Saturday 28 May 2022
Both lonely for different reasons, ALI and AVA meet through their shared affection for SOFIA (6), the child of ALI's Slovakian tenants, whom AVA teaches. ALI finds comfort in AVA's warmth and kindness and AVA finds ALI's complexity and humor irresistible. Over a lunar month, sparks fly and a deep connection begins to grow. However, the legacy of AVA's past relationship and ALI's emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage begins to overshadow their newfound passion.
Friday 27 May 2022
The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks is a sprawling but carefully controlled artistic study on the role of the artist, the audience and (as always) the nature of the oppression itself. It circumscribes the times and the rise of the Russian Avant-garde scene, the Soviet Regime up to the Stalinist purges of intellectuals The film is based on the two greatest creations of the Russian genius: A short story, "The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol, and an opera, “The Nose” that composer Dmitri Shostakovich made Gogol’s novel into in 1930.The film is dedicated to pioneers, innovators in art. People who are ahead of their time. And, most importantly, who have no fear to go against the tide. At the cost of personal well-being, and often life.The main characters of the film are writers Nikolai Gogol and Mikhail Bulgakov, director Vsevolod Meyerhold and composer Dmitry Shostakovich.
Sunday 22 May 2022
The metropolitan area of Naples is one of the most densely populated on the planet and lies between Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei, two of the most dangerous active volcanoes in the world. Over a million people live in the so-called red zone, ready to be evacuated at the first sign of an eruption. Perhaps. The film relates the stories of those who live there on this "time bomb" and who, despite the danger, are linked to this land of fire, to the traditions and superstitions on the black mountain, Vesuvius, which overlooks the city, as if was the true and only master.
Saturday 21 May 2022
The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks is a sprawling but carefully controlled artistic study on the role of the artist, the audience and (as always) the nature of the oppression itself. It circumscribes the times and the rise of the Russian Avant-garde scene, the Soviet Regime up to the Stalinist purges of intellectuals The film is based on the two greatest creations of the Russian genius: A short story, "The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol, and an opera, “The Nose” that composer Dmitri Shostakovich made Gogol’s novel into in 1930.The film is dedicated to pioneers, innovators in art. People who are ahead of their time. And, most importantly, who have no fear to go against the tide. At the cost of personal well-being, and often life.The main characters of the film are writers Nikolai Gogol and Mikhail Bulgakov, director Vsevolod Meyerhold and composer Dmitry Shostakovich.
Friday 20 May 2022
A childless couple in rural Iceland make an alarming discovery one day in their sheep barn. They soon face the consequences of defying the will of nature, in this dark and atmospheric folktale, the striking debut feature from director Valdimar Jóhannsson. Darkly imaginative and brought to life by a pair of striking central performances, Lamb shears expectations with its singularly wooly chills, blending humor, dread, and sorrow into one picture, and providing commentary on the human journey. It's a unique film experience that is equal parts peculiar and absorbing.
Sunday 15 May 2022
A childless couple in rural Iceland make an alarming discovery one day in their sheep barn. They soon face the consequences of defying the will of nature, in this dark and atmospheric folktale, the striking debut feature from director Valdimar Jóhannsson. Darkly imaginative and brought to life by a pair of striking central performances, Lamb shears expectations with its singularly wooly chills, blending humor, dread, and sorrow into one picture, and providing commentary on the human journey. It's a unique film experience that is equal parts peculiar and absorbing.
Sunday 15 May 2022
The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks is a sprawling but carefully controlled artistic study on the role of the artist, the audience and (as always) the nature of the oppression itself. It circumscribes the times and the rise of the Russian Avant-garde scene, the Soviet Regime up to the Stalinist purges of intellectuals The film is based on the two greatest creations of the Russian genius: A short story, "The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol, and an opera, “The Nose” that composer Dmitri Shostakovich made Gogol’s novel into in 1930.The film is dedicated to pioneers, innovators in art. People who are ahead of their time. And, most importantly, who have no fear to go against the tide. At the cost of personal well-being, and often life.The main characters of the film are writers Nikolai Gogol and Mikhail Bulgakov, director Vsevolod Meyerhold and composer Dmitry Shostakovich.
Saturday 07 May 2022
Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, he tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan.
Saturday 07 May 2022
The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks is a sprawling but carefully controlled artistic study on the role of the artist, the audience and (as always) the nature of the oppression itself. It circumscribes the times and the rise of the Russian Avant-garde scene, the Soviet Regime up to the Stalinist purges of intellectuals The film is based on the two greatest creations of the Russian genius: A short story, "The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol, and an opera, “The Nose” that composer Dmitri Shostakovich made Gogol’s novel into in 1930.The film is dedicated to pioneers, innovators in art. People who are ahead of their time. And, most importantly, who have no fear to go against the tide. At the cost of personal well-being, and often life.The main characters of the film are writers Nikolai Gogol and Mikhail Bulgakov, director Vsevolod Meyerhold and composer Dmitry Shostakovich.
Friday 06 May 2022
A childless couple in rural Iceland make an alarming discovery one day in their sheep barn. They soon face the consequences of defying the will of nature, in this dark and atmospheric folktale, the striking debut feature from director Valdimar Jóhannsson. Darkly imaginative and brought to life by a pair of striking central performances, Lamb shears expectations with its singularly wooly chills, blending humor, dread, and sorrow into one picture, and providing commentary on the human journey. It's a unique film experience that is equal parts peculiar and absorbing.
Saturday 30 Apr 2022
Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, he tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan.
Saturday 30 Apr 2022
A psychological thriller on the shoulders of an extraordinary performer like Joanna Scanlan. Mary Hussain converted to Islam when she married Ahmed, she is now in her 60s and they live peacefully together in the coastal town of Dover, England. After his sudden death, she will discover that Ahmed had a secret life in Calais, across the Channel, a few miles away from their home. A revelation that will push her to investigate to find out more about that second family that her husband has always kept hidden from her.
Friday 29 Apr 2022
The metropolitan area of Naples is one of the most densely populated on the planet and lies between Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei, two of the most dangerous active volcanoes in the world. Over a million people live in the so-called red zone, ready to be evacuated at the first sign of an eruption. Perhaps. The film relates the stories of those who live there on this "time bomb" and who, despite the danger, are linked to this land of fire, to the traditions and superstitions on the black mountain, Vesuvius, which overlooks the city, as if was the true and only master.
Tuesday 26 Apr 2022
Dal nostro inviato speciale, della redazione di schermaglie.it, sulla sua partecipazione all'ottava edizione di On the Road Film Festival, riceviamo e volentieri pubblichiamo "un pezzo in italiano strano a volte rimbalzante", o uno "zibaldomonstruo" per definizione stessa dell'autore. Grazie infinite a Luca e a tutto il pubblico che ha seguito con passione le giornate del festival.
Sunday 10 Apr 2022
The young Ah Bee goes on a comedic odyssey through Tiong Bahru Social Club, a data-driven project to create the happiest neighbourhood in the world. Little by little Ah Bee’s encounters with the neighbourhood’s residents reveal the absurdity of life.
Sunday 10 Apr 2022
Nine international On the Road short films, largely unreleased in Italy, of different genres, selected from hundreds of proposals received from all over the world for this year's SHORT> CUTS competition. The spectators in the hall will award the Detour Audience Award, voting for the Best Short. The Jury composed of Silvia Stucky (Multidisciplinary Artist), Nicoletta Bea (Animation Designer), Maya Vetri (Cultural Curator) will award the Award for the Best Short On the Road. The awards ceremony will follow in the presence of guests and the Juries.
Sunday 10 Apr 2022
"Koi" by Lorenzo Squarcia from the Jumping Flea collective and "Too Big Drawing" by Genadzi Buto respectively win the Jury Prize for Best Film and Best Short Film at ON THE ROAD FILM FESTIVAL 8, travel and frontier cinema. Eva Voudrait by Liza Diaz and the shorts Too Big Drawing and The Van (ex-aequo) win the Audience Award. Below is a list of all the prizes and special mentions of the sections in the 2022 competition. The awards ceremony was held on Sunday 10 April 2022 at the Cinema Detour in Rome, in the presence of the Juries (presidents Gabriele Anaclerio and Silvia Stucky) and the public. Thanks to all and to all those who participated with passion and interest.
Saturday 09 Apr 2022
Fatiha, Malika, Anissa and Sarah don't seem to have much in common except for their specific relation to a shrill, loud cry, 'the youyou'. But their stories about desire, migration, revolt and be/longing resonate all the more with mutual feelings as the film unfolds towards a collective and poetic statement about female solidarity. The youyou is the French colonial name for the high pitched trill that women in Northern Africa and the Middle Eeast launch as an expression of joy or other intense emotions.
Saturday 09 Apr 2022
A computer screen, images from the four corners of the world. We cross borders in one click while another trip’s story reach us in fragments, through text messages, chats, phone conversations, and an immigration office’s questionnaire. It’s the journey of Shahin, a 20-year- old Iranian boy who, fleeing his country alone, lands in Greece, then winds his way to England where he claims asylum.
Friday 08 Apr 2022
One day I read the story of an aboriginal legend according to which, each ancestor leaves behind him a sinuous path full of songs and spirit-children. When a person walks along the trail of his ancestor, it brings back the songs and stories of the earth. And if a child is born from the journey, he becomes the child of these songs. I went to Tunisia and Algeria to collect songs and popular stories of the Revolution of Independence, on the trail of a family memory and the vinyl record of the Italian anarchist group Cantacronache "Canti della Rivoluzione algerina" (“Songs of the Algerian Revolution”).
Sunday 03 Apr 2022
Beirut, right after the August 4th explosion… Traces of life, torn out of a burdensome and peculiar daily existence, interweaving melancholia, wanderings, endurance and anger, of several people, living in a country on the edge of the abyss.
Sunday 03 Apr 2022
With Marie Rivière (Il raggio verde, Racconto d'autunno di Éric Rohmer). Eva is a 39-year-old, single and free woman. A gynaecologist has just told her she has very few eggs left. Eva would like to have a child but doesn’t really know how to go about it. She sets off on a singular journey.
Saturday 02 Apr 2022
Yasuo and Tomohiro are two very different men, but who share the same purpose: to seek out the victims of the 2011 tsunami with the consequent accident at the Fukushima nuclear power and to help keep the memory of the missing ali
Saturday 02 Apr 2022
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, two lovers who are expecting a baby search for a rescue helicopter which is only known as a myth.
Friday 01 Apr 2022
Four circus families, abandoned by the institutions, find themselves suspended in the hope that the pandemic will disappear as in a magic show. The artists of the traveling show begin their metamorphosis, their forced entry into the world of the “rooted” in which everyone tries to reinvent themselves in order to survive. The circus has stopped: perhaps forever.
Sunday 27 Mar 2022
The On the Road Film Festival 8. Adriano Lanzi, Roman guitarist, composer, improvisor, and performer of electronic music, will play live the sound track of The Man with the cine camera, by Dziga Vertov, filmed from dawn to dusk, mainly in the Ukrainian (then in the USSR) city of Odessa.
Saturday 26 Mar 2022
Giunto alla XXI edizione, il corso che hai sempre desiderato. Una docente professionista che metterà a disposizione tutte le sue conoscenze e il suo sapere. Un corso teorico-pratico dove non perderai neanche una lezione perché la potrai recuperare in privato. Patrizia Copponi è fotoreporter dal 1980. Ha collaborato con i maggiori settimanali, quotidiani e mensili italiani ed esteri. Si occupa da decenni dell’Organizzazione di attività culturali sulla comunicazione visiva e dell’insegnamento della Fotografia. Insegna al Detour dal 2012 con dedizione e passione.
Saturday 26 Mar 2022
OTRFF8 8 Special Event. “Osannaples”, has obtained the acclaimation of public and critics everywhere, for the originality of the story and the search of new languages. M. Deborah Farina, between the main directors of Italian independent cinema, returns to Detour to tell the story of the Neapolitan musical revolution, starting from the end of the Sixties, which saw the Osanna’s progressive-rock music (authors of cult records including “L’uomo”, “Palepoli”, “Milano calibro 9” with Luis Bacalov), as the main avant-garde, on whose artistic and human story the doc is based.
Saturday 26 Mar 2022
The On the Road Film Festival is an independent festival of international significance which follows an original path inspired by travel, geographical wandering, making a track across wild lands and city landscapes. The cue for this the eighth season is the principal based on the ‘Path of Least Resistance’, a concept based on and borrowed from the second law of thermodynamics by which, water, for example, in its never-ending journey, always searches for the way which poses the least possible resistance. A principle which grows into the Toaist philosophy of Wu wei, the non-action or better the understanding of when to act and when not to do so, when there is a prospect of harmony, equilibrium, economy and concentration of the forces. A sober reminder to never put out the flame of Reason, while we turn to breathe in the warring fetid breathe at the heart of Europe.
Friday 25 Mar 2022
Presentazione del libro La paralisi dell’ONU, il coagularsi del blocco dei BRICS, la metamorfosi della politica estera dell’Unione Europea, la propagazione dello Stato Islamico in Africa, l’emergenza migratoria nel Mediterraneo, la proiezione meridionale di Turchia e Russia: tutte queste dinamiche sono strettamente connesse alla crisi che si protrae in Libia dal 2011. Nel frattempo il paese è diventato un laboratorio per la sperimentazione – spesso fallimentare – di diverse modalità di intervento internazionale e crisis management: la hybris liberale dell’egemonia occidentale si è ridimensionata alle esigenze dell’approccio light americano e del ritiro dal quadrante mediorientale; la stabilizzazione del vicinato dell’Unione Europea si è concentrata sulla lotta al terrorismo e alla migrazione irregolare, a scapito della riforma di un settore della sicurezza corrotto da interessi criminali e spinte centrifughe; e la competizione geopolitica nell’odierno contesto multipolare ha approfondito le faglie della politica libica, proiettandole su scala internazionale. Con lucidità e rigore, il libro indaga le rifrazioni interne e internazionali di una crisi che rappresenta non solo una sfida all’ordine costituito, ma anche, potenzialmente, una sfida costituente.