Gruppo Hera, official partner of Future Film Festival 2008, will set Spazio Hera up within Palazzo Re Enzo (Sala degli Atti) in Bologna from January 15th to 20th 2008.
Spazio Hera will host a vast number of Future Film Festival 2008 events; presentation of books, labs and quizes, will entertain the festival audience.
Tuesday January 15th
At 5,30 pm AperiQuiz, a free aperitiva offered by Gruppo Hera, will be followed by FFF-QUIZ, a series of questions about cinema in animation and with special effects. The best five, will receive an invitation for two people (to be changed at the box office with two 1-euro-tickets) to the premiere of Highlander by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (screening on Wednesday January 16th, h 11,00 pm o’clock, at Cinema Teatro Manzoni), plus gadgets of the films shown and the proverbial Future Film Kit.
Wednesday January 16th
At 4:00 pm Future Film Short Anthology Vol. 1. Exclusive selection of the best shorts from the past editions.
At 5,00 pm presentation of the book Anime. Storia dell’animazione giapponese 1984-2007 (History of Japanese animation from 1984 to 2007) by Davide Tarò and Andrea Fontana (ed. Ass. Cult. Il Foglio). The book is a sort of multiperspective elaboration on Japanese animation, one of the most important phenomena of the last decades. This is one of the first works which has ever analized the world of Anime under a critic perspective, crossing both cinema, TV and OAV market. Davide Tarò will be present.
At 6:30 pm FFF-QUIZ, FFF-QUIZ, a series of questions about cinema in animation and with special effects. The best five, will receive an invitation for two people (to be changed at the box office with two 1-euro-tickets) to the premiere of Nocturna by Adrià Garcia and Victor Maldonado (screening on Thursday January 17th, h 9,30 pm at Cinema Teatro Manzoni), plus gadgets of the films shown and the proverbial Future Film Kit.
Thuersday January 17th
At 4:00 pm Future Film Short Anthology Vol. 2. Exclusive selection of the best shorts from the past editions.
At 5:00 pm The film clip: from film to high definition. Exemples of different techniques used to make film clips will be presented by Swan, director and produced of more than 300 clips for both national and international artists. Among his most recent works, the clip ”Basta Poco” by Vasco Rossi and successful dvds like “Buoni o Cattivi - live anthology 04’-05’ “ and the new “Vasco@olimpico ‘07”.
At 6:30 pm FFF-QUIZ, a series of questions about cinema in animation and with special effects. The best five, will receive an invitation for two people (to be changed at the box office with two 1-euro-tickets) to the premiere of Tekkonkinkreet by Michael Arias (screening on Friday January 18th, h 9,00 pm at Cinema Teatro Manzoni), plus gadgets of the films shown and the proverbial Future Film Kit.
Friday January 18th
At 4:00 Future Film Short Anthology Vol. 3. Exclusive selection of the best shorts from the past editions.
At 5:00 pm Presentation of Tekkonkinkreet by Taiyou Matsumoto (Kappa Editions). Greatly expected by manga and cartoon lovers, has finally arrived in Italy the manga which has inspired the omonimus film by Michael Arias in the works of FFF 2008.
At 6:30 pm FFF-QUIZ, a series of questions about cinema in animation and with special effects. The best five, will receive an invitation for two people (to be changed at the box office with two 1-euro-tickets) to the premiere of Black Sheep by Jonathan King (screening on Saturday January 19th, h 11,00 pm at Cinema Teatro Manzoni), plus gadgets of the films shown and the proverbial Future Film Kit.
Saturday January 19th
At 4,00 pm Future Film Short Anthology Vol. 4. Exclusive selection of the best shorts from the past editions.
At 5,00 pm Videogames of the Futuro. From videogamens body-moving controlled to multi-touch interfaces, this workshop will introduce new revolutionary forms of entertainment. Presented by Massimo Sarzi Madidini, Project Director of Loop srl.
At 6:30 pm FFF-QUIZ, a series of questions about cinema in animation and with special effects. The best five, will receive an invitation for two people (to be changed at the box office with two 1-euro-tickets) to the premiere of Piccolo grande eroe (Everyone’s Hero) by C. Reeve, D. St. Pierre and C. Brady (screening on Sunday January 20th, h 12,00 pm at Cinema Teatro Manzoni), plus gadgets of the films shown and the proverbial Future Film Kit.
Sunday January 20th
At 4:00 pm Future Film Short Anthology Vol. 5. Exclusive selection of the best shorts from the past editions.
At 5:00 pm Presentation of Frammenti dell’Enciclopedia Delfica (Fragments by Delphic Encyclopaedia) by Miguelanxo Prado (001 Editions). The multi-awarded Spanish author Miguelanxo Prado tells the story of humanity since its very beginning in 100 shocking pages. Speaker Antonio Scuzzarella, editorial director of 001 Editions.
At 6:30 pm FFF-QUIZ, a series of questions about cinema in animation and with special effects. As a prize, gadgets of the films shown and the proverbial Future Film Kit.