BigScreen Festival

The "BigScreen festival" or "BigScreen Italia" is a film festival that focuses on Chinese and Italian cinema. It was first held in 2004 in Padua, Italy, but has recently been moved to Kunming, Yunnan, China.

BigScreen Asia '01

The first edition of Big Screen took place in Padua, Italy from the 18th to the 24th of March 2004.This first edition was organized by the portal Cinaoggi.it and the University Student Association (ASU) together with Progetti Giovani. Other associations such as the commune of Padova and the University of Padova together with the Shanghai Theatre Academy collaborated with the festival.The festival screened several works from Italy and China. The students of the Shanghai Theatre also screened their works. It was the first Asian Cinema Festival in Padova.

Works by: Wong Kar-wai, Wang Xiaoshuai, Jia Zhangke, Fruit Chan, Hayao Miyazaki, Osamu Tezuka, Kazuhisa Takenouchi, Hugo Ng, Kiyoshi Kurosawa.Guests: Wu Baohe (professor, Shanghai Theatre Academy), Marco Ceresa, Marcello Ghirardi.

Art directors: Dominique Musorrafiti, Matteo Damiani

BigScreen Pills

11th -12th May 2005

A taste of short films, video art, movies and documentaries leading up to the second edition of BigScreen Asia. From art bonded to body bonded to art linked to technical means through stories of Western and Asian authors. During the evening successions of images of full and empty that describe the passage from the old traditions to the new artistic expression in China. The end of the evening featured a concert by Japanese band Mono.

Organization: Cinaoggi, ASU

Works by: Lisa Partby (The new flowers of Beijing, Pao ma liu liu), abelvideo, He Jia, Guan Jang, Zhang Yang, Singing Chen, Chen Chieh-jen, Tsui Kuang-Yu, Hu Jieming.

Hosts: Valentina Pedone, Felix Schoeber, MonoArt Directions: Dominique Musorrafiti, Matteo Damiani

BigScreen Asia '02

24th-28th October 2005

Third appointment with the culture and cinema of the East. This edition was enriched with a view on modern Thai cinema, a substantial display of short Korean films, a photographic exhibition and a concert on Asian themes by Claudio Rocchetti. This has been of course accompanied by the presentation of works by famous producers . Wang Xiaoshuai, Wong Karwai, Fruit Chan, Rintaro, Katsuhiro Otomo, Zhang Yang and Jia Zhangke.

Organized by: Cinaoggi, ASU, University of Padova, Progetto Giovani, Padova province and Municipality

Hosts: Marco Ceresa, Marco Della Gassa, Marcello Ghiraldi, Stefano LocatiArt directors: Dominique Musorrafiti, Matteo Damiani

BigScreen Italia 2006

In November 2005 the organizers of CinaOggi moved to Kunming and BigScreen followed its creators to China. The festival continued to change, growing and transforming into a real competition. One of the most peculiar events in the calendar of the "Year of Italy in China".Different Italian universities, “La Sapienza” (Rome) , University of Naples , The Oriental languages department of the “Ca’ Foscari” University of Venice together with GAI (Young Italian Artists Association), Yunnan Arts institute helped with the birth of BIGSCREEN ITALIA 2006.The event took place in Kunming from the 19th to the 23rd July 2006.

This time the project was much more ambitious than past events.The international high ranking jury included: Wang Xiaoshuai (Silver Bear In Berlin, Jury’s prize in Cannes), Jia Zhangke (Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival), Ye Yongqing (famous Chinese artist), Marco Ceresa (one of the most important Italian sinologues and collaborator of the Venice Film Festival) and Song Jie (Dean of the Yunnan Arts Institute Cinema and Television Department).

The idea is that the Italian works are selected by a Chinese jury.

WINNERS

Jury Award (shorts, videoart, videoclip, animation):"Aziz" directed by Fabio Bozzetto, Gigi Tufano, Diego Zucchi

Jury Award (movies, documentaries):"Un'ora sola ti vorrei" directed by Alina Marazzi

Public Award (shorts, videoart, videoclip, animation):Aziz directed by Fabio Bozzetto, Gigi Tufano, Diego Zucchi

Public Award (movies, documentaries):"Appunti Romani" directed by Marco Bertozzi

BigScreen Festival 2007

International Video Festival in ChinaKunming, Yunnan, 27th November 2007 - 1st December 2007

"Currently under development"

The event will be divided into three main sections opened to feature movies, shorts, documentaries and animation: “On Competition”, “Out of Competition” and “In Focus” (dedicated to selected works).

The five days of the BigScreen Festival will feature concerts by internationally recognized bands plus DJ sets and much more. Additional features for this year that will add to the artistic atmosphere include photo exhibitions with video, and a handicraft exhibition.

Organized by: CinaOggi, GoKunming, Yunnan Arts Institute

External links

* [http://www.bigscreenfestival.com BigScreen Festival]
* [http://www.bigScreenitalia.com BigScreen Italia]
* [http://www.CinaOggi.it CinaOggi]
* [http://www.GoKunming.com GoKunming]