BigScreen Festival
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TheBigScreen FestivalorBigScreen Italiais a film festival that focuses onChineseandItalian cinema.It was first held in 2004 inPadua,Italy,but in 2006 moved toKunming,Yunnan,China.
BigScreen Asia '01
[edit]The first edition of Big Screen took place inPadua,Italy, from 18 to 24 March 2004. This festival was organized by the portal Cinaoggi.it and the University Student Association (ASU) together with Progetti Giovani. Other associations including the commune of Padova, the University of Padova, and theShanghai Theatre Academycollaborated with the festival. The festival screened several works fromItalyandChina.Students of the Shanghai Theatre also screened their works. It was the first Asian Cinema Festival in Padova.
The artistic directors of the festival wereDominique MusorrafitiandMatteo Damiani.The festival featured works byWong Kar-wai,Wang Xiaoshuai,Jia Zhangke,Fruit Chan,Hayao Miyazaki,Osamu Tezuka,Kazuhisa Takenouchi,Hugo Ng, andKiyoshi Kurosawa.Guests includedWu Baohe,a professor at the Shanghai Theatre Academy,Marco Ceresa,andMarcello Ghirardi.
BigScreen Pills
[edit]BigScreen Pills, also organised by Cinaoggi and ASU, took place from 11-12 May 2005, a selection of short films, video art, movies and documentaries leading up to the second edition of BigScreen Asia. The end of the evening featured a concert by the Japanese bandMono.
Musorrafiti and Damiani were again the artistic directors, and the event was hosted byValentina PedoneandFelix Schoeber.Works featured includedLisa Partby(The New Flowers of Beijing,Pao ma liu liu), abelvideo, He Jia, Guan Jang, Zhang Yang,Singing Chen,Chen Chieh-jen, Tsui Kuang-Yu, Hu Jieming.
BigScreen Asia '02
[edit]The second year of the BigScreen festival took place from 24-28 October 2005, featuring a selection of modern Thai cinema, a substantial display of short Korean films, a photographic exhibition, and a concert on Asian themes by Claudio Rocchetti. This was accompanied by the presentation of works by more well-known producers, includingWang Xiaoshuai,Wong Karwai,Fruit Chan,Rintaro,Katsuhiro Otomo,Zhang YangandJia Zhangke.
The festival was hosted byMarco Ceresa,Marco Della Gassa,Marcello Ghiraldi,andStefano Locati.
BigScreen Italia 2006
[edit]In November 2005 the organizers of CinaOggi moved to Kunming, China, and took the BigScreen Festival with them. The festival grew and became more of a competition. Italian universities including "La Sapienza"(Rome), the University of Naples, the Oriental languages department of the" Ca’ Foscari "University of Venice, the Young Italian Artists Association (GAI), and the Yunnan Arts Institute collaborated on the project, which took place in Kunming from the 19th to 23 July 2006. The festival had a particular focus onBruno Bozzetto.
The international jury includedWang Xiaoshuai,Jia Zhangke,artistYe Yongqing,Marco Ceresa,and Song Jie, Dean of the Yunnan Arts Institute Cinema and Television Department.
Winners
[edit]- Jury Award (shorts, videoart, videoclip, animation):Azizdirected byFabio Bozzetto,Gigi Tufano,andDiego Zucchi
- Jury Award (movies, documentaries):Un'ora sola ti vorreidirected byAlina Marazzi
- Public Award (shorts, videoart, videoclip, animation):Azizdirected by Fabio Bozzetto, Gigi Tufano, and Diego Zucchi
- Public Award (movies, documentaries):Appunti Romanidirected byMarco Bertozzi
BigScreen Festival 2007
[edit]The 2007 festival was held in Kunming, Yunnan, from 27 November – 1 December 2007, featuring 94 films from more 30 countries. The festival was co-organized by CinaOggi.it, GoKunming, Yunnan Experimental Film Base, under the patronage of Istituto Italiano di Cultura. The official supporting media was the Chinese newspaperDushi Shibao.
The winning films from BigScreen Film Festival 2007 were announced by a jury composed of Marco Ceresa of the "Ca' Foscari" University in Venice, screenwriter Wang Yao andJeremy Goldkorn,founder of Danwei.org. Four films by French directorJean-Gabriel Périot(Even if she had been a criminal,Dies Irae,Under TwilightandNijuman No Borei) were collectively honoured as the best entries in the video art and experimental films category. The jurors said they based their selections upon the theme of modernity vs tradition, which was a common thread in all the winning movies. Special guests included the Hong Kong director Yan Yan Mak, who presented her movieThe Scarlet Robestarring the singerDenise Hoand the Japanese singerTujiko Noriko.The festival had a special focus on the work ofDon AskarianandLasse Gjertsen.
Winners
[edit]- Best long film:The Scarlet RobebyYan Yan Mak
- Best short film:Il Vecchio e la FontanabyTony Palazzo
- Best documentary:Living in A Perfect Worldby Diego D'Innocenzo and Marco Leopardi
- Best animation:Almost Like One of the FamilybyAstrid Goransson
- Best entries in the video art and experimental films:Even if she had been a criminal,Dies Irae,Under TwilightandNijuman No BoreibyJean-Gabriel Périot
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- CinaOggi
- GoKunming
- Teknemedia
- Film Italia
- Digicult
- Culture new Kunming
- China News
- Takunpao
- Neocha - voiceweekly[permanent dead link]
- SHXB