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XIV Religion Today Film Festival THE PROGRAMME WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGES.
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When and Where 14-22 October: Trento, Vezzano, Padergnone, Arco, Tuenno, Pergine V. (TN)
15-26 October: Rome, Milan, Bolzano, Nomadelfia (GR)
preview: Teggiano (SA), Merano (BZ), Bassano (VI)

THIS YEAR'S THEME: Poverty. Problem or opportunity? For its XIV edition, the Festival plans to investigate the theme of poverty not only as a social problem, but one which is above all cultural, spiritual, ethical and theological, directly involving religions and which could become the key towards more in-depth inter-religious dialogue. We would like to know how cinema offers a language and communicative space appropriate to this dialogue.

On the one hand the theme would like to highlight attitudes towards material things as viewed by different religious traditions: from poverty seen as a misfortune and heaven-sent curse, to poverty which is actively sought-after, chosen by an individual or community, as a means of truth and an absolute. Then there is poverty as a radical form of deprivation of self as practiced by certain "holy fools". Behind each of these traditions there is a kind of wisdom which should be respected whilst at the same time neither encouraging nor praising material poverty.

On the other hand Religion Today intends to further investigate the themes of ethical commitment to combatting injustice and inequality which, over the last few decades both at a local and global level, have widened the gap between growth and marginalization, against a background of uncertainty and lack of trust generated by the economic crisis in a society which preaches individualism, competition, accumulating wealth and achieving success at any cost. Faced with these contradictions, with communities of believers and all people of good will, we aim to rethink the idea of poverty, however seeking to prevent it. Poverty in this context can be interpreted as a testimony to a counterculture which opposes exclusion from society in the name of solidarity.

Teggiano (SA) Saturday 8 October

DIOCESIS OF TEGGIANO-POLICASTRO
16.00: preview
> SOKAR by Dariush Gharib Zadeh, short, Iran 2010, 11'
> FAITH IN LONDON by Tariq Chowdhury, short, UK 2010, 3'
> UNDER COVER by Sara Dayekh, short, Lebanon 2010, 4'
> EMPTY STOMACHS by Julien Guetta, short, France 2010, 20'
> ROMERO - VOCE DEI SENZA VOCE by Maite Carpio, doc, Italy 2010, 56'

Merano/Meran (BZ) Wednesday 12 October

CHRISTUSKIRCHE
Preview in collaboration with the Evangelical Lutheran Community
17.30
> FAITH IN LONDON by Tariq Chowdhury, short, UK 2010, 3'
> THE END by Predrag Bambic, short, Serbia 2010, 27'
> IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS by Hajo Schomerus, doc, Germany/Israel, 88'
 20.00
> WOMEN'S DREAMS by Mohamed Nabil, doc, Germany 2010, 38'
> LIVING WITHOUT MONEY by Line Halvorsen, doc, Italy/Norway 2010, 52'

Bassano (VI) Thursday 13 October

VILLA SAN GIUSEPPE
20.30: preview
> FAITH IN LONDON by Tariq Chowdhury, short, UK 2010, 3'
> 71 SQUARE METERS by Eliran Malka, short, Israel 2010, 28'
> WHERE IS FATEMEH'S HOUSE? by Fereydon Najafi, short, Iran 2010, 18'
> ROMERO - VOCE DEI SENZA VOCE by Maite Carpio, doc, Italy 2010, 56'

Vezzano (TN) Friday 14 October

AUDITORIUM
Morning: screenings for primary schools

Trento Friday 14 October

FONDAZIONE CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI TRENTO E ROVERETO
17.00: conference "Finché c'è fede c'è finanza (etica)" - "Religion and Ethical Finance:a challenge in dialogue" about this year's theme "Poverty:problem or opportunity?"
In collaboration with Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto, ACLI trentine, Caritas diocesana, Fondazione Fontana, Unimondo.

TEATRO SAN MARCO
20.30: opening ceremony of the 14th Religion Today Filmfestival
Silent film with original soundtrack performed by the Juvenile Choir of the Music School "I Minipolifonici" - Trento, directed by Stefano Chicco
> I AM WITH YOU by Guido Chiesa, film, Italy 2010, 102'
> HALIMEH by Tahereh Hassanzadeh, short, Iran 2010, 20'
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Saturday 15 October

TEATRO SAN MARCO
10.00: screenings: Rites and beliefs
> SEVEN REGARDS by Mehdi Yarmohamadi, doc, Iran 2010, 14'
> GANGASAGAR by Dhananjoy Mandal, doc, India 2009, 55'
> FUNERAL SEASON by Matthew Lancit, doc, Canada 2010, 87'
 15.00: screenings: Exploring the differences
> THE HEIRS OF MOTHER TERESA by Delphine Prunault, doc, France 2010, 54'
> ROMERO - VOCE DEI SENZA VOCE by Maite Carpio, doc, Italy 2010, 56'
> THE MOON IS JEWISH by Michal Tkaczynski, Poland 2011, 45'
> A PETITION FOR ALLAH by Alireza Amini, film, Iran 2009, 90'
 20.30: screenings and event: Poverty. Problem or Opportunity?
Theatrical reading performed by Andrea Brunello, Arditodesìo-Portland, Trento
> LIVING WITHOUT MONEY by Line Halvorsen, doc, Italy-Norway 2010, 52'
> GAZA HOSPITAL by Marco Pasquini, doc, Italy 2009, 84'
Sunday 16 October

TEATRO SAN MARCO
10.00: matinee
> EVERYBODY'S IN LOVE HERE! by Shahram Mmirab Aghdam, doc, Iran 2010, 19'
> MY WIFE IS MY MESSAGE by George Schouten, doc, The Netherlands 2011, 30'
> EMPTY HANDED BUT STANDING STRONG... by Babak Nabizadeh, short, Iran 2011, 14'
> ALZHEIMER by Ahmad Reza Motamedi, film, Iran 2011, 103'
 15.00: programme for the Family
> MYSTERY AFTER MYSTERY. LA SINDONE RACCONTATA AI RAGAZZI by Sante Altizio; Stefania Raimondi, short, Italy 2010, 25'
> JERICHO: THE PROMISE FULFILLED by Anthony Rondina, short, US 2010, 28'
> WHERE IS FATEMEH'S HOUSE? by Fereydon Najafi, short, Iran 2010, 18'
> STARRING DAVID by Ester Gould, doc, The Netherlands 2010, 19'
> PARABLES by Vitalij Ljubeckij, film, Belarus 2010, 57'
 18.00: screenings: Fraternity
> THE POTENTIAL INSIDE by Scotty Curlee, film, US 2010, 96'
 20.30: screenings: Fraternity
> SONO GLI UOMINI CHE RENDONO LE TERRE VIVE E CARE by Fredo Valla, doc, Italia 2011, 30'
> OF MEN AND GODS by Xavier Beauvois, film, Francia 2010, 120'
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Monday 17 October

TEATRO CUMINETTI
Morning: screenings for primary schools

TEATRO SAN MARCO
15.30: screenings in collaboration with cooperativa Kaleidoscopio
> ALLA SERA by Eliseo Boldrin; Matteo Ricca, short, Italy 2011, 3'
> NEL SEGNO by MAGGIO by Angelo Mazzola, film, Italy 2009, 55'
 16.45: screenings: Arts and religions
> THE LABYRINTH by Jason A. Schmidt, doc, US/Germany 2010, 37'
> THE NUN by Galina Adamovich, doc, Belarus 2010, 56'
> TAFTAN by Hooshang Mirzaee, doc, Iran 2011, 52'
 20.30: screenings: Paths of life
> 71 SQUARE METERS by Eliran Malka, short, Israel 2010, 28'
> GOLD AND COPPER by Homayoun Assadian, film, Iran 2010, 97'
> CHAMETZ by Alon Levi, short, Israel 2010, 38'
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Tuesday 18 October

TEATRO SAN MARCO
15.30: screenings: Religions and society
> CHALLENGE, CHANGE, FAITH: CATHOLIC AUSTRALIA AND THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL by Oliver Clifton, doc, Australia 2009, 43'
> IMAMS GO TO SCHOOL by Kaouther Ben Hania, doc, France 2010, 75'
> SCONFINATO - STORIA by EMILIO by Ivan Bormann, doc, Italy 2010, 51'
> EDGES by Tal Avitan, doc, Israele 2010, 45'
> LAMU'S MAULIDI by Fehd Chabbi, doc, Tunisia 2010, 39'
 20.30: screenings: Poverty. Problem or Opportunity?
> JOSEPH W THE DISSENTER by Caroline Glorion, film, France 2010, 90'
> THE DREAMERS by Efrat Shalom Danon, doc, Israel 2011, 58'
VILLA S. IGNAZIO
Morning: living workshop for professional on religious cinema

TEATRO SAN MARCO
15.30: screenings in collaboration with cooperativa Kaleidoscopio
> DI SANGUE E by SOGNI by Paolo Mancinelli, doc, Italy 2009, 10'
> CHIARA LUCE BADANO UNO SPLENDIDO DISEGNO by Maria Amato Calò, doc, Italy 2010, 43'
 Screenings: Religion through history
> PIO IX - UN INTERROGATIVO DELLA COSCIENZA by Antonia Pillosio, doc, Italy 2011, 42'
> DUNS SCOTO by Fernando Muraca, film, Italy 2010, 84'
> FRANCESCO by PAOLA - LA RICERCA DELLA VERITA' by Fabio Marra, short, Italy 2009, 32'
 20.30: screenings: Peripheries
With the participation of Luigi De Salvia, Religions for Peace - Italy
> SOKAR by Dariush Gharib Zadeh, short, Iran 2010, 11'
> EMPTY STOMACHS by Julien Guetta, short, France 2010, 20'
> CELESTIAL BODY by Alice Rohrwacher, film, Italy 2010, 98'
Thursday 20 October

VILLA S. IGNAZIO
Morning: living workshop for professional on religious cinema

TEATRO SAN MARCO
15.30: screenings: Dialogues
> OY MAMA by Orna Ben Dor; Noa Maiman, doc, Israel 2010, 50'
> IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS by Hajo Schomerus, doc, Germany/Israel, 88'
> ESCAPELAND by Oren Tirosh, doc, Israel 2009, 48'
> MIRACOLO ALLA SCALA by Claudio Bernieri, doc, Italy 2011, 61'
 20.30: screenings and debate with the participants of the international seminar on "The new Euro-mediterranean region. The case for a post-secular dialogue" organized by ISPI, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Provincia autonoma di Trento
> UNDER COVER by Sara Dayekh, short, Lebanon 2010, 4'
> FAITH IN LONDON by Tariq Chowdhury, short, UK 2010, 3'
> AGAINST THE CURRENT by Michèle Tyan, doc, Lebanon 2011, 43'
> SOS MUEZZIN by Mamdouh Ben Abdelghaffar, short, Tunisia 2010, 12'
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Friday 21 October

TEATRO CUMINETTI
Morning: screenings for high schools

VILLA S. IGNAZIO
Morning: living workshop for professional on religious cinema

TEATRO SAN MARCO
15.30: screenings: Paths of life
> WOMEN'S DREAMS by Mohamed Nabil, doc, Germany 2010, 38'
> THE MAGICAL JOURNEY OF THE USELESS THINGS by Katja Schupp, doc, Poland-Germany 2010, 93'
> THE CALLING (1¡ ep.) by Danny Alpert, doc, US 2010, 110'
 20.30: screenings: Looking East
> HE, WHO HAS INVENTED ALL THIS by Yuri Chirkovskiy, short, Georgia-Russia 2010, 15'
> THE END by Predrag Bambic, short, Serbia 2010, 27'
> MEEKNESS by Catalin Apostol, film, Romania 2010, 91'
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Saturday 22 October

TEATRO SAN MARCO
10.00: matinee
> BANGLA NEW YEAR by Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, doc, Bangladesh 2011, 30'
> THE BAREFOOT LEADER by Zohreh Zamani, doc, Iran 2011, 28'
> ON FOOT by Fereydoun Hasanpour, film, Iran 2009, 87'
 15.30: screenings
> MOONLIGHT ON THE STAGE by Fima Emami, film, Iran 2011, 80'
> KOSHER by Isabelle Stead, short, France 2010, 9'
> THE ROAD IS CLOSED by Vahid Hajilouei, short, Iran 2011, 23'
 18.00: Awards ceremony of the 14th Religion Today Filmfestival
20.00: screenings of the awarded films


Padergnone (TN) Saturday 15 October

SALA POLIVALENTE
20.30: screenings
> FAITH IN LONDON by Tariq Chowdhury, short, UK 2010, 3'
> WHERE IS FATEMEH'S HOUSE? by Fereydon Najafi, short, Iran 2010, 18'
> 71 SQUARE METERS by Eliran Malka, short, Israel 2010, 28'
> ROMERO - VOCE DEI SENZA VOCE by Maite Carpio, doc, Italy 2010, 56'
 Arco (TN) Tuesday 18 October

PALAZZO PANNI
Morning: screenings for primary schools
20.30: screenings: Women and religions
> UNDER COVER by Sara Dayekh, short, Lebanon 2010, 4'
> CHAMETZ by Alon Levi, short, Israel, 38'
> WOMEN'S DREAMS by Mohamed Nabil, doc, Germany 2010, 38'
> THE NUN by Galina Adamovich, doc, Belarus 2010, 56'
Tuenno (TN) Wednesday 19 October

Morning: screenings for primary schools

Pergine Valsugana (TN)
Wednesday 19 October

TEATRO DELLE GARBERIE
20.30: screenings
> FAITH IN LONDON by Tariq Chowdhury, short, UK 2010, 3'
> SOKAR by Dariush Gharib Zadeh, short, Iran 2010, 11'
> MEEKNESS by Catalin Apostol, film, Romania 2010, 91'
Bolzano/Bozen Saturday 15 October

BIBLIOTECA CIVICA "C. BATTISTI"
Afternoon: meeting: From Book to Film
LIVING WITHOUT MONEY by Line Halvorsen, doc, Italy-Norway 2010, 52'
Sunday 16 October

ISTITUTO SALESIANO RAINERUM
20.30: screenings
> FAITH IN LONDON by Tariq Chowdhury, short, UK 2010, 3'
> SOKAR by Dariush Gharib Zadeh, short, Iran 2010, 11'
> MEEKNESS by Catalin Apostol, film, Romania 2010, 91'
Monday 17 October

RAINERUM SALESIANI DON BOSCO
Morning: screenings for high schools


Milan Wednesday 19 October

CENTRO FRANCESCANO CULTURALE ARTISTICO ROSETUM
17.00
> EMPTY STOMACHS by Julien Guetta, short, France 2010, 20'
> WHERE IS FATEMEH'S HOUSE? by Fereydon Najafi, short, Iran 2010, 18'
> HE, WHO HAS INVENTED ALL THIS by Yuri Chirkovskiy, short, Georgia-Russia 2010, 15'
> 71 SQUARE METERS by Eliran Malka, short, Israele 2010, 28'
 19.00
> ROMERO - VOCE DEI SENZA VOCE by Maite Carpio, doc, Italy 2010, 56'
> THE HEIRS OF MOTHER TERESA by Delphine Prunault, doc, France 2010, 54'
 21.00
> FAITH IN LONDON by Tariq Chowdhury, short, UK 2010, 3'
> GOLD AND COPPER by Homayoun Assadian, film, Iran 2010, 97'
Thursday 20 October

CENTRO FRANCESCANO CULTURALE ARTISTICO ROSETUM
17.00
> PARABLES by Vitalij Ljubeckij, film, Belarus 2010, 57'
> JERICHO: THE PROMISE FULFILLED by Anthony Rondina, short, US 2010, 28'
 19.00
> GAZA HOSPITAL by Marco Pasquini, doc, Italy 2009, 84'
 21.00
> DUNS SCOTO by Fernando Muraca, film, Italy 2010, 84'
Friday 21 October

CENTRO FRANCESCANO CULTURALE ARTISTICO ROSETUM
17.00
> IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS by Hajo Schomerus, doc, Germany/Israel, 88'
 19.00
> JOSEPH W THE DISSENTER by Caroline Glorion, film, France 2010, 90'
 21.00
> MEEKNESS by Catalin Apostol, film, Romania 2010, 91'

Rome Monday 24 October

ATENEO SALESIANO
Morning and afternoon: international seminar on this year's theme: "Poverty. Problem or Opportunity?" at the Università Pontificia Salesiana in collaboration with the Faculty of Sciences of social communication

CENTRE CULTUREL SAINT-LOUIS DE FRANCE
Evening: opening ceremony
Silent film with original soundtrack performed by the Juvenile Choir of the Music School "I Minipolifonici" - Trento, directed by Stefano Chicco

Screenings of the awarded films

Tuesday 25 October

CENTRE CULTUREL SAINT-LOUIS DE FRANCE
Afternoon and evening: screenings

Wednesday 26 October
CENTRE CULTUREL SAINT-LOUIS DE FRANCE
Afternoon and evening: screenings


Nomadelfia (GR) Wednesday 26 October

SALA POLIFUNZIONALE
Afternoon: screenings and conferring of the Special award Fraternity by Nomadelfia
> FAITH IN LONDON by Tariq Chowdhury, short, UK 2010, 3'
> UNDER COVER by Sara Dayekh, short, Lebanon 2010, 4'
> by SANGUE E by SOGNI by Paolo Mancinelli, doc, Italy 2009, 10'
> 71 SQUARE METERS by Eliran Malka, short, Israele 2010, 28'
> VIVERE SENZA SOLDI by Line Halvorsen, doc, Italy-Norway 2010, 52'
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