The Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal in collaboration with the University Laval and the Société Dante Québec, presents a multi-entry talk on the theme “Migrating: italian scenes and images in yesterday’s and today’s films”. Speakers: Anita Aloisio, Giovanni Princigalli and Roberto Zorfini
Wednesday November 29, 2017, 7pm
Université Laval – Quebec
Interviews and screening in French
The Institute becomes a workshop of ideas, a cinematic creativity lab where the “Caffè Italia” project is presented, created with McGill University (Department Languages, Literature and Cultures) and the Université du Québec à Montréal (École des médias ), inspired by the work (1985), the same name as the well-known Italian-Canadian director Paul Tana, “Media and Cinema” at the University of Quebec in Montréal (UQaM). Like “Caffè Italia, that tells a realistic story of Italians in Montreal, an active community since the late nineteenth century, as three young Italian recently Canadian resident, Giovanni Princigalli and Roberto Zorfini, both directors, and Andrea Paolella, photographer, they will explain with their pictures the current chapter of Italian emigration in Canada. The young voice instead of the Italian-Canadian filmmakers will be Anita Aloisio, who with a short video sequence, designed for the occasion, will present several examples of some historical figures of cinema in Canada, all agree on the need to inaugurate a series of dedicated meetings to the reflection on the “life and identity of migrating,” in which the idea and the condition of migrating in themselves aspire to overcome the harsh and conflict limits of the present age.
Anita Aloisio, Italian-Canadian director, is the author of documentary films. Her first movie “Straniera come donna” (A Woman, Stranger, 2002) was co-produced with the Québec Immigration Ministry, while the film “Les enfants de la loi 101” (Growing up with Bill 101, 2007) has generated heated discussions and still remains highly controversial. In 2016 received a Masters in Communication and Media Studies at Concordia University in Montreal and is currently involved in the production of two projects: “Basilicata Secrets” and “Le Québec de Calliari“.
Giovanni Princigalli, graduated in political science in Italy and Cinema at the Université de Montréal, he was trained as a documentary filmmaker in Paris and Italy. In addition to “Les fleur à la fenêtre” (2010), he produced two documentaries “Japiga gagì” (2003) and “Ho fatto il mio coraggio” (2009), screened at numerous festivals around the world. He has taught Italian Cinema at McGill University and holds a screenwriting course at the Université de Montréal. Italian resident in Montreal since 2003, ethnographer and filmmaker, has produced several documentaries presented in Africa, Cuba, South America, etc., winning numerous awards.
Roberto Zorfini, is an Italian director who moved to Montréal in 2010. In 1995 he graduated from the Roberto Rossellini Institute for Cinematography and Television in Rome. Has more than 20 years of experience in the field of video projects and worked for almost a decade with the Italian television RAI. In 2013, his short film “Imperfetto Equilibrio” received a special prize at the Italian Contemporary Film Festival (Toronto). In Canada, he has created commercials for several companies and has worked as a creative director for Panoramitalia. After working as author for RAI World, he won the first prize in 2014 at the 48 Hour Film Project in Ottawa with the short film “Alice“.
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