assistant programmer… Since 2000 author/consultant/editor for documentaries, web projects, screenplays, radio and TV (for RaiRadio2, RaiSat, Tele+, La7…). Since 2004 freelance curator/consultant for several associations and festival in Italy and abroad (Mainz, Uppsala, Torino, Imola, Pesaro-SegnaliLuminosi…). Jury member in Regensburg, Uppsala, Lisbon (1st and 2nd IndieLisboa), Imola, Venezia-CircuitoOff, Pantelleria, Torino (CinemAmbiente, SottoDiciotto, Minidoc Contest Documè…)…
Currently (2006) working as:
cinema / media consultant for
Top-IX Torino Piemonte Internet Exchange
dialoguewriter for
Un posto al sole
prod. by Grundy Italia, Rai Fiction, Centro di Produzione Rai di Napoli
http://www.unpostoalsole.rai.it
author / codirector for
La città elettrica / ElectricCity – Torino Rock ’80
prod. by Index / Digit-Blubox
project manager for
Enciclopedia del Cinema in Piemonte
http://www.torinocittadelcinema.it
in the directing board of
Associazione Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Associazione La Città del Cinema
in the board of
Associazione Cinema Giovani
e-mail:
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(selected) bibliography:
L’avanguardia breve, «Il Manifesto», 8/5/2004
Oltre il cancello: appunti su cinema e fabbrica, in A.A., Cinema e lavoro, EDS, 2002
Dal cinema breve al «corto», in AA.VV., I corti – I migliori film brevi da tutto il mondo, Einaudi, Stile Libero Einaudi, 2001
Dossier: Nuovo cinema e nuova scena musicale in Italia 1992-1998, in Cinema italiano. Annuario 1998, Editrice Il Castoro, 1998
Dissonanze, confini, possibilità: la musica in «Gatto nero gatto bianco», in Aa. Vv., Emir Kusturica, Garage – Paravia Scriptorium, 1999
S. Della Casa w/th P. Manera, Cinema italiano. Annuario 2004, Editrice Il Castoro, 2004
S. Della Casa, P. Manera, A. Paolicchi (ed. by), I lungometraggi dell’anno, in Cinema italiano. Annuario 2004, op. cit.
C. Andruetto, P. Manera, Corti 2003, in Cinema italiano. Annuario 2004, op. cit.
S. Della Casa, P. Manera, A. Paolicchi (ed. by), I lungometraggi dell’anno, in P. D’Agostini, S. Della Casa (ed. by), Cinema italiano. Annuario 2003, Editrice Il Castoro, 2002
D. Bracco, S. Della Casa, P. Manera, F. Prono (ed. by), Torino città del cinema, Editrice Il Castoro, 2001
D. Bracco, S. Della Casa, P. Manera, F. Prono (ed. by), Turin berceau du cinéma italien, Editrice Il Castoro / Centre Pompidou, 2000
S. Della Casa, P. Manera, Speciale – I musicarelli, in «Cineforum», n. 310, jan. 1991
AGENDA
2005
january>december
Un posto al sole
prod. by Grundy Italia, Rai Fiction, Centro di Produzione Rai di Napoli
dialogue-writer
http://www.unpostoalsole.rai.it
january>december
Museo Nazionale del Cinema – Fondazione Maria Adriana Prolo
working in the photo archives
january>december
Associazione Museo Nazionale del Cinema
development of the online project Enciclopedia del Cinema in Piemonte
http://www.torinocittadelcinema.it
january>july
La Bottega dell’Immagine / Museo Nazionale del Cinema
consultant for archive footage – Dentro e Fuori / Italiana by Ugo Nespolo
november 25-27
Corto Imola Festival 12th International Short Film Festival
curator of the program
«Short films»:
Aria by Claudio Noce (Italia, 15’)
Carlo by Michael R. Roskam (Belgium, 17’)
Exoticore by Nicolas Provost (Belgium, 27’)
Flat Life by Jonas Geirnaert (Belgium, 11’)
Guard Dog by Bill Plympton (Usa, 5’)
Home Game by Martin Lund (Norway, 10’)
Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine by Peter Tscherkassky (Austria, 17’)
Jestes’ Tam by Anna Kazejak (Poland, 13’)
La Piccola Russia by Gianluigi Toccafondo (Italia, 16’)
Life in Transition by John Dilworth (Usa, 4’10’’)
Marsa Abu Galawa by Gerard Holthuis (The Netherlands, 13’)
Mio Fratello Yang by Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio (Italia, 15’)
My Kind Of Woman by Emanuele Scaringi (Italia, 15’)
Neulich 5 by Jochen Kuhn (Germany, 13’)
Soluzioni di continuità by Davide Pepe (Italia, 14’)
Stabat di Luciano De Fraia (Italia, 7’)
The Last Farm by Runar Runarsson (Iceland, 17’)
The Russel Tribunalen by Staffan Lamm (Sweden, 10’)
Trafic by Catalin Mitulescu (Romania, 15’)
http://www.cortoimolafestival.it
november 16
Web e Media – la sfida della convergenza: Convegno annuale Consorzio TOP-IX / Seminar / Torino (ITALIA)
by TOP-IX Torino Piemonte Internet Exchange / other speakers: Giovanni Ferrero, Silvano Giorcelli, Leonardo Chiariglione, Stefano Parisi, Arduino Patacchini, Stefano Venturi, Stefano Nocentini, Robin Good, Peppino Ortoleva, Giorgio Ferrari, Bruno Pellegrini, Matteo Cascinari, Lele Danesi, Eugenio La Teana, Rafat Alì, Juan Carlos De Martin, Andrea Casalegno, Francesco Bordino
november 11
Giornata di studio Cinema e Comunicazione Sociale / Seminar / Torino (ITALIA)
by Osservatorio Campagne di Comunicazione Sociale (OCCS) – Corso di Laurea in Scienze della Comunicazione dell’Università degli Studi di Torino
curator of the
short film program:
Night mail by Basil Wright, Harry Wyatt (UK, 1936)
De naede fargen by Carl Theodore Dreyer (Denmark, 1948)
Toute la mémoire du monde by Alain Resnais (France, 1956)
La pattuglia del Passo di San Giacomo by Ermanno Olmi (Italia, 1954)
Manon finestra 2 by Ermanno Olmi (Italia, 1956)
september 8
Chomski + OfflagaDiscoPax live at NuvolariLiberaTribù, Parco della Gioventù, Cuneo (ITALIA)
guest vocals on # com’è (solo), # dedicato (i.fossati)
http://www.myspace.com/chomski
may 6-11
1° happening Segnali luminosi Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro (ITALIA)
curator of the program
Le città visibili #1:
City at Night (AMS) by Gerard Holthuis (2000, 9’)
Hong Kong (HKG) by Gerard Holthuis (2000, 13’)
Beacon by Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller (Germania/Portogallo, 2002, 15’)
Grand littoral by Valérie Jouve (Francia, 2003, 20′)
Corpo e meio by Sandro Aguilar (Portogallo, 2001, 25’)
http://www.kontrotempo.it/segnaliluminosi
april 21- may 1
IndieLisboa 2005 – 2° Festival Internacional de cinema independente Lisbon (PORTUGAL)
member of Júri Onda Curta / Onda Curta Jury with João Garção Borges and Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira
and the award goes to…
Phantom Limb by Jay Rosenblatt (USA, 2005, 35mm, b/w-col., 28’)
Fare bene mikles by Christian Angeli (Italia)
Undressing my mother by Ken Wardrop (Ireland)
menção honrosa / honorary mention to Compassos de espera by Pedro Paiva (Portugal)
april 10
Chomski live at Cafè Liber, Torino (ITALIA)
guest vocals on # com’è (solo) + # se cade il cielo (w/th Gigio Bonizio, Tommaso Cerasuolo, Elena Diana, Mario Congiu)
http://www.myspace.com/chomski
april 3
Chomski live at FNAC Torino, Torino (ITALIA)
guest vocals on # com’è (solo)
http://www.myspace.com/chomski
march 30
Chomski + Seppie Fantasma + Bugo Casseta Popular, Grugliasco (Torino) (ITALIA)
guest vocals on # com’è (solo)
http://www.myspace.com/chomski
march 7
Release of Chomski – CD – Stoutmusic / Audioglobe 2005 (ITALIA)
guest on #2· affondare (harmonica) #3· com’è (solo) (words, vocals)
http://www.myspace.com/chomski
march 7–12
Tampere 35th Film Festival Tampere (FINLAND)
attending the festival and the seminar New Digital Distribution Possibilities for Short Film – A European Alternative
http://www.tamperefilmfestival.fi
february 12-17
Berlinale Talent Campus Berlin (GERMANY)
meeting with TOP-IX Torino Piemonte Internet Exchange, Comune di Torino, Berlinale Talent Campus
http://www.berlinale-talentcampus.de
2004
january>december
Un posto al sole
prod. by Grundy Italia, Rai Fiction, Centro di Produzione Rai di Napoli
dialogue-writer
http://www.unpostoalsole.rai.it
october>december
La7 – La 25° ora
program advisor
september>december
Associazione La Città del Cinema
inventory of Basilio Franchina Archive
january / june>september
Rai Radio2
writer for the daily 7 Gradi Longitudine Est w/th Gian Luca Favetto / Bruno Ventavoli / Gianpiero Amandola, curator Vittorio Attamante, director Ermanno Anfossi, tech. Ezio Ivaldi, Ciro Nardone
june>november
RaiSat Cinema World
consultant for the TV special Rock the Movie – in/contro tra cinema e musica, 20 episodes, broadcast December 1-30, coprod. by Comune di Torino / w/th Chiara Pacilli, Paolo Ferrari / curator Ariella Beddini, director Chicca Richelmy, shootings by Enrica Viola – Ernaldo Data, editing Claudio Secco
december 4-20
Festa italiana 2004 Chennai/Madras – Mumbai/Bombay (INDIA)
org. by La Città del Cinema / Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce
film curator, introducing the screenings of Italian feature films, seminar w/th Daniele Gaglianone, Domenico Gargale…
november 27 – december 4
5° SottoDiciotto Filmfestival Torino (ITALIA)
jury member National Competition Under 18 “Extrascuola” w/th Antonella Parigi, Armando Ceste
the awards:
Premio “Fiera Internazionale del Libro”: Cibo by Nina Baratta
Premio Unicef: Marta by Sara Antonaccio, Marco Cerino
II° Premio: Alici nel paese delle meraviglie by Marta Corradi
I° Premio: I.D.A. by Laboratorio Cinematografico del Centro Liberitutti di Bari, coord. by Girolamo Macina
november 17-24
11° Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche / Short Film Week (Germany)
# member of the International Jury w/th Dr. Claudia Gladziejewski & Andrew Blackwell
and the award goes to…
WASP by Andrea Arnold (Uk, 2003)
special mention to Tom Hits His Head by Tom Putnam (Usa 2003)
# invited to curate the special program
Cinema Mi Amor 3:
Un chien andalou by Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dali (France, 1928, 35mm, b/w, 18’)
Felix in Exile by William Kentridge (Südafrika, 1994, 35mm, col., 9’)
Paisà (the episode in Napoli) by Roberto Rossellini (Italia, 1946, 35mm, b/w, 12’ ca.) *
LBJ by Santiago Álvarez (Cuba, 1968, 35mm, col.-b/w, 18’) *
Lohdutusseremonia – Consolation Service by Elija-Liisa Ahtila (Finland, 1999, 35mm, col., 25’)
Härlig Är Jorden – World Of Glory by Roy Andersson (Sweden, 1991, 35mm, col., 14’)
Nightswimming (Long version) by Jem Cohen (Usa, 1993, Beta-Sp, col., 9’)
Hurt (Johnny Cash) by Mark Romanek (Usa, 2003, Beta-Sp, col., 4’)
(* out of def. prog. due to print unavailability)
http://www.regensburger-kurzfilmwoche.de
october 25-29
7° Festival Internazionale CinemAmbiente Torino (ITALIA)
member of the Jury for the International Short Films Competition/Premio Cinemambiente-Città di Torino w/th Merwan Chabane and Anna Di Martino
and the award goes to…
L’evangile du cochon creole by Michelange Quay (Haiti/Francia/Usa 2004)
special mention to Akharin Roustaye Sarshomari Nashdeh by Shahram Alidi (Iran 2003)
october 18-24
23° Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival / International Short Film Festival Uppsala (SWEDEN)
member of the International Jury w/th Romain Roll, Hajo Schomerus, Moira Sullivan, Anne-Marie Söhrman Fermelin
and the awards go to…
Uppsala Grand Prix: Russell Tribunalen (The Russell Tribunal) by Staffan Lamm (Sweden, 2003, 35mm, b/w, 10’)
Special Prize of the Jury: Exoticore by Nicolas Provost (Belgium, 2004, 35mm, col., 27’)
Special Prize of the Jury: Ryan by Chris Landreth (Canada, 2004, 35mm, col., 14’)
Honorable Mention: Marsa Abu Galawa by Gerald Holthuis (The Netherlands, 2004, 35mm, col., 13’)
Honorable Mention: Haravyi (Sunrise) by Yannis Katsamboulas (Greece, 2003, 35mm, col., 17’)
# curator of the special program
Fokus Italien
In Utero by Ila Bêka (Italia-France, 2002, 35mm, col. 11’)
L’ultimo rimasto in piedi (The Last One Standing) by Ugo Capolupo (Italia, 2001, 35mm, col., 15’)
Maria Jesus by Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio (Italia, 2003, 35mm, col., 13’)
Ritratto di bambino (Portrait of a Child) by Gianluca Iodice (Italia, 2002, 35mm, b/w, 16’)
Il naso storto (The Crooked Nose) by Antonio Ciano (Italia, 2003, 35mm, col., 15’)
Cassa Veloce (Express Checkout) by Francesco Falaschi (Italia, 2003, 35mm, col., 10’)
Racconto di Guerra (War Tale) by Mario Amura (Italia, 2003, 35mm, col., 19’)
Rue de Varenne by Elisabetta Sgarbi (Italia, 2002, 35mm, b/w, 8’)
La partita (The Match) by Ursula Ferrara (Italia, 2002, 35mm, col., 4’)
Deadline by Massimo Coglitore (Italia, 2002, 35mm, col., 14’)
La funambola (The Tightrope-Walker) by Roberto Catani (Italia, 2002, 35mm, col., 6’)
Playgirl by Fabio Tagliavia(Italia, 2002, 35mm, col., 14’)
Essere morti o essere vivi è la stessa cosa (To Live and To Die is The Same Thing) di Gianluigi Toccafondo (Italia, 2000, 35mm, col., 3’)
L’ultimo pistolero (The Last Gunman) by Alessandro Dominici (Italia, 2002, 35mm, b/w, 10’)
La visita (The Visit) by Andrea De Rosa (Italia, 2002, 35mm, col., 18’)
Winterspleen by François Farellacci, Laura Lamanda (Italia-France, 2003, 35mm, col., 18’)
Tengo la posizione (Getting in position) by Simone Massi (Italia, 2001, Betacam, b/w-col., 4’)
Piccola mare (Tiny Sea) by Simone Massi (Italia, 2003, Betacam, col., 4’)
Senza Terra / Sem Terra (Landless) by César Meneghetti, Elisabetta Pandimiglio (Italia, 2001, DV, col., 13’)
Untitled (Rambo) by Rä Di Martino (Italia-UK, 2003, Betacam, col., 3’)
Gas by Claudio Noce (Italia, 2003, MiniDV, col., 21’)
Da qui, sopra il mare by Mauro Santini (Italia, 2004, DV, col., 10’)
Sanpeet (Poison) by Giuseppe Petitto, Enrico Pitzianti, Gianluca Pulcini (Italia, 2001, Beta-sp, col., 27’)
http://www.shortfilmfestival.com
september 28>october 30
Comunicare l’azione umanitaria / Exposition in Museo Diffuso della Resistenza, della Deportazione, della Guerra, dei Diritti e della Libertà – Torino (ITALIA)
director of the cinema/video section
screenings and seminar on the special program Cinema e azione umanitaria: «Scenarios from Africa», short films1998-2004 from Burkina Faso, Chad, Nigeria, Mali, Mauritania… by Idrissa Ouédraogo, Fanta Régina Nacro, Cheick Oumar Sissoko, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Hamet Fall Diane, Olga Kiswendsida Ouédraogo, Newton Aduaka, Abderrahmane Sissako…
http://www.museodiffusotorino.it
http://www.globaldialogues.org
september 24-october 2
IndieLisboa 2004 – 1° Festival Internacional de cinema independente Lisbon (PORTUGAL)
member of International Jury with Augusto M. Seabra, Emmanuel Burdeau, João Pedro Rodrigues, Jukka-Pekka Laakso
and the awards go to…
Grande Prémio de Longa Metragem: Le Monde Vivant de Eugéne Green
Grande Prémio de Curta Metragem Sagres Preta: Con qué la lavaré? by Maria Trénor
Prémio Tóbis para o Melhor Filme Português: Lisboetas by Sérgio Tréfaut
june 2
5° Deutsch-Französisches Kurzfilm-Rendezvous Mainz (GERMANY)
curator of the special program
Spécial italie-Paesaggi in movimento: Italienische Kurzfilme aus den jahren 2000-2004
In Utero by Ila Bêka (Italia-France, 2002, 35mm, 11’)
L’ultimo rimasto in piedi (The Last One Standing) by Ugo Capolupo (Italia, 2001, 35mm, 15’)
Maria Jesus by Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio (Italia, 2003, 35mm, 13’)
Ritratto di bambino (Portrait of a Child) by Gianluca Iodice (Italia, 2002, 35mm, 16’)
Il naso storto (The Crooked Nose) by Antonio Ciano (Italia, 2003, 35mm, 15’)
Cassa Veloce (Express Checkout) by Francesco Falaschi (Italia, 2003, 35mm, 10’)
Racconto di Guerra (War Tale) by Mario Amura (Italia, 2003, 35mm, 19’)
http://www.kurzfilm-rendezvous.de
http://www.cinemayence.de/kurzfilmrendezvous.html
may 5-15
Ciklus talijanskog filma – Torino, kolijevka talijanskog filam Zagreb (CROATIA)
film curator, introducing the screenings of Italian feature films, seminar w/th Angela Larotella, Alberto Barbera, Domenico Gargale, Mato Kukuljica, Dario Markovic, Hrvoje Turkovic
april 29-may 4
50th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen / International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (GERMANY)
covering the festival for «IlManifesto» / 1st exit as freelance curator
march 26-30
Turinas-Pjemontas: Italijos kino miestas ir žem? – 6 autoriniai film Vilnius (LITHUANIA)
film curator, introducing the screenings of Italian feature films, seminar w/th Alessandra Bertini Malgarini, Daniele Gaglianone, Arunas Matelis, Domenico Gargale, Izolda Keidosiute, Rita Marchiori, Saulius Macaitis, Paola Monaci Bistolfi, Paolo Manera, Rasa Paukstyte, Zivile Pipinyte, Vida Ramaskiene
february
Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont Ferrand Clermont Ferrand (FRANCE)
http://www.clermont-filmfest.com
2003
january>december
Torino Film Festival
curator of the
International Short Film Competition:
A 78-As Szent Johannája by Kornél Mundruczó (Hungary, 2002, 35mm, 27’)
Babes in Toyland by Ry Russo-Young – Clara Latham (Usa, 2003, 35mm, 10’)
Grand Littoral by Valérie Jouve (France, 2003, 35mm, 20’)
I Have Seen My Mother Dancing in the Clouds by Ila Bêka (Italia, 2003, 35mm, 6’)
Ich und das Universum – Me and the Universe by Hajo Schomerus (Germany, 2003, 35mm, 14’)
Je n’ai jamais tué personne by Eduard Deluc (France, 2002, 35mm, 18’)
Mandala by Jennny Jansdotter (Sweden, 2002, 35mm, 10’)
Mar de diamante by Alfonso Nogueroles (Spain, 2003, 35mm, 8’)
O Nom E O N.I.M. by Inês Oliveira (Portugal, 2003, 35mm, 25’)
Sekmadienis. Evangelija pagal liftininka Albertas / Sunday Sekmadienis by Arunas Matelis (Lithuania, 2003, 35mm, 19’)
Sunttig / Sunday by Barbara Kulcsar (Switzerland, 2003, 35mm, 10’)
Viandes by Bruno Deville (Switzerland, 2003, 35mm, 11)
Waiting by Aditya Assarat (Thailandia, 2002, 35mm, 24’)
Winterspleen by François Farellacci, Laura Lamanda (Italia-France, 2003, 35mm, 18’ )
january>december
Un posto al sole
prod. by Grundy Italia, Rai Fiction, Centro di Produzione Rai di Napoli
dialogue-writer
http://www.unpostoalsole.rai.it
january>december
Torino città del cinema
web project by Associazione Museo Nazionale del Cinema / La Città del Cinema
project manager / editor
http://www.torinocittadelcinema.it
june>september / december
Rai Radio2
writer for the daily 7 Gradi Longitudine Est w/th Gian Luca Favetto, curator Vittorio Attamante, director Ermanno Anfossi, tech. Ezio Ivaldi, Ciro Nardone
december 3-8
Corto Imola Festival 10th International Short Film Festival Imola (ITALIA)
member of the International Jury w/th Corso Salani and M. Deborah Farina
the awards:
Flamenco by Anna and Ewa Kulinska / special mention to Bunarman by Branko Istvancic
Ostende by Ilka Schulz
Desert Holiday Nightmare by Finn & Bert Deivert
Time Streams by Stephanie Maxwell & Allan Schindler
http://www.cortoimolafestival.it
september
3° Medi-Art International Film Festival Pantelleria (ITALIA)
member of the Jury (president) w/th Francesco Stella, Roberto Bessi, Alessandro Alongi, Alessandro Di Cola
awards:
Glory Box by Alessandro Aronadio
special mention to Senza terra by Elisabetta Pandimiglio-Cesare Meneghetti
Fish in the sea is not thirsty by Soopum Soon (South Corea)
La camera chiara by Antonello Matarazzo
july
Curtas Vila do Conde Internacional Film Festival Vila do Conde (PORTUGAL)
may
Festival de Cannes Cannes (FRANCE)
may
49th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen / International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (GERMANY)
march
Biennale des Jeunes Créateurs d’Europe et de la Méditerranée – BJCEM
member of Selection Commitee Cinema/Video-Piemonte w/th Alessandro Amaducci, Umberto Mosca
february
Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont Ferrand Clermont Ferrand (FRANCE)
http://www.clermont-filmfest.com
2002
january>december
Torino Film Festival
director of International Short Film Competition, assistant programmer, consultant for web projects
International Short Film Competition 2002:
Gunplay by Stefanie Berk (Usa, 2002, 35mm, 14’)
Premier Aôut by Johann Buchholz (France, 2002, 35mm, 8’)
La visita by Andrea De Rosa (Italia, 2002, 35mm, 18’)
Watermark by Damon Fepulea’I (New Zealand, 2001, 35mm, 12’)
Comme un seul homme by Jean-Louis Gonnet (France, 2001, 35mm, 15’)
Antychryst by Adam Guzin’ski (Poland, 2002, 35mm, 15’)
Ritratto di bambino by Gianluca Iodice (Italia, 2002, 35mm, 13’)
Skin Deep by Yousaf Ali Khan (Uk, 2001, 35mm, 13’)
17 minute înterziere by Catalin Mitulescu (Romania, 2002, 35mm, 10’)
Mulishani Maulishani by Johan Palmgren (Sweden, 2001, 35mm, 35’)
Na idade da imagem ou projecão nas cavernas by Bruno Safadi (Brasil, 2002, 35mm, 20’)
La Mort en exil by Ayten Mutlu Saray (Switzerland, 2001, 35mm, 26’)
Heim by Matthias Schellenberg (Germany, 2002, 35mm, 19’)
Dream Work by Peter Tscherkassky (Austria, 2001, 35mm, 11’)
july
Curtas Vila do Conde Internacional Film Festival Vila do Conde (PORTUGAL)
may
Festival de Cannes Cannes (FRANCE)
may
49th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen / International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (GERMANY)
february
Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont Ferrand Clermont Ferrand (FRANCE)
http://www.clermont-filmfest.com
january>may
Big Torino 2002 – Biennale Internazionale Arte Giovane Torino (ITALIA)
member of the Artistic Committee w/th Michelangelo Pistoletto (Artistic Director), Giacinto di Pietrantonio, Calc Laboratorio Cultural, Corinne Diserens, Gianfranco Capitta, Vittorio Castellani Aka Kumalè, Stefano Della Casa, Christian Marclay, Aldo Nove
curator of the special program
#1 New Directors:
Boogie Woogie Daddy by Erik Bäfving (Sweden, 2002, 35mm, col., 13’)
100 years in search of loneliness by Marina Kondratieva (Ukraine, 2000, 35mm, b/w, 20’)
Howrah Howrah by Till Passow (Germany / India, 2001, 35mm, col., 26’)
Null Deficit / Zero Deficit by Ruth Mader (Austria, 2001, 35mm, col., 11’)
Corpo e meio by Sandro Aguilar (Portugal, 2001, 35mm, col., 26’)
Heidi Island by Laurence Stajic (Svizzera, 2001, Beta / 35mm, col., 20’)
L’antre De by Anouk Garcia (Francia, 2001, Beta Digital, col., 6’)
Mama / Mother by Oksana Buraja (Lithuania, 2000-2001, Betacam SP, col., 16’30”)
Ritratto di un campione by Estelle Herbin / Alberto Coletta (Italia, 2001, Betacam SP, col., 11’)
special program #2 European Classics (w/th European Coordination of Film Festivals):
Inflation by Hans Richter (Germany, 1927/28, 35mm, 3′)
Regen by Joris Ivens, Mannus Franken (Olanda, 1929, 35mm, 12′)
Nogent Eldorado du dimanche by Marcel Carné (France, 1930, 35mm, 16′)
Histoire du soldat inconnu by Henri Storck (Belgium, 1932, 35mm, 10′)
En Kluven Varld by Arne Sucksdorff (Sweden, 1948, 35mm, 8′)
Contadini del mare by Vittorio De Seta (Italia, 1955, 35mm, 10′)
Nice Time by Claude Goretta, Alain Tanner (UK, 1957, 35mm, 17′)
Capriccio by Ole Askman (Denmark, 1967, 35mm, 5′)
special program #2 Italian Classics (w/th Scuola Nazionale di Cinema – Cineteca Nazionale):
Gente del Po by Michelangelo Antonioni (Italia, 1943/47, 35mm, 10’)
N. U. (Nettezza Urbana) by Michelangelo Antonioni (Italia, 1948, 35mm, 11’)
L’amorosa menzogna by Michelangelo Antonioni (Italia, 1949, 35mm, 11’)
Barboni by Dino Risi (Italia, 1946, 35mm, 10’)
Portatrici di pietre by Florestano Vancini (Italia, 1952, 35mm, 10’)
Variazioni a Comacchio by Florestano Vancini (Italia, 1955, 35mm, 10’)
Il mercato delle facce by Valerio Zurlini (Italia, 1952, 35mm, 12’)
Venezia minore by Francesco Pasinetti (Italia, 1942, 35mm, 16’)
Bianchi pascoli by Luciano Emmer ed Enrico Gras (Italia, 1947, 35mm, 13’)
Bambini in città by Luigi Comencini (Italia, 1946, 35mm, 15’)
2001
january>december
Torino Film Festival
director of International Short Film Competition, member of Associazione Cinema Giovani
International Short Film Competition 2001:
Le pain by Hiam Abbass (France, 2000, 35mm, 18’)
Palíndromo by Philippe Barcinski (Brasil, 2000, 35mm, 11’)
Einspruch II – Objection II by Rolando Colla (Switzerland, 2000, 35mm, 7’)
Pout’- Fair by David Duponchel (Czech Republic, 2000, 35mm, 5’)
Der braune Faden by Volker Elas (Germany, 2000, 35 mm, 14’)
Blocco 101 by Daniele Gaglianone (Italia, 2001, 35 mm, 11’)
Helicopter by Ari Gold (USA, 2000, 35mm, 21’)
O Inventário de Natal by Miguel Gomes (Portugal, 2000, 35mm, 22’)
Una serata con il dottor Hoffmann by Thorsten Kirchhoff (Italia, 2001, 35mm, 6’)
Muno by Bouli Lanners (Belgium, 2001, 35mm, 21’)
Duel by Philippe Mach (Switzerland, 2000, 35mm, 20’)
Un oiseau dans le plafond by Céline Macherel (France-Switzerland, 2000, 35 mm, 15’)
She’s racing by Kirstin Marcon (New Zeland, 2000, 35mm, 8’)
Bucuresti – Wien 8: 15 by Catalin Mitulescu (Romania, 2000, 35 mm, 13’)
Onnenpeli 2001 by Aleksi Salmenperä (Finland, 2001, 35mm, 30’)
Veta by Teona Strugar Mitevska (Macedonia/Usa, 2000, 35mm, 14’)
Lollipops by Graham Tallman (Canada, 2001, 35 mm, 8’)
january>december
L’Indice dei libri del mese
reviewing noir novels
december 4
Screening / Seminar I corti – I migliori film brevi da tutto il mondo Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma (ITALIA)
introducing the book+VHS I corti – I migliori film brevi da tutto il mondo, Einaudi, Stile Libero Einaudi, 2001 / other speakers: Marino Sinibaldi, Mario Sesti, Ferzan Ozpetek, Alessandro Faes Belgrado
october
Subsonica – Amorematico / album Mescal 2002
invited to work on lyrics, and cowrite Gradi di solitudine (outtake in the final edit)
september 21
Cinema in Diretta Festival Saint-Vincent (ITALIA)
La sceneggiatura del cortometraggio /seminar / other speakers: Vincenzo Cerami, Rita Rusic, Giuliano Montaldo
http://www.promoval.it/CinemaInDiretta
july
Curtas Vila do Conde Internacional Film Festival Vila do Conde (PORTUGAL)
may
Festival de Cannes Cannes (FRANCE)
may
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen / International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (GERMANY)
february
Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont Ferrand Clermont Ferrand (FRANCE)
http://www.clermont-filmfest.com
2000
january>december
Torino Film Festival
director of International Short Film Competition
International Short Film Competition 2000:
The Right Hook by Luke Greenfield (Usa, 2000, 35mm, 10′)
English Goodbye by Andy Heathcote (Uk, 1999, 35mm, 12′)
Raconte by Guillaume Malandrin (Belgium, 2000, 35mm, 18′)
L’horizon perdu by Laïla Marrakchi (France-Morocco, 2000, 35mm, 12′)
Chambre froide by Olivier Masset-Depasse (Belgium-France, 2000, 35mm, 27′)
Abe’s Manhood by Aubrey Nealon (Canada, 2000, 35mm, 15′)
Tout est bien by Vincent Pluss (Switzerland, 2000, 35mm, 20′)
In God We Trust by Jason Reitman (Usa, 1999, 35mm, 16′)
Schäfchen Zählen – Counting Sheepsby Sven Taddicken (Germany, 1999, 35mm, 25′)
La Valise by Charlotte Walior (France, 2000, 35mm, 18′)
As Terças da Bailarina Gorda / The Fat Dancer’s Tuesday by Jeanne Waltz (Portugal, 2000, 35mm, 21′)
Crvene Gumene Chizme – Red Rubber Boots by Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnia Erzegovina, 35mm, 2000, 18′)
september
La giacca by Luciano Perretti (Italia, 2000, 35mm, 23′)
original soundtracks w/th Alessio Morena
director, script (from an idea by Gianni Francioni), screenplay, producer: Luciano Perretti / photography: Alfieri Canavero / editing: Marco Cieli / sound: Giuseppe Perotti / cast: Franco Abba,Emanuela Tittocchia, Mario Fasano, Stefania Rosso, Tiziana Catalano, Bruno Gambarotta
july
Curtas Vila do Conde Internacional Film Festival Vila do Conde (PORTUGAL)
may
Festival de Cannes Cannes (FRANCE)
may
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen / International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (GERMANY)
april /may
Gladiatori – Reportage sul cinema hard italiano by Maria Martinelli (Italia, 2000, DV CAM>35mm, 75’)
consultant (w/th Mauro Bartoli) / director: Maria Martinelli / photography: Luigi Martinucci / music: Enzo Casucci / editing: Giusi Santoro / produzione: Tele+ – Minnie Ferrara per Minnie Ferrara & Associati
april-may
Film/a/to by Ugo Nespolo
consultant / director: Ugo Nespolo / photography: Bruno Dreossi / prod. by Associazione Museo Nazionale del Cinema for Centre Pompidou
january>may
Turin berceau du cinéma italien Centre Pompidou, Paris (FRANCE)
assistant programmer / coeditor for catalogue – D. Bracco, S. Della Casa, P. Manera, F. Prono (ed. by), Turin berceau du cinéma italien, Editrice Il Castoro / Centre Pompidou, 2000
january>may
Big Torino 2000 Biennale Arte Emergente
Working in the artistic committee: Daniele Brolli, Natasha Celati, Denis Curti, Guy Daremt, Luca De Gennaro, Stefano Della Casa, Robert Fleck, Mik Flood, Mani Gotovac, Eric Marinitsch, Cristina Morozzi, Carlo Petrini, Chantal Prod’Hom, Paolo Repetti, Emanuele Trevi
Cinema – Short Films
Island by Irena Joannides (Cypro-Canada, 1999, col., 10’)
Wanted by Milla Moianen (Finland, 1998, 35mm, col., 11’)
L’affaire este dans le sac poubelle by Alexis Dantec (France, 1998, 35mm, col., 5’30’’)
Go to Shangai by Daniela Abke & Dorothee Brüwer (Germany, 1999, 35mm, b/n, 15’)
Hell for Leather by Dominik Sherrer (UK-Switzerland, 1998, 35mm, b/n, 28’)
Il giorno che ho ucciso il mio amico soldato by Costanza Quatriglio (Italia, 1999, 35mm, col., 15’)
Van schaft tot schaft by Rob Smits & Britta Hosman (The Netherlands, 1999, 35mm, col., 10’)
El topo e y nada by Grojo (Spain, 1999, 35mm, col., 8’)
Paolo Leonardo – Spazio Libera Affissione by Simone Mussat Sartor (Italia, 1999, video, 15’)
Put by Aleksandra Jelic (Serbia, 1999, video, 25’)
El cuerpo di Francisco J. Gutierrez (Spain, 1999, Betacam, 24’)
Cinema – Live Original Soundtracks
April 9/10, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Torino
Painé (Italia) + Le chien andalou–L’Age d’or by Bunuel-Dalì, 1929-30, 90’ ca.
Traveler, Neucleus, Dacosta Djs (Berlin, Germany) + Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam by Paul Wegener, 1920, 95′
Biennale Off:
Greta by Luca Patrizi (Italia, 1999, 16mm, 9’)
Casa mia by Doris Drescher (Italia, 1999, video, 5’)
La legge by Francesca Tosco Donato (Italia, 1999, video, 6’)
Estratto da un incubo febbrile by Paola Barone e Marco Testa (Italia, 1999, video, 8’)
Vetro by Gruppo Kiddd’z (Italia, 1999, video 3’)
“Se la vita è meglio, butti via la telecamera…” by Enrica Viola (Italia, 1998, video, 35’)
february
Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont Ferrand Clermont Ferrand (FRANCE)
attending the festival / attending the meeting of European Coordination of Film Festival to define the program “Europe in Shorts 5” / other participants: Richard Turco, Piero Clemente, Miguel Dias, Alberto Sanchez, Vanessa Strizzi, Hilke Doering, Kirsi Kinnunen, Antoine Leclerc, Stavros Chassapis, Astrid Kuhl, Karen Nordentoff, Gilbert le Traon, François Ballay, Laurence Deloire, Marc Rigoll, Marie-Josè Carta, Pierre Duculot, Clotilde Nicole
Europe in Shorts 5:
Inflation by Hans Richter (Germania, 1927/28, 35mm, 3′)
Regen by Joris Ivens, Mannus Franken (Olanda, 1929, 35mm, 12′)
Nogent Eldorado du dimanche by Marcel Carné (France, 1930, 35mm, 16′)
Histoire du soldat inconnu by Henri Storck (Belgium, 1932, 35mm, 10′)
En Kluven Varld by Arne Sucksdorff (Sweden, 1948, 35mm, 8′)
Contadini del mare by Vittorio De Seta (Italia, 1955, 35mm, 10′)
Nice Time by Claude Goretta, Alain Tanner (UK, 1957, 35mm, 17′)
Capriccio by Ole Askman (Denmark, 1967, 35mm, 5′)
http://www.clermont-filmfest.com
1999
january>december
Torino Film Festival
# director of the International Short Film Competition
TFF International Short Film Competition 1999:
En Face by Medhi Ben Attia, Zina Modiano (France, 1999, 35mm, 27’)
Psy-Show by Marina de Van (France, 1999, 35mm, 20’)
Grind by Greg Eliason (Usa, 1998, 35mm, 12’)
Minim by Chris Forster (Uk, 1999, 35mm, 16’)
Rio Vermelho – Red as the River by Raquel Freire (Portugal, 1999, 35mm, 15’)
Entretanto – Meanwhile by Miguel Gomes (Portugal, 1999, 35mm, 24’)
Ha-Yoo – A Day by Park Heung-sik (South Corea, 1999, 35mm, 18’)
Ziarat – Pilgrimage by Mehdi Jafari (Iran, 1999, 35mm, 29’)
Platonische Liebe – Platonic Love by Philipp Kadelbach (Germany, 1999, 16mm, 10’)
Blush by Barbara Kulcsar (Switzerland, 1999, 35mm, 10’)
The Offering by Paul Lee (Canada, 1999, 35mm, 10’)
Elimination Dance by Bruce McDonald, Don McKellar, Michael Ondaatje (Canada, 1998, 35mm, 9’)
Anna! by Costanza Quatriglio (Italia, 1998, 35mm, 9’)
Vita Reducta by Tom Schreiber (Germany, 1999, 35mm, 14’)
Desserts by Jeff Stark (Uk, 1998, 35mm, 4’)
De Zone by Ben Van Lieshout (The Netherlands, 35mm, 18’)
# curator w/th Giuseppe Gariazzo of
Tribute to Idrissa Ouédraogo
meeting w/th the director and screenings of:
Poko (Burkina Faso, 1981, 16mm, 18’)
Les Écuelles (Burkina Faso, 1983, 16mm, 11’)
Les Funérailles du Larlé Naaba (Burkina Faso, co-regia Pierre Rouamba, 1984, 16mm, 30’)
Ouagadougou, Ouaga deux roues (Burkina Faso, 1985, 16mm, 18’)
Issa le tisserand (Burkina Faso, 1985, 16mm, 20’)
Tenga (Burkina Faso, 1986, 16mm, 33’)
A Karim na Sala (France/Burkina Faso, 1991, 16/35mm, 90’)
Gorki (France/Burkina Faso, 1993, 16mm/Betacam, 23’)
Afrique mon Afrique (France, 1994, 16/35mm, 53’)
Les parias du cinéma (Switzerland, 1997, 35mm, 5’14’’)
Obi (UK, 1992, 16mm, 52’)
Scénarios du Sahel: Le guerrier (UK, France, 1997, 35mm/Betacam, 7’)
Scénarios du Sahel: La boutique (UK, France, 1997, 35mm/Betacam, 3’)
Scénarios du Sahel: Pour une fois (UK, France, 1997, 35mm/Betacam, 3’)
Pleurs de femmes (Burkina Faso, 1999, Betacam, 3‘)
Kadi jolie (Francia/Burkina Faso, 1999, Betacam, 12’)
january>december
Aiace Torino
introducing feature films for school classes and cineclubs in Torino/Piemonte
july
Curtas Vila do Conde Internacional Film Festival Vila do Conde (PORTUGAL)
may
Festival de Cannes Cannes (FRANCE)
may
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen / International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (GERMANY)
february
Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont Ferrand Clermont Ferrand (FRANCE)
http://www.clermont-filmfest.com
?
Steve Earle live at Teatro Colosseo Torino (ITALIA)
opening act vocals+guitar
? it was spring I think
Rassegna “Musica d’autore” Zoo Bar, Torino (ITALIA)
solo act vocals+guitar / other acts: Kristin Hersh, Mark Eitzel, Steve Wynn, Robyn Hitchcok, Elliot Murphy, Jonathan Richman, Lalli, Diaframma, Andrea Chimenti…
1998
december ?
Paolo Manera live Hiroshima Mon Amour, Torino (ITALIA)
solo act vocals+guitars “credevo che eri morto tour #1”
http://www.hiroshimamonamour.org
august>november
Torino Film Festival – Cinema Giovani
selection committee of the International Short Film Competition
TFF International Short Film Competition 1998:
É Só Um Minuto – Just One Minute by Pedro Caldas (Portogallo, 1998, 35mm, 13′)
History of the World in 8 Minutes by Loren-Paul Caplin (Usa, 1998, 16mm, 8′)
Uomo di carta by Massimo Coglitore (Italia, 1998, 35mm, 12′)
Fetch by Lynn-Maree Danzey (Australia, 1998, 35mm, 7’)
A Good Lie by Ronald Eltanal (Usa, 1998, 35mm, 17’)
L’interview by Xavier Giannoli (France, 1997, 35mm, 17′)
Kinniku Influenza – The Influence of Muscle by Ken Arima, Keiji Ichikawa (Japan, 1997, 16mm, 11′)
Pas de deux by Matthias Lehmann (Germany, 1997, 35mm, 15′)
En desespoir de cause by Vincent Loury (France, 1998, 35mm, 25′)
Fatal Extraction by Colin McKeown (Ireland, 1998, 35mm, 8′)
Kelibia/Mazara by Gianfranco Pannone (Italia, 1998, 35mm, 12′)
Sell Your Body, Now! by Marco Puccioni (Italia, 1998, 35mm, 10′)
Noc Je, Mi Svijetlimo – Let’s Light Up The Night by Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnia-Erzegovina, 1998, 16mm, 14′)
Le cercle by Manuel Schapira (France, 1998, 35mm, 10′)
Hotel Belgrad by Andrea Staka (Switzerland, 1998, 35mm, 13′)
Achshav Rachmaninov – And Now Rachmaninov by Daniel Syrkin (Israel, 1998, 16mm, 12′, col.)
Zita – Geschichten Über Todsünden / Zita – A Brief Film About Sloth by Christian Wagner (Germany, 1998, 35mm, 25′)
Abattages by Joël Warnant (France-Belgium, 1998, 35mm, 19′)
1967>1997
Born in Torino, 1967
Maturità scientifica – X Liceo Scientifico “Marie Curie” Grugliasco (Torino)
Graduated in Literature – Università degli Studi di Torino – with a thesis on Storia e Critica del Cinema (Distribuzione ed esercizio cinematografico in Piemonte dal 1945 al 1977, 110/110 cum laude)
Since 1986 to 1989 working as sound/stage technician for MdV-MusicaDalVivo and freelance
Since 1989 working for cinema programs/events/seminars in associations and institutions as Museo Nazionale del Cinema – Fondazione Maria Adriana Prolo, Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani (then Torino Film Festival), Aiace Torino, Archivio Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza, Centre Culturel Français Torino, C.S.C. Centro Studi Cinematografici
Since 1991 film critic, with essays and reviews on «Cineforum» and «Film», and being part of the editorial team for Dizionario dei film di Paolo Mereghetti (Baldini & Castoldi, 1993).
Since the 80’s, musician/composer in independent bands, live concerts/festivals in Italia France Spain, recordings, soundtracks, radio and tv broadcasting (Rai2, Rai3, VideoMusic, RaiRadio2, Radio Popolare Network…)
main stories:
– The Wailing Noise Band (w/th Maurizio Burco, Davide Sgorlon, Davide Buccoliero, Walter D’Errico, Andrea Magnoleretto): 1984, vocals-harmonica
– Barflies (w/th Enrico Manera, Marco Pazzi + Riccardo Balbo / Josh Sanfelici / Andrea Vannelli / Claudio Burdese): 1988-1991, founder singer guitars songwriter producer
– Bandamanera (w/th Enrico Manera, Alessandro Romero, Mario Congiu): 1992-1998, founder singer guitars songwriter producer
– from 1994 to 1997 coproducer/co-author w/th Stefano Giaccone & Lalli (ex Franti)
on CD:
Bandamanera, Bandamanera (1994, MusicaRomantica # 001, 5 tracks)
+
Howth Castle, The Lee Tide (1996, Inisheer) P.M. electric guitar/producer on 2 tracks (#? lost the cd…)
Stefano Giaccone (as Tony Buddenbrook), Le stesse cose ritornano (1997, on/off rec.) P.M. electric/acoustic guitars / coproducer
soundtracks:
La parola amore esiste by Mimmo Calopresti (Italia, 1998, 35mm, col., 90’): Bandamanera w/th 1 song # Solo un sogno
Filo Rosso by Claudio Paletto – Pier Milanese (Italia, 1996, Beta, col.-b/w, 18′): w/th S. Giaccone, M. Congiu, E. Manera