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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19

11:00am Docu Becoming Sophia by Gianluigi Attorre (63') – Usa Premiere

12:30am Tribute to Sergio Corbucci – Special Screening

The Mercenary (110') by Sergio Corbucci

3: 00pm Culture by Energy – Docu Africa: Birth of a Continent by Gilbert Bovay (115')

5: 30pm Honoring Dario Argento – Special Screening

Suspiria by Dario Argento (92')

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To follow Preview Dracula 3D by Dario Argento (25') – World Premiere

The Director will be attending the event

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8:00pm Love To Make Love by Fausto Brizzi (97') - Usa Premiere



10:15pm Tribute to Sergio Corbucci – Special Screening

Django (91') by Sergio Corbucci

The actor Franco Nero will be attending the event


MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20

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10:00 Tribute to Ben Gazzara – The Professor by Giuseppe Tornatore (170')

To follow Culture by Energy – Docu Africa: Birth of a Continent by Gilbert Bovay (40')

2:00pm 20 Cigarettes by Aureliano Amadei (94')

4:30pm Some Say No by Giambattista Avellino (95') - Usa Premiere

The actress Chiara Francini will be attending the event

6:30pm Remembering Francesco Quinn – Special Screening

The Tonto Woman by Daniel Barber (35')

To follow Immaturi: Il Viaggio by Paolo Genovese (100') - Usa Premiere


9:30pm Honoring Dario Argento – Deep Red by Dario Argento (126')

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21

10:00am Honoring Dario Argento – Special Screening

The Stendhal Syndrome by Dario Argento (113')

12:30am Viaggio in Italia – Una favola vera by Paolo Genovese e Luca Miniero (88')

2:30pm Un Sueño A Mitad by Francesco Apolloni (61') – Usa Premiere


To follow The Early Bird Catches the Worm by Francesco Patierno (100')

5:30pm The Industrialist by Giuliano Montaldo (94') - Usa Premiere

The actress Carolina Crescentini will be attending the event


7:45pm The Extra Day by Massimo Venier (123') - Usa Premiere

10:00pm Culture by Energy – Docu Africa: Birth of a Continent by Gilbert Bovay (115')

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SPECIAL EVENTS

3:00pm U.S.C. : Honoring Dario Argento – Special Screening

Suspiria by Dario Argento (92')

To follow Q&A with the Director

6:30pm Institute of Italian Culture – Welcoming the L.A.Italia Delegation

Following Special Screening of the documentary Dailies by Riccardo Paoletti (70')

The producer Marco Belardi will be attending the screening

To follow IIC Gala – By invitation only

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

11:00pm Tribute to Sergio Corbucci – Special Screening

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Compañeros (118') by Sergio Corbucci

1:30pm Bar Sport by Massimo Martelli (93') - Usa Premiere

3:30pm Ex – Amici come prima by Carlo Vanzina (98') - Usa Premiere

5:45pm The Worst Week of my Life by Alessandro Genovesi (93') - Usa Premiere

The actress Chiara Francini will be attending the event

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8:00pm Jonathan of The Bears by Enzo G. Castellari (88')

To Follow Q&A with the actor Franco Nero


10:15pm The Cardboard Village by Ermanno Olmi (87') - Usa Premiere

SPECIAL EVENT

8:00pm Grammy Museum – Honoring Peppino di Capri – Special Event Tba

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23

10:00am Honoring Dario Argento – Special Screening

The Cat O'Nine Tails by Dario Argento (112')

12:30am Talk to Me about Love by Silvio Muccino (100')

2:30pm La Seconda volta non si scorda mai by Francesco Ranieri Martinotti (100')

The actress Elisabetta Canalis will be attending the Event

4:30pm Things From Another World by Francesco Patierno (90') - Usa Premiere

6:30pm Radici – Docu by Carlo Luglio (60')

To follow Q&A with the musician Enzo Gragnaniello

8.00pm The Usual Idiots by Enrico Lando (98') - USA Premiere

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10:15pm On the Way Home by Emiliano Corapi (83') - Usa Premiere

SPECIAL EVENT

8:00pm Grammy Museum – Honoring Peppino di Capri – Special Event Tba

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

10:00am Honoring Marina Cicogna – Special Screening

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion by Elio Petri (112')

The producer Marina Cicogna will be attending the event

12:30am Pater Familias by Francesco Patierno (99')

2:30pm On the Sea by Alessandro D'Alatri (100') L.A. Premiere

The actor Dario Castiglio will be attending the event

4:30pm Honoring Peppino Di Capri –

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Docu Peppino 50: from Capri... to the Legend by Vincenzo Mollica (63')

The artist Peppino Di Capri will be attending the event


To follow Honoring Marina Cicogna – Docu An Italian Legend by Antonello Aglioti (32')

The producer Marina Cicogna will be attending

And Piazza Fellini – Docu by Valerio Ruiz (5')

7:00pm The Big Heart of the Girls by Pupi Avati (84') - Usa Premiere

The director and the producer Antonio Avati will be attending the event


9:00pm Celebrating the Italian King of Rock

Docu Vasco Rossi –This is the Story (Life an Italian Rockstar) by Alessandro Paris e SibylleRighetti (75')

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The directors will be attending the event - Usa Premiere


To follow Remembering the Italian Ambassador of "Beat Generation" Fernanda Pivano

10.30pm Honoring Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo

Docu Dante Ferretti: Production Designer by Gianluigi Giagni (52')

The artists will be attending the event


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

10:00am Docu Giusva - Most Wanted Man by Francesco Patierno (52') – Usa Premiere

11:00am Honoring Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo

Hugo by Martin Scorsese

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To Follow Docu Dante Ferretti: Production Designer by Gianfranco Giagni (180')

The artists will be attending the event


2:30pm Culture by Energy – Docu Africa: Birth of a Continent by Gilbert Bovay (115')

5:00pm Honoring Pupi Avati – Special Screening

Docu A Poet out of the Crowd by Adriano Pintaldi (52')

6:30pm Welcome to the North by Luca Miniero (110') - Usa Premiere


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SYNOPSIS FILM

Becoming Sophiaby Gianluigi Attorre – 63'"I am a lucky woman. I had had a shining career, made of a lot of work but also of a lot of lovefor what I did". With these words Sophia Loren comments on her actress's wonderful life, in theinedited documentary "Becoming Sophia". It is an intimate and uncommon portrait of the mostknown in the world's Italian actress, through inedited images and memories of other famousfaces known to television's audience.

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The Mercenaryby Sergio Corbucci -110'While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary whotutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul ofthe guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive and all-powerful landowners in the1910s.

Africa, The Birth of a Continentby Gilbert Bovay – 115'Africa, the birth of a continent is a three-episode film directed for Eni by Gilbert Bovay, on of themost important European film-maker of the African decolonization during the Sixties. The firstpart of the trilogy examines the political situation in some of the larger African states afterindipendence.

Suspiriaby Dario Argento – 92'The frightened girl is Pat Hingle, and she flees to a friend's apartment in the nearby town. Whilealone in the bathroom, she becomes transfixed by a pair of shining eyes outside the window,and a decidedly inhuman arm smashes through the glass, grabbing her.

Preview Dracula 3Dby Dario Argento – 25'A special 25-minutes preview of Italian horror film maestro Dario Argento's Dracula 3D, whichstars Rutger Hauer, the director's daughter Asia Argento and the German actor ThomasKretshmann.

Love To Make Loveby Fausto Brizzi – 97'

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The humorous adventures of a "normal" family whose lives are turned upside-down with thearrival of a porn-star houseguest.

Djangoby Sergio Corbucci – 91'In the opening scene a lone man walks, behind him he drags a coffin. That man is Django. Herescues a woman from bandits and later he arrives in a town ravaged by the same bandits. Thescene for confrontation is set. But why he drag that coffin everywhere and who, or what, is in it?

The Professorby Giuseppe Tornatore - 171'Vaguely based on the real story of the Camorra's boss Raffaele Cutolo, this is the criminalcareer's story of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison but by there he is able to build,step by step, an empire founded on murders and drugs. He begins a war to destroy all the oldCamorra bosses in order to become himself the new "boss of the bosses".

20 Cigarettesby Aureliano Amadei – 94'A film director working in Iraq finds himself caught up in a suicide attack.

Some Say Noby Giambattista Avellino – 95'Three ex classmates meet up again after twenty years, realizing to have a common enemy:recommended persons. Max is a talented journalist, Irma is an esteemed doctor and Samuele isa criminal law genius but all of them are ousted from this social pathology.

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The Tonto Womanby Daniel Barber – 35'A white woman is kidnapped from her home by Apache Indians. Traded to the Mojave Indians,she lives as a squaw for 11 years until she is found by her husband. Unfit for society, he keepsher in a shack in the desert. Her solitary existence is transformed by the arrival of a Mexican.He befriends her, reignites her self-worth and increases her confidence.

Immaturi – Il Viaggioby Paolo Genovese – 100'After meeting up again to deal with school-leaving examination (esami di maturità), the sevenprotagonists of the film decide to organize that famous end of the school's trip they did notmanaged to have during high school. Accompanied, who willingly who not, by wives, fiancés,parents and children, they live new adventures, new paths of growth, in a Greece's island.

Deep Redby Dario Argento – 126'A psychic who can reads minds picks up the thoughts of a murder in the audience and soonbecomes a victim. An English pianist gets involved in solving the murders, but finds of hisavenues of inquiry cut off by new murders, and he begins to wonder how the murderer can trackhis movements so closely.

The Stendhal Sindromeby Dario Argento – 113'Anna Manni is a policewoman trying to capture a vicious serial rapist killer. The problem is thatshe suffers from "Stendhal's syndrome", a psychosomatic disease that gives her dizziness andhallucinations when she is exposed to the sight of paintings and artistic masterpieces.

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Viaggio In Italia – Una Favola Veraby Paolo Genovese and Luca Miniero – 88'Milan. Chiara and Paolo, a separated couple from many years, because of the incompatibility ofcharacters (habits, political views, etc), is forced to travel together toward the South Italy, bytheir daughter, a volcanologist in Stromboli, who is going to get married. She has asked to herparents, as gift's wedding, their presence there. Made of 21 few minute's fragments, the movieis characterized by sketch and gag corresponding to special meetings.

Un Sueňo A Mitadby Francesco Apolloni – 61'When Castro and Guevara first set foot in the Havan Country Club for a round of golf, Rightafter the Cuban Revolution, conversing what the Revolution could give to the people, theydecided that in that park, once reserved only for the fun of the wealthy, would have beenerected the most important centre in South America, where thousands of students from all LatinAmerica, Africa and Asia would have been able to study the arts for free.

The Early Bird Catches The Wormby Francesco Patierno – 100'Florence, early seventies. Marco is a young man, he still live with his parents and has agirlfriend, Cristina. He doesn't know to do in his life but he is very passionate about music so hestarts doing the DJ in clubs and to host a program on the radio. Despite of the success Marco isunhappy and apathetic.

The Industrialistby Giuliano Montaldo – 94'Nicola, 40, is the owner of a factory he inherited from his father, on the brink of bankruptcy.Nicola is throttled by debts and banks, in Turin, a city plunged in the great economic crisissuffering the whole Italy. But he is proud and tenacious. He decides to solve his problems withno scruples, exactly like the finance companies trying to knock him out.

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The Extra Dayby Massimo Venier – 123'Giacomo (40) lives in Milan, where he carries on a fairly messy existence which essentiallyinvolves young women being seduced and then abandoned. He is a successful stockbroker fora company which also employs Dante, a verbose and rather portly forty-year old. Giacomo isthe only single man in the office so he is systematically cornered by his colleagues when itcomes to assignments involving weekend work.

Dailiesby Riccardo Paoletti – 70'A documentary on Italian Cinema seen through the eyes of all the technicians that no oneknows. This is a "collective monologue" that begins from true-interviews made the group ofoperators in the industry who is on the smallest steps of the set "working ladder".

Compañerosby Sergio Corbucci – 118'Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in abank safe, the combination is known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans.Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former businesspartner of Yolaf's – John 'The Wooden Hand', has other ideas.

Bar Sportby Massimo Martelli – 93'There are lots of bars, but the Bar Sport is much more. In every city, in every village, there is aBar Sport, always with doors facing the main square. Rather than a meeting place or a point ofreference, it is a place of the soul, a melting pot for a whole world of situations and characterswhich we have met at least once, or would like to get acquainted with.

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Ex: Amici come Prima!by Carlo Vanzina – 98'He is about to marry the girl he believes is the love of his life? Until fate brings the woman of hisdreams into his life, a woman he had met in the past and who he bumps into at the worst time.But maybe it's too soon for him to become and EX.

The Worst Week of My Lifeby Alessandro Genovesi – 93'The week preceding Paolo and Margherita's wedding. Paolo is forty, lives in Milan has a job islikes and a friend, Ivano, who will be his best man. Margherita is thirty, a vet and as a dowry shebrings her eccentric bourgeoisie family who lives in an austere villa on Lake Como.

I Soliti Idiotiby Enrico Lando – 98'A big day is looming ahead in Gianluca's life, a thirty years old man who still lives with hisparents: he is about to marry Fabiana, his lifelong fiancè. All is ready and yet Ruggero,Gianluca's father, a peculiar kind of entrepreneur, will not allow his son to get married until hehas proven to be a real man.

The Cardboard Villageby Ermanno Olmi – 87'Like a rumpled pile of rags just plopped on the steps of the altar. It's the old priest, for manyyears the parish priest of that church which is no longer needed and is being dismantled. Theworkers remove the paintings of the saints and all the other decorations from the walls, and putthe most precious sacred objects into special cases for safekeeping.

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The Cat O' Nine Tailsby Dario Argento – 112'Franco Arno is a blind man that lives with young niece and makes a living writing crosswordpuzzles. One night, while walking on the street, he overhears a weird conversation between twomen sitting in a car parked in front of a medical institute, where genetic experiments areperformed.

Talk To me About Loveby Silvio Muccino – 109'Sasha is a boy in his twenties, deeply loving the beautiful Benedetta, who doesn't seem to knowhis existence. Nicole is a French woman in her forties, living in Rome with her husband. Theycausally meet and start a friendship, which becomes a sentimental education for the boy.

La Seconda Volta non si scorda maiby Francesco Ranieri Martinotti – 100'Giulio is a young estate agent. During a visit to an apartment, he sees Ilaria, his ex classmate'ssister. She is in love with an older man and they are going to marry. Giulio is strucked fromIlaria's beauty and he doesn't like the fact she is going to marry.

Things From Another Worldby Francesco Patierno – 90'An entrepreneur, though as ignorant as he is racist, has a voluptuous black lover. This does notstop him from advocating non-stop on his daily TV show, the wish for a world rid of allimmigrants, forever. One night, after a cataclysmic storm, the city awakens with a shock: all ofthe immigrants in town, seem to have vanished without any trace.

Radiciby Enzo Gragnaniello – 60'

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The film is a musical journey with Enzo Gragnaniello trough the memory of the magic,mythological and historical Neapolitan underworld, and through the city above, with itsmonuments and most lively areas.

Jonathan of the Bearsby Enzo G. Castellari - 88'A young boy witnesses his parents' murder. Later, as he grows up, he befriends a bear in thewilderness and the chief of a local Indian tribe, and he stays with the Indians, but makes anenemy of the chief's son. As he enters adulthood he sets out to find the men responsible for hisparents' deaths.

On the Way Homeby Emiliano Corapi – 83'Alberto, a small businessman from Liguria confronted with financial difficulties, becomes acourier for a powerful criminal organization in an attempt to save his company. He hides thetruth of his trips from his loving wife Laura who has always appreciated him for his honesty, untila rival gang's interest in the illicit package he is about to deliver forces him to face theconsequences of a choice far beyond his nature.

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicionby Elio Petri – 112'A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to provehis own responsibility.

Pater Familias

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by Francesco Patierno – 99'After ten years in jail, Matteo returns home in order to sign some legal papers tied to theimminent death of his father. But the real reason Matteo returns, is to face ghosts of his pastand to relive the episode that landed him in prison.

On the Seaby Alessandro D'Altari – 100'During peak season, the handsome 19 years old Salvatore takes tourists around his island ofVentotene on his little boat and enjoys the easy life. A string of good-looking girls, a mother whotakes care of him and endless sunshine are all he wants. Off-season, he works on the mainlandlike most of the island's man, having dangerous construction jobs and getting paid under thetable.

Peppino 50 - From Capri...To Legendby Vincenzo Mollica – 63'Peppino di Capri tells about himself to the journalist's microphones Vincenzo Mollica, throughthe classical tracks of his infinite repertoire ("Let's Twist Again", "Un grande amore e niente piú","Champagne", "Luna Caprese", "Rapsodia in blu", "Luna Caprese") from the 1960s until the endof the 1980s.

Marina Cicogna: An Italian Legendby Antonello Aglioti – 32'The documentary, Marina, una leggenda italiana, by Antonello Aglioti, tells countess Cicogna'scharacter: film producer, glamour lady and queen of the international jet set.

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Piazza Felliniby Valerio Ruiz – 5'Rome, Piazza del Popolo. A woman is starting to make a drawing of the square and next to her,two young persons, who are visiting Rome, are consulting historical information about thesquare, like its elliptical form, the Egyptian obelisk and fountains. The woman, listening withcuriosity to their comments, asks them to approach them.

The Big Heart of The Girlsby Pupi Avati – 84'We are in the first half of the '30s, in a small town of central Italy. The Vigettis is a family ofpeasants, mother, father, uncle, an aunt ex-prostitute of anglo-saxon origin and three children.The little Edo, who is the one telling the story from his teenage point of view, Sultana, with longplaits and Carlino, a young man considered a good catch by the girls for his seductive mannersand for the perturbing scent of hawthorn, coming from his mouth.

This is the Story(Life of an Italian Rockstar)by Alessandro Paris and Sibylle Righetti – 75'This is the story of Vasco Rossi's extraordinary career as a musician and a performer, told in hisown words and with a wealth of unpublished material. Twenty-five millions discs sold in a30-years career and still on the crest of the wave: Vasco Rossi's story is unique. In thefull-length documentary Vasco talks about himself, offering us an intimate portrait for the veryfirst time.

Giusvaby Francesco Patierno – 52'The documentary tells the true story of an ex actor-terrorist, through political facts and obscurestories, which fills in one of the worst decade of twentieth century. The audience is involved inFioravanti's story, starting from the youngest period, when he was a famous child-actor, until theworst period, when he was one of the most wanted Italy's terrorist, responsible of the death ofjudges, policemen and political friends.

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Dante Ferretti: Production Designerby Gianfranco Giagni –54'The documentary retraces the life and the career of Dante Ferretti, the famous Italian Artist andProduction Designer, who won two Academy Awards ("The Aviator" by Martin Scorsese and"Sweeny Todd" by Tim Barton) and BAFTA.

A Poet Out Of The Crowdby Adriano Pintaldi – 52'The documentary opens with an introduction by Antonio Avati, who has been working over 30years with his brother as scriptwriter and producer of his films. The documentary contains manybackstages of the most important films, showing poignant moments never seen before,sometimes amusing, sometimes touching.

Welcome To Northby Luca Miniero – 100'Alberto e Mattia live marital crisis. Silvia doesn't like Milan because of its pollution and sheaccuses Alberto to be an egoist. In the meantime, Mattia lives with his wife Maria and his sonEdinson into his mother's house. Despite himself, he goes to work in Milan. The impact of theNeapolitan on this city is terrible but slowly, the prejudices begin to disappear.

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