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The Hong Kong Salento International Film Festival (HKSIFF) 2021, in its 9th edition, from 20 through 24 October, will bring to Hong Kong audiences a selection of the best of the Salento International Film Festival (SIFF) 2021. An eclectic list of independent films from all over the world will be screened in one of the coolest venues in Hong Kong.
Our great determination and passion have allowed us to offer once again this year a high-profile film programme, characterized by international prestige and high-quality content resulting from a careful research on cultural expressions.
The SIFF reconfirms itself as one of the most anticipated and prestigious events in Apulia (Italy); it is frequented and loved by many film fans and experts and it is known worldwide for the richness and variety of its calendar, which covers 5 very intense days of films.
This event is part of the Italia Mia Festival.
SCREENING SCHEDULE
The 2021 Edition will showcase 5 feature films from Italy.
Wednesday, 20 October
8:00 p.m. – LA PARTITA (THE MATCH) by Francesco Carnesecchi
9:50 p.m. – MAI PER SEMPRE (NEVER FOR EVER) by Fabio Massa
Thursday, 21 October
8:00 p.m. – L’ULTIMO UOMO CHE DIPINSE IL CINEMA (THE LAST MOVIE PAINTER) by Walter Bencini
9:45 p.m. – RE MINORE (D MINOR) by Giuseppe Ferlito
Friday, 22 October
7:50 p.m. – EST – DITTATURA LAST MINUTE (EST – LAST MINUTE DICTATORSHIP) by Antonio Pisu
9:50 p.m. – LA PARTITA (THE MATCH) by Francesco Carnesecchi
Saturday, 23 October
7:20 p.m. – L’ULTIMO UOMO CHE DIPINSE IL CINEMA (THE LAST MOVIE PAINTER) by Walter Bencini
9:20 p.m. – RE MINORE (D MINOR) by Giuseppe Ferlito
Sunday, 24 October
3:30 p.m. – EST – DITTATURA LAST MINUTE (EST – LAST MINUTE DICTATORSHIP) by Antonio Pisu
5:30 p.m. – MAI PER SEMPRE (NEVER FOR EVER) by Fabio Massa
DETAILS AND SYNOPSIS
EST – Dittatura Last Minute (EST – Last Minute Dictatorship)
A film by Antonio Pisu | Italy 2020 |104 min.
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Film Classification Category IIB: Not Suitable for Young Persons and Children
1989. A few weeks before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Pago, Rice and Bibi, three twenty-five-year-old guys, leave the calm city of Cesena looking for adventure: a ten-day-long holiday in Eastern Europe, in those places where the Soviet regime is still alive. As they get to Budapest, they meet Emil, a Romanian fleeing from the dictatorship in his country. The man is worried for his family that still lives in Romania, so he asks the three Italians for help. It’s an easy task: take a suitcase to his wife and daughter. Out of pity and looking for a thrill, the three friends head to Bucharest, in the heart of Ceausescu’s dictatorship. Without knowing what is waiting for them, on a journey beyond their imagination, Pago, Rice and Bibi find themselves in a country under a dictatorial regime, involved in surreal situations and surrounded by unlikely characters that seriously put their lives at risk. Among many plot twists, the three protagonists understand the true worth of the things that we take for granted every day. They strengthen their friendship and join forces to accomplish the most important mission in their lives.
L’Ultimo Uomo che Dipinse il Cinema (The Last Movie Painter)
A film by Walter Bencini | Italy 2020 | 90 min.
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Film Classification Category IIA: Not Suitable for Children
A thrilling journey through the world of Renato Casaro, one of the most important living illustrators that the world’s film poster industry has ever known. The artist reveals sketches, memories, posters and personal feelings regarding the golden age of Italian cinema and its personalities. Extraordinary tales from a world that no longer exists, but which takes us far away, leaving behind an adventurous and all-consuming nostalgia.
La Partita (The Match)
A film by Walter Bencini | Italy 2020 | 90 min.
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Film Classification Category IIB: Not Suitable for Young Persons and Children
On the football field, not only the fate of the championship is decided, but also the lives of those who have decided to change their lives. Who for money like Italo, the president of “Sporting” who has bet everything he owns on the result – who for honour, like Mr. Bulla, the coach who has never won anything – and who to pursue a dream, like Antonio, the team captain who wants to become a footballer. While outside the field the world continues to live, to die and to be full of contradictions, during the match time stops because that is the most important moment.
Mai per Sempre (Never for Ever)
A Film by Fabio Massa | Italy 2020 | 90 min.
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Film Classification Category IIA: Not Suitable for Children
A dramatic story of friendship, love and an internal struggle between good and evil. It is the life of Luca, a young man who, despite the comfort of his family, prefers to “break his back” in a workshop he owns far from Naples where he grew up and where his mother Silvana still lives with her new husband, Saverio, a prestigious lawyer whose evil way of being and behaving is not shared by Luca.
Re Minore (D Minor)
A Film by Giuseppe Ferlito | Italy 2020 | 122 min.
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Film Classification Category IIB: Not Suitable for Young Persons and Children
Music is the beating heart of the story involving Mimí, an experimental musician who returned to Sicily to renew his art. In the artistic confrontation between the protagonist Mimi and Corona, his old music teacher, the metaphor of the double soul of Sicily, the ancient and the modern, is triggered. From this arises the incessant contrast between the search for the true essence of music starting from the pulsating soul of the material and the traditional patterns based on an art that remains anchored to old technicalities.
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