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Dear all,
just a reminder about the screening of the Italian film "Corazones de
Mujer" that will take place at University College London, Friday 13 March
2009, and it will be followed by a discussion with one of the directors ad
the lead actress.
Please find below all the details.
Best Wishes
Federica
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UCL Mellon Programme: Performing Gender, Transpositions and Translations
of Identities presents:
13 March 2009, 6pm
A screening of "Corazones de mujer" | A film by “Kiff Kosoof” (Pablo
Benedetti and Davide Sordella) with Ghizlane Waldi and Aziz Ahmeri (with
English sub-titles).
Introduced by Dr Federica Mazzara
<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mellon-program/fellows/federica/>.
This screening will be followed by a discussion with one of the directors,
Davide Sordella, and the lead actress, Ghizlane Waldi.
All are welcome | admission is free
Venue: Malet Place Engineering Building, Room 1.03, UCL, Gower Street,
London, WC1 (campus maps <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps>)
Full details of this series at
<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mellon-program/events/performing-gender/index.htm>
Download the series poster (PDF format) at
<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mellon-program/events/performing-gender/performing-gender.pdf>
Synopsis:
Once upon a time there was a transvestite tailor who made the best Arab
clothing in the entire city: his name was Shakira (Aziz Ahmeri) and he was
to make the wedding gown for a young woman who was soon to be
married: Zina (Ghizlane Waldi). The problem was that Zina had already lost
her virginity and this is forbidden in the Arab world. In order to return
to “kilometer zero,” the two decide to drive an old Alfa Romeo sports car
from Torino all the way to Morocco and… this is the beginning of a voyage
that will save her life.
Directors' Biographies:
DAVIDE SORDELLA: Studied in London at the London International Film
School, directed by Mike Leigh. From 1996 to 2000 he worked in Latin
America for various international agencies and organizations directing
documentaries. From 2000 to 2002 he directed numerous shorts in various
countries (UK, Israel, Nepal, etc.). His first feature film, “Fratelli di
Sangue,” was presented at the Venice Film Festival in 2006.
“Corazones de Mujer” is his second film. He is now working in Japan on his
third film, “Sleeping Doll,” an international co-production.
PABLO BENEDETTI: He studied at the London International Film School,
directed by Mike Leigh, where he developed skills in the art of film
making, and specialized in directing. In 2003 he began an intense
experience with Lindsay Kemp. In 2004, during a long tour in Spain and
Italy he made Gota Roja, a portrait of this extraordinary artist. The next
year, 2005, he directed Bluemist, about the competitive apnea world
champion, Gianluca Genoni. He then began collaborating with his former
classmate, Davide Sordella, making the film Corazones de Mujer.
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Dr Federica Mazzara
Post-Doctoral Mellon Fellow
Translations/Transpositions: Migration Non-mother-tongue Writing
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University College London
Department of Italian
Gower St
London WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
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Telephone: +44 (0)20 7679 2438 (Internal Ext. 32438)
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: www.ucl.ac.uk/mellon-program/fellows/federica
weblog: www.movingborders.blogspot.com
Dr Federica Mazzara
Post-Doctoral Mellon Fellow
Translations/Transpositions: Migration Non-mother-tongue Writing
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University College London
Department of Italian
Gower St
London WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
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Telephone: +44 (0)20 7679 2438 (Internal Ext. 32438)
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: www.ucl.ac.uk/mellon-program/fellows/federica
weblog: www.movingborders.blogspot.com
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