Lucca Film Festival
The Lucca Film Festival (LFF) is a film festival in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. It was founded in 2005 by the “Vista Nova” organization.
Purpose
Its purpose is to offer its audience a new approach to cinema; to promote a cinematographic culture made of a plurality of sights, styles and perspectives; and, most of all, to introduce attendees to a new sensory and intellectual experience[1] Throughout the years, the Lucca Film Festival has dealt with the various contrasts of today’s cinema: Template:Avant-garde, experimental and mainstream Attendees to the LFF have included important directors, actors and international artists, like Kenneth Anger, Jonas Mekas, Tsai Ming-liang, Michael Snow, Paolo Taviani, Robert Cahen, Lou Castel, Abel Ferrara, Philippe Garrel, György Pálfi, Antoni Padrós, Benedek Fliegauf, Peter Greenaway, John Boorman, David Lynch, David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam.
Editions
- 2005 Edition
- 2006 Edition
- 2007 Edition
- 2008 Edition
- 2009 Edition
- 2010 Edition
- 2011 Edition
- 2012 Edition
- 2013 Edition
- 2014 Edition
- 2015 Edition
Short-film competition
More than 500 works from all around the world, selected by some of the most important international festivals, are competing in the short-film contest. The competition includes 4 sections: Fiction, Documentary, Experimental and Animation. The final selection is judged by an international jury of experts.
Year | Title | Director | Origin |
---|---|---|---|
2007 | De Sortie | Thomas Salvador | FR |
2008 | Vertigo Rush | Johann Lurf | AU |
2009 | Cada cuatro fotogramas | Alberto Cabrera Bernal | ES |
2010 | Licht | André Schreuders | NL |
2011 | Song | Eponine Momenceau | FR |
2012 | Go burning Atacama Go | Alberto Gemmi | IT/DE |
2013 | Studio per interno con figure e suoni | Rick Niebe | IT |
Ex aequo Mirror by mirror | Sergei Sviatchenko and Noriko Okaku | DK/UK | |
2014 | Red Mill | Esther Urlus | (NL) |
2015 | Jazz For a massacre | Leonardo Carrano and Giuseppe Spina | (IT/PL) |
Festival venues
Screenings
- Teatro-Auditorium San Girolamo – Via San Girolamo[2]
- Cinema Centrale – in collaboration with Circolo del Cinema di Lucca - Via di Poggio 36
- Cinema Astra - Piazza del Giglio 7
- Cinema Italia – in collaboration with Ezechiele 25:17 – Via del Biscione 32
- Cinema Moderno - Via Vittorio Emanuele II
Venues
- Fondazione Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti- Complesso di S. Micheletto[3] - Via San Micheletto 3 Free entry.
- Fondazione Banca del Monte - Auditorium - Piazza S. Martino 4 Free entry.
- Lu.CCA - Lucca Center of Contemporary Art - Via della Fratta 36
- Centro Culturale Agorà - Piazza dei Servi
- Ex Convento di San Francesco - Piazza San Francesco[4][5]
- Archivio di Stato di Lucca[22] - Via dei Pubblici Macelli 155
Lucca Film Festival retrospectives
2006 edition
- Kenneth Anger
- Stephen Dwoskin
- Adolfo Arrieta
- Tonino de Bernardi
- Mikheil Kobakhidze
Tributes to affirmed characters involved in the international cinema scene
- Alan Clarke
Retrospectives about a particular theme, country or category
- Road Movies
Special events, projections, performances
- World preview of Permanent Vacation, directed by Adolfo Arrieta in Lucca during Lucca Film Festival 2005 edition
2007 edition
Retrospectives about the most influential characters involved in experimental and avant-garde cinema
- Michael Snow
Tributes to affirmed characters involved in the international cinema scene
- Fratelli Taviani (Taviani brothers)
Retrospectives about other characters involved in independent and experimental cinema
- Guy Debord
Retrospectives about a particular theme, country or category
- Review about “Cinema&Film” magazine
Retrospectives about emerging artists of experimental cinema, matched with works' exposition
- Aldo Tambellini
Special evenets, projections, performances
- Preview of La osa major menos dos directed by David Reznak 2007
- Tribute to Isidore Isou with played performance by Frédéric Acquaviva
- Preview of River of Anger, directed by Antoine Barraud 2007, documentary about and with Kenneth Anger
Expositions
- Michael Snow – cinema, installations and visual arts -Fondazione Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti - Complesso di S. Micheletto
- Photo exposition about Taviani brothers' cinema - Centro Culturale Agorà - Piazza dei Servi
2008 edition
Retrospectives about the main characters involved in independent and experimental cinema
- Jonas Mekas
Tributes to well-known characters involved in the international cinema scene
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Retrospectives about other artists of experimental cinema
- Pierre Clémenti
Tribute to young directors working in mainstram cinema with innovative ideas and positions
- Shane Meadows
Retrospectives about a particular theme, country or category
- Machinima, in cooperation with Lucca Comics & Games
Retrospectives about emerging artists of experimental cinema, matched with works' exposition
- Christian Lebrat
Special events, projections, performances
- Preview of Schifanosaurus Rex directed by Franco Brocani. The movie is about his friend and artist Mario Schifano.
- Preview of movies realized through smartphones by Stephen Dwoskin.
- Project preview “Twenty Puccini”, collective work realized by independent directors. The movie is about short works dedicated to *Puccini in occasion of the 150 annyversary from his birth.
Expositions
- Jonas Mekas – works - Fondazione Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti - Complesso di S. Micheletto
2009 edition
Retrospectives about the main characters involved in independent and experimental cinema
- Robert Cahen
Tributes to well-known actors working in international cinema
- Lou Castel
Tribute to young directors working in mainstram cinema with innovative ideas and positions
- Guillaume Nicloux
Retrospectives about a particular theme, country or category
- Sable Noir – the new genre cinema in France
- Special events, projections, performances
- Kiss by Andy Warhol - musical performance by Giulio Bursi, Bolognesi and Gherardi
- Preview of short movies involved in the “Twenty Puccini” project
- Preview of the show "NYC to PAL": the best of experimental cinema in NY
Expositions
- Robert Cahen - Landscapes 1979 2008 - Fondazione Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti - Complesso di S. Micheletto
2010 edition
Retrospectives about the main characters involved in independent and experimental cinema
- Gérard Courant - Franco Brocani
Tributes to well-known directors working in international cinema
- Abel Ferrara
Retrospectives about other characters involved in independent and experimental cinema
- Viva Auder
Tribute to young directors working in mainstram cinema with innovative ideas and positions
- György Pálfi
Retrospectives about a particular theme, country or category
- Unpublished short-films directed by Franco Brocani for Corona Cinematografica productions
- "(An)Other Irish Cinema" – focus about young Irish cinema
- "Free Radicals: a (hi)story of experimental film" by Pip Chodorow
- "Flammes" directed by Adolfo Arrieta
- Full projection of "Cinématon" directed by Gérard Courant
All the events took place in Lu.CCA - Lucca Center of Contemporary Art - Via della Fratta 36
2011 edition
Retrospectives about the main characters involved in independent and experimental cinema
- Boris Lehman
Retrospectives about other characters involved in independent and experimental cinema
- Catherine Libert
- Tribute to young directors working in mainstram cinema with innovative ideas and positions
- Daniele Gaglianone - Michelangelo Frammartino
Retrospectives about a particular theme, country or category
- Independent Italian documentary
Special events, projections, performances
- Paper Mutations - DAVID CRONENBERG's cinema
- Section “Cinema and francoism”
- Section “red shadows”
Expositions
- Massimo Carnevale - in cooperation with Lucca Comics & Games - Villa Bottini
2012 edition
Retrospectives about the main characters involved in independent and experimental cinema
- Paolo Gioli
Tributes to well-known directors involved in the international cinema scene
- Philippe Garrel
- Tributes to well-known actors involved in the international cinema scene
- Caroline Deruas
Tribute to young directors working in mainstram cinema with innovative ideas and positions
- Bent Hamer
Special events, projections, performances
- CAGE/CUNNINGAM – a 50-years lasting story
2013 edition
Retrospectives about the main characters involved in independent and experimental cinema
- Antoni Padrós
- Stan Brakhage
Tributes to well-known directors involved in the international
- Peter Greenaway
Tribute to young directors working in mainstram cinema with innovative ideas and positions
- Benedek Fliegauf
Special events, Projections, Performances
- The Towers/Lucca Hubris byPeter Greenaway- architectural multimedial installation- San Francesco
2014 edition
Retrospectives about the main characters involved in independent and experimental cinema
- Julio Bressane
Tributes to well-known directors involved in the international cinema scene
- David Lynch - John Boorman
Tributes to well-known actors involved in the international cinema scene
- Enrique Irazoqui - Ninetto Davoli
Special events, projections, performances
- Lost Visions – The indiscreet charm of gaze by David Lynch
- Lost Songs – concerts with soundtracks from David Lynch's movies
- Lucca Effetto Cinema - Notte 2014
2015 edition
Retrospectives about the main characters involved in independent and experimental cinema
- Roberto Nanni
Tributes to well-known directors involved in the international cinema scene
- David Cronenberg - Terry Gilliam - Alfonso Cuarón - Matteo Garrone
Tributes to well-known actors involved in the international cinema scene
- Jeremy Irons
Tribute to young directors working in mainstream cinema with innovative ideas and positions
- Francesco Munzi
Special events, projections, performances, David Cronenberg exhibitions
- Evolution Lucca - Fondazione Ragghianti - Lucca
- M. Butterfly - Puccini Museum - Birthplace - Lucca
- Red Cars - State Archives (ex-Macelli area) - Lucca
- Paper mutations – DAVID CRONENBERG's cinema - Fondazione BdM - Lucca
- Chromosomes - GAMC Galleria Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Modern and contemporary art gallery) - Viareggio - Lucca
- Concert with soundtracks from David Cronenberg's movies, written by Howard Shore and played by Luigi Boccherini conservatory orchestra
- Multimedial Performance by Master Gabriele Panico Larssen and by the director Roberto Nanni - Fondazione Ragghianti - Lucca
Lucca Effetto Cinema - Notte 2015
References
- ↑ {{citeit:Lucca Film Festival Retrieved October 2015}}
- ↑ Comune di Lucca
- ↑ Fondazione Centro Studi sull’Arte Licia e Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti
- ↑ Comune di Lucca
- ↑ Regione Toscana