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FABRICA & THE MATTADOR CULTURAL ASSOCIATION SUPPORT SHORT FILM DIRECTORS
Dec 15, 2010
Fabrica is proud to support the Mattador Cultural Association with the CORTO86 competition.
The winner will be rewarded with the production of a short film taken from his/her script. The short film, which will be filmed in the province of Trieste, is produced by the MATTADOR Cultural Association, in cooperation with Fabrica, who will follow the post-production, while the Fantastificio Film Production and Pilgrim Film and with the support of Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission will follow the production.
Each participant can present a maximum of one original and unpublished work and it has to be submitted in the Italian version and/or in the original version with a translation of the same into Italian. No fee has to be paid. The deadline is April 15th, 2011.
The Prizes of the MATTADOR Competition will be awarded on Saturday 17th July, 2011 in the Sale Apollinee of La Fenice Theatre, Venice.
Terms of participation and more information are available on the website: www.premiomattador.it
COLORS 79 "COLLECTOR" IS OUT!
Dec 06, 2010
Press materials available at http://www.fabrica.it/press-release/colors-79-collector
Collector is a special issue of COLORS Magazine dedicated to people who regroup and catalogue objects linked to a theme. For the 20th anniversary of COLORS, the ‘magazine that talks about the rest of the world’, Collector celebrates the diversity of cultures, by bringing a contemporary vision of collecting through a selection of products from different media, such as graphic design, industrial design, sound and even nature.On newsstands, bookstores, and App Store from mid December 2010. www.colorsmagazine.com
Launching events:
December 15th 2010 at 18:30
Skitsch
Via Monte di Pietà, 11
Milan - Italy
December 16th 2010 at 19:00
La Permanente
Calle San Hermenegildo nº 28
Madrid - Spain
December 17th 2010 at 18:00
Exhibition: 17/12/2010 – 15/01/2011
Fabrica Features Lisboa
Megastore United Colors of Benetton
- 4º andar, Rua Garrett, 83
Lisbon - Portugal
January 20st 2011 at 10:00 a.m.
imm cologne furniture fair
Book-Lounge
Cologne - Germany
February 10th
Hotel Royal Monceau
37 Avenue Hoche
75008 Paris - France
WHERE CHILDREN SLEEP
Dec 02, 2010
Where Children Sleep is the latest editorial project developed at Fabrica, featuring photos by James Mollison and realized with the support of Save the Children.
A selection of images will be exhibited in Rome, at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, from Dec 3 2010 to Jan 9 2011.
For more information:
http://www.fabrica.it/press-release/where-children-sleep
http://www.fabrica.it/image-gallery/Where%20children%20sleep
Fabrica, Craig David and Stop TB against AIDS
Dec 01, 2010
World AIDS Day: Statement by Craig David, Goodwill Ambassador against Tuberculosis
People living with HIV are particularly vulnerable to tuberculosis. Not only are they much more likely to get it, they are also much more likely to die of the disease.
One out of every four AIDS-related deaths is caused by tuberculosis. Last year, 400 000 people living with HIV died from tuberculosis.
But these deaths are preventable: If people living with HIV test for tuberculosis they can get access to care and be cured.
Preventing HIV will help prevent tuberculosis.
Join the Prevention Revolution http://on.fb.me/95aBoI
Peace,
Craig David
Goodwill Ambassador against Tuberculosis
Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnpgts5rVgQ
I AM JESUS ITALIAN PREMIERE AT THE FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI, FLORENCE
Nov 18, 2010
The documentary, entirely produced by Fabrica, has been selected to compete in the Panorama Italiano section of the 51st edition of the Festival dei Popoli
Treviso, November 2010. In many religions the concept of God appearing on earth in human form is a well discussed matter, and millions of believers expect the Messiah to come and save humanity.
But what if Jesus was already living amongst us? Would he be wearing a white robe, surrounded by light, preaching in the streets? Where would he be born and which language would he speak? Would he be a political leader? A TV presenter? Or simply the homeless guy in front of your local supermarket?
I Am Jesus explores the controversial subject of the return of the Messiah in three different geographic and cultural environments in today’s world: a farming commune in the desolate heathlands of Siberia, a group of rebellious squatters in England, and a pacific community that has become a YouTube phenomenon in Brazil. They revolve around three different figures, who have just one thing in common: they all claim to be Jesus.
The documentary has been entirely produced by Fabrica, Benetton’s Media and Communication Research Centre, a place of experimentation, dialogue and cultural growth focusing on the free expression of every art form. Fabrica decided to support two young residents, the Austrian Valerie Gudenus and the Brazilian Heloisa Sartorato, who, after in-depth research, left for Brazil, England and Siberia to follow these religious leaders and the daily life of their followers, trying to find out the reasons why they decide to leave behind their family bonds, their homes and comforts to devote their lives to one person and what that person claims to be.
The creative director of the project is Babak Payami, producer and Iranian-Canadian director, winner of the 2001 Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival with the film Secret Ballot.
As declared by the two young directors, “In I Am Jesus we wanted to find out what these religious leaders are trying to accomplish and why there seems to be an everlasting need for someone that people can follow and believe in”.
Fabrica is a place of experimentation and innovation, born in 1994 with the aim of combining culture with industry. Fabrica invites young artists/designers to its centre, offering them a one-year study grant and providing them with a professional training opportunity and a wealth of resources and relations, to develop cultural and social communication projects in the areas of design, visual communication, photography, interaction, video, music and publishing, under the guidance of experts.
SCREENINGS:
SPAZIO 1
Thursday, November 18th, at 9.00 pm
For further information:
Fabrica Press Office: +39 0422 516340
Trailer: http://www.fabrica.it/iamjesus
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