Potentino Documentary Film Festival (August 2022)
From Thursday, 25th August to Sunday, 28th August 2023
Castello di Potentino presents 'ON THE WALLS' - Potentino Courtyard Projections August 25th-28th with introductions by the directors
See programme below.
Thursday 25th August | 7 pm
PARSIFAL by Marco Filiberti in association with Morellino Classica Festival
With Paolo Marzocchi – pianoforte, with an introduction by director - Marco Filiberti, Luca Ciammarughi musicologist, and composer Paolo Marzocchi.
Disembarking on a northern harbor, a carefree youth leaves his sailor mates and meets Amfortas in an unknown place populated by obscure spirits.
Friday 26th August | 9 pm
THE CHOCOLATE WAR- introduction by director Miki Mistrati
American human rights lawyer, Terrence Collingsworth has worked tirelessly for 13 years to hold Nestlé and Cargill accountable for their crimes against children in Africa, who are subject to trafficking and slavery in order to provide the cheapest cocoa possible.
Saturday 27th August | 9 pm
F**K THIS JOB - introduction by director Vera Krichevskaya
In 2008, Natasha, a newly rich woman, decides to open an independent TV station (Dozhd) in Putin’s Russia and builds an open-minded team of outcasts ready to demand justice. By 2020, Natasha has lost everything to Russia’s war between Propaganda and Truth, for which she relentlessly fights.
Sunday 28th August | 9 pm
GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA– introduction by director Annalisa Piras
10th anniversary - narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch
Girlfriend in a Coma is a documentary that exposes the dire situation of Italian politics and the process of economic and social decline the country has suffered during the last two decades, treating the decline as a warning of what might happen elsewhere in the West.
