38th Torino Film Festival Features Art Documentaries and Biopics
The 38th Torino Film Festival is set to take place from November 20 to 28, 2020, on the MyMovies platform, showcasing a variety of films centered around art, literature, photography, and cinema. Notable screenings include 'Pino' by Walter Fasano, which focuses on artist Pino Pascali, and 'Film' by Fabrizio Bellomo, exploring abandoned factories. Additionally, 'Billie' by James Erskine features interviews with Charles Mingus and Tony Bennett to present a profile of Billie Holiday, while 'Helmut Newton – The Bad and the Beautiful' includes insights from Grace Jones and others. Other featured titles are 'Ezio Gribaudo – La Bellezza ci Salverà', 'Suole di Vento – Storie di Goffredo Fofi', 'La Rivoluzione Siamo Noi', 'Zona Franca', 'Dear Werner', 'Sulle Tracce di Goethe in Sicilia', and 'Un Brindisi Georgiano'.
Key facts
- 38th Torino Film Festival runs November 20-28, 2020 on MyMovies platform
- Docufilm 'Pino' directed by Walter Fasano about artist Pino Pascali
- Museo Pascali of Polignano a Mare bought and exhibits 'Cinque Bachi da Setola e un Bozzolo'
- 'Billie' by James Erskine uses 200 hours of interviews with Charles Mingus, Tony Bennett, Count Basie
- 'Helmut Newton – The Bad and the Beautiful' features Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling, Isabella Rossellini, Anna Wintour, Claudia Schiffer
- Ezio Gribaudo's works are at MoMA, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Ca' Pesaro, Musée des Arts Decoratifs
- 'La Rivoluzione Siamo Noi' covers Italian avant-garde 1965-1980 with Joseph Beuys, Hermann Nitsch, Marina Abramovic
- 'Un Brindisi Georgiano' honors Federico Fellini and Marlen Khutsiev
Entities
Artists
- Pino Pascali
- Pino Musi
- Walter Fasano
- Suzanne Vega
- Alma Jodorowsky
- Monica Guerritore
- Michele Riondino
- Fabrizio Bellomo
- Billie Holiday
- Linda Lipnack Kuehl
- James Erskine
- Charles Mingus
- Tony Bennett
- Sylvia Syms
- Count Basie
- Helmut Newton
- Grace Jones
- Charlotte Rampling
- Isabella Rossellini
- Anna Wintour
- Claudia Schiffer
- Marianne Faithfull
- Hanna Schygulla
- Nadja Auermann
- June Newton
- Alice Springs
- Susan Sontag
- Ezio Gribaudo
- Goffredo Fofi
- Elsa Morante
- Carmelo Bene
- Danilo Dolci
- Aldo Capitini
- Totò
- Luis Bunuel
- Ada Gobetti
- Raniero Panzieri
- Pasolini
- Fellini
- Joseph Beuys
- Hermann Nitsch
- Marina Abramovic
- Franca Valeri
- Werner Herzog
- Lotte Eisner
- Peter Stein
- Wolfgang von Goethe
- Giuliano Fratini
- Marlen Khutsiev
- Tarkovskij
- Federico Fellini
Institutions
- Torino Film Festival
- MyMovies
- Museo Pascali
- MoMA
- Peggy Guggenheim Collection
- Ca' Pesaro
- Musée des Arts Decoratifs
- Biennale di Venezia
- Quadriennale nazionale d'arte di Roma
- Biennale di San Paolo
- Teche Rai
- Rai
- Artribune
Locations
- Torino
- Italy
- Polignano a Mare
- Puglia
- Roma
- Sesto San Giovanni
- Lumezzane
- Bresciano
- Singapore
- Australia
- Parigi
- Los Angeles
- Weimar
- Germania
- Monaco
- Sicilia
- Palermo
- Mosca