13th Circuito Off by Circuito Off

Esperanza, Mike Figgis, Sun Glitters, Geraldine Gomez, Kinabuti, Rimantas Lukavicius, Cristian Manzutto, Steven Meisel, Francesco

13th Circuito Off Festival

Four nights featuring Bryan Adams, Zoe Cassavetes, Catherine Champeyrol, Sarah Chaffield, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Arthur Duff,

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Art, fashion, music, architecture: different worlds of human creativity and expression are brought together despite their distance from one another; within their similarities they are connected by the moving images of a selection of extraordinary videos. The 13th Circuito Off presents a high quality programme of works which come and go from these different worlds. A fluid identity in constant evolution: Circuito Off condenses styles, genres and influences that reflect the vast world of moving images. In the last few years we have worked

continuously in search of new territories of expression, new ﬁelds of experimentation, new references and alternative points of view. Circuito Off energy moves to give a different picture of the world changing reality. We offer a big screen to Video, a challenge that writes a page in the history of the most innovative video makers and directors of our time. Mara Sartore

13th Circuito Off August 29— September 1, 2012 San Nicolò Monastery Lido, Venice Contacts segreteria@ circuitooff.com press@circuitooff.com www.circuitooff.com T +39 347 55 80 839

Produced by Associazione Artecolica in collaboration with Lightbox

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Festival Director Mara Sartore Selection Committee Michela Canessa, Alessandro Grandesso, Massimo Pistore, Mara Sartore General Coordinator Michela Canessa Program Coordinator Alessandro Grandesso Production Coordinator Massimo Pistore Press & PR Elena Pardini

Competition Coordinator Riccardo Barluzzi

Graphic Design Tankboys Lorenzo Mason and Marco Campardo Official Photographer Teresa Sartore Set up by Labìt Architetti labit-architetti.com Cocktail Bar & Restaurant by Top Banqueting topbanqueting.com

the Jury Zoe Cassavetes Zoe grew up in Los Angeles and worked on many productions as a director, writer, producer and actress. In the 1990̓s, she teamed up with friend Sofia Coppola to make the TV show “High Octane”, one of the first shows to be entirely shot in digital video. Several years later, Zoe directed her short film “Men Make Women Crazy Theory” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival (2000). In 2007 she made her first feature film “Broken English”. Zoe has made numerous commercials for clients such as Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton, Juicy Couture and Johnnie Walker and music videos. As a photographer, Zoe has shot for high fashion magazines (Elle, NY Times, Figaro, Stiletto) as well as many campaigns including Dom Perignon and Martel. Zoe is preparing her second film “The Business” to shoot in fall 2012. Catherine Champeyrol Catherine Champeyrol (born in France in 1965) after 20 years of management in the creative industries, both in Europe and Japan, she is currently focusing her energy on boosting the creative potential of teams in a wide range of contexts. In 2008 she founded Beautemps, an agency that provides a full range of consulting services to support and manage creativity in a project management context. To grow its capacity to serve ambitious creative

projects, Beautemps is currently developing an “Ambassade Creative”. Géraldine Gomez Curious viewer and programmer, Géraldine Gomez has fun to unceasingly cross the borders which delimit cinema, visual art and new technologies. During the monthly happenings that she organizes since 2002 at the Pompidou Center in Paris, in particular with Noveaux Mondes, Géraldine seeks to discover and share an innovative cinema, which invades new artistic territories. In 2005, she creates the event Hors Pistes, which inter−crosses fiction ways. Hors Pistes is a multidisciplinary event, which focuses on the new trends of contemporary image. Diane Pernet Diane Pernet is a world-renowned fashion critic and video journalist based in Paris. Previously a photographer and fashion designer, she now acts as documentary filmmaker, talent scout and fashion blogger on her site, A Shaded View On Fashion, which since its inception in 2005 has become a ̓must-read̓ in fashion and creative industry circles. Pernet was recognised in 2008 for being a pioneer in digital media when she was chosen as one of three influential global bloggers to take part in a panel celebrating a seminal fashion exhibition at New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. While contributing to some of the most 5

highly-acclaimed fashion magazines and pioneering online media, Pernet launched ASVOFF in 2008. As the founder of the world̓s first film festival dedicated to fashion, style and beauty, she is widely considered to have incubated the ̓fashion film̓ from its infancy to the popular genre that it is becoming today.

the awards Off International To the best short film of the competition. Hors Pistes Centre Pompidou Award The award consists in the screening of the video at Centre Pompidou in Paris CICAE—Confédération Internationale Des Cinémas d̓Art et D̓Essai Mention To the best European short film of the competition Corrieredellasera.it Mention To the video most clicked on the website www.corriere.it Audience Mention To the video most voted by the audience

Arthur Duff Arthur Duff is an U.S. artist born in Wiesbaden (Germany) in 1973. In Duff̓s work we can see a hypothesis of a spatial translation of light as a collective element. Light is thought of not as an external, atmospheric dimension but rather as a complex noetic space of a constant, everchanging flow of information. In his laser projections, which are based around a combination of luminous artificiality and spatialised language, Duff sees light as a metamorphic possibility prior to a transition into a universe of information, as a potentially infinite physical and dynamic material. This information (which is luminous, linguistic and structural) is treated as a concrete substance that can be modeled and spatialised, moving between two opposite extremes of complexity: on the one hand its fundamental form, which is photonic light, polarized in the laser beam and, on the other, language—its organizational postulate—which interests Duff in terms that are architectural rather than conventional or allusive.

Rope Permanent installation, 2012, MACRO Museum, Rome – Directed/edited: Zenit Arti Audiovisive Spin Series Temporary installation for “Spirito” at Complesso Monumentale di Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rome, 2010 – Directed/edited: Zenit Arti Audiovisive Between Ceiling and Floor Permanent installation for Villa Pisani Bonetti, Bagnolo di Lonigo, 2012 – Directed/edited: Filippo Rezzadore – – Shooting: Paolo Paganin, Filippo Rezzadore – Video prodution: Dokudoku Sing About The Past Temporary installation for Villa Pisani Bonetti, Bagnolo di Lonigo, 2012 – Directed/edited: Filippo Rezzadore – Shooting: Paolo Paganin, Filippo Rezzadore – Video prodution: Dokudoku

Estanzuela Sanctuary by Ai Weiwei/ Fake Design, Photo ÂŠ Iwan Baan 8

Wednesday

August 29th

Rope An installation by Arthur Duff

International Video Competition First part

entrance

open cinema, 9 PM

Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbours A film by Rirkrit Tiravanija

Ruta A film by Cristian Manzutto

Room A, 7 PM

open cinema, 10 PM

Autoconstrucci贸n A film by Abraham Cruzvillegas

Ruta Peregrino Party Sun Glitters Live Dip Switch DJ Set

Room b, 7 PM

cloister, 11 PM 9

three different portraits by estudio de producción The three films produced by estudio de producción by Rirkrit Tiravanija, Abraham Cruzvillegas and Cristian Manzutto, present three different ways of making a portrait. In Tiravanija̓s words, speaking about Lung Neaw: “it is not a documentary and not a narrative, perhaps it̓s more of a portraiture”. A portrait of a Pilgrim̓s Route where the main characters are nine architectural pieces by different designers, creating a dialogue with pilgrims in specific sites. A portrait of an old Thai man and his daily life walking to his old rice field and resting in his little Sala by the field, going to a local garden or forest to pick up herbs and vegetables to make dinner and bathing in the river in front of his house. A portrait of the Ajusco neighborhood in Mexico DF, seen through intertwining footage of the landscape with the unscripted moments of intimacy as normal couples make love. Abstract or intimate portraits which make the definition of documentary inadequate and limited. Estudio de producción For the last years, estudio de producción has evolved as a space for independent film production, focusing on contemporary artist films. www.estudiodeproduccion.net 10

Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbours A film by Rirkrit Tiravanija Mexico/Thailand, 2011, 154̓ – Presented by: estudio de producción – Produced by: Cristian Manzutto, Rirkrit Tiravanija – Associated Producer: kurimanzutto, Gavin Brown̓s enterprise – Camera: Cristian Manzutto, Rirkrit Tiravanija – Sound: Eva Sangiorgi, Chalermrat Kaweewattana – Picture, sound editing: Cristian Manzutto – Format: Super 16mm / colour – Language: Northern Thai “The film is a half documentary, half fiction. It was shot without a script and all the people in the film are real people from the location, so they are pretty much reacting to and talking with each other without a plan or direction. There is no narrative except for the fact that we were following Lung Neaw and his daily life” (Rirkrit Tiravanija). www.lungneawvisitsfilm.com Rirkrit Tiravanija Born in Buenos Aires in 1961, today is based in New York, Berlin, and Thailand. Tiravanija̓s installations and actions provide platforms for artistic, public and private activities—effectively blurring the boundaries that customarily separate them. His projects invite the public to enter into and literally

engage with his work; in fact, the active participation of the viewer is necessary for the work to be fully realised. Autoconstrucción A film by Abraham Cruzvillegas México, 2009, 63̓ – Presented by: estudio de producción – Produced by: Cristian Manzutto – Associated Producers: kurimanzutto – Video: HDV – Aspect Ratio: 16:9 / colour Through his interest in Autoconstrucción (self-construction), Cruzvillegas explores makeshift, handmade and recycled economies. Shot on location with non- professional actors and developed by a self-organized, guerrilla filmmaking cooperative, the film employs an unconventional narrative without dialogue, intertwining footage of the landscape with unscripted encounters and moments of intimacy. Cruzvillegas̓ film uses the predictable, mechanistic structure of early pornographic films to build a nonlinear story made up of fragments that break down the past and present, the neighbourhood̓s history and present, landscape and everyday life, into an abstract portrait. Abraham Cruzvillegas (Mexico City, 1968). He participated in 1994 in the V Havana Biennial; in 2002 in the XXV Sao Paulo Biennial; in

2003 in the L Venice Biennial; in 2005 in the 1st Torino Triennale; in 2008 in the Bienal de Cali (Colombia), in the X Havana Biennial, and the VII Bienal do Mercosul in Porto Alegre; in 2011 in Istanbul Biennial. In 2012 he is part of dOCUMENTA(13), in Kassel, and he will be part of IX Shanghai Biennale. Ruta A film by Cristian Manzutto Mexico/Switzerland, 2012, 50̓ A film comissioned by the Ruta del Peregrino project for 13th Architecture Biennale – Production: Lina Lasso, Felipe Trabanino – Camera, editing, sound: Cristian Manzutto – Camera assistant: Eva Sangiorgi – Editor assistant: Zazil Barba – Sound mix: estudio de sonido – Sound editor assist: M. Luz Orozco – Format: Super 16mm / Video HD – Sound: 5.1 – Language: Spanish. English subt. Each year, hundreds of people participate in the Pilgrim̓s Route, to meet the Virgin of Talpa, in the state of Jalisco. This religious voyage has taken place since the 17th Century, and now has architectural landmarks along the 117 km route, giving it an iconic narrative and relating the extraordinary landscape to the ritual. 9 pieces by different designers create a dialogue with pilgrims in speciﬁc sites. 11

Cristian Manzutto Born in Colombia in 1975, he lives and works in Mexico City. Dedicated to sound and image, he produces films with contemporary artist.

A music video shot in the desert outskirts of LA, featuring a pretty vicious posse with a cast made up partially of actors but also genuine people from the area.

International video competition 1

Iconic Skinny, 2012, music video, 5̓36ˮ, produced by Partizan, color, USA

Spiral Chris Teerink, 2012, documentary, 14̓15, color, Netherlands A team of eight people work 26 days to install Sol LeWitt̓s wall drawing #801 ̓Spiral̓. Syndromes Kristoffer Borgli, 2011, experimental, 11̓23, RED, color, Norway The film focuses on a young girl̓s bizarre and unexplained ability to heal the wealthy elite, leading to her involvement in a sinister underworld. Plan Of The City Joshua Frankel, 2011, animation, experimental, 13̓36, HD, color, USA The skyscrapers, water towers and subway trains of New York City blast off into outer space, filled with New Yorkers searching for a new life. Always On The Run Skinny, 2012, music video, 3̓24ˮ, produced by Partizan, color, USA 12

Stacks of cash, tattoos, guns, blood, drugs in teddy bears and lots of topless girls. ruta peregrino night Organized in collaboration with HHF architects, Christ & Gantenbein, Tatiana Bilbao, and Dellekamp Arquitectos, with the contribution of Regent Lighting. Sun Glitters Live, Dip Switch DJ Set Visual by Sun Glitters / Luigi Dalla Riva Sun Glitters Sun Glitters is the alias of the poliedric Luxembourgian musician Victor Ferreira. Inspired by artists as Burial, Boards of Canada and Balam Acab, his electronic chillwave is made of whispering and distorted voices, dreamy suggestions hanging between sparkling lights and deep darkness. A dreamlike universe of ambient dream pop melodies and glitch references. Listen to: “Everything could be fine” ad the countless remixes. www.sunglitters.com

Thursday

August 30th

Spin Series An installation by Arthur Duff

International Video Competition Second part

entrance

Open Cinema, 9 PM

Light A video by MalĂŹparmi

ASVOFF A Shaded View on Fashion Film

Room a, 7 PM

Open Cinema, 10 PM

In Our Ghetto A documentary by Marcus Werner Hed

Eclective Collective Live Set & Visual cloister, 11 PM

Room b, 7 PM

LIGHT, The journey of a dress: 3 colours, 3 women, 3 cities Malìparmi presents, out of competition, “a focus on up-and-coming generations and a desire to experiment with creativity are crucial elements in our activitiesˮ, in the words of Annalisa Paresi, president of Malìparmi. “For this new initiative we̓ve linked the valuable contribution made by youthful minds to the production of a video, an instrument we̓ve always had a great belief in and one that we think is a highly effective way of inspiring emotional involvementˮ. “It̓s a light, experimental project that̓s full of emotion and strongly yearned. Fragments of normality and truth shot through with passion,” says Silvia Bisconti, Malìparmi̓s artistic director. Malìparmi turned to a talented young team, fertYlize: Maurizio Adamo (director and scriptwriter with Silvia Bisconti), Stefano Rinaldo (photography and editing), Maximiliaan Tropea (executive and pr). Silvia, Maurizio, Stefano and a small crew of five people shot the video, journeying across three cities in less than a week, embodying the concept of light truth. Malìparmi Femininity, passion, irony, creativity and innovation belong to Malìparmi’s DNA. Bags were the original brand product in the 1970s, made with exceptional care, embroidered, precious and very special. 14

The next step was the development of footwear and finally clothing, completing the line and creating the brand’s comprehensive image. Today the Malìparmi is distributed in prestigious boutiques in Italy and abroad, as well as in a growing number of single-brand sales points. www.maliparmi.it Light A film by Maurizio Adamo, 2012, 6̓ – Produced by: Malìparmi – Theme and script: Silvia Bisconti, Maurizio Adamo – Executive producer: Silvia Bisconti – Photography: Stefano Rinaldo – Editing: Stefano Rinaldo – The women: Simona Belotti, Julie Compans, Ayse Süeda Yasaman – Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Color The video tells of the journey of single dress in three different colours through the actions and attitudes of three women, filmed in the “normality” of their gestures, at moments when they are alone, in a private state of mind. At the same time we see the journey through their cities—Rome, expressing all our intensely Italian spirit, Paris, the symbol of elegance and creativity, and Istanbul, gateway to the East and a fascinating meeting-place of different cultures. A cast comprising only normal women, not models or actresses, each one of them with their own special story, personality and attitude.

IN OUR GHETTO kinabuti Kinabuti was born by a deep-set passion for fashion and inspired by a longterm vision for the Fashion Industry in Nigeria and Africa at large. The fashion house combines the creativity of exquisite African inspired designs and fabrics with an ethical approach to business, achieving this blend through utilising resources from its operating environment. kinabuti.blogspot.it In Our Ghetto A film by Marcus Werner He̓d Nigeria/UK, 2012, 27̓ – Produced by: Kinabuti – Co-producer: Pundersons Gardens – Editor: Edoardo Trowse – Music: Duncan Mighty and Nneka The film shows us the making of the ˮIn Our Ghetto” project. Instead of working with professional models, Kinabuti chose to launch its first collection with aspiring models from the waterfront communities of Port Harcourt, Niger Delta. From 160 participants, 22 were selected and trained by professionals in the skills of make-up, hairstyling, walking and the other elements needed to give them a deep understanding of the modelling profession, so that they could put it into practice during the Fashion Show and hopefully onwards developing professional modelling careers.

Marcus Werner Hed Born Södertälje, Sweden in 1978, is a London-based film-maker. Werner Hed is currently working on pre-production of his next project to be shot in the Arctic as well as commercial projects produced and executed within Pundersons Gardens for Burberry, Gucci, Topshop, Daze & Confused. Off International video competition 2 Someone to Hear Me There (Aiel Qualcado Cum Set?) Maria Fantastica Valmori, 2011, Drama, 16̓50, Color, Italy After a car accident, a middle-aged man is living again a trauma he had during his childhood when he was stuck alone on a tree branch for a whole day. In Black Box We Trust Emanuele Kabu, 2010, Animation, Experimental, 5̓12, Full HD 1080p, Color, Italy A system about whose structure nothing is known beyond what can be deduced from its behaviour. A Bout de Souffle AB/CD/CD, 2012, commercial, 0̓56ˮ, produced by Partizan, color, France One of a series of three classic JeanLuc Godard films re-imagined for 15

AinĚ&#x201C;t Nothin Like The Real Thing Bruce Weber, 2010 16

Opening Ceremony, the super-cool NYC boutique. For The Remainder Omer Ben David, 2011, Animation, 6̓12, HD, Color, Israel An atmospheric and vague, painterly animated short that envisions a view upon an old house cat who bids farewell to his home in his final moments. Autopsie (Autopsy) Pauline Goasmat, Experimental, 9̓56, Color, France A house with closed shutters. In each room, one can sense the traces of a person recently deceased. The Great Rabbit Atsushi Wada, 2012, Animation, 7̓12, Digital, Color, France Once we called the noble, profound and mysterious existence The Great. We have moved with the time and yet, what makes us still calling it The Great ? You Can̓t Hide Love From Gypsies Mara Trifu, 2011, Experimental, 5̓03, HD, Color, Romania, France, Turkey Put on your dancing shoes and pilot your spaceship into morning. A fortune teller reads the DJ̓s future in a coffee cup.

Andersartig (Different) Dennis Stein-Schomburg, 2011, Animation, Drama, 4̓30, HD, B&W, Germany One child is different than the others. Being different makes her more and more lonely. In the end her loneliness safes her from being killed. ASVOFF, A Shaded View on Fashion Film A video selection curated in collaboration with Centre Pompidou Hors Pistes, Paris A Shaded View on Fashion Film Since its launch in 2008, ASVOFF has gained critical acclaim for encouraging both emerging and established artists to reconsider the way that fashion is presented and for challenging the conventional parameters of film. ASVOFF debuts in Paris during fashion week and tours the globe with subsequent screenings at prestigious institutions and events like the Guggenheim, the Barbican, Art Basel Miami, CaixaForum Barcelona and the Cannes Film Festival in a host of creative capitals such as New York, London, Tokyo, Milan, Moscow, Mexico City. ASVOFF is not only a competition of short fashion, style and beauty films but also a travelling international event showcasing 17

feature films, documentaries, conferences, performances and installations—making it a must-see on both the fashion calendar and the film circuit. Genre-bending and groundbreaking, it has already brought together such illustrious names as Chris Cunningham, Tilda Swinton, Nick Knight, Erwin Olaf, Róisín Murphy, Nobuyoshi Araki, Steven Klein, Mike Figgis, Chloë Sevigny, Bruce Weber, Dita Von Teese, Ryan McGinley, Steven Meisel, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Lisa Eisner, Mark Borthwick, Ellen von Unwerth, Bryan Adams, and many others, as well as fashion heavyweights Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Lanvin, Stephen Jones, Gucci, Prada, Miu Miu, Dries Van Noten, Givenchy, Calvin Klein, and many others. www.asvoff.com

Film Selection This is Diane Benjamin Seroussi, 2012, 1̓17”, France

Centre Pompidou Hors Pistes—Un autre mouvement des images Since 2006 Hors Pistes has pursued its passion for diversity of forms in contemporary moving images. Screenings, performances, video installations, ephemeral web images: the event offers an international selection of these forms. Hors Pistes exists to showcase visual works investigating the world we live in by challenging narrative forms and remapping the borders between film genres (fiction, documentary, essay...). www.centrepompidou.fr

Scalpel/Stradivarius Jason Last and Jaime Rubiano, 2011, 4̓38”, France

I Want Muscle Elisha Smith Leverock, 2011, 2̓52”, UK The Four Dreams of Miss X—Shadows Mike Figgis, 2007, 5̓48”, UK Onions Don̓t Make Me Cry Bryan Adams, 2011, 1̓27”, USA Exercise in Sartorial Depravation Davide Bedoni, 2011, 2̓56”, Italy House of Holland Sarah Chatfield, 2011, 1̓54”, UK Last Dinner Takahiro Kimura, 2011, 2̓26”, Japan

We Can Find Beautiful Things Without Consciousness Katherina Jebb, 2011, 3̓23”, France Drew (Cut One) Stewart Shining and Vincent Gagliostro, 2011, 0̓42”, USA Fantastic Man/ The Upright Catch Foot Spin Lernert and Sander, 2011, 1̓24”, UK/Netherlands

Praise Break (Director̓s Cut) Eric Weidt, 2011, 2̓50”, USA From Communism to Shamanism Varvara Frolova, 2011, 2̓47”, Poland Gymnasium Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont, 2010, 4̓07”, Australia Chanel Nº3 (Painted Eyes) Untitled Associates, 2011, 3̓25”, UK Tutti Frutti Ellen Von Unwerth, 2011, 1̓27”, USA Ain̓t Nothin Like The Real Thing Bruce Weber, 2010, 7̓25”, USA Balenciaga Resort Steven Meisel, 2011, 2̓02”, USA Runway Film/Azzedine Alaia Ellen Von Unwerth, 1990, 9̓43”, France Mr. Pearl Diane Pernet, 2008, 5̓32”, France The first chapter of the only authorised Advanced Style Lina Plioplyte, 2011, 4̓01”, USA

music in the cloister Eclectic Collective Live Set Visual by Luigi Dalla Riva Eclectic Collective Eclectic Collective is a crew of djs, interactive designers, graphic designers and musicians with the aim of organizing and promoting events (such as Circuito Off Closing Party 2011 with Ikonika and Modern Love Label Showcase with Miles Whittaker and Andy Stott) to spread the culture of contamination and networking in and out of the urban bubble. Curiosity and the constant research are the driving forces. www.eclecticollective.com

Call of the Ice Francesco Meneghini & Tomaso Cariboni, 2011 20

Friday

August 31st

Between Ceiling and Floor An installation by Arthur Duff

International Video Competition Third part

entrance

Francesco Meneghini Selected videos Room a, 7 PM

Rimantas Lukavicius Selected videos

Open Cinema, 9 PM

Zoe Cassavetes Selected videos Open Cinema, 10 PM

Ensemble Economique & Not Alive Yet Live & DJ Set cloister, 11 PM

Room b, 7 PM

Francesco Meneghini Francesco lives and works between Berlin and Vicenza as director, and VFX artist. He has directed commercials for Disel, Versace, Ducati, The North Face, Columbia Records and created animations and VFX for Nike, Telecom Italia and recently Volkswagen world wide campaign “Think Blue”, Telecom Italia online short film and many others. With his eclectic mix of techniques and styles, Francesco continues to produce surprising and innovative works. Alongside his work as director he is also known for his interactive art work, which has been featured internationally in museums, galleries and festivals, including Centre Pompidou/Paris, QPac Concert Hall/Brisbane, Kunst Museum/ Basel, Experimenta Design Biennial/ Lisbon, Share Festival/Turin. Francesco frequently collaborates with musicians, designers and artists. www.fra-me.it Selected videos Little Secrets 2009, USA, Music Video for Passion Pit – Client: Sony Ent., Columbia Records – D.o.p.: Giuliano Koren – Performer: Davide De Tomasi Brainscan 2010, Italy – Music: Daniele Carmosino – Performer: Leonora Sartori 22

We Were Apes 2010, Italy – Music: Ramon De Marco È Troppo Facile Francesco Meneghini & Umberto Nicoletti, 2008, Italy, Music Video for the Italian singer Meg – Client: Multiformis – Coding: Hansi Raber Pure Energy 2009, Italy – Client: Fuori Biennale – Music: Ramon De Marco – 3d & animation: Fra-Me Rockin̓ Dots 2009, Italy – Client: Diesel – Agency: Shado – Music: The Vanities La Battaglia 2009, Italy – Client: Comune di Mantova – Agency: Fachiro – Music: William Bottin – Illustrations: Roberto Ballestracci Teaser: Flowers Francesco Meneghini & Francesco Mantovani, 2012, Italy. Project in progress for the exhibition “Aveamen”. Satellite Francesco Meneghini & Umberto Nicoletti, 2012, Italy, Music Video for the Colapesce – Client: 42records

Rimantas Lukavicius During architecture and photo/media studies Rimantas (Vilnius, 1983) began to work on motion designs and short films which has gained him worldwide recognition. Rimantas works are focused on strictly aesthetic impressions. Influenced from shapes, textures, reflections and sounds. In 2007 Rimantas started Korb, a Vilnius based digital filmmaking and design company. Korb̓s philosophy is based on an unconventional idea that beauty is not subjective, this leads to a new aesthetic concept. Collaborating with ad agencies, productions and clients Korb explores the physical and mathematical nature of unusual forms, substances and materials. www.korb.lt Selected videos SCI Channel 2012, Ident, Lithuania – Client: Discovery – Sound design: Echolab SVYTURYS Extra 2012, TVC, Lithuania – Client: Svyturys – Music & Sound design: Echolab FITC Toronto 2012 2012, Title Sequence, Lithuania – Client: FITC – Music: Ricky Van Broekhoven,

Echolab (Coal version) Sweetbox 2012, Launch Film, Lithuania – Client: Sweetbox – Sound design: Echolab Exhilo 2011, Brand film, Lithuania – Client: Exhilo – Sound design: Michael Fakesch Infinity Water 2011, Case Study, Lithuania – Music: “Turquoise Hexagon Sun” by Boards Of Canada (piano cover by Goldmund) – Sound Design: Echolab ROGUEDZN 2011, Brand Film, Lithuania – Client: ROGUEDZN – Sound Design: Paulius Kilbauskas F1 2011, Brand Sting, Lithuania – Client: Formula 1 – Music Company: Echolab Coca-Cola 2010/2011, Contest, Lithuania – Music Company: Audionerve Pr 2010, Brand Sting, Lithuania – Client: Printed (Japan) – Design, Direction, Animation: ManvsMachine & Korb – Music Company: Echolab 23

MTVNHD Speaker 2010, TV Ident, Lithuania – Client: MTV Networks Polska – Music Company: Echolab MTV Hits 2010, TV Showpackaging, Lithuania – Client: MTV Networks Australia – Music Company: Echolab MTVNHD Lake 2009, TV Ident, Lithuania – Client: MTV Networks Polska – Music Company: Echolab The Balance 2009, Short Film, Lithuania – Sound Design: Andrius Rugevicius 4010 2008, Instore Film, Lithuania – Client: Deutsche Telekom – Sound Design: Darius Vaiciulis I̓ll Be Gone 2008, Music video, Lithuania – Music title: Mario Basanov & Vidis Feat Jazzu “I̓ll be gone”. Off International video competition 3 Hitler̓s Drug Alessandro Molatore, 2011, Documentary, 10̓22ˮ, HD, Color, Ireland/Mexico A depiction of a young man called 24

Thon who is the leader of a local gang in Poipet, on the Cambodian side of the border with Thailand. Future Proof Nathan Drabsch, 2011, Music Video, 3̓53ˮ, RED Epic—2KColor, Australia An expression, not of futuristic notions, but of that which is timeless; people, the expression of self and the interactions between individuals. Piece Of Paper Daniel Schwarz, 2011, Music Video, 2̓50ˮ, 1920x1080, Color, Italy A journey through a dystopic landscape, playing with creation, destruction, rebirth. Swinging Horses Alessio Di Zio, Experimental, 11̓04ˮ, B&W, Italy A boy receives a call in the night, a quiz phone. He won a pen that will never receive. He lives in a bare room with a rocking horse, a bed and a telephone. Chassé (Hunted) Luise Omar / Teis Syvsig, Animation, 4̓49ˮ, 16:9, Color, Germany A movie about unattainable dreams, about the self-destructive power of passion and about the fusion of animals and humans.

Porn Karaoke Daniel Augusto, 2011, Fiction, 14̓43ˮ, Color, Brasil Tattoos appear in the body of a young woman, after each new sexual experience she has. Without explanation, they disappear. Silenziosa-mente Alessia Travaglini, 2011, Animation, Experimental, 5̓15ˮ, Digital, Color, Italy Telling dreams and nightmares through a “metaphor of vision” by showing the shapes of the world unrealistically. Infinity Water Rimantas Lukavicius, 2011, Experimental, 0̓24ˮ, Color, Lithuania Korb̓s contribution to the project “Resonance” a collaborative project with over 30 independent visual and audio designers / studios. The aim was to explore the relationship between geometry and audio. Call of the Ice Francesco Meneghini & Tomaso Cariboni, 2011, Animation, 3̓10ˮ, Color, Italy A shining buxom goddess coming from outer space, land on frozen planet between black mountains, bulls and ice. She attracts everything and nothing can resist to her.

FOCUS ON Zoe Cassavetes The focus on Zoe Cassavetes will screen her most significant films. Here below an abstract of an interview by Valentin Barzaghi with Zoe made in 2009 when she was guest at Circuito Off with the short film “Samedi Soir”. Hello Zoe! Nice to meet you... How are you? Hello! I̓m very well, thanks for asking! The first thing you thought when you got up this morning? What the hell time is it? Describe yourself using three adjectives. Oh, it̓s hard to tell the truth... I̓m not good at this sort of thing. Whatever I say I would still feel too full of myself. Do you remember the first time you were on a set? Not really, but you know, both mom and dad have really made a lot of movies within the walls of our house, so it̓s like I grew up in a set. But then, you had to attend a school or will be enough “family life” to learn the fundamentals to become a good director? I̓ve always felt comfortable on a set 25

because that is where I was raised, but even today I still believe that he still has a lot to learn. Have you ever been afraid to be seen always and only as “the daughter of your father”? For better or for worse, I am my father̓s daughter. I can not deny and I̓m really proud of this great legacy. Let̓s say I already undergo a lot of stress resulting from my art, so if I should worry also about being good as my father it would be the end. I am me, with my own way of thinking and view on life... What is the best memory you have of your father on the set? John was a great leader. He had a boundless joy for what he did. He loved to “lead” and the set was the crucial contribution of every person. It was great in what he did, but could also be a very fun and caring man. I really enjoyed watching him work a lot and I was ecstatic to see what he could create with the actors in those moments. Which type of director are you on set? I love to run. I love the bonding that occurs during the filming. There is much enthusiasm to work with people and their ideas. So I always have a cheerful mood. I can not stand people yelling, it̓s something that I could not tolerate on a set because I am convinced 26

that nothing good would come out of a job done that way. I also love to see the characters in action. When you write something you imagine this in certain way, but the actors then bring always something new and innovative. What is the thing you fear most in the world? The lack of humanity that people have towards their own kind. Which things you just can̓t stand? Ignorance, closed mindedness and cruelty. Are you happy? It depends on the moment. What are you doing after this interview? I am ready to go back to work. Then good-by Zoe, have a good work. Selected videos Men Make Women Crazy Theory Short film, 2000, 16mm, 20̓, USA Produced by: Zoe Cassavetes, Rebecca Chaiklin Anna Sui 2001, 35 mm, 2̓30ˮ, USA Produced by: Anna Suix Lamarthe 2006, 16mm, 2̓45ˮ, France Produced by: Nobody

Scratch Massive “Like You Said” (Preview) Music video, 2007, 35mm, 6̓46ˮ, France Produced by: Soixante Quianze Ferragamo/Tuscan Soul 2008, 35mm, 40ˮ, France Produced by: Onirim Louis Vuitton/Hide and Seek 2010, HD, 1̓43ˮ, UK Produced by: Nowness Les Césars 2011, HD, 1̓01ˮ, France Produced by: Tristan Godefroy Productions Johnnie Walker Night Tiger 2011, 35 mm, 1̓02ˮ, UK Produced by: Independent Films Petit Bateau 2011, HD, 1̓25ˮ, France Produced by: Tristan Godefroy Productions Disney/Magical Moments: François Berleand 2011, HD, 1̓10ˮ, France Produced by: Disney Europe/TF1 Disney/Magical Moments: Sébastien Chabal 2011, HD, 1̓10ˮ, France Produced by: Disney Europe/TF1

2011, HD, 1̓10ˮ, France Produced by: Disney Europe/TF1 Tucker 2011, 16mm, 5̓13ˮ, USA Produced by: Tucker/Dana Brochman CFDA 2012, HD, 2̓50ˮ, USA Produced by: CFDA/Nian Fish Scratch Massive “Paris” Music video, 2012, HD, 4̓38ˮ, France Produced by Zoe Cassavetes music in the cloister Ensemble Economique Live Not Alive Yet DJ Set Visual by Luigi Dalla Riva Ensemble Economique The Californian Brian Pyle, former member of Starving Weirdos, is presenting his solo project Ensemble Economique, where cinematic suggestions from Carpenter to Morricome live together with dark-ambient and tribal beats. Listen to: “Psychical” (Not Not Fun). ensembleeconomique.tumblr.com

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Saturday

September 1st

Sing About The Past An installation by Arthur Duff

I feel Italian avoicomunicare debate on human rights

Entrance

Open Cinema, 8 PM

Permesso di soggiorno A web series by avoicomunicare/ Telecom Italia

Award Ceremony

Room a, 7 PM

Sony Mobile Festival

Open Cinema, 9 PM

Closing Party Esperanza Live Phon.o Live Eclectic Collective DJ Set cloister, 11 PM

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Permesso di Soggiorno “Permesso di Soggiorno”, in English “Permit to Stay or Immigrant Visa” is the title of one of avoicomunicare web-series launched on March 2012. Permesso di Soggiorno has the objective to make a trip through 25 second generation immigrants in Italy by the end of this year. Every single character has a different story of migration and a personal opinion on social integration. Their words and faces show their pride of feeling 100% Italian. Avoicomunicare Avoicomunicare by Telecom Italia is a project born in 2008 to stimulate open discussions on environment, sustainable development, biodiversity, synergies between different worlds and cultures, integration, second generation immigrants, building of peace based on knowledge and mutual understanding. avoicomunicare is a proof of Telecom Italia willingness to promote dialogue. www.avoicomunicare.it

Permesso di soggiorno #3 Modou Guye—Senegal Massimo Leonardi, Matteo Sarti, Italy, 2012, 6̓33ˮ Permesso di soggiorno #4 Esra Nazli Bekarslan—Turchia Federico Moschetti, Luca Mogini, Italy, 2012, 3̓51ˮ Permesso di soggiorno #5 Artur Emini—lbania Massimo Leonardi, Claudia Selvetti, Italy, 2012, 4̓14ˮ Permesso di soggiorno #6 Emad Farag Said—Egitto Federico Moschetti, Rossella Mele, Italy, 2012, 3̓51ˮ Permesso di soggiorno #7 Mahubub Hasan—Bangladesh Federico Moschetti, Rossella Mele, Italy, 2012, 4̓51ˮ Permesso di soggiorno #8 Nader Sarhan—Egitto Federico Moschetti, Rossella Mele, Italy, 2012, 4̓05ˮ

Permesso di soggiorno #1 Samia Oursana—Marocco Federico Moschetti, Luca Mogini, Italy, 2012, 4̓54ˮ

Permesso di soggiorno #9 Jin Chun Lei—Cina Federico Moschetti, Rossella Mele, Italy, 2012, 5̓06ˮ

Permesso di soggiorno #2 Gustavo Inilopù Caceres—Perù Massimo Leonardi, Matteo Sarti, Italy, 2012, 3̓17ˮ

Permesso di soggiorno #10 Kole Laca—Albania Federico Moschetti, Rossella Mele, Italy, 2012, 4̓10ˮ

Permesso di soggiorno #11 Nurcan Alpar—Turchia Federico Moschetti, Rossella Mele, Italy, 2012, 4̓10ˮ Permesso di soggiorno #12 Amal Tarcha—Siria Federico Moschetti, Rossella Mele, Italy, 2012, 5̓33ˮ Permesso di soggiorno #13 Jorge Omar Sosa—Argentina Federico Moschetti, Rossella Mele, Italy, 2012, 5̓24ˮ Permesso di soggiorno #14 Ariful Hoque—Bangladesh Federico Moschetti, Rossella Mele, Italy, 2012, 5̓44ˮ Permesso di soggiorno #15 Manuel Ramos—Capoverde Federico Moschetti, Rossella Mele, Italy, 2012, 5̓41ˮ I FEEL ITALIAN We will have the chance to discuss on the concept of ghetto. What is the meaning of “ghetto” today in Italy? Is there a way to get away from the ghetto? Public debate with: Alessandra Ballerini, Karim Bruneo, Fabrizio Marella, Carlotta Mismetti Capua, Samia Oursana, Teresa Sartore

Sony Mobile Festival “Moving people, making movies” the claim of the first edition of the Sony Mobile Festival, an intrinsic part of Circuito Off initiative in the most complete window of international cinema in Venice. Sony Mobile Festival is a strong innovative and unique competition open to a diversified and widespread audience to make video clips and short movies entirely with mobile devices. In the past few years mobile technology reached a striking quality in terms of video capabilities, images and sounds and smartphones are more and more popular option for capturing videos on the go. Objective of this enthusiastic initiative is to enable young filmmakers, promising artists but also emerging video makers to display their talent on an important stage, in line with Sony “make.believe” philosophy: believe that curiosity is the key to creativity, believe that anything you can imagine you can make real. A web platform will be the repository of all the contents, short movies or music video clips, proposed by the participants giving everybody the chance to look at the videos, enjoy them, leave comments or click “like” and share with friends on their social networks. The competition kicked off on the 3rd September 2011 and ended on the 30th April 2012. The short movies 31

MTVNHD Lake Rimantas Lukavicius, 2009 32

and video clips have been selected and screened by the jury formed by Alberto D̓Onofrio (director), Leandro Manuel Emede (director), Andrea Rosi (President Sony Music), Alessia Rehnicer (Marketing Sony Mobile), Mara Sartore (Circuito Off art director). The winners will be announced on Saturday September the 1st during the award cerimony of the festival. The directors will receive cash prizes that can help further their career. www.mobilefestival.it Sony Mobile & Userfarm Sony Mobile Festival is powered by the custom platform provided by Userfarm, the largest global video making community specialised in creating video competitions for brands, agencies, publishers and broadcasters. The over 35,000 video-makers and animators of Userfarm will be engaged with the Sony Mobile Festival and will compete at an international level with their videoclips and short movies. Finalist Videos Short Film Category Money Bag Sun Ung Kim, 2012, 4̓58”, Korea The Adventures of a Cardboard Box Temujin Doran, 2012, 6̓59ˮ, Norway Limbo Vinod Bharathan, 2012, 5̓12ˮ, Denmark

Colorful EU Peter Vadocz, 2012, 1̓12”, Hungary Dethcruise Chris Heck, 2012, 2̓29”, USA Framed Maël Sevestre, 2012, 3̓18”, France Matera Peter Vadocz, 2012, 1̓37”, Hungary Slaughter Pen Farm Timothy Ryan Poe, 2012, 2̓39”, USA Wordless Ferran Brooks, 2012, 3̓01ˮ, Spain Zio Fil Giuseppe Peronace, 2012, 7̓02ˮ, Italy Diario di una mamma Andrea Bonfanti, 2012, 2̓ 55ˮ, Italy Let̓s Work Daniele Di Mauro, 2012, 2̓55ˮ, Italy Le tette di una diciottenne Luca Gennari, 2012, 6̓59ˮ, Italy Videoclip Category Thinking Crew—Runaway Giovanni Fortunato, 2012, 3̓ 59ˮ, Italy 33

Travel Laurens Groven, 2012, 1̓28ˮ, Belgium T(e)ss Seiperdue, 2012, 3̓17ˮ, Italy Gold Velvet Julia Weber, 2̓28”, France Sunrise at Bondi Johannes Gertz, 2012, 1̓02”, New Zeeland Enfasis Felipe Cardona, 2012, 4̓52”, Columbia Ginzo Bite Hard Antonio Giovanni, 2012, 2̓52”, Italy Coattails Sascha Ciezata, 2012, 2̓33”, USA Twins Peter Vadoc, 2012, 1̓33ˮ, Hungary Aria di città Elena Fiorenzani, 2012, 3̓36ˮ, Italy Efex Filippo Tasca, 2012, 2̓58ˮ, Italy

Closing Party Esperanza Live Phon.o Live Eclectic Collective DJ Set Visual by Luigi Dalla Riva Esperanza Esperanza is an Italian trio formed by refined musicians coming from different main projects. Their style is a blend of chillwave, disco music hypnagogic flavor and stylish and magnetic electro. They have just taken part in Sonar 2012, conquering both international public and critique. Listen to: “Esperanza” and “Sirena EP” (Gomma Records). esperanzasounds.tumblr.com Phon.o Carsten Aermes aka Phon.o, after his first stuff in the early 90s with Apparat, has become the spokesman of Berliner scene, mixing up UK garage, dubstep and techno in a very personal way, giving life to a resonant magma full of content and away from every academic exercise. Listen to: “Black Boulder” (50 Weapons). www.phon-o.com

13th Circuito Off Festival 29th Aug. 1st Sept. 2012 San Nicolo` Monastery Lido, Venice

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Meneghini, Diane Pernet, Phon.o, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Bruce Weber, at Lido.