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Towards a new edition The 16th edition of the Festival will take place from 11 to 22 October 2013 in Trento and other Italian cities.

THIS YEAR'S THEME: Visions. Reality and Utopia
The whole history of cinema has always revolved around the basic tension between reality and make-believe, right from its origins with Lumière and Méliès, passing through cinéma-verité to the current rivalry between fiction and documentaries, photography and computer graphics.
Similarly the history of religions is divided into an evolutionary process around the two focal points of belief and doubt, faith and facts. Reality and ideals chase each other through the history of mankind and in every conscience, like two faces of the same experience, two eyes of a three dimensional vision.
For its next edition the Religion Today Film Festival, through the most recent international cinema productions, seeks to capture the nuances of this tension, one which is particularly urgent in times such as these, times of a crisis of ideals, of waiting for a credible utopia.

The detailed programme will be announced below and updated regularly.


The programme of the last edition - 2012 headquarters: Trento and its province (Arco, Borgo Valsugana, Tuenno, Vezzano)
12 > 20 October, opening event: 11 October 2012
preview: Teggiano (SA): 6 October, Bassano (VI): 9 October,
Meran (BZ): 10-11 October 2012
other cities: Bozen: 16 October, Rome: 22 October,
Nomadelfia: 24 October 2012

2012 THEME: Conflicts. Religions and (non-)violence In order to celebrate the important anniversary of fifteen years of the Festival, we would like to draw particular attention to that message of justice and peaceful coexistence, respectful of all our differences, which Iles at the heart of our cultural and social project.
To this end we have chosen the following theme for this year's edition: Conflicts. Religions and (non-)violence. Starting from the common perception that many wars and conflicts arise from ethnic and religious identity, the Festival intends to re-interpret this by emphasizing the positive role of religions as a vehicles for peace. To this end, the history of non-violence will be presented, both in terms of theory and practice, between eastern and western religions. At the same time it will be possible to examine the complex relationship between religions and (non-) violence more closely, starting from the condemnation of every fundamentalist temptation of obstinacy and narrow-mindedness, as opposed to such essential values as respect, mutual commitment, willingness to engage in dialogue. Finally, the discussion on the theme of the year seeks to highlight how peace, justice and the promotion of human rights are inextricably bound together.

Teggiano (SA) Saturday 6 October
DIOCESE OF TEGGIANO-POLICASTRO
h. 16.00: preview screenings
> ADMISSIONS, by Harry Kakatsakis, USA, 2011, short film, 21'
> SISTER OF MINE, by Oshrat Meirovitch, Israel, 2011, short film, 24'
> THE PILLARS, by Moustafa Zakaria, UAE, 2012, short film, 16'
> SA GRÀSCIA, by Bonifacio Angius, Italy, 2011, film, 73'

Bassano (VI) Tuesday 9 October
VILLA SAN GIUSEPPE
h. 20.30: preview screenings
> ADMISSIONS, by Harry Kakatsakis, USA, 2011, short film, 21'
> THE PILLARS, by Moustafa Zakaria, UAE, 2012, short film, 16'
> TORN, by Ronit Kerstner, Israel, 2011, doc, 72'

Meran (BZ) Wednesday 10 October
In collaboration with the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fondazione UPAD, Mairania 857 and Volkshochschule urania meran
URANIA - via Ortwein 6
h. 10.00: special screenings for high schools
h. 17.00: screenings
> ADMISSIONS, by Harry Kakatsakis, USA, 2011, corto, 21'
> RIDING FOR JESUS, by Sabrina Varani, Italia, 2011, doc, 55'
Thursday 11 October
Centro per la Cultura - via Cavour 1
h. 21.00: screenings
> KADDISH FOR A FRIEND, by Leo Khasin, Germania, 2011, film, 93'

Trento and its province Thursday 11 October
TEATRO CUMINETTI - via S.ta Croce 67 Trento
Opening event: silent film screening with live music accompaniment
> EAST AND WEST, by Sidney M. Goldin and Ivan Abramson, Austria, 1923, feature film, 85'
 Restored and with English subtitles by The National Center for Jewish Film - Brandeis University
Accompanied by an original soundtrack by Renato Morelli - the Ziganoff "jazzmer band" in its first ever performance.


Friday 12 October
AUDITORIUM - Vezzano (TN)
Morning screenings for primary and middle schools

TEATRO SAN MARCO - via S.Bernardino 8 Trento
h. 17.30: screenings and round table in collaboration with the Forum Trentino per la pace e i diritti umani
> LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, by Jim Hanon, USA, 2010, doc, 77'
h. 20.30: Short concert by the Youth Choir of the Music School "I Minipolifonici" - Trento, directed by Stefano Chicco.
Following the performance there will be a round table-debate on this year's theme in collaboration with the Fondazione Fontana-Unimondo. The Archbishop of Trento Monsignor Luigi Bressan, an expert in international relations and former delegate at the United Nations and Council of Europe, in dialogue with Prof. Ugo Morelli, President of Polemos, Training School for the Study of Conflict.
h. 21.30: screenings
> KADDISH FOR A FRIEND, by Leo Khasin, Germany, 2011, feature film, 93'

Saturday 13 October
TEATRO SCOLASTICO - Borgo Valsugana (TN)
Morning screenings for high schools

TEATRO SAN MARCO - via S.Bernardino 8 Trento
h. 10.00: matinée
> FOURTH DIMENSION, by Krzysztof Zurowski, Poland, 2011, doc, 27'
> TIME OF SHADOWS SILENCE, by Osman Mohammadi, Iran, 2010, short film, 8'
> GHORELOVKA-EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF A DISAPPEARING COMMUNITY, by Alexander Kviria, Georgia, 2010, doc, 48'
> LA CHIESA ALTROVE, by Maite Carpio, Italy, 2011, doc, 1st part, 40'

 h. 15.30: screenings
> THE FURIOUS PROPHET, by David Sipos, Slovenia, 2011, doc, 20'
> GUNNAR GOES GOD, by Gunnar Hall Jensen, Norway, 2011, doc, 86'
 h. 17.30: screenings
> ALI, THE LION OF GOD, by Mohammad Jafar Bagherinia, Iran, 2012, doc, 26'
> UNRESOLVABLE? THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH, by Bryan Hall e Jack Donaldson, USA, 2012, doc, 80'
MUSEO DIOCESANO TRIDENTINO - piazza Duomo 18 Trento
h. 17.30: special event on "Religions. Conflicts and (non)violence"
Round table on this year's theme with Prof. Brunetto Salvarani, Christian theologian and essayist, and Prof. Adnane Mokrani, Muslim theologian at the Pontificia Università Gregoriana. Coordinator: Alessandro Martinelli, director of the "Bernardo Clesio" Ecumenical Cultural Centre in Trento. In connection with the exhibition "The image of the other. From stereotypes to prejudices. Food for thought".

TEATRO SAN MARCO - via S.Bernardino 8 Trento
h. 20.30: screenings
> DAVID, by Joel Fendelman-Patrick Daly, USA, 2011, film, 90'
> AUSCHWITZ IS MY TEACHER, by Katia Bernardi, Italy, 2011, doc, 52'
 With the participation of director Katia Bernardi


Sunday 14 October
TEATRO SAN MARCO - via S.Bernardino 8 Trento
h. 15.00: screenings
> THREE OF YOU, THREE OF US, by Vitalij Liubeckij, Belarus, 2012, short film, 16'
> THE POOR, by Mohammad Reza Arab, Iran, 2011, feature film, 93'
> BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE AXIS OF EVIL, by Vibeke Bryld, Denmark, 2011, doc, 23'
h. 17:30: special event: "Pacifism and (non)violence in the Balkans" in collaboration with Fondazione Alexander Langer Stiftung
Twenty years after the 1992 Sarajevo peace march, a meeting with Fr. Albino Bizzotto, founder of the "Beati i costruttori di pace" association and don Renato Sacco of Pax Christi. Introduced by Serena Rauzi of the Fondazione Alexander Langer. With screenings of interviews and clips from the documentariy by Adriano Sofri "Il giorno in cui il papa non and˜ a Sarajevo" as food for thought in a discussion on pacifism and inter-religious dialogue today.

h. 20.30: screenings
> SA GRÀSCIA, by Bonifacio Angius, Italy, 2011, feature film, 73'
> LIMEN (OMISSION), by Emiliano Dante, Italy, 2012, feature film, 93'

Monday 15 October
TEATRO CUMINETTI - via S.ta Croce 67 Trento
Morning screenings for primary and middle schools

TEATRO SAN MARCO - via S.Bernardino 8 Trento
Morning screenings for high schools

TEATRO SAN MARCO - via S.Bernardino 8 Trento
h. 15.30: screenings in collaboration with the cooperative Kaleidoscopio
> MEETING IN THE HEAVENS - ARRIVEDERCI NEI CIELI, by Rodolphe Viémont, France, 2011, short film, 10'
 > VOCI ALTE. TRE GIORNI A PREMANA, by Renato Morelli, doc, Italy 2011, 39'
Meeting with director and ethnomusicologist Renato Morelli
h. 16.30: screenings
> HERE I LEARNED TO LOVE, by Avi Angel, Israel, 2011, doc, 53'
 h. 17.30: screenings in collaboration with the Cineforum - Trento
> THE GIFT, by Evgenij Isachenko, Belarus, 2011, short film, 12'
> THE LAST CHRISTEROS, by Matias Meyer, Mexico, 2011, film, 90'
h. 20.30: screenings in collaboration with the Cineforum - Trento
> SISTER OF MINE, by Oshrat Meirovitch, Israel, 2011, short film, 24'
> SEVEN ACTS OF MERCY, by Gianluca e Massimiliano De Serio, Italy, 2011, film, 103'

Tuesday 16 October
PALAZZO PANNI - via Segantini 9 - Arco (TN)
Morning screenings for primary and middle schools

h. 20.30: screenings on "Women and religions"
> SISTER OF MINE, by Oshrat Meirovitch, Israel, 2011, short film, 24'
> THE PILLARS, by Moustafa Zakaria, EAU, 2012, short film, 16'
> THE GIFT, by Evgenij Isachenko, Belarus, 2011, short film, 12'
> MOTHER INDIA, by Raffaele Brunetti, Italy, 2011, doc, 61'
TEATRO SAN MARCO - via S.Bernardino 8 Trento
h. 15.30: screenings
> HAPPY HOLIDAYS, by Luca Marvanyi, Israel, 2011, short film, 28'
> JEAN WEIJNOON (GENIES AND MADNESS), by Mamdooh Afdile, Israel, 2011, doc, 87'
h. 17.30: screenings in collaboration with the Cineforum - Trento
> JAGJEET, by Kavanjit Singh, India, 2011, short film, 14'
> MINDFULNESS AND MURDER, by Tom Waller, Thailand, 2010, feature film, 90'
h. 20.30: screenings in collaboration with the Cineforum and the Fratel Venzo association - Trento
> STAND UP! - CABARET, by Asi Tzobel, Israele, 2011, short film, 29'
> THE MILL & THE CROSS - I COLORI DELLA PASSIONE, by Lech Majewski, Sweden-Poland, 2010, film, 96'

Wednesday; 17 October
DIFFERENT VENUES Trento
Living workshop for professionals on religious cinema

FBK - via Santa Croce 77 Trento
h. 14.30-18.00: Study seminar organized by FBK-Centre for Religious Sciences: The Sword and the Cross. Christianity and violence in cinema (1)
"Two souls and five films: the reconcilliation of post-war Italy in the Don Camillo series". Speakers T.Subini and M.Bortolini.

TEATRO SAN MARCO - via S.Bernardino 8 Trento
h. 15.30: screenings in collaboration with the cooperative Kaleidoscopio
> GOOD GUY, by Noam Yellinek, Israel, 2011, short film, 22'
> MASHTI ESMAEIL, by Mahdi Zamanpoor, Iran, 2012, doc, 30'
> THE FLOATING CHURCH, by Nello Correale, Italy, 2011, doc, 52'
h. 17.30: screenings in collaboration with the Fondazione Fontana - Unimondo
> CAIRO REVOLUTION, by Andrea Bernardi, Egypt, 2011, doc, 38'
> A PLACE OF HER OWN, by Sigal Emanuel, Israel, 2011, doc, 68'

h. 20.30: screenings
> URBAN TUNDRA, by Robi Uppin e Maria Kivirand, Estonia, 2012, doc, 14'
> RIDING FOR JESUS, by Sabrina Varani, Italy, 2011, doc, 55'
 In collaboration with Moto Club - Trento.
> TORN, by Ronit Kerstner, Israel, 2011, doc, 72'

Thursday 18 October
DIFFERENT VENUES Trento
Living workshop for professionals on religious cinema

FBK - via Santa Croce 77 - Trento
h. 14.30-18.00: Study seminar organized by FBK-Centre for Religious Sciences: The Sword and the Cross. Christianity and violence in cinema (2).
"The light of grace and the shadows of history". Speakers C.Bragaglia, C.Ferlan and A.Panzavolta.

TEATRO SAN MARCO - via S.Bernardino 8 Trento
h. 15.30: screenings
> THE CO-DRIVER - IL COPILOTA, by Javier Figuero, Spain, 2012, short film, 6'
> CARRYING THE LIGHT, by Guy Natanel, UK, 2011, doc, 56'
> DOLPHIN BOY, by Dani Menkin e Yonatan Nir, USA, 2011, doc, 72'
SALA DEPERO, PALAZZO DELLA PROVINCIA - piazza Dante 15 Trento
h. 18.00: public meeting with experts from the seminar on religions and international relations organized by the Provincia autonoma di Trento with the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and ISPI - Institute For International Political Studies.

TEATRO SAN MARCO - via S.Bernardino 8 Trento
h. 20.30: screenings and panel in collaboration with the Inter-religious Round Table of Trento
> ADMISSIONS, by Harry Kakatsakis, USA, 2011, short film, 21'
 With comments by members of the Round Table
> MY AUSTRALIA, by Ami Drozd, Israel, 2011, film, 96'

Friday 19 October
DIFFERENT VENUES Trento
Living workshop for professional on religious cinema

FBK - via Santa Croce 77 - Trento
h. 14.30-18.00: Study seminar organized by FBK-Centre for Religious Sciences: The Sword and the Cross: Christianity and violence in cinema (3)
"Victims of a god who commands respect". Including a screening of the film CONFORTORIO, P. Benvenuti, Italy, 1992, with the director present.

TEATRO SAN MARCO - via S.Bernardino 8 Trento
h. 15.30: screenings in collaboration with the cooperative Kaleidoscopio
> FLIGHT OF AN ANGEL, by Clodualdo del Mundo Jr., The Philippines, 2011, feature film, 94'
 h. 17.15: screenings
> HERMITS, by Kacper Czubak, Poland, 2011, doc, 26'
> MY REINCARNATION, by Jennifer Fox, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, 2010, doc, 102'
 h. 20.30: screenings
> THE PILLARS, by Moustafa Zakaria, UAE, 2012, short film, 16'
> IL VOLTO DEL SANTO, by Paolo Benvenuti, Italy, 2012, doc, 16'
 Cinema, art, creativity: meeting with director Paolo Benvenuti
> MODEST RECEPTION, by Mani Haghighi, Iran, 2012, feature film, 95'

Saturday 20 October
TEATRO SAN MARCO - via S.Bernardino 8 Trento
h. 10.00: matinée
> AGHA SEYYED GIRLS, by Fatemeh Heidari, Iran, 2012, doc, 10'
> GHARGHA, by Zeynab Ghorbani Faryad, Iran, 2011, short film, 5'
> MYSTERY OF THE LOOK, by Hamed Sa'adat, Iran, 2010, short film, 2'
> PURE SOUND - THE GYUTO MONKS OF TIBET, by John Doggett-Williams, Australia, 2012, doc, 52'
> BETWEEN TWO WORLDS, by Ovidio Salazar, UK, 2012, doc, 75'
h. 15.30: screenings
> CAP OR KIPPAH, by Susanne Engels, The Netherlands, 2012, doc, 15'
> MOTHER INDIA, by Raffaele Brunetti, Italy, 2011, doc, 61'
> FOOTBALL IS GOD, by Ole Bendtzen, Denmark, 2010, doc, 53'
 h. 15.30: screenings
> BELOVED SKY, by Dariush Mehrjui, Iran, 2011, feature film, 80'
h. 20.30: awards ceremony of the 15th Religion Today Film Festival
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Bozen Tuesday 16 October
BIBLIOTECA CIVICA "C. BATTISTI"
h. 18.00: meeting with Paolo Dall'Oglio, Jesuit father and founder of the Syrian monastery of Deir Mar Musa, recently expelled from Syria.


Rome Monday 22 October
SALESIAN PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY
Morning and afternoon: international seminar on this year's theme: "Cinema. Conflicts. Religions and (non)violence" at the Università Pontificia Salesiana in collaboration with the Faculty of Sciences of Social Communication and the Religion Today Film Festival

Thursday and Friday 25-26 October
Religion Today will also take part in the International Conference "The sense of friendship between cultures and in religions" (Rome Protomoteca/Campidoglio), organized through the coordination between Religions for Peace/Italian Section and ASUS (Accademia Scienze Umane e Sociali).


Nomadelfia - Grosseto Wednesday 24 October
Sala Polifunzionale
h. 16.00: screenings and conferring of the special prize: Nomadelfia Fraternity Award
> THREE OF YOU, THREE OF US, by Vitalij Liubeckij, Belarus, 2012, short film, 16'
> STAND UP!, by Asi Tzobel, Israel, 2011, short film, 29'
> CAP OR KIPPAH, by Susanne Engels, The Netherlands, 2012, doc, 15'
> AUSCHWITZ IS MY TEACHER, by Katia Bernardi, Italy, 2011, doc, 52'

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