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RAI FILM

Film list

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All that Glitters 2003 32‘

Directed by Irene Petropoulou .

For the people of Olympos, a small mountain village on the Greek island of Carpathos, preserving tradition is of great importance, not least as a source of income. The parading ‘brides’ of the Virgin

South-East Europe Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage Intergenerational relations Ritual

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The Beautiful White Masks of Rèsije 2017 15‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In a small community of Italian Slavic-speakers, the performance by the Beautiful White Masks, impersonated by women, comes to an abrupt end with the burning of the Babaz. This film is part of

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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Carnival King of Europe. Release 2.0 2011 38‘

Directed by Michele Trentini Giovanni Kezich .

Award-winning ethnographic caleidoscope featuring over 50 different masquerades of some 13 European countries. Thanks to some careful editing, the underlying structure of European winter masked

Western Europe South-East Europe Central Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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Caroling with the Star among the Bersntoler 2015 26‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In the German-speaking Bersntol (Val dei Mòcheni) in the Italian Alps, the Three Wise Men have left in their stead a robust choir of young men, parading the Star from farm to farm. This film is

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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Coraggio coscritti: take heart, all new recruits! 2016 25‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The yearly parade of the new recruits is the perfect occasion in which to vent an extraordinarily wide repertoire of traditional songs. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 6 –

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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The Day of the Masks on the Karst 2017 14‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

A small village in the Slovenian Karst is entirely taken over by the local masks, the so called “Škoromati”. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 7 – THE PASTORAL LEGACY**. The

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

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The Day of the Pustje on Mt. Matajur 2015 11‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Throughout western Slovenia, Pust or Pustje are the names given to the Carnival dummy and the same names are also used in the Italian side of the Julian Alps. This film is part of **Carnival King

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

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The Day of the Rams in Gljev 2012 17‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The Didi of Gljev, in the Dalmatian hinterland, are fully-fledged rams and for the duration a day they act and behave as if they were a single magical flock. This film is part of **Carnival King

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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The Day of the Zanni 2016 17‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The Zanni of central Italy, are the same as the Pulcinella of the South of Italy or the Lachè in the North. They are Carnival heralds, clad in white, with a pointed, ribboned, imposing headpiece.

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

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Endgames 2008 32‘

Directed by Ilinca Calugareanu .

The film follows a day in the life of Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania, focusing on the way the lives of the three main characters – Valer, an 85 year old retired colonel, Daria, an 89 year old

South-East Europe Post-communism Elderly people Memory

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Fiddling away Carnival in Caffaro 2017 12‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Bagolino and Ponte Caffaro host the largest surviving ensemble of folk violin in the Alps, which makes Carnival a leap back into the Renaissance roots of the violin itself. This film is part of

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

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The Gnaga 2017 8‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The Gnaga is an old hag, carrying her drunk husband back home in a pannier. This film is part of Carnival King of Europe DVD 5 PARADING THE VILLAGE. On Carnival days, the village is brought back

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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Harpoons and Heartache 1998 28‘

Directed by Bessie Morris .

Bessie Morris, a Greek-American, portrays the romantic relationships between Greek men and women tourists. She explores the story of Vassilis, a young male bartender in the tourist town of Hania, Crete.

South-East Europe Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage Gender Role and Identity Love

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In the Light of Memory 2010 40‘

Directed by Alyssa Grossman .

‘In the Light of Memory’ explores evocations of memory in contemporary post-socialist Bucharest, nearly twenty years after the fall of Romanian communism. The film is shot in Cismigiu Gardens, one of

South-East Europe Memory Post-communism

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In Search of Home 2000 30‘

Directed by Julie Moggan .

The Shabani family have been living in Manchester as refugees and are homesick for Kosovo. Feeling increasingly unwelcome in Britain, they return home to confront the nightmares of their recent past,

South-East Europe Refugees / Displaced populations Children / Young people War / Conflict / Reconciliation

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Into the Field 2005 28‘

Directed by Alyssa Grossman .

‘Into the Field’ follows the everyday “secular” lives of nuns in a Orthodox nunnery in Romania. Documenting the nuns’ activities, relationships and roles within their community, the film also

South-East Europe Religion / Belief / Faith Animation

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Once upon a time in Val di Fiemme 2009 23‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Every four years, the new recruits in Carano are presented to the community in the midst of a complex carnival ritual called Banderàl. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 6 –

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

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One day in Agnita 2011 10‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Every four years, the new recruits in Carano are presented to the community in the midst of a complex carnival ritual called Banderàl. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 6 –

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

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One day in Begnishte 2008 7‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The Orthodox New Year’s Eve is marked by the appearance of the Djolomari, the “old ones”, for a long day of ritual, which is both structured and frenetic. This film is part of **Carnival

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

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One day in Chelnik 2008 14‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

On the day of the Kukeri, mysterious, impenetrable masks visit every house in Bulgarian Thrace, and end up in the village square for a most persuasive wedding and ploughing ritual. This film is

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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One day in Lancova Vas 2010 9‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In eastern Slovenia, an assorted party of masked ploughmen run around each village on Carnival days. In the Slovenian-speaking Italian Benecija, the Blùmari run across the village fields once a

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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One day in Rukavac 2008 11‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Zvonča in Croatian means “bell” and the Istrian Zvončari are the popular carnival heralds who undertake some challenging walkabouts between neighbouring villages every year – Croatia. This

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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The Passion and Death of the Carlisèp 2015 19‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In Schignano, in the Lombardy mountains close to the Swiss border, Carlisèp is the local name of the Carnival dummy, who attempts a last minute escape. Carnival trials such as that held in Valda,

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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Processes 2016 23‘

Directed by Adriana Ferrarese .

Like every year, Corigliano Calabro, a small village in the south of Italy, celebrates Easter: from the investiture of a man to embody Jesus during a night procession, to the passionate debates for

South-East Europe Religion / Belief / Faith Festivals / Carnival

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A Rite on the Run: the Blùmari of Benecija 2015 10‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In the Slovenian-speaking Italian Benecija, the Blùmari run across the village fields once a year, just like the Arval Brethren of ancient Rome. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

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Rock ‘n’ Pray 2001 24‘

Directed by Fotini Stefani .

The monks from the monastery of Saints Augustine and Serapheim Sarow on mainland Greece have found modern ways to appeal to young people. The film explores how their traditional life co-exists with

South-East Europe Religion / Belief / Faith Intergenerational relations

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The Short Happy Life of the Poklad 2012 27‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In the Dalmatian island of Lastovo, the Poklad is a monumental, all-encompassing annual celebration. Dressed as XIX C. British marines, the Pokladari escort the captive dummy to its death. This

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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Sophia and Her People 1985 35‘

Directed by Peter Loïzos .

Sofia and her family lost their village home in 1975 when Turkey invaded Cyprus. The film, mainly set in Nicosia in 1983, shows the pressures of refugee economic recovery through shift work in a

South-East Europe Refugees / Displaced populations Social Change Family / Kinship

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Speeding the Plough in Stilfs 2015 22‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

In Upper Vinschgau in South Tyrol a highly charged Carnival parade takes place with the specific purpose of “speeding the plough”. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 4 SPEEDING

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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St. Anthony Bonfires in Mamoiada 2014 17‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

St. Anthony’s Day marks the first annual outing of the celebrated Sardinian Mamuthones with their blackened shepherd’s outfit, carefully directed by their eternal antagonists, the Issohadores.

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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St. Martin’s Bonfires in Predazzo 2010 10‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

On November 11th, great bonfires are lit by the local youth to celebrate the distribution of the annual revenues from the forestry harvest. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 3 –

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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St. Nicholas’ Night in Val di Fassa 2010 15‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

As an early harbinger of celestial light, St. Nicholas and his mixed company of angels and devils visits every home, to tell children off in the most persuasive of manners. This film is part of

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore

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The Sweet Life and All That Goes With It 2002 29‘

Directed by Anne Schiltz .

Although the Saxons arrived in Transylvania, Romania over 800 years ago, they have retained a strong sense of their distinctive identity and still speak German. After the Revolution of 1989, most

South-East Europe Collective / Community identity Travellers / Roma

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Swings and Roundabouts 1994 30‘

Directed by Helen Pratt .

Five years after the downfall of Ceausescu and Romania still receives an influx of Western European aid workers to help with rural orphanage projects. Temporary and full-time volunteers at an

South-East Europe Children / Young people Squatter Settlements / Homelessness Development projects

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We can be heroes just for (two) days. The Jannisaries of Naoussa 2016 20‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The memory of an heroic episode of resistance against the Ottomans is re-enacted in Naoussa every year with the parade of an army of Janissaries. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

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The White Primavera of the Agordino 2016 16‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

The beauty of the village, impersonating a gypsy woman, the Zinghenesta, has the main dancing role in the masquerade. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 5 PARADING THE VILLAGE**.

South-East Europe Folklore Festivals / Carnival

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The trial, sentence and execution of Johnny Woodstock 2010 15‘

Directed by Michele Trentini .

Carnival trials such as that held in Valda, in the mountains of Trentino, are commonplace throughout Europe. Death sentence is for granted. This film is part of **Carnival King of Europe DVD 8 –

South-East Europe Festivals / Carnival Folklore