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3, 4, 5 and 6 October
Teatrino

Palazzo Grassi invites The International Festival of Films on Art 2024

3/10: 6 pm
4/10: 6 pm
5/10: 5 pm
6/10: 5 pm

Free admission until capacity is reached.
The doors of the Teatrino open 20 minutes before the start of the event. Members can access the Teatrino 30 minutes before the start of the event.

In collaboration with The International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), Montreal, the Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi presents an exclusive selection of films. The programme includes short and feature films focusing on various themes such as visual arts, artist portraits, architecture, environmental art and nature. 

FIFA is dedicated to the international promotion and distribution of films on art and media arts. For four decades, it has been committed to increasing the knowledge and appreciation of art among the public, promoting the work of artists in the fields of cinema, video, and visual arts, and also encouraging the production and diffusion of art films.  

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Thursday 3 October

6 pm

Ancestral Threads by Sean Stiller 
Canada | 2023 |12 min | English | Subtitles: French 

Fashion Reimagined by Beckly Hutner 
UK, USA | 2022 | 100 min | English 

Friday 4 October

6 pm

Big Bang Henda by Fernanda Polacow 
Portugal, Angola | 2023 | 20 min | Portuguese | Subtitles: English

Skin of Glass by Denise Zmekhol – USA, Brazil | 2023 | 1h 29 min | French, English, Portuguese | Subtitles: English

Saturday 5 October

5 pm

Interior da terra by Bianca Dacosta
France, Brazil | 2022 | 18 min | Portuguese | Subtitles: English, French

Alerce by Enrique Ramirez
France, Chile | 2017 | 6 min | Without dialogues 

Fragile Monument by Virginie Laganière, Jean-Maxime Dufresne 
Canada | 2022 | 10 min | Without dialogues

La noirceur souterraine des racines by Charles-André Coderre 
Canada | 2023 | 10 min | Without dialogues 

6 pm

Green Over Gray: Emilio Ambasz by Francesca Molteni and Mattia Colombo 
Italy | 2023 | 55 min | FIFA 42e | English, Italian | Subtitles: English  

Sunday 6 October

5 pm

D'une peinture... à l'autre by Georges Schwizgebel 
France, Switzerland | 2023 | 3 min | Without dialogues

Georgia O’Keeffe : une artiste au Far West by Evelyn Schels
France | 2021 | 52 min | English, French | Subtitles: English 

6 pm

Mark Rothko, la peinture vous regarde by Pascale Bouhénic
France | 2023 | 52 min | French | Subtitles: English 

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    Screening
    31 October
    Teatrino

    Tacita

    Tacita Dean, Fata Morgana (2022) 16mm, colour film, silent, 22 min.
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    Drawing on “Ensemble. Julie Mehretu” currently on view at Palazzo Grassi, altriformati proposes an evening of screenings dedicated to the artist Tacita Dean, accompanied by an overview of the artist’s film work and a commentary by the poet Antonella Anedda.

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    Screening
    Wednesday 16, 23 and 30 October and 6 and 13 November
    Teatrino

    Alone Among Others

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    Thursday 7 November
    Teatrino

    CATTIVA LUCE

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