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SATURDAY 7 MARCH 2020
4 PM
EVENT POSTPONED
Azur et Asmar
by Michel Ocelot
France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, 2006, 95'
Azur has blue eyes, Asmar's are black as night. The former is the son of an icy nobleman, the latter of a loving nurse who raises the children as brothers, telling them both every night as they fall asleep the legend of the Djinn fairy who awaits in a hidden prison for a young man who will free her. But one day Azur's father sends him away from home to study and drives his nurse and little Asmar away from his home. Only once he becomes an adult will Azur embark on a journey to the East to find his loved ones and free the Djinn fairy. Premièred at the Cannes Film Festival, the film goes against the trend of the historical use of three-dimensionality, preferring expressive purity and simplicity to spectacular effects. A film about the search for identity and diversity that captivates young and old alike.
Free admission, upon reservation
SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2020
4 PM
EVENT CANCELED
Il Ragazzo Invisibile
by Gabriele Salvatores
Italy, 2014, 100’
Michele, a teenager like many others who lives in a quiet town by the sea, doesn't have an easy life at school and doesn't excel in sports. One day, however, he makes an extraordinary discovery: he looks in the mirror and discovers that he's invisible! The initial shock is replaced by euphoria, until the many events and dangers convince him that magic has nothing to do with it and that the sudden super-power, which Michele soon learns to control, concerns a series of mysterious kidnappings and perhaps even the origins of his family and his father. The most incredible adventure of his life is about to begin. The invisible boy is a science fiction film that incorporates a great reflection on the dreams, desires and fears of a young boy who still believes in fairy tales and legends. The film is the first of two chapters featuring the character of the invisible boy. Winner of two Silver Ribbons and a David di Donatello for visual effects, the film also won the prestigious European Film Award in 2015: Young Audience Award.
Free admission, upon reservation
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PAST EVENTS
SATURDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2020
4 PM
Khumba
by Anthony Silversone
South Africa, 2013, 85’
A half-striped zebra is born into an insular, isolated herd obsessed with stripes. Rumors that the strange foal is cursed spread and, before long, he is blamed for the drought that sets into the Great Karoo. When even his father, the leader of the herd, blames him for the lack of rain and the subsequent death of his mother, the outcast zebra leaves the confines of his home knowing that he cannot survive in the herd without all his stripes. Khumba ventures beyond the fence - vulnerable to the ferocious Leopard, Phango, who controls the waterholes and terrorizes the animals in the Great Karoo. Khumba is rescued from an opportunistic wild dog by a quirky duo: a wildebeest and an ostrich. Mama V is a self-confessed free spirit who does not want to be the average stay-at-home mom, like other wildebeest. Ironically, she mothers Bradley, a flamboyant but insecure ostrich who overcompensates for his scraggily feathers. When a mystical mantis appears to the foal, drawing a map to what could be...
SATURDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2020
4 PM
Spider-Man – Into the Spider-Verse
by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman
USA, 2018, 117’
Miles Morales is a graffiti-loving teenager who lives in New York City and admires Spider-Man, unlike his father, a cop who frowns on the superhero and his acting outside the law. One day Miles is bitten by a radioactive spider and the next morning he realises he has developed Spider-Man-like abilities, including increased agility, height and the ability to stick to walls. Miles thus becomes an Afro-Hispanic Spider-Man and will have to save New York together with other Spider-Men from different space-time universes. Spider-Man - Into the Spider-Verse is the first animated film starring Spider-Man, based on the Spider-Verse comic book and the TV series The Amazing Spider-Man. The film won the Oscar for Best Animated Film in 2019 for the originality of its story and graphics.