NINO ZUCCHELLI COLLECTION
A tribute to the masters of Polish cinema
The
appreciation of the Nino Zucchelli Collection started with the 2005 edition
of Bergamo Film Meeting. Every year the festival offers an insight into the
precious collection that was donated to GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte
Moderna e Contemporanea Accademia Carrara and is currently kept at Lab 80.
The festival hosted a selection of 13 animation short films in 2005 and a
selection of 1960s Czech films in 2006.
The 2007 edition will focus on Polish cinema, and on two outstanding masters,
however different they were, of that cinema: Jerzy Skolimowski and Krzysztof
Zanussi. Skolimowski’s film is one of his first works, Bariera
(Barrier, 1966), the third –
after Walkower (Walkover,
1965) and Rysopis (Identification Marks:
None, 1964) – in a trilogy devoted to juvenile alienation.
Zanussi’s work is here represented by two films, one being the powerful
Za Sciana (Behind the Wall,
1971), characterised by the extraordinary portrait of a woman and the great
acting of the two protagonists, the other being a documentary on the composer
Krzysztof Penderecki. A forth work, Zanim opadna liscie
(Gypsies, 1957), from the master of
Polish documentary tradition Wladyslaw Slesicki, will be presented. It is
the sweet, melancholy, poetic portrait of a vagrant community who travels
the world on horseback.
A digital edition of all films in the Nino Zucchelli Collection is being
prepared in cooperation with Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea,
Bergamo, and Lab 80 film, with the support and technical assistance of Fondazione
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Cineteca Nazionale (Rome).
Featured Films:
Zanim opadna liscie (Gypsies, 1963, 28’)
by Wladyslaw Slesicki
Bariera (Barrier, 1966,
77’) by Jerzy Skolymowski
Krzysztof Penderecki (id., 1968, 35’) by Krzysztof
Zanussi
Za sciana (Behind the Wall,
1971, 56’) by Krzysztof Zanussi
