FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL
Bologna, 15-20 gennaio 2008
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Associazione Amici del Future Film Festival
via del Pratello 21/2 - 40122 Bologna – Italy
Phone: +39 051 2960664
Fax: +39 051 6567133
President: Massimo Ferrarini
Directors: Giulietta Fara, Oscar Cosulich
Programming consultants: Luca Della Casa, Susanna Corchia, Carlo Tagliazucca
Future of Toons in the East Curator: Luca Della Casa
Future of Toons in the West Curator: Giulietta Fara
Homage to Los Campeones de Latinoamerica curator: Giulietta Fara
Homage to Toei Animation curator: Luca Della Casa
Homage to Spanish Animation – Pantalla Animada curator: Susanna Corchia
Homage to Halas & Batchelor curators: Carlo Tagliazucca, Laura Zardi
(Cine)bloggers to the Future curator: Andrea Bruni
Future Film Game curator: Jaime D’Alessandro
Future Web Festival curator Luca Vaglio
Strip-Screen – Super Heroes Against the Screen curator: Carlo Mauro
Archeology of the Future curator: Mario Serenellini
Management: Anna Avoni
Head of Organizing secretariat: Francesca Calafiore
Organizing secretariat assistants: Filippo Musi, Giacomo Totani
Head of fund raising: Arcangelo Riganò
Head of technical department and prints handling: Carlo Tagliazucca
Head of staging: Andrea Martelli
Programme coordination: Carlo Tagliazucca
Future Film Festival 2008 Catalogue edited by: Giulietta Fara, Oscar Cosulich
Chief Editor: Valentina Manchia
Editing: Eleonora Boscolo
Editing Assistant: Marianna Maffeo
Publisher: Minimum Fax
Accreditation Office: Michela Palmieri
Accreditation Office Assistant: Agnese Fini
Hospitality Office: Luca Evangelisti
Official Photographer: Alessandro Ruggeri
Official videomaker: Francesco Fedeli
Videomaker assistant: Elisabetta Fedeli
Making of: Francesco Ermanno Torchia
Webmaster & Multimedia: Jean-Claude Capello
Web architects: GNV & Partners
Press Office: Patrizia Wachter, Lorena Borghi, Arianna Monteverdi, Leonard Catacchio, Sottocorno 17; Eleonora Boscolo
Art director: Mauro Luccarini
Immagine e grafica: Jean-Claude Capello, Mauro Luccarini
For Call for Shooting project thanks to: Silvano Imboden, Franco Macchiavelli, Stefania Murgoyannis, Tiziano Diamanti, Sonny Meregatti, Patrizio Ansaloni, Silvia Guidoreni, Irene Caselli, Ilaria Emiliani, Massimo Fuligni, Luca Baroncini, Carlo Mingardi, Valentina Preda
For Call for Shooting project photos by: Alessandro Ruggeri e Jean-Claude Capello
Interpreting and translation: Giliola Viglietti, Chiara Castagnini
Japanese translations: Tomomi Miyasaka, Seiko Doi, Alice V. Massa, Timoteo Tommasini
Head of staff: Valentina Pellitteri
Heads of cinema halls: Alice Fatone, Cosimo Terlizzi, Mara Martinoli
Subtitles: Neon Video snc
Audio&Video Technical service: Visual Lab
Technical assistance: L’Immagine Ritrovata, Davide Pozzi, Giandomenico Zeppa; Videorent s.r.l., Alessandro Benni, Alessandro Chiaia
Official opening title of Future Film Festival 2008: Toshio Hirata, Masao Maruyama, Shintaro Maruyama, MadHouse Inc.
Future Film Festival 2008 Interstitial: Nicola Roversi
People who collaborated for homages, conferences and special events
Homage to Los Campeones de Latinoamerica: Rodrigo Diaz; Susana Molina, Maria Padron, ICAIC; Antonio Urano, Nixon da Silva, Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro; Bernardo Bergeret, INCAA; Cristina Prado, Alejandro Díaz San Vicente, IMCINE; Josè Araripe, Ana Cristina Leite, CTAv; Soco Aguilar, Nahuala Producciones; Veronica Carpintero, Patagonik; Fernando Rajlevsky, Boogiemanmedia; Superstudio; Mariano Mola; Resses Motion Graphic Design; Javier Mrad, Javier Salazar, Eduardo Maraggi, BanzaiFilms; Martin Dasnoy, PeppermelonTV; Federico Radero; Franco Bitt, Bitt Animation; Tomi Punga; Marta Machado, Otto Guerra, Otto Desenhos Animados; Pablo Angeles; Juan Antin; Juan Pádron; Claudia Huerta, Ambasciata del Messico; Eduardo Almiranterena, Ufficio Culturale dell’Ambasciata Argentina
Omaggio Toei Animation: Akira Yamaguchi, Atsuko Takenaka, Toei Animation Europe S.A.S.; Kenji Ebato, Toei Animation Co. Ltd.; Rie Takauchi, Isabella Lapalorcia, Istituto Giapponese di Cultura – Japan Foundation
Homage to Spanish Animation – Pantalla Animada: Rosa Saz, Filmoteca de Catalunya; Trinidad del Rio, Fimoteca Española; Rodolfo Pastor e Petra Steinmeyer; Pedro Medina e Emilio De La Rosa, Animadrid; Pedro Bernar, Zinkia; Paco Gisbert, Pasozebra Producciones; Marta Jimenez, Forma Animada; Carme Serra, Raúl Escolano e Niko – Nikodemo Animation; Alfredo Lammie e Juan Carlos Zaledon, Paneka Animaestudio; Alicia Nuñez – B.R.B. Internacional; Cruz Delgado; Montserrat Martí, Universidad Pompeu Fabra; Marcelo De Matei, Master en animación de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Institut Universitari de l’Audiovisual – IDEC; Julian Álvarez e Monica Parera, IDEP (Instituto Superior de Diseño); Miguel Gómez, CICE (Escuela Profesional de Nuevas Tecnologias); Montse Panades, 9zeros; Juan Pablo Etcheverry; Begoña Vicario; Isabel Herguera e Decapacap; Txema Muñoz, Filmoteca Vasca, Kimuak; Jesús Cano, Videomercury
Homage to Halas & Batchelor: Vivien Halas, Halas & Batchelor Collection Limited; Fleur Buckley, British Film Institute
Autodesk Digital Award: Kirsten Cameron, François Millet, Autodesk; Raffaele Schiavullo, Maria Rosaria Verdino, Dot Mind in Motion; Franco Tomassi, Pool Factory; Flavia Messina, Massimo Germoglio, Rumblefish; Guido Polcan, Big Rock; Anthony LaMolinara, David Gallo,Direct 2 Brain; Renato Chiocca, Iena Animation Studios; Franco Valenziano, Ubik; Francesco Grisi, EDI; Marco Fantozzi, Zenit; Marco Bagni, Kalimera
(Cine)bloggers to the Future: Andrea Bruni (Conte Nebbia), Lorenzo Bertolucci (Oh Daesu), Francesco Chignola (Kekkoz), Roy Menarini, Sara Sagrati (Sarathehutt), Emanuele Marchesi (Seconda Visione)
Future Film Game: Jaime D’Alessandro, Giovanni Caruso (NrGiga), Marcin Ramocki, William Rickman (Random)
Future Web Festival: Luca Vaglio, Marco Cadioli, Eva Mattes, Franco Mattes
Festival Showcase: Igor Prassel, Animateka; Nerina Kocjancic, Slovenian Film Fund; Jennifer Noseworthy, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Doris Cleven, Anima; Zhang Hao, CICDAF.
FFF-XXX: Carlo Alberto Alfieri, Prototipo Film; Nocturno Cinema, Fiorella Maiocchi, Ulysse Network, Cinema Verdi, Michele Orlandi
Premiere of La antena: Artur Brzozowski, MDC Int; Zita Hosszuova, IIF Bratislava.
Premiere of Ben X: Pamela Leu, Martin Caraux, Films Distribution
Premiere of Black Sheep: Jason Cook, New Zealand Film Commission; Tommaso Tabarelli, MediaFilm; Jean-Claude Trovato
Premiere of Byousoku 5 Centimeters (5 Centimeters per Second: A Chain of Short Stories about their Distance): Makoto Shinkai, Kazuki Sunami, CoMix Wave Films
Premiere of De Profundis: Oscar Alonso, Latido Films; Chelo Loureiro, Continental Producciones
Anteprima di Gamera: Chiisaki yusha-tachi (Gamera the Brave): Ryuta Tazaki, Mayumi Nagumo, Kadokawa Pictures Inc.
Premiere of Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro (Kitaro the Movie): Katsuhide Motoki, Maiko Takano, Shochiku Co. Ltd.
Premiere of La Reine soleil: Giuseppe Auriemma, 01 Distribution; Leonie Saldmann, Marie Herault-Delanoe; Rezo Films, Alice Casalini, Panafricana; Napis
Premiere of Tekkonkinkreet: Michael Arias, Massimiliano Zavagli, Clotilde Rodinò, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Italia; Tania Reed, Sony Pictures International; Giovanni Campus, La Bottega della Comunicazione
Premiere of Le Tueur de Montmartre: Boris Sajtinac, Hèlène Sajtinac, Sajtinac Production
Premiere of Aliens vs. Predator 2: Monica Dalsasso, Francesco Marchetti, 20th Century Fox
Premiere of La crísis carnivora: Oscar Alonso, Latido Films; Chelo Loureiro, Continental Producciones
Premiere of Everyone’s Hero: Claudio Trionfera, Medusa
Premiere of Film Noir: Esther Devos, Wild Bunch
Premiere of Furusato Japan: Akio Nishizawa, Masae Nishizawa, Tomi Sakai, WAO Corporation
Premiere of Highlander: the Search for Vengeance: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Shintaro Maruyama, Masao Maruyama, MadHouse Inc.; Galen Walker, Shinichi Kobayashi, Imagi International Japan Co. Ltd.; Asia Ireton, Imagi Services (USA) Ltd.
Premiere of Leiutajatekula Lotte: Beatrix Wesle, Sola Media GMBH; Kalina Suchowierska, Solopan
Premiere of Max & Co: Esther Devos, Wild Bunch
Premiere of di Mazu: Joe Teng, May-jen Huang, Chinese Cartoon Production Co. Ltd., Josephine Chen, Twentieth Century Fox Taiwan, Francesco Marchetti, Twentieth Century Fox
Premiere of Nocturna: Paco Rodriguez, Eva Gutierrez, Filmax
Premiere of Piano No Mori (Piano Forest: The Perfect World of Kai): Masayuki Kojima, Shintaro Maruyama, Masao Maruyama, MadHouse Inc.; Rika Tsurusaki, Asatsu-DK Inc
Premiere of The Pixar Story: Leslie Iwerks, Steven Argula, Pixar Animation Studios
Premiere of RH + – El vampiro de Sevilla: Castañar Gómez – Milimetros
Premiere of Vexille: Fumihiko Sori, Maiko Takano, Shochiku Co. Ltd.; Cristina Comazzi, Multivision S.r.l., Jean-Claude Trovato
Premiere of The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep: Giancarlo Sozi, Sony Pictures Italia.
Premiere of Zhang Ga!: Barbara Tonelli, Art’Mell; Polly Yeung, Faye, Scarecrow Productions
Eastern Future of Toons: Kazuki Sunami, CoMix Wave Films; Shintaro Maruyama, Masao Maruyama, MadHouse Inc.; Haruka Sakumi, Etsuko Indo, CK Entertainment; ROMANoV Film, Hiroaki Hayashi, Ingram Co. Ltd.; Francesca Marchetti, Cartoon Network; Park Saengkee, Gyeonggi Digital Contents Agency
Western Future of Toons: Barbara Tonelli, Art’Mell; Alex Gallego; Elliot Cowan; Francesca Marchetti, Fabiola Ananasso, Cartoon Network; Marie-pierre Ferrand, Alphanim; Dorian Boyle, Digitrick, Maggie O’Connor, Aardman Animations; Roberta Ponticiello, MTV; Federico Ferrari, Comedy Central, Ambrogio Ferrario, QOOB; Bruno Bonholle, Khai-dong Luong, Destination 2055, Ilona Veczelszki, Kecskeme’t Film LTD, Attila Szabò, Studio Baestarts; Camille Serceau, Tele Images International/Marathon International; Arturo Bertusi, Luana Iori, Chiaroscuro
10 years of new technologies: Matt Aitken, Bruce Sterling
Hog-time TV: Patricia Hidalgo, Jole Da Rin, Donatella Melani, Walt Disney Television Italia; Fabrizio Margaria, Italia 1; Massimo Bruno, Nickelodeon; Annita Romanelli, RAI Fiction; Gianfranco Noferi, RAI Sat Smash, RAISat Yoyo; Roberta Ponticiello, MTV; Jaime Ondarza, Cartoon Network
Italians@FFF.4: Carlo Alfano, Francesco Bevione, Lumiq; Franco Valenziano, Ubik; Francesco Mastrofini, Ingrid Pittana, Rainbow; Giulia Martinez; Annalisa Paolicchi, 01 Distribution
European Schools of Cinema: Animated shorts from Valencia University: Sara Alvarez Sarrat e Miquel Ángel Guillem Romeu, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
Animated Theater: Riccardo Mannelli, Antonio Rezza, Flavia Mastrella
The Pixar Story Event: Leslie Iwerks, Steven Argula, Pixar Animation Studios
Lifted event: Mark Holmes, Erin Harrison, Pixar Animation Studios
Your friend the Rat event: Jim Capobianco, Erin Harrison, Pixar Animation Studios, Fabiola Bertinotti, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Italy; Liz West, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Horton Hears a Who! Event: Chris Wedge, Mike Thurmieir, Blue Sky Studios; Francesco Marchetti, Sandro Cisco, Twentieth Century Fox Italia
The Water Horse event: Matt Aitken, Weta Digital
Industrial Light & Magic event: Vicki Dobbs Beck, Brooke Livingston, Elisabeth Nicolosi, Industrial Light & Magic
Future Film Short: Groupama Assicurazioni, Aude Regnault De La Mothe; all the worldwide artists, production companies and distributors subscriber to FFS 2008