DOGMAN by MATTEO GARRONE in pre-production

DOGMAN is the name of a pet grooming shop and also the tragic prediction of the main character's matamorphosis from man to animal. Based on a true story that took place 30 years ago and of which nobody will ever know the truth, DOGMAN digs deep into the human dilemmas of the violence hidden inside each one of us.

MARKET SCREENINGS

LA TENEREZZA by GIANNI AMELIO 103' - ITA

Cast: Elio Germano, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Micaela Ramazzotti
Blended feelings between smile and violence. A father and his unloved children: a brother and a sister in permanent conflict, a young and seemingly peaceful couple, and as witnesses, their children, unable to react. Two families in an unseen Naples, far from the suburbs, a bourgeois city where wealth risks to turn into tragedy even when hope is just at hand.
Italian distribution: 01 DISTRIBUTION
Screening: May 20th - 12.00 pm - Lerins 1
Screening: May 21th - 9.30 am - Lerins 2

Market Screenings

QUESTIONE DI KARMA by EDOARDO MARIA FALCONE 90' - ITA

Cast: Fabio De Luigi, Elio Germano, Daniela Virgilio.
Giacomo, an extravagant rich heir, deeply believes in reincarnation. 40 years after the loss of his father, he believes to see his father again when he meets Mario Pitagora, a man far from being spiritual, interested only in money and heavely indebted. This absurd encounter will change the lives of both. A surprising comedy about friendship.
Italian distribution: 01 DISTRIBUTION
Screening: May 18th - 10.00 am - Lerins 1
Screening: May 22th - 4.00 pm - Palais C

Market Screenings

IN GUERRA PER AMORE by PIF 99' - ITA

Cast: Pif, Miriam Leone, Maurizio Marchetti
New York 1943. In a luxurious restaurant a Sicilian emigrant Arturo falls in love with Flora. Arturo and Flora dream to get married but need her father's blessing. Without any means, Arturo enrolls the US Army and embarks to Sicily, where Flora's father lives. An adventurous and romantic journey that unfolds the complexity of organized crime in its early days.
Italian distribution: 01 DISTRIBUTION
Screening: May 20th - 10.00 am - Palais G
Screening: May 22th - 12.00 pm - Palais C

Market Screenings

IL PADRE D'ITALIA by FABIO MOLLO 93' - ITA

Cast: Luca Marinelli, Isabella Ragonese
Paolo is a skeptical thirty-year-old young man. Mia is a back-up singer in a band. Paolo is looking to understand himself, his identity and his sexuality. Mia has a shocking sexual life that is clearly defined. The two meet by coincidence one night in a gay club in Turin. It's the beginning of an on-the-road journey throughout Italy looking for the father of the baby girl Mia is carrying within.
Italian distribution: GOOD FILMS
Screening: May 19th - 9.30 am - Palais D

Market Screenings

LA GUERRA DEI CAFONI by DAVIDE BARLETTI and LORENZO CONTE 100' - ITA

Cast: Claudio Santamaria, Ernesto Mahieux, Pasquale Patruno, Donato Paterno.
In a small village on the eastern coast of Puglia, a continued war between the wealthy and the yokels starts over once again. The class division of the young adults gives life to a number of guerrilla acts but all is put on hold when Angelo falls in love with Mela. Based on a novel by Carlo D'Amicis.
Italian distribution: ISMAELE FILM
Screening: May 23th - 2.00 pm - Riviera 1

Market Screenings

CRAZY FOR FOOTBALL by VOLFANGO DE BIASI 75' - ITA

A documentary about the first national five-a-side football Italian team participating the Psychiatric Patients World Cup in Osaka. The group of mental patients from all over Italy faces the challenge together with a group of experts. A wonderful trip from Italy to Japan, full of hope and passion, where the real protagonists are the players and not their mental illness, fighting the cruel prejudice around them.
Italian distribution: ISTITUTO LUCE CINECITTÀ
Screening: May 18th - 11.30 am - Palais B

Coming Up

BRUTTI E CATTIVI by COSIMO GOMEZ - ITA

Cast: Claudio Santamaria, Marco D'Amore, Sara Serraiocco.
A group of wild, physically disabled gangsters has a plan to rob a bank, but things go terribly wrong when each of them reveals they all had their own personal interests.
Italian distribution: 01 DISTRIBUTION

Coming Up

GATTA CENERENTOLA by ALESSANDRO RAK, IVAN CAPPIELLO, MARINO GUARNIERI and DARIO SANSONE - ITA

Passion, desire, revenge and power are the main elements of a Story that blend tradition, innovation and music. A post-modern story of the well famous Cinderella is set in Naples in the near future. Animated Feature Film 2D HD Produced by: Rai Cinema and Mad Entertainment Italian distribution: VIDEA