October 8
Sala dell’Abbondanza, Cinema Goldoni, Massa Marittima
SLOT 1
4 pm
Festival opening
Presentation of the programme, the jury and the films in competition.
Opening of the exhibition, “Textures of Affect” by the Dutch artist Ruchama Hoed, ongoing throughout the festival.
DocuDonna meets IFA: a cultural exchange project between DocuDonna Festival and the Dutch Film Festival IFA.presented by Cristina Berlini (DocuDonna artistic director) and Henriette Poelman (IFA artistic director). Moderator: Silvia Lelli (Anthropologist, DocuDonna scientific director)
Documentaries in competition by new Dutch women directors presented in the past editions of the IFA, International Festival of Assen (The Netherlands):
5 pm – 6.15 pm
UN CHANTEUR INVISIBLE
by Hannah van Tassel, (The Netherlands), 27 min, 2020
Why Didn’t You Stay For Me?
by Milou Gevers, (The Netherlands) 25 min, 2020
NOBU
by Sarah Blok,(the Netherlands), 9 min, 2019
DOORGAAN
by Johanneke Dijkstra (The Netherlands), 10 min, 2020
SLOT 2
6.30 pm – 8 pm
BATTLEFIELD
by Silvia Biagioni, Andrea Laudante, (ITALY), 10 min, 2020
LE SFAVORITE – No Bets On The Underdogs
by Flavia Cellini, Linda Bagalini, (ITALY) 63 minutes, 2020
SLOT 3
9 pm – 10.30 pm
BECOMING ME
by Martine De Biasi, Italy, 68 min, 2019
APNEA
by Irene Dorigotti, (Italy), 11 min 2019
October 9
Sala dell’Abbondanza, Cinema Goldoni, Massa Marittima
SLOT 1
11 am
Authors Chiara Zanini and Federica Fabbiani present the book (Asterisco edizioni, 2021) on the cinema of French director Céline Sciamma: Architectures of desire, the cinema of Céline Sciamma.
Lunch Break
SLOT 2
4 pm
Lecture by Patricia Pisters, University of Amsterdam: “Rebel Women: female directors and the poetics of horror “.
In her lecture Patricia Pisters investigates contemporary women filmmakers who put ‘a poetics of horror’ to innovative and rebellious use in their work, thus opening a range of different perspectives on gendered as well as racialized themes of horror beyond the confinements of the genre.
SLOT 3
5 pm – 7.45 pm
AILLEURS PARTOUT
by Isabelle Ingold and Vivianne Perelmuter (Belgium), 63 min, 2020
LONG LIVE THE PANDA
by Bo van der Meer and Roswitha de Boer (The Netherlands), 15 min, 2021
PYRALE
by Roxanne Gaucherand (France), 56 min, 2020
SLOT 4
9 pm – 10 pm
EN CE MOMENT
by Serena Vittorini, (Italy/Belgium) 15 min, 2020
RED LIPSTIK
by Shiva Sanjari (Iran), 42 min, 2020
MY FATHER’S NAPLES
by Alessia Bottone,(Italy), 20 min, 2020
ISLAM DE CUBA
by Marzia Rumi, (Italy), 56 min, 2020
October 10
Sala dell’Abbondanza, Cinema Goldoni, Massa Marittima
SLOT 1
10.30 am
Tribute to Cecilia Mangini by Mariangela Barbanente (director and screenwriter). An affectionate remembrance of the first Italian documentary filmmaker, passed away in 2021, through some of her documentaries:
Maria e i giorni, (1959), 10 min, Italy
Stendalì, suonano ancora (1960), 11 min, Italy
In viaggio con Cecilia by Cecilia Mangini and Mariangela Barbanente, 74 min
SLOT 2
3 pm – 4 pm
Focus on “The film productions of women directors on the European scene” – speakers: Ingrid van Tol (director of DDG-Dutch Directors Guild) – Claudia Pampinella (producer of Talpa productions) – Alice Arecco (Milano Film Network) – Moderated by Silvia Lelli (DocuDonna scientific director)
4.15 pm – 6 pm
EN CAMINO – Mexico, machismo and clouds
by Isabella Cortese, Federico Fenucci , Giuditta Vettese, (ITALY) 30 min, 2021
THE LONG RIVER SLIDES
by Sanne Rovers, (The Netherlands) 54 min, 2019
SLOT 3
6.30 pm – 8 pm
LETIZIA BATTAGLIA, SHOOTING THE MAFIA
by Kim Longinotto (Ireland) 97 min, 2019
SLOT 4
9 pm – 10.30 pm
SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS
by LISA ROVNER, (United Kingdom/ FRANCE/USA), 86 min, 2020
Award ceremony
Members of the DocuDonna 2021 jury:
Claudia Pampinella (producer of Talpa productions); Bart van Dam (director and producer of More Than TV); Mariangela Barbanente (director and screenwriter); Ingrid van Tol (director of DDG-Dutch Directors Guild).
