Guests included Michel Ocelot, Terry Gilliam, Emiliano Corapi, honorary citizenship to the director Lone Scherfig, previews and special events.
from 9 July , in the main square of Montone (PG), It will be the twenty-third edition of Umbria Film Festival with preview screenings of feature films, a short film competition, with a jury of children, but also special events, conferences, a photo exhibition and meetings of directors with the public.
Festival Guest, The writer-director Lone Scherfig (Their Finest; Italian for Beginners; An Education – Audience Award at Sundance), will receive, Thursday 11 July at 12:00 at the Council Chamber, Honorary Citizenship of Montone in the presence of the Danish Ambassador to Italy.
The ceremony also attended by the Honorary President of the festival, Terry Gilliam, as a token of friendship and esteem for the Danish director and Borgo. Furthermore, Sunday 14 July will be delivered, as is tradition, the Keys of the City of Montone Michel Ocelot, director of cult animated films like Kirikou and the witch Karaba eAzur and Asmar ". The director Saturday 13 July will hold a Masterclass Screenplay and present, Italian preview, his latest film, The Kindness of Strangers, already opening film at the Berlinale 2019.
The guest of honor of this edition, French director Michel Ocelot, that will receive the Keys of the City of Montone.
Following a successful formula, the festival offers, every night starting at 21.30 , first feature film, screenings of short children, which they will be judged by a jury of children of local schools. Works from Russia, France, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United States, Ireland, Switzerland, Great Britain and South Korea.
Inaugurating the festival Tuesday 9 July, at 22:00, The premiere screening of the Belgian feature Pour vivre heureux, to duet by Sarah Salima Glamine and Dimitri Linder. The story of Amel and Mashir, two young Brussels who love each other in secret from parents and friends. When the Mashir family decides to do to marry her cousin, their whole world collapses…
Italian Preview, Wednesday 10 July, for the Irish feature Rosie, directed by Paddy Breathnach, present at festival.Scritto by Roddy Doyle, the film, presented at TIFF 2018, It is masterfully played by Sarah Greene, It is the story of a mother of four children who must protect his family, He left without a house after the owner decided to sell. The director will meet the audience after the screening.
Italian preview for the Finnish feature film Tuntematon Mestari -One last deal, diretto as Klaus Härö, (Elina; swordsman – nominated for Academy Awards 2016), screened on Thursday evening 11 July. And 'the story of an elderly merchant of art next to retirement. During an auction, an old painting captures his attention, suspecting that is worth much more than the reported price. The man decides to groped his last deal ... Other feature film presented, Friday 12 July, the brand new Italian film The Love Home, comedy written and directed by Emiliano Corapi (author of the award-winning On the way home), interpreted by Miriam Leone, Anna Ferruzzo, Simon Liberati, Fabrizio Rongione, Luciano Marchetti and Renato Scarpa. Sentimentalmente hearted?, Renato has always kept away from relationships that really coinvolgessero. But when he discovers that the charming Anna, known for the case, It is locked up under house arrest, He decides for once to let go. In that house, where the only man without rival, He is convinced he can control the situation. But in love there are no safe streets and soon the situation is complicated. Emiliano Corapi present the film to the public.
The Saturday 13 July opens at 17:00 at the Church of St. Francis with the award ceremony of short Action Movies, the awarding of diplomas and the screening of short films made by the classes of kindergarten and primary school Montone. The director and scriptwriter Dane Lone Scherfig will present at 22:00, Italian preview, his latest film, The Kindness of Strangers. The film tells of the young mother Clara, in New York with her two children on the run from her husband, a violent cop. Clara and the family will have to face the reality of street life. In this difficult time, Clara finds, through meetings with other, not alone. From unexpected coincidences and the kindness of strangers can come out surprising results.
The final day of the festival, Sunday 14 July, starts at 16:00 at the Church of San Francesco, with the screening of the short Umbriametraggi competition, with the work of the Umbrian videomaker. The evening opens at 19:00 the concert in the square of the Philharmonic Society Fortinbras Fortinbras arm, following the awarding of the short children's competition. The evening will be devoted then the director of the cult animated film Michel Ocelot, that will receive the Keys of the City of Montone.
Ocelot will present his latest feature film, Dililì in Paris which he wrote, directed and photographed. Set in Paris during the Belle Epoque, He tells young Kanaka Dililì investigating a wave of mysterious kidnappings of young girls who are afflicting the city.
Always very attentive to social changes and opportunities related to multiculturalism, Umbria Film Festivalorganizza, in collaboration with the Region of Umbria, Tuesday 9 July at 16:00 at the Church of San Francesco, a conference on migrants, by title: "What kind of man is this? They deny the shelter of sand, forbid us to stop on the nearest land. Or what so barbaric country allows similar customs?”. Following the inauguration of the photo exhibition 'We dream of Europe', with the work of Robert Faldutti.
Below the program day by day:
