Cinema rediscovered
This special programme, conceived in collaboration with the Bologna Film Institute, presents a unique selection of restored classics.
The opening evening celebrates the Lumière brothers, who invented the cinematographer, with the screening of Lumière! followed by one of the ultimate masterpieces of French cinema Les enfants du paradis. Ella Maillart, Greta Garbo and Lyda Borelli are the protagonists of the second evening dedicated to women with Double Journey, Rapsodia satanica and Lubitsch’s Ninotchka. "Travel" is the theme of the closing evening: the screening of The Train to Moscow, Rossellini’s Journey to Italy and Chaplin’s The Immigrant will be preceded by a rarely-seen short films about Italy before 1914.
14 December
- Lumière! The Invention of Cinema by Thierry Frémaux (France, 2015, 83’)
- Children of Paradise by Marcel Carné (France, 1943-44, 189’)
15 December
- Ella Maillart – Double Journey by Mariann Lewinsky and Antonio Bigini (Switerland, 2015, 40’)
- Rapsodia satanica by Nino Oxilia (Italy, 1915-1917, 45’)
- Ninotchka by Ernst Lubitsch (United States, 1939, 110’)
16 December
- The Train to Moscow by Federico Ferrone and Michele Manzolini (Italy, 2013, 70’)
- Grand Tour italiano, selection of rare films of Italy in the early twentieth century (45’), followed by The Immigrant by Charlie Chaplin (United States, 1917, 25’)
- Journey to Italy by Roberto Rossellini (Italy, 1954, 97’)
Programme curated by Mariann Lewinsky and Antonio Bigini
In collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna
