Corto e Fieno is the Rural Cinema Festival which takes place in September on the hills between Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta.
Corto e Fieno is a project started in 2010 by Asilo Bianco to investigate through film the persistence of rural in contemporary society.
Three sections of the Festival: Orchard, Harvest and Evergreen.
The seventh edition takes place between Ameno, Miasino and Omegna, on Lake Orta, and offers many films, all free admission:
Friday, September 16, 9 pm - Cinema Sociale in Omegna:
Presentation of Corto e Fieno Festival
Section Orchard
- O Guardador, Rodrigo Areias, 2015, 17’
- Grad (Hail), Ángel Linares, 2015, 18’
- Jegues (Donkeys), Christiane Agnese, gil Chagas, 2015, 15’
- La indiferencia del viento, Rubén guzman, 2015, 18’
Section Harvest
- Ilmurrán - Maasai in the Alps, sandro Bozzolo, 2015, 44’
Saturday, September 17:
Section Orchard, 3 pm - Museo Tornielli in Ameno
- Wellington Jr., Cécile Paysant, 2015, 12’
- The Meadow, Jela Hasler, 2015, 9’
- The Harvest, Ross Bolidai, UK, 2016, 19’
- Som Pastor (I am a Shepherd), Borja Zausen, 2015, 9
Section Harvest, 5.00 pm - Museo Tornielli in Ameno
- Su campi avversi, Andrea Fenoglio and Matteo Tortone, 2015, 63'
From 9.00 pm - Cinema Sociale in Omegna
Section Orchard
- World Champion, Lana Pavkov, 2016, 11’
- Dondurma (Ice Cream), serhat Karaaslan 2014, 16’
- Il potere dell’oro rosso, Davide minnella, 2015, 19’
- Ser e voltar, Xacio Baño, 2014, 13’
Section Harvest
- DERT, Mario e Stefano Martone, 2016, 62'
The crow in the garden - Half an hour of Rural horror
- El Pescador, Alejandro Suarez Lozano, 2015, 20’ (*solo sottotitoli in inglese)
- Pueblo perdido (Lost Village), George Todria, 2015, 16'
Sunday, September 18:
Ameno, 9.00 am - 6.00 pm: agricultural market
From 11.00 am - Museo Tornielli in Ameno
Section Orchard
- Eoha, Vladimir Perovic, 2015, 22’
- Caballus, Alexandre Fréchette, 2015, 7’
- Le Printemps, Clélia schaeffer, 2015, 19’
- Il suo nome, Pedro Lino, 2015, 19'
12.30 am Rural Picnic, dress code total rural
From 2.30 pm - Museo Tornielli in Ameno
Section Orchard
- Solchi, giordano Viozzi, Stefano Teodori, 2015, 14’
- Oloimugi, Michele Cadei, 2015, 18'
Section Harvest
- De hombres y bestias, irving Uribe nares, 2014, 30'
From 2.30 pm - Sala Consiliare in Ameno
Section Buds for the little ones
- Tú no eres el más fuerte, Emilio Yebra, 2016, 1’
- Rupestre, Enrique Diego, 2015, 6’
- O+AB-, Reza Hadiani, 2015, 3’
- Fres-boi, Cristina Vilches, Paloma Canonica, 2015, 7’
- Easter, Denys Kushnarov, Oles Seredytskyi, 2015, 1’
- A cigarette, Taodeer Bo, 2015, 2’
- Celui qui domptait les nuages, nicolas Bianco-Levrin, Julie Rembauville, 2015, 5'
Workshop for children
The awards will take place at 5 pm at the Museum Tornielli in Ameno.
More information on the festival official website.