Italian photography: 8 films for 8 photographers
Fotografia Italiana (Italian photography) is a series of documentary films dedicated to the most internationally renowned Italian photographers – a set of very different artists in terms of their styles and poetics and therefore capable of conveying the complexity and quality of Italian expression in the field of photography.
Each film has a distinctive style and atmosphere consistent with the individual personality of the featured artists, who talk about themselves and their work. For each photographer, indoor shots, taken in their studios and in the darkroom, alternate with outdoor shots of the places most significant for their personal history, chronicling their individual story with the support of photographs.
The Fotografia Italiana series is produced by the independent production company Giart - Visioni d’arte from Bologna (directed by Giampiero D’Angeli, subject and interviews by Alice Maxia, production Luca Molducci). The films have been sponsored by the Bologna Film Library and are distributed in DVD format in bookshops by Contrasto.
Saturday 7th May, 3 pm – Piazza San Prospero
Conference
Cinema tells the story of Italian photography
Gabriele Basilico, Piergiorgio Branzi, Massimo Vitali hold a discussion with Claudio Marra, Giampiero D’Angeli and Alice Maxia
Saturday, 7th May
Rosebud Cinema
10 am - Ferdinando Scianna (2009, 53’)
11 am - Mimmo Jodice (2009, 52’)
AlCorso Cinema
7.30 pm – Presentation of the documentary films, attended by photographers Massimo Vitali and Piergiorgio Branzi, and film director Giampiero D’Angeli
8 pm - Massimo Vitali (2011, 52’)
9 pm - Piergiorgio Branzi (2009, 47’)
10 pm - Maurizio Galimberti (2010, 52’)
11 pm - Gabriele Basilico (2009, 52’)
Sunday, 8th May
Rosebud Cinema
10 am - Gianni Berengo Gardin (2009, 52’)
11 am - Gabriele Basilico (2009, 52’)
12 pm - Franco Fontana (2009, 45’)
3 pm - Massimo Vitali (2011, 52’)
4 pm - Maurizio Galimberti (2010, 52’)
5 pm - Piergiorgio Branzi (2009, 47’)
AlCorso Cinema
3 pm – Franco Fontana (2009, 45’)
4 pm - Gianni Berengo Gardin (2009, 52’)
5 pm - Mimmo Jodice (2009, 52’)
6 pm - Ferdinando Scianna (2009, 53’)
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