Danimarca/Denmark, 2009, HD, 39’ (Anteprima italiana – Italian premiere)

Director: Vibeke Winding; Malene Ravn
Editing: Jens Bidstrup; Jesper Baek Soresen
Musics: “Savage rose”; Jesper Zeuten
Production: Vibeke Winding; Malene Ravn

Synopsis:
Copenhagen is famous for “the little mermaid” but even more for CHRISTIANA. Christiana was a vacant military compound that was “liberated” in 1971 and people have lived here since then. Successive governments have given the occupants the right to live here: in 2004 the government decides to “normalize” Christiana. A law passed, that nullifies all former agreements. The inhabitans file a suit against the government 2008. For the first time, people living here tell their own story.

Biofilmography:
Vibeke Winding: She is a photografer from Danish National Museum and a filmografer from Danish film school.
She won a series of prises like documentarys director. In particolar during the last 10 years most of her works has been around  Europe. She also worked like cinematografer and stillfotografer. She created several documentarys that won various awards: “The call of the Jittemburg”, “Keep of walking”; “The Danish solution”; “La Traviata in Paris”; “Moi leuf” and so on.
Malene Rawn: She is an architect from the Danish Academy of art and she also worked like archeological assistent. The last 20 years she has worked as director and photografer on her-own short and documentare films. She directed: “They arnt even Danish”; “Asian Heart”; “Dobbelt Lykke”; “Vision in water”.

Russia, 2009, 35mm BN, 43 (Italian premiere)

Director: Evgeny Solomin
Editing: Evgeny Solomin
Production: Kino-Siberia

Synopsis
Through the country old Soviet passports are being exchanged for the new Russian ones. A provincial photographer is travelling from one Siberian village to another taking 35×45 mm passport photos of the villagers. Thanks to a large number of clients and profound observation of countryside life the film turns into poetic story about world-view of people living in remote areas at the cross-roads of two cultures, of Soviet and modern Russian ones.

Biofilmography
Evgeny Solomin was born in 1972 in Kaluga Sity, Russia. He is the script writer, director and editor of the documentary «Countryside». In 1995 he graduated at Novosibirsk State University, Department of Russian Language and Literature and in 1998 he graduated in Higher Courses for Directing and Script Writing (Moscow), Department of Documentary Directing.
In 1995 he is sound director for the documentary film Flight to the Mars.
In 1997 he is the script writer and director of the documentary film 2 ½ WEEKS IN PARADISE. That is his real debut. The film has participated in different festivals, and it was awarded several prizes on the national and international film contests. In 1998 he edited the documentary film Three Trailers. In 2001 he is script writer, director and editor of the documentary КАTORGA. The film took part in different festivals, and it was awarded several prizes on the national and international film contests.
Evgeny Solomin is also the producer of the documentary The Fisherman and the Dancing girl. 35 mm, color, 52 min., 2005. The film was nominated for the European Film Awards for the best documentary of 2006.

Italy, 2009, HD, 58’ (Italian premiere)

Director: Matteo Barzini
Editing: Matteo Barzini, Lorenzo Ambrogio
Musics: Alessio Vlad, Mammooth, Costanza
Production: Feel Film

Synopsis
Change is the journey made by an Italian young man who grew up in Los Angeles and moved back to Italy after his high-school diploma. He finds himself crossing the subtle and controversial scenario of the United States during one of its hardest historical periods of all. The financial collapse and the never-ending conflict in Iraq. A wounded and helpless America. The young man will seek for his own identity through the dazed one of the country that grew him up and that recognizes him no more. A long journey through fears, hopes and doubts of a country looking for a change. The lost dream, the need for a new confidence in the international scenario, the desire of breaking isolation. An itinerary started 40 days before the most thrilling elections America has ever faced and that ended with the choice of the first Afro-American President of the United States: Barack Obama.

Biofilmography
Matteo Barzini was born in Rome on December 19, 1981. When he was eleven he moved to Los Angeles where he studied till his high school diploma. From 1999 till 2001 he attended the Art and New Technologies Academy in Rome, where he got his professional qualifies as Advertisement graphic designer and a Master title as a Visualizer graphic designer. In 2003 he shot his first medium-length movie, “United We Stand”, a journey through America during the last war in Iraq. This documentary, produced by Tipota Movie Company was presented at the 60th Mostra Internazionale D’Arte Cinematografica of Venice and won the special mention at the New York International Independent Film Festival 2004. From 2003 on he directed many TV broadcasts, commercials, short-films and documentaries. He took part in over 30 festivals and offered his cooperation to more than 20 TV channels. In 2006 he launched the Feel Film production company.