THE BEATLES' LOVE ME DO 50th ANNIVERSARY
On October the 5th 1962 Love me do, the first Beatles single, came out in the UK.
Opening on October the 6th 2012, this year's edition of .
During the DOCartoon opening evening the live exhibition of the Rooftop band will complete the tribute to the London quartet.
DOCartoon will celebrate the anniversary with several special screenings, exhibitions and concerts.
Two exhibitions will display the works of internationally known cartoonists who tried their hand at drawing the Fab Four's lives and careers
Le Petit Livre Beatles by Hervé Bourhis
Baby's in black by Arne Bellstorf.
DOCartoon Opening Night Special Event:
National Première of Crulic, a path to beyond di Anca Damian. First prize winner of Annecy Film Festival.
The touching, although ironic story of Claudiu Crulic, a young immigrant from Romania to Poland, charged with theft and imprisoned in Cracovia, dead on hunger strike. Written, directed and produced by Anca Damian, this astonishing animated documentary film tells a true story by means of a mixture of different techniques such as drawings, photographs, stop-motion animation, collages, library pictures. Told from the point of view of the dead protagonist Claudiu (whose voice is the Romanian actor's Vlad Ivanov), the movie begins from the end of the story, Crulic's death and the bureaucratic procedure undertaken by his mother and sister to identify the body, going backwards through the absurd events that lead to his assassination: a theft charge, a miscarriage of justice, and a hunger strike undertaken to attract public opinion's attention.
Special tribute to CORRADO FARINA (Turin, 1939), one of the most talented Italian directors and screenwriters from the 60s and 70s. DOCartoon will pay homage to his work by projecting two of his feature films Baba Yaga (1973, loosely based on Guido Crepax' Valentina comics series) and Hanno cambiato faccia (1971), together with his documentaries and short films on comic strips. Mr Farina will be present in Pietrasanta during the whole Festival.
Baba Yaga e Hanno cambiato faccia, tre suoi documentari sui fumetti e diversi cortometraggi girati negli anni Sessanta e Settanta.
European Previw of
One Big Hapa Family di Jeff Chiba Stearns (Yellow Sticky Notes).
Pluri-awarded animated documentary by Jeff Chiba Stearns, Japanese Canadian filmmaker who underwent a journey in search of the ultimate meaning of interracial marriage and multiculturalism. Using the most innovative animation techniques, Chiba Stearns tells us the story of his peculiar mixed family, its four generation saga through the 20th century history of multicultural Canada
Italian Preview of
Nasseredin Shah and his 84 wives.
Selected by many Film Festivals throughout the world, this animated movie by Norwegian director Beate Petersen tells the story of 19th century Persia by means of a reconstruction based on photographs taken by the Shah with the camera he received as a present by Victoria Queen of England. Scenes from everyday life at the Shah's court alternate with the narration of the complex and many-faceted political condition of Persia and its relationship with the western world between two centuries.
Two special exhibitions will be dedicated to the Italian non-fiction graphic novel:
World preview of MARINA COMANDINI's Roberta Lanzino (Ragazza) which will be out by Round Robin publishing house on October 26th 2012.
World preview of STEFANO CASINI's Di altre storie, di altri eroi (edizioni Tunué, 2012).
Several non-fiction short films will be presented in national previews during the whole week of the Festival. Some titles which are already confirmed are:
Wellcome trust’s Centrefold Project by Ellie Land, Ten-minute animated documentary which presents and confronts the condition of three women who, differently motivated, had operations of plastic surgery. .
No Darkness can make us forget by Huseyin Karabey, Ten-minute animated documentary about Armenian reporter Hrant Dink's assassination and funeral in Istanbul in 2007.
Manque de preuves (Assenza di prove) by Hayoun Kwon, a Korean woman director who tells us about Africa and its wildest and most violent aspects.
Tchaikovsky. An elegy by Barry Purves, a stop motion animation about the life and works of the Russian composer.
Father by Ivan Bogdanov. A transeuropean work dealing with the most debated topic of all times: the relationship between father and son.
Novecento italiano by Davide Tromba, A silent narration of he main events in 20th century Italy.
On October the 5th 1962 Love me do, the first Beatles single, came out in the UK.
Opening on October the 6th 2012, this year's edition of .
During the DOCartoon opening evening the live exhibition of the Rooftop band will complete the tribute to the London quartet.
DOCartoon will celebrate the anniversary with several special screenings, exhibitions and concerts. Two exhibitions will display the works of internationally known cartoonists who tried their hand at drawing the Fab Four's lives and careers
Le Petit Livre Beatles by Hervé Bourhis
Baby's in black by Arne Bellstorf.
DOCartoon Opening Night Special Event:National Première of Crulic, a path to beyond di Anca Damian. First prize winner of Annecy Film Festival.
The touching, although ironic story of Claudiu Crulic, a young immigrant from Romania to Poland, charged with theft and imprisoned in Cracovia, dead on hunger strike. Written, directed and produced by Anca Damian, this astonishing animated documentary film tells a true story by means of a mixture of different techniques such as drawings, photographs, stop-motion animation, collages, library pictures. Told from the point of view of the dead protagonist Claudiu (whose voice is the Romanian actor's Vlad Ivanov), the movie begins from the end of the story, Crulic's death and the bureaucratic procedure undertaken by his mother and sister to identify the body, going backwards through the absurd events that lead to his assassination: a theft charge, a miscarriage of justice, and a hunger strike undertaken to attract public opinion's attention.
Special tribute to CORRADO FARINA (Turin, 1939), one of the most talented Italian directors and screenwriters from the 60s and 70s. DOCartoon will pay homage to his work by projecting two of his feature films Baba Yaga (1973, loosely based on Guido Crepax' Valentina comics series) and Hanno cambiato faccia (1971), together with his documentaries and short films on comic strips. Mr Farina will be present in Pietrasanta during the whole Festival.
Baba Yaga e Hanno cambiato faccia, tre suoi documentari sui fumetti e diversi cortometraggi girati negli anni Sessanta e Settanta.
European Previw of
One Big Hapa Family di Jeff Chiba Stearns (Yellow Sticky Notes).Pluri-awarded animated documentary by Jeff Chiba Stearns, Japanese Canadian filmmaker who underwent a journey in search of the ultimate meaning of interracial marriage and multiculturalism. Using the most innovative animation techniques, Chiba Stearns tells us the story of his peculiar mixed family, its four generation saga through the 20th century history of multicultural Canada
Italian Preview of
Nasseredin Shah and his 84 wives. Selected by many Film Festivals throughout the world, this animated movie by Norwegian director Beate Petersen tells the story of 19th century Persia by means of a reconstruction based on photographs taken by the Shah with the camera he received as a present by Victoria Queen of England. Scenes from everyday life at the Shah's court alternate with the narration of the complex and many-faceted political condition of Persia and its relationship with the western world between two centuries.
Two special exhibitions will be dedicated to the Italian non-fiction graphic novel:
World preview of MARINA COMANDINI's Roberta Lanzino (Ragazza) which will be out by Round Robin publishing house on October 26th 2012.World preview of STEFANO CASINI's Di altre storie, di altri eroi (edizioni Tunué, 2012).
Several non-fiction short films will be presented in national previews during the whole week of the Festival. Some titles which are already confirmed are:
Wellcome trust’s Centrefold Project by Ellie Land, Ten-minute animated documentary which presents and confronts the condition of three women who, differently motivated, had operations of plastic surgery. .
No Darkness can make us forget by Huseyin Karabey, Ten-minute animated documentary about Armenian reporter Hrant Dink's assassination and funeral in Istanbul in 2007.
Manque de preuves (Assenza di prove) by Hayoun Kwon, a Korean woman director who tells us about Africa and its wildest and most violent aspects.
Tchaikovsky. An elegy by Barry Purves, a stop motion animation about the life and works of the Russian composer.
Father by Ivan Bogdanov. A transeuropean work dealing with the most debated topic of all times: the relationship between father and son.
Novecento italiano by Davide Tromba, A silent narration of he main events in 20th century Italy.