PROGRAMME
RIVER TO RIVER. FLORENCE INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2004
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8
Cinema Hall
16.30 Chameli, Sudhir Mishra, hindi-english&italian subt., 105’, col., 35mm., India, 2003
All in one night: a stock market agent crosses his road with the one of a prostitute.
18.30 Bollywood Remixed, Herbert Krill, hindi&english-english subt., 77’, col., Betacam,
Austria-Germany, 2003
Faces, stories, visions and sounds of Bollywood.
After the film, Q&A with Herbert Krill
20.30 Waisa bhi hota hai-Shit Happens, Shashanka Ghosh, hindi-english&italian subt., 140’, col., 35mm., India, 2003
Tarantino in curry sauce: a young advertising agent saves the life of a gangster.
23.00 Indian Short Shots, english&italian subt., 123’, 2004
120 minutes with the best short films of the young Indian cinema.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 9
Cinema Hall
16.00 Fillum Star: the Peter Patel Story, A. Brown, R. Manji, R. Mirza, english, 76’, col., DV, USA, 2004
Mockumentary on the cinematographic debut of Patel Patel.
17.30 Jallikattu, an Act of Bravery, Rajangam, tamil-english subt., 22’, col., DV, India, 2003
At a distance of 10.000 km from Pamplona, in Spain, takes place a mad bull race.
18.00 Dhobighat, Giorgio Garini, english-italian subt., 47’, col., Betacam, Switzerland-Italy, 2004
Stories of thousands of men in the biggest laundry of India.
19.00 White Noise, Vinta Nanda, english-italian subt., 105’, col., 35mm., India, 2004
On the set of a tv fiction, the outrageous portait of a woman.
21.00 Impermanence, Goutam Ghose, english&tibetan-italian subt., 60’, col., Digibeta, Italy-India, 2004
Digital portrait of a life in exile: the Dalai Lama.
After the film, Q&A with Goutam Ghose
23.00 Akale-At a Distance, Shyamaprasad, malayalam-english&italian subt., 90’, col., 35mm.,
India, 2004
From The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, the tragic law of love.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 10
Cinema Hall
14.00 Abatar-Incarnation, Premankur Atharthy, bengali-english subt., 115’, b/w, DVD, India, 1941
Phantasmagories of men and gods in a Bengali film of the Thirties.
16.15 Hava aney dey-Let the Wind Blow, Partho Sen Gupta, hindi-english&italian subt., 93’, col., 35mm., France-India, 2004
In an India fearing the atomic blast, young Arjun and a destiny to change.
18.00 One Water, Sanjeev Chatterjee, no dialogues, 20’, col., DV, USA, 2003
From Asia to Africa, water is the common wealth in constant danger.
18.30 Still, the Children are Here, Dinaz Stafford, garo-english subt., 85’, col., 35mm., India-Italy-USA, 2003
The women of a rural village reveal their memories and wishes.
20.30 Pooja ceremony with the festival guests.
21.00 White Noise, Vinta Nanda, english-italian subt., 105’, col., 35mm., India, 2004
On the set of a tv fiction, the outrageous portait of a woman.
After the film, Q&A with the director Vinta Nanda and the actrice Koël Purie
23.30 Chameli, Sudhir Mishra, hindi-english&italian subt., 105’, col., 35mm., India, 2003
All in one night: a stock market agent crosses his road with the one of a prostitute.
Mompracem Lounge
Special Event - Sandokan is back
Sandokan, Sergio Sollima, italian, Italy-France-Germany, 1976
18.00 & 21.00 Episode 1, 55’ - The cruel white Rajah James Brooke lays a mortal ambush to Sandokan.
19.00 & 22.00 Episode 2, 60’ - Found nearly dying on the beach of Labuan, Sandokan is saved by the beautiful Marianna.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 11
Cinema Hall
14.00 Alibaba, Madhu Bose, bengali-english subt., 120’, b/w, DVD, India, 1937
Comedy on the story of the most famous thief of the East.
16.15 Waisa bhi hota hai-Shit Happens, Shashanka Ghosh, hindi-english&italian subt., 140’, col., 35mm., India, 2003
Tarantino in curry sauce: a young advertising agent saves the life of a gangster.
18.45 Indian Short Shots, english&italian subt., 123’, 2004
120 minutes with the best short films of the young Indian cinema.
After the shorts, Q&A with the director of Holly Bolly Dishad Husain
21.30 Hava aney dey-Let the Wind Blow, Partho Sen Gupta, hindi-english&italian subt., 93’, col., 35mm., France-India, 2004
In an India fearing the atomic blast, young Arjun and a destiny to change.
After the film, Q&A with Partho Sen Gupta
24.00 Impermanence, Goutam Ghose, english&tibetan-italian subt., 60’, col., Digibeta, Italy-India, 2004
Digital portrait of a life in exile: the Dalai Lama.
Mompracem Lounge
Special Event - Sandokan is back
Sandokan, Sergio Sollima, italian, Italy-France-Germany, 1976
18.00 & 21.00 Episode 3, 60’ - Sandokan escapes from Labuan to reach Yanez and his tiger warriors.
19.00 & 22.00 Episode 4, 60’ - Brooke captures Sandokan and sentences him to be hanged; Marianna will help him to escape.
SUNDAY DECEMBER 12
Cinema Hall
12.00 The modernity of Satyajit Ray’s cinema: mid-day talk with the director Goutam Ghose
13.00 Ray, Goutam Ghose, english-italian subt., 100’, col.&b/w, 35mm., India, 1999
Design, cinema, letterature and music in the life of the Bengali master of cinema.
15.00 Pather Panchali, Satyajit Ray, bengali-italian subt., 123’, b/w, 16mm., India, 1955
Childhood and amazements of Apu in a small village in India at the beginnig of the XXth century.
17.15 Chai Time
18.00 Aparajito, Satyajit Ray, bengali-italian subt., 108, b/w, 16mm., India, 1956
Apu’s youth from Benares to Calcutta, between trips and difficulties.
20.00 Apur Sansar, Satyajit Ray, bengali-italian subt., 107, b/w, 16mm., India, 1959
Adult Apu in Calcutta: the life of a pennyless writer between music, love and death.
22.00 Award ceremony of the winner of the FIFF Digimovies Audience Award 2004
22.30 Paap-Sin, Pooja Bhatt, hindi-english&italian subt., 117’, col., 35mm., India, 2004
A little boy, reincarnation of a buddhist monk, is witness of a omicide.
Mompracem Lounge
Special Event - Sandokan is back
Sandokan, Sergio Sollima, italian, Italy-France-Germany, 1976
18.00 & 21.00 Episode 5, 60’ - Sandokan does not kill Brooke to save the life of Yanez.
19.00 & 22.00 Episode 6, 55’ - A cholera epidemy devastates Mompracem, and Sandokan tries to leave the island with Marianna and Yanez.
MONDAY DECEMBER 13
Extra time - Eyes on India
Cinema Hall
16.00 Untouchables Vs. Aryans, Ivan Kosta & John L. Pudaite, english, 52’, col., Betacam,
India-Canada-USA, 2003
The Untouchables and their religious conversion as a revolutionary mean.
17.00 ll senso perduto, Beatrice Dina, no dialogues, 9’, col., Betacam, Italy, 2003
The energy of 150 blind children of the school in Pune.
17.15 Ganges: River to Heaven, Gayle Ferraro, english, 77’, col., Betacam, USA, 2003
Varanasi: the big mother Ganges welcomes children, devoted and dying people.
18.45 Asian Vibes Bombay, Michael Smith, english, 52’, col. & b/w, Betacam, France, 2004
The DJs in the frenetic Mumbai.
19.45 My Own Bizzarre Experience, Dimitri Chimenti, english, 30’, col., Betacam, Italy, 2004
The story of a man with only one wish: shoot a film on his own schizophrenia.
20.15 The Heart of Modern India, Laurence Castle, english, 52’, col., Betacam, India-Australia, 2004
The 14 year-old Pryam towards the challenge of the new century.
21.15 Sun and Moon and the God of Rain, Anna Pitscheider, english, 44’, col., Betacam, Italy-India, 2004
The rural pictures of the Warli tribe, between tradition and contemporaneity.
22.00 Breaking the Future, Jean Sharida & Louis Spoelstra, english, 30’, col., DV, Holland, 2004
Music, theatre and dance become the means for social uniformity.
22.30 Q&A with the directors
23.00 Screening of the winner of the FIFF Digimovies Audience Award 2004
Chatelin Bruno 
