Showing posts with label Cinema. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cinema. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

CineDante is back: Il vento fa il suo giro (The Wind Blows Round, 2005)


 

Italian Film Series: Il vento fa il suo giro [The Wind Blows Round, 2005) Giorgio Diritti

29 August 2025, 6 pm, Building 201 Room 265, University of Auckland

Discussion and refreshments to follow the screening


This month we start the first in a series of three films in the lead up to La Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo (International Italian Language Week), whose theme this year is 'confini'-borders. In addition to considering the Italian language beyond its territorial borders, we also consider internal ‘border’ issues including the survival of minority languages in Italy and the challenges to speakers from other linguistic or cultural backgrounds. This month’s film is set in a small town in the Italian Alps where the language of Occitan is still spoken. A former French teacher decides to relocate his family there to produce goat cheese. At first met with suspicion due to his unconventional ideas and lifestyle, the community eventually welcomes the young family and sees in them a possible rebirth of the town. But little by little misunderstandings, envy and conflicts take over.

 

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7G_D7gqIhg

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Cine Dante: Habemus Papam

 


Habemus Papam, by Nanni Moretti, 2011


30 May 2025, 6 pm, Building 201, Room 265 The University of Auckland

 

This month, we take a break from our ‘journey’ films to screen a very timely film. Almost fifteen years before Conclave, acclaimed Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti made an exceptional film that focused not just on the selection of the Pope, but on the human side of the diverse group of cardinals involved in the process and the inevitable deep feelings of doubt experienced by the person elected to the eminent position. The great actor Michele Piccoli delivers an unforgettable performance as the elected Pope who escapes the Vatican and wanders through the streets of Rome in search of answers. Meanwhile, back at the Vatican cappuccino craving Australian cardinals and a hilarious volleyball match overseen by the psychiatrist (played by Moretti himself) add levity to a film that has been called “thought-provoking”, “hilarious”, “sensitive”, and “groundbreaking.” Ultimately as Moretti explains, Habemus Papam is not a film about the Pope or the Catholic Church; it’s a film about humility.

Trailer on YouTube




Sunday, March 9, 2025

Italian Journeys on Film: Basilicata Coast to Coast (Rocco Papaleo, 2010)





Basilicata Coast to Coast (Rocco Papaleo, 2010)

28 March, 6 pm Building 201, Room 265 


This month instead of travelling by train we journey by foot, across the lesser known region of Basilicata, which lays between two coastlines one on the Tyrrhenian coast and one on the Ionian. The journey would take less than two hours by car, but Nicola (Papaleo) enters his modest band in a music festival on the other side of Basilicata, and comes up with the idea of walking there in 10 days – partly as a publicity stunt and partly as an opportunity for the members to bond. And so, accompanied by a reluctant local journalist (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and a horse and cart, we join the motley group as it sets off on a picaresque life-changing crossing marked by encounters and adventures. This music-infused, comedy road movie was the winner of Best First Feature at the 2010 Italian Golden Globes and Best New Director at the 2011 David di Donatello Awards.

We invite everyone who wants to remain to chat about the film over a drink! 

 


Saturday, February 15, 2025

Italian Journeys on Film


Buongiorno a tutti! We are launching our new Italian film series which will screen a range of films that travel through Italy in both space and time. On these voyages you will be meet people and places and encounter the many social realities that define Italy past and present.

We begin our series with a journey on a train: Tickets-we hope to see you on board!

28 February, 6 pm Building 201, Room 265 (If parking at Owen Glenn, enter from Wyynard Street entrance)

After the film, we invite everyone who wants to remain to chat about the film over a drink! 






 

Tickets

Tickets is a collaborative film involving three great filmmakers: Ermanno Olmi, Abbas Kiarostami, and Ken Loach. Each filmmaker contributed a segment to create the full film. The film follows the events that occur on a train ride across Italy, toward Rome. On board is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was (Olmi’s film), a complaining widow traveling to a memorial service for her late husband and who's accompanied by an assisting community service volunteer (Kiarostami’s film), and three brash Scottish soccer fans en route to a match (Loach’s film). All the segments are connected by the unifying element of the ticket and through a family of Albanian refugees, who switch trains and steal a ticket and a very patient (real!) ticket controller! Interactions among these passengers remark on class and nationalism, courtesy and rudeness, and opportunities for kindness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zViD9yRse1g

 Closest parking: Owen G Glen (12 Grafton Road)

 

Parking: $6 flat rate after 4.30 pm

See attached map.





Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Italian movie this Friday!


The next CineDante will screen La Donna della Domenica - The Sunday Woman, a 1975 film by Luigi Comencini based on the best-seller crime novel by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini.


Friday 28 April – 6:00pm
Auckland University
Humanities Building
Room 220
Free entry

If you need to park there is the
Owen G Glenn Building
12 Grafton Road, with $6 flat rate.


ATTENZIONE!

There will be no CineDante in May as we will all head off to Cinema Italiano Festival: a full month of Italian movies in Auckland! For more info click here

 

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Italian movie night: Io e te, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, Friday 24 March

 



Io e te (Me and You) (2012) is Bernardo Bertolucci’s first Italian movie since 1981, and the great director’s final film. Unlike many of his exotic and expensive enterprises Me and You works on a more intimate scale. To escape his overwrought parents, Lorenzo, a 14-year-old loner, tells them that he is going away on a ski trip with school friends. His plans however, are to spend the week hiding out in his apartment building’s abandoned cellar, in the company of his horror and fantasy books and avoiding the pressures of being a "normal" teenager. But an unexpected visit from his worldly older half-sister Olivia changes everything. Their emotional time together will inspire Lorenzo to come to terms with the challenge of casting aside his disguise of troubled youth and prepare him for the next stage of life, while Olivia will also embrace transformation.  Watch the trailer here

Friday 24 March, 6:00pm

Auckland University Humanities Building, Room 220

Parking: Owen G Glenn Building -12 Grafton Road, $6 flat rate


 


Sunday, February 19, 2023

Italian Film Event: Settembre


Italian Film Event, 24 February - Free entry


Settembre - Comedy 2022, directed by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt


The bitter-sweet comedy tells the story of people who, in the melancholic atmosphere of September, realise that they haven’t achieved their lifelong dreams and ambitions. Francesca has long been in crisis with her husband and confides in Debora, whose life is full of marital misunderstandings. Meanwhile, Sergio is struggling with a young girl eager for all kinds of adolescent experiences, while Francesca’s gynecologist has lost all hope in love.

Friday 24 February 6:00pm Auckland University Humanities Building, Room 220
Parking:Owen G Glenn Building -12 Grafton Road, $6 flat rate

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Un giorno con Pier Paolo Pasolini - a talk with Bruno Ferraro e Matteo Telara, followed by movie.


Tuesday 4 October at the Dante School, FreemansBay Community Centre, 52 Hepburn St, Freemans Bay, Auckland
Talk 10am-12pm - Lunch break and then, from 1.30pm to 3.30pm, movie screening. All welcome!!

Thursday, July 8, 2021

Riso amaro, 1949 drama by Giuseppe De Santis



This month's Italian movie is Riso amaro, 1949 drama by Giuseppe De Santis, with English subtitles. 

FREE ENTRY 

Friday 9 July, 6pm University of Auckland Humanities Building (Building 206) Room 315
 

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Cinema Italiano Festival opens in Auckland


The first opening night of Cinema Italiano at the Bridgeway Cinemas was a great success, with fantastic hosting, Italian food and drink and a great crowd! We are now looking forward to the openings at the Silky Otter and Capitol Cinemas, all sold out! Catch some great films any other night at these cinemas visit Cinema Italiano website for more info! 


 

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Italian movie night tonight: Bellissima by Luchino Visconti

Vintage Spanish movie poster 

Italian movie tonight: Bellissima is a 1951 Italian neorealist drama film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari and Tecla Scarano. Free entry.

Today, Wednesday 21 April, 6pm

University of Auckland Humanities Building (Building 206) Room 315
With English subtitles.




Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Opening of Cinema Italiano Festival and discount for Dante members



Great evening at Cinema Italiano Festival opening gala, and what a perfect Italian evening in Auckand! 🇮🇹 
Check out the Festival programme as there are many Italian movies to watch - Dante Alighieri Auckland members and students: remember that you have a special discount, just have your Dante Society card on hand when booking your seats.

 Plus, (and for all): if you fancy a pizza or Peroni or Prosecco before the movie show your ticket and get a 15% discount at the Bar of Gusto at the Grand for the duration of the Cinema Italiano film festival in Auckand (Offer available at the Gusto Bar time 5m-7pm, until 30 September), check on the here for details.

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Fun at Cinema Peroni


 Every year Peroni NZ hosts three nights of cinema all'aperto in Auckland, with an Italian movie, Italian food and, of course, birra Peroni Nastro Azzurro. This year the movie was Perfetti Sconosciuti, by Paolo Genovese. Grazie Peroni for the great evening!

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Italian Film Evening - 18 Ius Soli, 22 March



18 Ius soli, il diritto di essere italiani - This 2010, multi-awarded, first Italian grass-roots documentary, written and directed by Fred Kuwornu, addresses the issue of the right of citizenship for the so-called second-generation immigrants, or for those born or raised in Italy by immigrant parents. The documentary sheds light on a reality unknown to many and which sometimes also reaches the paradoxical. In fact, it is the reality of hundreds of thousands of young people who were born and raised in Italy but who are forced to live with a residence permit and who are not guaranteed those rights that their Italian friends and peers enjoy. Not having citizenship in a state of law like Italy means to be denied many possibilities and to feel different from the people around you and with whom you grew up.

Author and director Fred Kuwornu was born in Bologna in 1971 from a Ghanaian father and a Bolognese mother. In 2008 he worked as a set assistant for Spike Lee in the film Miracle.

The following year Kuwornu produced and directed Inside Buffalo, the first documentary on the history of the Buffalo Soldiers, for which he received the appreciation of Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama (both appear in clips in the documentary), the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and of the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano.


Presented by Bernadette Luciano of Italian Department, University of Auckland. Friday 22 March, 6.30pm, Room 315, Building 206, Arts 1 Humanities In Italian with English subtitles. Free entry.

Monday, October 16, 2017

Italian Weekend at the Auckland Art Gallery for the Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo


To celebrate the XVII edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World we would like to invite you to a weekend of Italian art, fun, and culture at the Auckland Art Gallery.

Please find attached the full programme for the weekend, there is something for everyone, children and grown-ups. For more info also check out the Auckland Art Gallery event page

Saturday 21 October and Sunday 22 October.




Italian Language Weekend Festival Shorts at the
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki                      

Short films from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Piemonte  – National Film School

Approx 35 mins
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The program presents a selection of works made in Turin at the animation film course of Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-National Film School:  
The three year animation program of CSC was established in Turin in 2001, with the support of the  Piedmont Region.  Since then, it has been an important point of convergence in Italy for young people who look at animation, in its variety of application, as their mean of expression and their artistic and professional career

Il programma presenta una selezione di lavori realizzati a Torino nell'ambito del corso in cinema d'animazione del Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia:  Sette cortometraggi di diploma prodotti nel 3° anno come progetti di diploma.
Il corso triennale  è stato istituito a Torino nel 2001, in convezione con la Regione Piemonte.  Da allora è un punto di riferimento importante in Italia per i giovani che vedono nell'animazione, nella sua varietà di applicazioni, il loro mezzo  di espressione e il loro futuro artistico e professionale. Alla scuola, a numero chiuso, si accede tramite selezione. Attualmente sono 56 gli studenti in corso provenienti da tutta Italia. La didattica è fondata sul progetto e sulla pratica.  I docenti sono artisti e professionisti del settore italiano ed internazionale del cinema e dell'animazione.
Per l'insieme della sua produzione CSC Animazione ha ricevuto la menzione speciale “Nastri d'Argento” del Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici  nel 2008 e nel 2015.

Programma (Programme)

Pircantaturi
Regia/direction: Alice Buscaldi, Angela Conigliaro, Lorenzo Fresta
Musica/music: Fulvio Chiara
Tecnica/Technique: 2d digital animation
Dialoghi/Dialogue: no; ; Durata/Lenght: 5'41”; Anno/Year: 2015
Sicilia, 1930. Il compito di un “pircantaturi”, figura scomparsa da tempo, era quello di appostarsi davanti alla casa di un debitore insolvente. La sua muta e continua presenza davanti alla porta di casa, marchiava il malcapitato come uomo senza onore: una vera e propria denuncia sociale, una denigrazione contro il debitore e la sua intera famiglia. Un brutto giorno un pircantaturi si appostò davanti alla casa di Pino e della sua spietata moglie.

Sicily, 1930. The task of a " Pircantaturi ", a character  now long gone, was to lurk outside the house of an insolvent debtor: its silent and continuous presence in front of a door was enough to label the victim as a man without honor: a real social delation, a denigration against the debtor and his entire family.  It was a bad day when the “pircantaturi” appeared in front of the house of Pino and his ruthless wife....



Office Kingdom
Regia/direction: Salvatore Centoducati, Eleonora Bertolucci, Giulio De Toma, Ruben Pirito
Musica/Music: Fulvio Chiara
Tecnica/Technique: 3d cgi - 2d animation
Dialogo/Dialogues: italiano; Sottotitoli/Subtitel: English; Durata/Lenght: 6'54” ; Anno/Year: 2014
Che cosa diavolo mai starà facendo l'impiegata dell'ufficio comunale quando sparisce per ore nel retro con il prezioso documento fra le mani? In un ufficio pubblico il cliente aspetta l'approvazione della sua pratica, ma per l'impiegata di turno ottenere quel timbro non sarà davvero un'impresa facile. Uno sguardo sulla burocrazia da un punto di vista diverso.
What the heck the clerk of a public office is doing, when she disappears for hours behind the counter with your urgent document in her hands?  In a typical public office a customer waits for the approval of his document, but for the clerk to get it stamped will not be an easy task indeed.  A look at bureaucracy from a different angle.


The Age of Rust
Regia/direction: Francesco Aber e Alessandro Mattei
Musica/Music: Fulvio Chiara
Tecnica/Technique: cgi3 – live a tion
Dialogo/Dialogues: v.o. Italiano / v.o. English; Durata/Lenght: 7'17” ; Anno/Year: 2014
Nella meravigliosa cornice delle Alpi, uno straordinario documentario alla scoperta del Petramosaurus Cavator. Tra feroci combattimenti e il miracolo della nascita, conosceremo l'incredibile ciclo della vita di questa specie.
 An extraordinary mockumentary discovering the incredible life cycle of “Peteramosaurus Cavator” In the wonderful landscape of the Alps.


Mamma mia
Regia/direction: Francesca Marinelli, Milena Tipaldo
Musica/Music:  Fulvio Chiara
Tecnica/Technique:  2d animation
Dialogo/Dialogues: italiano; Sottotitoli/Subtitles: English; Durata/Lenght: 7'14”; Anno/Year: 2013
In due episodi personali (Buon sangue non mente  e Mamma triceratopo) le autrici raccontano con humor e tenerezza le loro madri e il peso indiscutibile della loro eredità.
In two personal episodes  (Like mother like daughter  and Mommy Triceratops) the authors tell us, with humor and tenderness,  about their mothers and the weight of their indisputable legacy.


La danza del piccolo ragno (Dance of the little spider)
Regia /direction:  Giacinto Compagnone, Aurora Febo, Lucia Rotelli, Emma Vasile,
Musica/Music: Officina Zoè
Tecnica/Technique: animazione 2d (disegno, pittura, digitale)/2d animation (drawings, digital, painting)
Dialoghi/Dialogues: no; Durata/Lenght: 5'40”; Anno/Year: 2012
La danza della Taranta fa parte di una tradizione antichissima del sud Italia. La leggenda vuole che chi viene morso dalla Taranta potrà guarire solo attraverso un frenetico rituale di musica e danza.
The Dance of the Taranta is part of an ancient ritual of southern Italy, particularly Apulia. The belief is that only that ritual of music and dance will heal the victims of the Taranta spider’s bite.


Il Naturalista  (The Naturalist)
Regia /direction: Giulia Barbera, Gianluca Lo Presti, Federico Parodi, Michele Tozzi
Musica/Music: Davide Incorvaia
Tecnica/Technique: 2d, stop motion animation
Dialogo/Dialogues: no; Durata/Lenght: 4'30”; Anno/Year:  2008
ll “naturalista” vive in città.  Appena può salta in macchina e corre in campagna per rilassarsi fra i campi; ma amare la natura e goderne non è facile come si crede.
The naturalist lives in the city. Whenever he can he jumps into his car and drives out into the country to relax amid the fields and hills, to play his flute and perhaps catch a glimpse of some attractive little animal. But loving and enjoying nature is not as easy as we think.

La fiera dei morti  (The deadmen's fair)
Regia/direction:  Francesco Vecchi, Barbara Dossi
Voce/Voice (Italian): Paolo Poli
Voce/Voice (English): John De Leo
Tecnica/Technique: 2d digital animation
Dialogo/Dialogues: v.o italiano / ov English; Durata/Lenght: 7'50”; Anno/Year: 2004
Tratto dall’omonima poesia pubblicata da  Aldo Palazzeschi nel 1910, il film ne ripropone il gusto dell’assurdo, il sapore vernacolare e insieme raffinato, la paradossale atmosfera di una fiera di paese fra le mura di un cimitero.
Based on the poem of the same title published by Aldo Palazzeschi in 1910, this film is a visual representation at once poetic and absurd, vulgar and refined. The viewer is drawn into the paradoxical atmosphere of a village fair held in a rural cemetery.