Waiting for Biografilm Festival 2020, since Friday 15 May on the online platforms of three arthouse cinemas
WAITING FOR BIOGRAFILM FESTIVAL 2020
We stay in sync waiting for Biografilm Festival 2020. In collaboration with I Wonder Pictures / Unipol Biografilm Collection, Beltrade cinemas in Milan, Nuovo Eden of Brescia and Odeon of Vicenza bring to the public of their virtual cinemas a selection of the best films presented in the latest editions of the international cinema festival dedicated to life stories.
It starts with the Oscar-winning documentary® SUGAR MAN in Malik Bendjelloul,
which will follow from 22 May STOP THE POUNDING HEART - STOP YOUR HEART AT BREATH by Roberto Minervini, the docu-film winner of the David di Donatello.
Bologna, Milano, Brescia, Vicenza, 15 May 2020 – This year Biografilm Festival | International Celebration of Lives (5 – 15 June 2020) will move to the network by opening up to virtual participation from the whole national territory.
Waiting for Biografilm Festival 2020, in collaboration with I Wonder Pictures / Unipol Biografilm Collection, along with three cinemas that following the forced closure first resumed their online streaming programming for a fee, presents a weekly appointment with some films acclaimed in previous editions of the festival and awarded all over the world.
The films will enrich the online programming of the three independent cinemas. The offer has the double value of keeping the room at the center of the film proposal and of guaranteeing a minimum livelihood for the entire supply chain, from production, to distribution, exercise.
The proposed films, starting with SUGAR MAN by Malik Bendjelloul online from Friday 15 May, will be available, until the departure of Biografilm Festival in June, on the Video On Demand channels of the rooms, each according to their own offer methods:
- Beltrade on the sofa - Cinema Beltrade (Milano):
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/sugarmanbeltrade
- Eden in the living room - Cinema Nuovo Eden (Brescia):
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/sugarman2
- Odeonline, from the hall to the living room - Odeon Cinema (Vicenza):
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/sugarman
SUGAR MAN
Searching for Sugar Man
(Sweden, UK, 2012, 86′)
Oscar® Award 2013 Best documentary
There are stories that are worth more than an Oscar. This is the case with Sixto Rodriguez, the most unusual success in the history of music. They find out in a Detroit bar, in the late sixties, two producers convinced that they have found the prophet of a generation. They were right, but the public doesn't notice: Rodriguez's first record is a masterpiece but also a fiasco. In the USA. But in Apartheid South Africa, where it arrives clandestinely, Rodriguez becomes a legend, his music is the soundtrack of a fighting generation. Unbeknownst to the author, who withdraws from the scenes. As long as, thirty years later, two fans decide to get on his trail, find out what happened to it and what went wrong. Oscar® 2013 for the best documentary.
https://iwonderpictures.com/projects/sugarman-di-malik-bendjelloul/
STOP THE POUNDING HEART
(United States, Italy, Belgium, 2013, 98′)
Sara is a few years old and many brothers, he lives on a Texas farm with his parents, goat farmers who educate all children according to the strict precepts of the bible. His is a peaceful and devoted life, passed to look after the farm animals, and to keep body and mind pure waiting for a man to marry her. The meeting with Colby, bull farmer and rodeo cowboy, disturbs Sara's daily life precipitating her into a profound crisis. Stop the Pounding Heart is an exploration of adolescence, family and social values, gender roles and the difficult coexistence between youth and religion in rural America.
https://iwonderpictures.com/projects/stop-pounding-heart-di-roberto-minervini/
BIOGRAPHICAL FESTIVAL 5 – 15 JUNE 2020
All updates on www.biografilm.it
In collaboration with I Wonder Pictures and Unipol Biografilm Collection
from 5 al 15 June, great biographies and the best cinematic life stories arrive online. The mechanisms of power, the creative power of the body, China seen through the singular realities of those who live there are some of the thematic strands proposed by the sixteenth edition of the Festival.
Due to the ongoing health crisis that causes cinemas to close, Biografilm festival moves online keeping its original dates, to offer quality content to the public, possibility of deepening and "meeting" with life stories that can be a source of inspiration, confrontation and individual growth, even in current circumstances.
The films will be available in the original language with Italian subtitles, for free, from Italian territory.
In addition to the projections, video interviews with the authors of the films will be proposed to explore their cinematographic path and the topics covered.
Biografilm Festival takes place with the contribution of the Department of Culture of the Emilia-Romagna Region, of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, of the Municipality of Bologna, of the Monte del Bologna and Ravenna Foundation, of the Cassa di Risparmio Foundation in Bologna and with the main partnership of Unipol Gruppo Finanziario.
With the partnership of Emilia-Romagna Film Commission, Hera Group, CO.TA.BO e Cannamela.
With the media partnership of Sky Cinema, Sky Arte and Mymovies.it
Biografilm Festival is part of Bologna Estate 2020, the billboard of activities promoted and coordinated by the Municipality of Bologna.