29 Nov, Tuesday, 5.30pm – 7.15pm – Masterclass : Applying the Ethnographic Method to Cinema
Venue: NAH 115, Humanities Building, New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ma Li Shui
Link: http://tinyurl.com/qhwkjmj
Email contact: hkoffice@thinkyoung.eu
In cooperation with The Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong, The Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Anthropology – Hong Kong Anthropological Society.
Ethnography, which has been widely used in the humanities as a research method, has always played a crucial role in filmmaking too. For this masterclass we are pleased to present Director Alessandro Rossetto, experienced professor of documentary , who will share his perspective on documentary and fiction filmmaking along with methodological advices. During the seminar he will present excerpts from his latest and most known work, “Piccola Patria” (Small Homeland).
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1 Dec, Thursday, 6.30pm – 9.00pm – Film screening & Director talk: Piccola Patria (Small Homeland)
FREE ticket registration: http://tinyurl.com/zg596s9
Venue: Future Cinema Studio, 6/F, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Center, 18 Tat Hong Avenue, Kowloon Tong
Link: http://tinyurl.com/oz8u4u9
Email contact: hkoffice@thinkyoung.eu
In cooperation with The Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong, The Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and the School of Creative Media – City University of Hong Kong.
About the film:
In the midst of Italy’s secessionist north-east (i.e. Liga Veneta, Lega Nord, who wished to separate northern Italy from the rest of the country for cultural and economic reasons), the turbulent adolescence of two girls leads to tragedy.
About the Director:
Alessandro Rossetto (b. 1963) holds a degree in Anthropology from the University of Bologna, plus a specialization in Visual Anthropology and Documentary from the University Paris X – Nanterre. He has been a professor in ethnographic documentary at prestigious European ZeLIG Documentary School for the past 10 years. In 2010 the New York Documentary Film Festival dedicated a retrospective to his work.
Piccola Patria (Small Homeland) is his first feature length fiction film and was presented in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
The masterclass and the screening are part of Bellissima Italia programme.