On the occasion of the “XVII Settimana della lingua Italiana nel mondo“, dedicated to the theme “L’italiano al cinema, l’italiano nel cinema” and under the patronage of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, the Institute, in collaboration with McGill University department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the École des médias of the University of Quebec in Montréal, is pleased to present a multi-entry talk on the theme “The Life and identity of migrating: Italian imagery in the cinema of yesterday and today“. Speakers: Francesco D’Arelli, Anita Aloisio, Paul Tana, Eugenio Bolongaro, Giovanni Princigalli, Roberto Zorfini, Andrea Paolella, Guglielmo D’Onofrio, Alessandro Chetta and Francesco Palmieri
Thursday October 19th 2017, at 6pm
Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Montreal
1200 Av. du Dr Penfield
Interviews and screening in Italian
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.
At the Interview:
Francesco D’Arelli, Introduction and presentation of the interview
Anita Aloisio, Voices of Italian Cinema in Montreal. Testimonials and future prospects, video projection and presentation
Paul Tana and Eugenio Bolongaro, About the “Caffè Italia” project. Conference on Italians of yesterday and today in Montreal and Canada
Giovanni Princigalli, La nuova ondata. Gli ultimi Italiani, screening and presentation
Roberto Zorfini, Il tempo di un caffè, screening and presentation
Andrea Paolella e Guglielmo D,Onofrio, Vita religiosa a Montréal e dintorini. Italian churches and processions, projection images and presentation
Alessandro Chetta, Casa Surace. Italian, spoken and outlined costumes, video projection and commentary
Francesco Palmieri, Dialetto napoletano fra cinema e poesia: the “Passione” by John Turturro, conference
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“.
Paul Tana, born in Ancona Italy in 1947 and in 1958 joined the family in Quebec. He studied at the University of Montréal and teaches at the École des Médias of the University of Quebec in Montréal. He began his film career with the ACPAV production co-operative in the 1970s, producing a long series of memorable short films and films, including Les Grand enfants (1980), Caffè Italia (1985), La Sarrasine (1992) and La Déroute (1998).
Eugenio Bolongaro, professor of Italian Studies at McGill University, is currently Director of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Italian literature and cinema – from the end of World War II to our times – are the main areas of his study and research activity, which has come from extensive scientific production.
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“.
Andrea Paolella, in 2008 he graduated in chemistry at the University of Bologna and in 2013 graduated in nanoscience at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia di Genoa. After a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University (Montreal), he is a researcher for the development of new materials in the Department of Storage and Energy Conversion at the Energy Institute Recherche Québec (IREQ) of HydroQuebec. As a photographer he has published various volumes, including in particular: The Thirty Years’ Massacre (Associazione 2 Agosto 1980, Clueb 2010), Emiliano Postmoderno. Traveling with P.V. Tondelli (PostCart 2013).
Alessandro Chetta, journalist and filmmaker. He works as editor in the Naples Corriere della Sera (Corriere del Mezzogiorno) edition and is author of several documentaries and short films, selected and awarded in Italian festivals. In literary field, in 2012, the essay Il diavolo veste mafia (Malitalia), and as co-author Novantadue. L’anno che cambiò l’Italia (Castelvecchi) and Ammazzateci tutti (Aliberti).
Francesco Palmieri, He was born in Naples and lives in Rome. A professional journalist since 1988, he was a reporter of “black” to the Giornale di Napoli and Paese Sera. In 1987 he was awarded the Premiolino. He is currently deputy editor-in-chief at the Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, with the supervision of international projects. He has published several essays and fiction books including Sole, Luna e Talia. Magia e misteri a Napoli (1984); Vite pericolose. Uomini e fantasmi delle arti marziali (2009); and with Mondadori Il libro napoletano dei morti (2012); La camorista (2013) and ultimately the Piccolo drago. La vita di Bruce Lee (2017). His tales have been published by the Nuovi Argomenti magazine.
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