Year 2007 – fifth edition
Casa del Cinema in Rome, March 16th -18th

Free admittance

From the 16th to the 18th of March 2007, the fifth edition of n[ever]land – digital paths will take place in Casa del Cinema in Rome. This event – created and directed by Enzo Aronica and produced by Associazione Trio Alma Mahler with the kind support of IMAIE (the Institute for the Protection of Artists and Performers) – explores the implementation of digital technology in art and communication.

This project, characterized by contamination and experimentation, tackles topical Italian and international trends and looks into the future developments (and into the contradictions) of a technology whose potential elaboration is infinite. As usual in the past editions, the admittance is strictly free this year too.

This fifth edition of n[ever]land will host as Special Guests Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano, 2007 Academy Awards nominees for Best Make-up for Apocalypto, Mel Gibson’s kolossal on the decline of the Maya civilization.

This year’s programme also includes some forays into the 2006 edition of Siggraph (which has taken place last summer in Boston from July 30th to August 3rd ) with SIGGRAPH 2006 @ NEVERLAND, an international performance of Images from the world by ACM SIGGRAPH - Milan Professional Chapter, with an introduction by Maria Grazia Mattei - MGM Digital Communication.

A selection from Electronic Theater and Animation Theater will be presented at n[ever]land featuring international screenings and debates which will bring to Rome, directly from Boston, the excellence of digital images from all over the world, comparing it to Italian digital products by Italian professional entities, providing a great opportunity for entertainment, updating and cross fertilization.

The event then moves on to The best of Ars Electronica 2006, the most prestigious international festival of electronic art, which has been taking place in Linz (Austria) for over 25 years.

This year the usual digital screens space will be dedicated to the screening of a number of films shot in HD, and will also provide an opportunity for the audience to meet the authors: La radice del male by Silvana Zancolò – one of the very first examples of productions created by a post-production company, UBIK Visual Effects -, The Silver Rope by Fabio Resinaro and Fabio Guaglione, Dark Resurrection by Angelo Licata and Davide Bigazzi – a micro-saga created by an entirely self-made production, inspired by the world of Star Wars - and Billo, Il Grand Dakhaar, a film by Laura Muscardin which has won the Premio della Critica (Critics’ Award) at the last Festival of Villerupt, realized through an innovative production system built by Marco Bonini and Jacques Lipkau Goyard with “The Coproducers”, the same system used by Eros Puglielli in the production of his AD project.

Another guest of the Fifth edition of n[ever]land is Gabriele Cipollitti, a Rai director and collaborator of Piero Angela in the “Speciali di Superquark” series. His docu-fiction Stava 19 luglio, tells the story of the Prestavel mine and its mineral processing facilities and retraces the growth of dumping grounds and the mud flow that swept Val di Stava away, using highly sophisticated filming techniques and special effects.
To complete this section, the inquiry-film ZERO, Inchiesta sull’11 settembre – (ZERO- an Inquiry on 9/11) will be presented: it is a filmed investigation on the mysteries of that tragic event which remained unresolved – which will be later commented by its authors Giulietto Chiesa and Franco Fracassi.

Following a special screening of one of the highest examples of digital animation, the backstage of Ghost in the shell 2: Innocence will be presented, along with an interview given by director Mamoru Oshii, one of the most interesting figures in Japanese cinematography.

An overview of the first experiences of digital channels in Italy and fiction shows shot in HD – first of all the TV series Incantesimo directed by Stefano Amatucci, special guest of this section – will be presented in order to give an account of the national production of platforms and digital contents in television.

You can find more in n[ever]land’s definitive programme which is presently undergoing the final adjustments click n[ever]land.org