FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9/19/2011 The ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
9/19/2011
The ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE of New York in collaboration with
Film Commission Torino Piedmont
presents:
A whole week of film screenings and meetings to celebrate Turin and Piedmont
film production with the support of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte
New York, 26 - 30 September 2011
the Italian Cultural Institute in New York together with Turin Piedmont Film
Commission, organizes a week of screenings, meetings and debates around the
Piedmont Region’s film production.
The event is designed not only to promote and make divulge to the New York
audience films shot in Turin and Piedmont with the support of the Film
Commission Torino Piemonte, but also to highlight the qualities and peculiarities
of our land, facing a particularly receptive audience, which is the careful and
learned scholars and film professionals who are based in New York.
The meetings - which will take place between 27 and 30 September the Italian
Institute of Culture and the Casa Italian Zerilli Marimo (Department of Italian
Studies at New York University) - are built around the presence of two directors
who have worked in Piedmont and work a lot, making films and documentaries of
great importance, also international: Saverio Costanzo and Davide Ferrario.
They and the projection of some of their most important works, will be associated
with the screening of the film collective Walls & Borders, large container of visual
contributions that involved the majority of the directors, producers and workers
active in the Piedmont area and therefore well is to serve as a summary is
provided to support the work of production JTPF held for over 10 years.
Of note also that Constantius and Ferrari will also be involved in two lessons of
the course MODERN ITALY: HISTORY AND FILM Yale University.
A more strictly business trip to NYC is related to the series of meetings with
some of the leading manufacturers of active NY, which will present its overall
JTPF activities and opportunities for funding, as well as those of FIP - Movie
Capital of the Piedmont and Doc Film Fund.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Monday, September 26 - h. 18:00
Company 3 to 218 West 18th Street
Torino Piemonte♥Opening night in New York City
Introduce the evening the director of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte,
David Bracco and the Director of the Italian Institute of Culture in New York,
Riccardo Viale.
Evening invitations.
Tuesday, September 27 - h. 18:00
Italian Cultural Institute (686 Park Avenue)
Feature films shot in Piedmont
Projection of Blame Judas by Davide Ferrario
Introduce the film director Davide Ferrario and director of the Film Commission
Torino Piemonte, David Bracco. Moderates the meeting the Director of the Italian
Institute of Culture in New York, Riccardo Viale.
Q & A following the screening.
Free admission by reservation.
Wednesday, September 28 - h. 18:00
Italian Cultural Institute (686 Park Avenue)
The documentary and the production system in Piedmont
Projection of Piazza Garibaldi and the Red Room by Davide Ferrario Saverio
Costanzo
Introduce the screenings filmmakers Saverio Costanzo Davide Ferrario and
production managers along with the Film Commission Torino Piemonte, Daniele
Segre. Moderated by Professor Antonio Monda meeting of the New York
University and Tisch School of the Arts
Q & A following the screening.
Free admission by reservation.
Thursday, September 29 - h. 18:00
Casa Italian Zerilli-Marimò (24 West 12th Street)
Feature films shot in Piedmont
Projection The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Saverio Costanzo
Introduce the film director Saverio Costanzo, director of the Film Commission
Torino Piemonte, David Bracco and the Director of the Italian Institute of Culture
in New York, Riccardo Viale. Moderates the meeting the director of Casa Italian
Zerilli-Marimò, Stefano Albertini
Q & A following the screening.
Free admission subject to availability.
Friday, September 30 - h. 18:00
Italian Cultural Institute (686 Park Avenue)
Torino Piemonte♥Closing night in New York City
Closing speeches of the Director of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte, David
Bracco and Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, Richard Avenue,
follow round table on the similarities and differences of Italian and American film
production systems; involved, among others, Daniel Segre, production manager
of the Film Commission Torino Piemonte, Eugene Kelly, producer of TV series
Boardwalk Empire and Rome and Anne Carey, producer of The American with
George Clooney.
Free admission by reservation.
EVENTS:
Monday, September 26 - h. 14:00
Yale University - New Haven
Meeting with director Davide Ferrario and students of Modern Italy: History and
Film held by Professor Millicent Marcus Penny.
Admission for students of the course.
Tuesday, September 27 - h. 13:00
Italian Cultural Institute (686 Park Avenue)
Screening of the film collective Walls and Borders (2009, 290 ').
Free admission by reservation.
Friday, September 30 - h. 14:00
Yale University - New Haven
Meeting with the director Saverio Costanzo and students of Modern Italy: History
and Film held by Professor Millicent Marcus Penny.
Admission for students of the course.
Weather permitting, Tuesday 27 and Wednesday, September 28 meetings will be
held between Turin Piedmont Film Commission and some of the leading
manufacturers active in New York.
Turin Piedmont was made possible through the collaboration of the following
partners: Italian Cultural Institute in New York City, Casa Italian Zerilli Marimo New York University, Company 3, Bloomingdale's, and the agency Cantur
Perfumes AIM Productions Inc.♥New York City Peroni and Popcorners
involved.
Media partners: NUOK
We thank the producer Rose Ganguzza Indies Young Films LLC for the
collaboration in the organization of meetings with producers.
Turin, September 16, 2011
Marzia Milanesi
Press and Communication
Film Commission Torino Piemonte
[email protected]
Screening – Sunday April 17, 2011 at 2:00PM
Location:
Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35 Avenue
Astoria, NY 11106
Media R.S.V.P.
Eva Zanardi
Tel: 212 879-4242 ext.333
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