Religion Today Filmfestival

The Festival grows “older”! We’ll celebrate its 18th birthday and we’ll deal with the great questions of all time: Questioning God. Doubt and faith in the richness of the cinema of the whole world: in these difficult days, how can we feed our eternal search for meaning and answers to the great questions of our life?

All films will be shown in their original language, with Italian subtitles

Cinema

55 films from 27 countries of all continents will take part in the Festival; they have been selected out of 250 enrollments.

Here below is the list per category.

Feature films

ARABANI, Adi Adwan, Israel, 2013, 84’ > Jury of the Pontifical Salesian University
F.HILAIRE, Surussavadi Chuarchart, Thailand, 2015, 103’ > Jury of the Pontifical Salesian University
FULL OF GRACE, Andrew Hyatt, USA, 2014, 83’ > Jury of the Pontifical Salesian University
ISCELJENJE -THE HEALING, Ivan Jović, Serbia, 2014, 90' > International Jury
MARIE HEURTIN, Jean-Pierre Améris, France, 2014, 95’ > Jury of the Pontifical Salesian University
MY BYCICLE, Aung Rakhine, Bangladesh, 2015, 64’ > Jury of  Cinformi - the immigration information centre of the Autonomous Province of Trento
MY MANDALA, Elsa Yang, Taiwan, 2013, 103’ > Jury of the Pontifical Salesian University
RIGHT TO SILENCE, Hadi Na’eiji, Iran, 2014, 75’ > Jury of the Pontifical Salesian University
ROMANTIC NOSTALGIA, Reza Azamian, Iran, 2014, 88’ > Jury of the Pontifical Salesian University
SIDDHARTH, Richie Mehta, Canada-India, 2013, 96’ > International Jury
THE MONK, The Maw Naing, Myanmar- Czech Republic, 2015, 95’ > International Jury
TIMBUKTU, Abderrahmane Sissako, France-Mauritania, 2014, 97’ > International Jury
VICE VERSA, Amichai Greenberg, Israel, 2014, 61’ > International Jury
VOID, Naji Bechara, Jad Beiruty, Zeina Makki, Tarek Korkomaz, Christelle Ighniades, Maria Abdel Karim, Salim Haber, Libanon, 2013, 78’ > International Jury

Short feature films and animation

17 YEARS AND A DAY, Nora Niasari, Australia, 2014, 12’ >  Jury of Cinformi - the immigration information centre of the Autonomous Province of Trento
A HUNDRED EYES, Camoo Rashedpoor, Finland, 2014, 4’ > CinemAMoRe Jury coordination of filmfestival in Trentino
BARREN, Esty Shushan, Israel, 2015, 16’ > International Jury
ECLIPSE, Ara Yernjakyan, Armenia, 2013, 14’ > International Jury
FATHER, Noam Keidar, Israel, 2014, 24’ > CinemAMoRe Jury coordination of filmfestival in Trentino
GAS STATION, Alessandro Palazzi, Italy, 2015, 11’ >  Jury of  Cinformi - the immigration information centre of the Autonomous Province of Trento
IO SONO IL SIGNORE DIO TUO. NON AVRAI ALTRO DIO ALL'INFUORI DI ME, Gabriele Cecconi, Italy, 2013, 30’ > CinemAMoRe Jury coordination of filmfestival in Trentino
LAZZARO VIENI FUORI, Lorenzo Caproni, Italy, 2015, 14’> CinemAMoRe Jury coordination of filmfestival in Trentino
MÄNNIN, Mika'Ela Fisher, Germany-France, 2015, 20’ > Interfaith Jury of the municipality of Arco
MI VANIDAD, Francisco Bautista Reyes, Mexico, 2014, 9’ > CinemAMoRe Jury coordination of filmfestival in Trentino
NAMO, Salah Salehi, Iran, 2014, 29’> International Jury
NEKA, Nemnemiss McKenzie, Canada, 2014, 4’ > Interfaith Jury of the municipality of Arco
NELL'ORA CHE NON IMMAGINATE, David Gallarello, Italy, 2014, 17’ > International Jury
ON THE PATH, Amir Sarrafha, Iran, 2014, 15’ > International Jury
POPIAH, Royston Tan, Singapore, 2013, 14’ > International Jury
PROHIBITION, Saeed Nejati, Iran, 2015, 17’ > CinemAMoRe Jury coordination of filmfestival in Trentino
REVIVAL, Nadav Lazare, Israel, 2013, 25’ > Interfaith Jury of the municipality of Arco
SEXY SHOPPING, Antonio Benedetto e Adam Selo, Italy, 2014, 15’ >  Jury of  Cinformi - the immigration information centre of the Autonomous Province of Trento
THE BELIEF, Amir Vahedi, Iran, 2014, 2’ > Interfaith Jury of the municipality of Arco
THE CHALK CIRCLE, Bahar Kiamoghaddam, Soheyl Seraji, Amin Djavadi, Iran, 2014, 4’ > CinemAMoRe Jury coordination of filmfestival in Trentino

THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN AMERICA, Sara Israel, USA, 2013, 15’ > Interfaith Jury of the municipality of Arco

THE INFINITE SPACE, Siddharth Chauhan, India, 2015, 25’ > Interfaith Jury of the municipality of Arco

WITH A PLEDGE, Efrat Grava, Eliran Franco, Noa Peleg, Israel, 2014, 11’ > Interfaith Jury of the municipality of Arco 

Documentary films

A L'ÉCART - A LIFE APART, Victoria Darves-Bornoz, France, 2015, 49’ > International Jury
A TEAM, Przemek Młyńczyk, Poland, 2014, 20’ > Special Jury in memory of Massimo Prevedello
BIROBIDZHAN: MUSIC OF THE SOUL, Matteo Bellinelli, Switzerland, 2013, 53’ > Special Jury in memory of Massimo Prevedello

CROCE E GLORIA. UNA VIA CRUCIS PER ROVERETO SUL SECCHIA, Giuseppe Calliari, Italy, 2015, 35’ > Special Jury in memory of Massimo Prevedello

EAST JERUSALEM, WEST JERUSALEM, Erez Miller, Henrique Cymerman, Israel, 2014, 80’ > International Jury

ES USTED UN PEREGRINO? ARE YOU A PILGRIM?, Gian D. Ceccato, Canada-Italy, 2013, 54’ > Special Jury in memory of Massimo Prevedello

FAT, BALD, WITH MUSTACHE, Mohsen Najafi Mehri, Iran, 2015, 33’ > Special Jury in memory of Massimo Prevedello

KANDIA, Hamado Tiemtoré, Italy-Burkina Faso, 2014, 14’ > Jury of  Cinformi - the immigration information centre of the Autonomous Province of Trento
LIMBO, Matteo Calore, Gustav Hofer, Italy, 2014, 53’ > Jury of  Cinformi - the immigration information centre of the Autonomous Province of Trento
MADRES DE LOS DIOSES – MOTHER OF GODS, Pablo Agüero, Argentina-France, 2015, 85’ > International Jury

N, Yasaman Sharifmanesh, Iraq-Kurdistan, 2015, 24’ > Jury of  Cinformi - the immigration information centre of the Autonomous Province of Trento
NOBODY HOME, Michal Bentovim, Israel, 2015, 58’ > International Jury

ON THE RUN FOR ISIS, Kaat Mensels, Belgium, 2014, 23’ > Jury of  Cinformi - the immigration information centre of the Autonomous Province of Trento
SACRED SPERM, Ori Gruder, Israel, 2014, 74’ > International Jury

TITO’S GLASSES, Regina Schilling, Germany, 2014, 52’ > International Jury

TRE VOLTE GERUSALEMME, Simone Aleandri, Italy, 2014, 52’ > Special Jury in memory of Massimo Prevedello
VOCI DEL SACRO, Renato Morelli, Italy, 2015, 45’ > Special Jury in memory of Massimo Prevedello

WHEN PEOPLE DIE THEY SING SONGS, Olga Lvoff, Russia-USA, 2014, 47’ > Special Jury in memory of Massimo Prevedello 

The Internatinal Jury may award the following prizes: Best Film, Best Short feature film, Best Documentary Film, Special prize “In the spirit of faith”, as well as further special mentions for good works of particular note.

Special Juries will award other prizes.

Among all films admitted to the contest, another prize will be awarded to the best film on peace and human rights.


organization: Associazione BiancoNero