Feb 1st Programme

Future Village

Sala del Quadrante

12.00 Press conference with Kensuke Suzuki, Steve Chapman, Mikey Siegel, Enrico Valenza, Giulietta Fara and Oscar Cosulich.

15.00 Round table about Nobuo Nakagawa – Master of Horror, with Kensuke Suzuki, Andrea Bruni. Luca della Casa presides.

Sala del Capitano

17.00 Workshop about Blender software. With Enrico Valenza
Following, the screening of:
Big Buck Bunny by Sacha Goegedebure, USA, 2008 (10 min. DVD, V.O.)
Free entrance.

Sala Re Enzo

14.00 Animation of Styling Biopoint

17.00 Festival Showcase
The best of Istanbul Animation Festival shorts (Turchia)

18.00 Presentation of the book Satoshi Kon, by Andrea Fontana, Enrico Azzano, Davide Tarò. The authors Andrea Fontana, Enrico Azzano and Raffaele Meale will attend the meeting.
Following Aperol Spritz and Dj Set SoundTracks with Dj Legoman (in collaboration with Associazione Culturale Che Torni Babele) – free entrance.

MAMbo

16.00 Future Film Kids at MAMbo
Discovering Giorgio Morandi
Workshop with Claudio Giapponesi

Squadro Stamperia Galleria d’Arte

9.30-13.00 | 14.00-19.30 Dem Dem Dem. It is DEM’s first personal exhibition, the artist who has been in charge of the creation of the festival eleventh edition image.

Piazza Maggiore

Blue & Joy. By the creators, Daniele Sigalot and Fabio La Fauci, first exhibition in Bologna.

Cinema Odeon – Sala Lancia

11.00 Out of competition film
The Tale of Despereaux
by Sam Fell e Robert Stevenhagen, UK-USA, 2008 (100 min., 35 mm, V.O. with Italian s/t)
Italian preview

13.00 3D Day
Bolt – Un eroe a quattro zampe
by Chris Williams, USA, 2008 (103 min., Disney Digital 3D, Italian)
3D glasses will be distributed at the screening.

15.00 3D Day
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert In Disney Digital 3D
by Bruce Hendricks, USA, 2008 (74 min., Disney Digital 3D, Italian)
3D glasses will be distributed at the screening.

17.00 Events
Gentle Giant Studios
Steve Chapman presents the company, placed in California, that creates the models for films such as: Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Fight Club, Underworld, The Lord Of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, King Kong, Twilight, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The company is currently working on Avatar by James Cameron, and A Christmas Carol by Robert Zemeckis.

19.00 Events
Mit Media Lab: Nexi
Mikey Siegel from Mit Media Lab presents the new robot created by Mit: Nexi. Mobile Dexterous Social (MDS) robot represents the last frontier of humanoid robotic, able to walk on the legs e to reproduce several facial expressions.

21.00 Award cerimony of Lancia Platinum Grand prize; of Future Film Short Price given by the audience and Groupama and the Jury Price – Provincia di Bologna. Following
The Tale of Despereaux
by Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen, UK-USA, 2008 (100 min., 35 mm, V.O. with Italian s/t)
Italian preview

23.00 Screening of the award Lancia Platinum Grand Prize 2009 winning film

Europa Cinema – Sala Future Film Festival

10.00 Film in competition – Lancia Platinum Grand Prize
Sita Sings the Blues
by Nina Paley, USA, 2008 (82 min., 35 mm, V.O. with Italian s/t)
Italian preview

12.00 Out of competition film
One Piece The Movie – Episode of Chopper (Fuyu ni saku Kiseki no hana)
by Junji Shimizu, Japan, 2008 (110 min., 35 mm, V.O. with French and Italian s/t)
Italian preview

14.30 Film in competition – Lancia Platinum Grand Prize
Paco and the Magical Book (Paco to Mahô no Ehon)
by Tetsuya Nakashima, Japan, 2008 (105 min., 35mm, V.O. with Italian s/t)
Italian preview

16.30 Out of competition film
Angel on the Run (tentative)
by Yoshinobu Yamakawa, Japan, 2008 (117 min., DVD, V.O. with English and Italian s/t)
European preview

18.30 SeriesMania
Programma 14 (100 min, DVD, V.O. with Italian s/t)
Freedom, episodes 1-4 by Shuhei Morita, Japan, 2006-08

20.00 SeriesMania
Programma 15 (100 min, DVD, V.O. with Italian s/t)
Freedom, episodes 5-7, by Shuhei Morita, Japan, 2006-08

22.00 Out of competition film
Pussy Soup (Neko Râmen)
by Minoru Kawasaki, Japan, 2008 (80min., betacam, V.O. with English and Italian s/t)
European preview

24.00 Midnight Madness
Eagle Talon: The Movie – The Chancellor Only Lives Twice (Himitsu Kessha Taka notsume the movie – Soutou wa Nido Shinu)
by Frogman, Japan, 2007 (75 min, betacam, V.O. with English and Italian s/t)
Italian preview

Cinema Lumiere – Sala Mastroianni in collaborazione con Hera

11.30 Ub Iwerks – From Mickey Mouse to Hitchcock
Disney’s Golden Age (106 min., 16mm, V.O.)
The Four Musicians of Bremen by Walt Disney, USA,1922 (Laugh-O-Gram-Walt Disney); Puss in Boots, by Walt Disney, USA, 1922 (Laugh-O-Gram-Walt Disney); Alice and the Three Bears by Walt Disney, USA, 1924 (Alice Comedies- Walt Disney); Alice Cans the Cannibals by Walt Disney, USA, 1925 (Alice Comedies- Walt Disney); Great Guns by Walt Disney, USA, 1927 (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit- Walt Disney-Universal Pictures Corp.); The Mechanical Cow by Walt Disney, USA, 1927 (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit – Walt Disney-Universal Pictures Corp.); Plane Crazy by Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks, USA, 1928 (Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney Productions); Steamboat Willie by Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks, USA, 1928 (Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney Productions); The Karnival Kid by Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks, USA, 1929 (Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney Productions); Opry House by Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks, USA, 1929 (Silly Simphonies, Walt Disney Productions); The Skeleton Dance by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1929 (Silly Simphonies, Walt Disney Productions); Hell’s Bells by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1929 (Silly Simphonies, Walt Disney Productions); Autumn by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1930 (Silly Simphonies, Walt Disney Productions)

14.00 SeriesMania
Programma 13 (80’, DVD, V.O. with Italian s/t)
Kaiba by Masaaki Yuasa, Japan, 2008

16.00 SeriesMania
Programma 14 (72 min., Betcam, Italian)
Teen Days, by Maurizio Nichetti, Italy, 2009. Maurizio Nichetti presents
Gladiatori: il torneo delle sette meraviglie, one episodes, by Maurizio Forestieri, Italy, 2008. Maurizio Forestieri presents
Psicovip, “Il brutto anatroccolo”, “L’antenna”, “Il ballo”, “Superminivip”, “La lavatrice”, by Bruno Bozzetto, Italy, 2008

18.00 Nobuo Nakagawa – Master of Horror
The Living Koheiji (Kaiidan Ikiteiru Koheiji)
by Nobuo Nakagawa, Japan, 1982 (78 min., 35mm, V.O. with English and Italian s/t)

20.30 Ub Iwerks – From Mickey Mouse to Hitchcock
The Independent Days: Flip the Frog (104 min., 16mm, V.O.)
Fiddlesticks, by Ub Iwerks USA, 1931 (Celebrity Productions – MGM); Flying Fists, by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1931 (Celebrity Productions – MGM); The Cuckoo Murder Case, by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1931 (Celebrity Productions – MGM); Ragtime Romeo, by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1931 (Celebrity Productions – MGM); The New Car, by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1931 (Celebrity Productions – MGM); Spooks, by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1932 (Celebrity Productions – MGM); Fire! Fire!, by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1932 (Celebrity Productions – MGM); Room Runners, by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1932 (Celebrity Productions – MGM); Circus, by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1932 (Celebrity Productions – MGM); Phoney Express, by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1932 (Celebrity Productions – MGM); Funny Face, by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1933 (Celebrity Productions – MGM); Technocracked, by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1933 (Celebrity Productions – MGM); Bulloney, by Ub Iwerks, USA, 1933 (Celebrity Productions – MGM)

22.00 Nobuo Nakagawa – Master of Horror
Snake Woman’s Curse (Kaidan Hebi-Onna)
by Nobuo Nakagawa, Japan, 1968 (85 min., 35mm, V.O. with Italian s/t)