Torino Film Festival
The Torino Film Festival (also called the Turin Film Festival, TFF) is an international film festival held annually in Turin, Italy. Held every November, it is the second largest film festival in Italy, following the Venice Film Festival. It was f ...
was held 13 November – 21 November 2009 in
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
, Italy and was directed by
Gianni Amelio
Gianni Amelio (born 20 January 1945) is an Italian film director.
Early life
Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with ...
, in his first year as director of the festival.
Films in competition
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Chi L'Ha Visto
Chi or CHI may refer to:
Greek
*Chi (letter), the Greek letter (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ);
Chinese
* ''Chi'' (length) (尺), a traditional unit of length, about ⅓ meter
*Chi (mythology) (螭), a dragon
*Chi (surname) (池, pinyin: ''chí'' ...
Ralston Jover Ralston may refer to:
Place names United States
*Ralston, California
*Ralston, Iowa
*Ralston, Nebraska
*Ralston, Oklahoma
*Ralston, Wyoming
* Mount Ralston in the Sierra Nevada of California
*Ralston Creek (Colorado)
*Ralston Hall, Belmont, Califo ...
)
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Crackie
''Crackie'' is a 2009 Canadian drama film written and directed by Sherry White. It stars Meghan Greeley, Mary Walsh (actress), Mary Walsh, Joel Thomas Hynes and Cheryl Wells, and is White's first feature film.
Plot
Mitsy (Greeley) is a teenage st ...
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Sherry White
Sherry White is a Canadian film and television actress, writer and filmmaker, best known for her work as a producer and writer for the television series ''MVP'', ''Rookie Blue'' and ''Saving Hope''Get Low'' (
Aaron Schneider
Aaron Schneider (born July 26, 1965) is an American filmmaker and cinematographer.
His short film '' Two Soldiers'' (2003) won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He won an Independent Spirit Award for his feature film debut, '' Ge ...
)
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Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
''Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench'' is a 2009 American independent black-and-white romantic musical film directed, written, produced, shot, and co-edited by Damien Chazelle in his feature directorial debut, and it recasts the MGM musical traditio ...
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Damien Chazelle
Damien Sayre Chazelle (; born January 19, 1985) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his films ''Whiplash'' (2014), ''La La Land'' (2016), and '' First Man'' (2018).
For ''Whiplash'', he was nominated for the ...
)
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Jalainur
Jalainur District or Zhalainuo'er District ( Mongolian: Залайнуур тойрог ''Jalainaɣur toɣoriɣ''; ), an urban district under Manzhouli's administration, is listed as a district of Hulunbuir officially and located in the northeast ...
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Zhao Ye Zhao may refer to:
* Zhao (surname) (赵), a Chinese surname
** commonly spelled Chao in Taiwan or up until the early 20th century in other regions
** Chiu, from the Cantonese pronunciation
** Cho (Korean surname), represent the Hanja 趙 (Chinese ...
Alain Guiraudie
Alain Guiraudie (; born 15 July 1964) is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed ten mostly LGBT-related films since 1990. He is openly gay.
Work
Guiraudie has named Georges Bataille as an important influence. His 2013 film ...
Transmission
Transmission may refer to:
Medicine, science and technology
* Power transmission
** Electric power transmission
** Propulsion transmission, technology allowing controlled application of power
*** Automatic transmission
*** Manual transmission
*** ...
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Roland Vranik
Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...
Crackie
''Crackie'' is a 2009 Canadian drama film written and directed by Sherry White. It stars Meghan Greeley, Mary Walsh (actress), Mary Walsh, Joel Thomas Hynes and Cheryl Wells, and is White's first feature film.
Plot
Mitsy (Greeley) is a teenage st ...
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Sherry White
Sherry White is a Canadian film and television actress, writer and filmmaker, best known for her work as a producer and writer for the television series ''MVP'', ''Rookie Blue'' and ''Saving Hope''Victor Rebengiuc ('' Medal of Honor'')
*Best Female Performance:
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Catalina Saavedra
Catalina Saavedra Pérez (born 8 January 1968) is a Chilean film, stage and television actress. She is known to international audiences for playing the title character in the 2009 film '' The Maid'', for which she received several awards and nom ...
Ralston Jover Ralston may refer to:
Place names United States
*Ralston, California
*Ralston, Iowa
*Ralston, Nebraska
*Ralston, Oklahoma
*Ralston, Wyoming
* Mount Ralston in the Sierra Nevada of California
*Ralston Creek (Colorado)
*Ralston Hall, Belmont, Califo ...