Friday 19 September 2008
9,00 a.m.
Travels
Palestina, Arabia Saudita, Pakistan, Stati Uniti, Austria
A Road to Mecca - The Journey of Muhammad Asad
Georg Misch | Austria | 2008 | 92 min
The story of Leopold Weiss, who in the 1920's,
abandoned his Jewish origins, converting to Islam
and taking the name of Muhammed Asad he
became an important political counsellor in Saudi
Arabia, co-founder of Pakistan and Ambassador to
the United Nations.
Ucraina / Russia
The Pied Piper of Hützovina
Pavla Fleischer | Regno Unito | 2006 | 63 min
The director's journey in the Ukraine and Siberia
with Eugene Hutz, leader of the Rom punk group
Gogol Bordello, searching for the artist's emotional
and musical roots.
11,30 a.m.
Excursion
4,30 p.m.
Music poetry
Senegal
Yandé Codou Sène, Diva Séeréer
Laurence Gavron | Senegal | 2007 | 64 min
A film about the great Senegalese singer Yandé
Codou Sène, who was the griot of President
Leopold Senghor.
6,00 p.m.
Meeting of CAFFE (Coordinating Anthropological
Film Festival of Europe)
9,00 p.m.
Music poetry
Italia
Vjesh/Canto
Rossella Schillaci | Italia | 2007 | 57 min
The songs passed down through generations
and the stories of the women of Albanian
origin of San Costantino and San Paolo Albanese,
in the Basilicata.
India
Bishar Blues
Amitabh Chakraborty | India | 2006 | 79 min
The description of the existential and religious
universe of the Islamic fakhirs of Bengal, told
through their music and mythology.
Travels
Palestina, Arabia Saudita, Pakistan, Stati Uniti, Austria
A Road to Mecca - The Journey of Muhammad Asad
Georg Misch | Austria | 2008 | 92 min
The story of Leopold Weiss, who in the 1920's,
abandoned his Jewish origins, converting to Islam
and taking the name of Muhammed Asad he
became an important political counsellor in Saudi
Arabia, co-founder of Pakistan and Ambassador to
the United Nations.
Ucraina / Russia
The Pied Piper of Hützovina
Pavla Fleischer | Regno Unito | 2006 | 63 min
The director's journey in the Ukraine and Siberia
with Eugene Hutz, leader of the Rom punk group
Gogol Bordello, searching for the artist's emotional
and musical roots.
11,30 a.m.
Excursion
4,30 p.m.
Music poetry
Senegal
Yandé Codou Sène, Diva Séeréer
Laurence Gavron | Senegal | 2007 | 64 min
A film about the great Senegalese singer Yandé
Codou Sène, who was the griot of President
Leopold Senghor.
6,00 p.m.
Meeting of CAFFE (Coordinating Anthropological
Film Festival of Europe)
9,00 p.m.
Music poetry
Italia
Vjesh/Canto
Rossella Schillaci | Italia | 2007 | 57 min
The songs passed down through generations
and the stories of the women of Albanian
origin of San Costantino and San Paolo Albanese,
in the Basilicata.
India
Bishar Blues
Amitabh Chakraborty | India | 2006 | 79 min
The description of the existential and religious
universe of the Islamic fakhirs of Bengal, told
through their music and mythology.
