Italian

Story posted November 29, 2011

In the Spring of 2009, Colby and Bowdoin co-sponsored a showcase of recent Italian film shorts. Entitled "Italy's Young Talent," the showcase introduced some of Italy's most remarkable young directors and their recent short films to students in the U.S. Each evening's screening included seven to nine subtitled shorts, and the program's curator, Edward Bowen, provided brief introductions to each short and led a discussion afterwards.

COLBY COLLEGE Wednesday, April 1, 2009
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Lovejoy 100

• Bab al Samah (Door of Forgiveness,‘08), Francesco Sperandeo 
• La lampara (The Fishing Light, ‘07), Giovanni Sinopoli
• Lo spaventapasseri (The Scarecrow, ‘05), Cesare Fragnelli 
• Action (‘08), Giorgio Caputo
• Tana libera tutti (Everyone Saved, ‘06), Vito Palmieri 
• Dora (‘07), Sergio Basso
• Moto Eterno (‘06), Alessandro Rubinetti

BOWDOIN COLLEGE
Thursday, April 2, 2009
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center

• La ritirata (The Retreating, ‘08) Elisabetta Bernardini 
• Ieri (Yesterday, ‘06), Luca Scivoletto
• Il lavoro (The Job, ‘07), Lorenzo De Nicola
• I ragazzi che si amano (Children Who Love, ‘08),Tommaso Valente
• Sotto il mio giardino (Under My Garden, ‘07),Andrea Lodovichetti
• L’oro rosso (The Red Gold, ‘07), Cesare Fragnelli
• Il prigioniero (The Prisoner, ‘07), Davide Del Degan

Open to the public free of charge. All films have subtitles in English.
Sponsors from Colby College include the Department of French and Italian,and the Corey Family (Dick, Joan, and Joanne ‘08).Sponsors from Bowdoin College include the departments of Romance Languages and Film Studies, the Office of the Dean for Academic Affairs, and the Circolo Italiano. Italy’s Young Talent—curated by Edward Bowen.