Grand presence for Swiss documentary films at Popoli Festival in Florence
Swiss documentary filmmaking will be honoured with a grand presence at the renowned Festival dei Popoli in Florence (November 13-20, 2010).
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The retrospective is called "Voices From An Inner Space". It encompasses thirteen feature and eleven short film productions dating back to the 1960s, ranging from "Siamo italiani" (1964) by Alexander J. Seiler to "C'était hier" (2010) by Jacqueline Veuve. It was curated by festival director Luciano Barisone, who will direct the Visions du Réel Festival in Nyon as of 2011, and Jean Perret, director of the festival in Nyon until 2010.
The showcase is devoted to the Canadian-based director Peter Mettler, whose oeuvre encompasses twelve works by now. In addition, his photo exhibition "Notations (For The End Of Time)" will be showing at the Museum Marino Marini in Florence as of November 14.
Apart from these two Swiss sections, further Swiss films from this year will be screened at the festival: "Cotonov Vanished" by Andreas Fontana and "Maye et fils" (Maye And Son) by David Maye will participate in the Short Documentary Film Competition; the film "Nel giardino dei suoni" (In The Garden Of Sounds) by Nicola Bellucci and "David Wants to Fly" by David Sieveking will be presented to the Italian audience for the first time in the festival's Special Events section.
Zurich, November 11, 2010
Films
Balifilm
C'était hier
Chronique paysanne en Gruyère
Cotonov Vanished
David Wants To Fly
Eastern Avenue
Face Addict
Gambling, Gods and LSD
Genet à Chatila
Geschichte der Nacht
Gregory
Il Bacio di Tosca
L'apprentissage
L'arrivée
L'ordination
La rentrée
La vente
La visite
Lancalot Freely
Le combat
Les hommes du port
Mais im Bundeshuus
Maye et fils
Middle of the moment
Nel giardino dei suoni
Pas les flics, pas les noirs, pas les blancs
Petropolis
Picture of Light
Requiem
Scissere
Siamo italiani – Die Italiener
Tectonic Plates
The Top of His Head
War Photographer