OPENING RIFF AWARDS: FRIDAY APRIL 7 at Cinema Embassy, Via Stoppani, 7
15:30 – OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL

A New Wave (USA 2005) – Debut feature of the independent director Jason Carvey
Followed by: Eva Affittasi (Italy 2005) – A documentary of Armando Prieto Perez

And the shorts:
Contratto a termine, Il produttore, Soltanto uno, Sotto le foglie, Il nostro segreto, In controtempo, Lu non fa miracoli



@ 20:00 - OPENING NIGHT RIFF AWARDS

Short Order (Ireland, 2005) – Directed by Anthony Byrne
With Vanessa Redgrave & John Hurt

@ 22:00 - THECOPRODUCERS PRESENT

Ad Project – with Giorgio Albertazzi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Valerio Mastandrea.

The director Eros Puglielli and the actor Marco Bonini experiment with a new production system, aimed at reviving Italian Cinema (www.thecoproducers.org)

The directors and principal actors of the features and shorts will be present in the theatre



OTHER EVENTS


SATURDAY APRIL 8
CANADIAN EVENT

NORWEGIAN EVENT
(Italian Premiere of Kissed By Winter by Sara Johnsen – Oscar Candidate)

SUNDAY APRIL 9
HUMAN RIGHTS EVENT

(Meeting with the director Amos Gitai)

MONDAY APRIL 10
SPANISH EVENT