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WEDNESDAY APRIL 11

OPENING EVENT

6.30 pmPREVIEWRAMPAGE(USA, 2018, 107’)Directed by: Brad PeytonWith: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie HarrisDistribution: Warner Bros. ItaliaA gorilla is transformed in gigantic berserk creature because of an experiment. Scientist Davis has to find a cure to save its life. Based upon a videogame classic.Audience: +14 / Language: Italian

SATURDAY 14 APRIL

5 pmPREVIEWDRAGON NEST – THRONE OF ELVES(CHINA, 2014, 104’)Directed by: Yi Ge, Yuefeng SongDistribution: Twelve Entertainment, Maf MediaAltera is in jeopardy again because Dark Elf Elena, sister of the future Queen Nerwin, owns a powerful artefact that can give her an im-mense power. Audience: +12/ Language: Italian

6.15 pmPREVIEWDRAGON NEST –WARRIOR’S DAWN(CHINA, 2014, 88’)Directed by: Yuefeng SongDistribution: Twelve Entertainment, Maf MediaBased upon a succesfull videogame, here is the adventures of elf Liya, young human Lambert and their friends Vernak the Giant, Terran the Wizard, elves Kasarana and Nerwin and the mysterious Gerrant and Argenta.Audience: +12 / Language: Italian

6 pmINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONTHE LEGEND OF KING SOLOMON(ISRAEL, 2017, 80’)Directed by: Albert Hanan Kaminski In this original adaptation of the Biblical story, the young Solomon must save the kingdom of Jerusa-lem from the evil devil Asmodeus. After he is banished into the Judean Desert, Solomon teams up with beautiful Arabic Princess Naama and the Animals to put an end to Asmodeus’ thirst for power.Audience: +8 / Language: English

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4 pmINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONTHE FIXIES – TOP SECRET(RUSSIA, 2017, 80’)Directed by: Vasiko Bedoshvili, An-drey Kolpin, Ivan Pshonkin Things take a turn to the catastrophic when Fire gets a hold of Professor Eugenius’ latest work, bracelets that will allow Fixies to travel through electrical wires. Audience: +8 / Language: English

6.30 pmHOMAGE TO BRUNO BOZZETTOALLEGRO NON TROPPO(ITALY, 1977, 80’)Directed by: Bruno BozzettoThe Italian Fantasia. A conductor presents Master Bozzetto’s visions in a masterpiece of Italian cinema.Audience: +6 / Language: Italian

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8 pmINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONTHE RED TURTLE( FRANCE/BELG IUM/ JAPAN, 2016, 80’)Directed by: Michael Dudok de WitA man is shipwrecked on a desert-ed island and encounters a red tur-tle, which changes his life.Audience: +10

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4 pmINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONLITTLE HERO(USA-INDONESIA, 2018, 106’)Directed by: Jason J. LewisInside the ancient temple, Bayu found a kris that stuck strong. Out of curiosity, he immediately pulled it out. Miracles happen! Bayu gained the power of being a super hero. Unfortunately, the kris is a seal for a cruel giant named Asura! Audience: +8 / Language: English

7.30 pmFATE/STAY NIGHT: HEAVEN’S FEEL – I. PRESAGE FLOWER(JAPAN, 2017, 120’)Directed by: Tomonori SudôDistribution: Nexo Digital, DynitFirst part of the trilogy based upon the visual novel by Kinoko Sanu and Takashi Takeuchi. Audience: +14 / Language: Italian

8.30 pmINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONCINDERELLA THE CAT(ITALY, 2017, 86’)Directed by: Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario SansoneCenerentola struggles to escape the shadow and evil schemes of her stepmother and six stepsisters who all live aboard the Megaride, a ship stuck in the port of a decaying future Naples.Audience: +16 / Language: Italian

6 pmMASTERCLASS GARY GOLDMANPULCINELLA CAREER AWARD Moderator: Roberto Genovesi (Artistic Director, Cartoons on the Bay)Language: English

7 pmRETROSPECTIVEGARY GOLDMAN

5 pmMASTERCLASS PULCINELLA SPECIAL CROSSMEDIA AWARD - JORDAN WEISMANEXPERIMENTS IN INTERACTIVESTORYTELLINGModerator: Max Giovagnoli (Editorial Committee, Cartoons on the Bay)language: English

4.30 pmINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONMAYA THE BEE –THE HONEY GAMES(GERMANY/AUSTRALIA, 2018, 83’)Directed by: Noel Cleary, Alexs Stadermann, Sergio DelfinoDistribution: Koch MediaWhen an overenthusiastic Maya ac-cidentally embarrasses the Empress of Buzztropolis, she is forced to unite with a team of misfit bugs and compete in the Honey Games for a chance to save her hive. Audience: +6 / Language: English

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FRIDAY APRIL 13

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6.30 pmINTERNATIONALCOMPETITIONNUT JOB 2 -NUTTY BY NATURE(CANADA/SOUTH COREA, 2017, 95’)Directed by: Cal BrunkerSurly and Buddy’s park is in jeop-ardy because of amusement park projected by the mayor. But the two friends will solve the problem and Surly will also find love.Audience: +6 / Language: Italian

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THURSDAY APRIL 12

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6.30 pmPREVIEWBIG FISH AND BEGONIA(CHINA, 2016, 90’)Directed by: Xuan Ling, Chun ZangDistribution: Twelve Entertainment, Draka DistributionWhen young goddess Chan turns 16, she’s transformed in a dolphin to discover the human’s world. She got trapped in vortex and saved by a young boy that sacrificed his life for her, Chun restores his life, but she will also have to watch over his soul.Audience: +12 / Language: Italian

4 pm RETROSPECTIVEOTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL

8.30 pmPREVIEWAKIRA(JAPAN, 1988, 124’)Directed by: Katsuhiro OtomoDistribution: Nexo Digital, DynitOne of the most iconic comics and animation works of the 20th cen-tury, also celebrated by Spielberg’s Ready Player One. Otomo’s mas-terpiece hits the theaters again to celebrate its 30th anniversary.Audience: +14 / Language: Italian

5.30 pmMASTERCLASSMARC-ANDRÈ BOUVIER PRODUCT MANAGER TOON BOOM ANIMATION Moderator: Federico VallarinoLanguage: English

6.30 pmMASTERCLASSLÀSTREGO & TESTAModerator: Chiara Magri (C.S.C.)Language: Italian

7.30 pmRETROSPECTIVELÀSTREGO & TESTALanguage: Italian

6 pmHOMAGE TO BRUNO BOZZETTOVIP - MIO FRATELLO SUPERUOMO(ITALY, 1968, 80’)Directed by: Bruno BozzettoBefore Marvel Cinematic Universe, there were Vip Bros, a super and a complexed mini. Between social satire and critic to capitalism, this little big Italian movie preceded Woody Allen’s idiosyncrasies and Pixar’s incredibles adventures.Audience: +8 / Language: Italian

8 pmINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONHELLO NAPOLEON(ITALY, 2017, 80’)Directed by: Fabio Di RannoIn May 1814 Napoleon left Paris, and chose the Elba’s island as a new residence. Destiny has given him an unexpected meeting, the friendship with three kids - Giuseppe, Francesco e Nora - that will help him to find courage and determination to return to european scene.Audience: +12 / Language: Italian Subtitles: English

4 pmHOMAGE TO BRUNO BOZZETTOWEST AND SODA(ITALY, 1965, 86’)Directed by: Bruno BozzettoThe third long length feature of Italian cinema is a western movie with villains, the beauty and the lone rider. Among the animators, there are Guido Manuli and late Giuseppe Laganà.Audience: +8 / Language: Italian

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4 pmMASTERCLASS UBISOFT MONTREAL STUDIO OF THE YEAR Con: Cedric Orvoine (Vice President HR & Communication Ubisoft Studios Montreal), Hugues Richer (Animation Director, Ubi-soft Montreal Studio)Moderator: Marco Accordi Rickards (Editorial Committee, Cartoons on the Bay)Language: English

11 amSHORT FILM COMPETITION – 2

SUNDAY15 APRIL

4 pmPREVIEWMOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT THE MOVIE – BANDIT FLOWER(JAPAN, 2017, 120’)Directed by: Kou MatsuoDistribution: Dynit8 months after the end of the war Captain Monica starts Operation Thunderbolt and chooses Io to drive Atlas Gundam. The goal is to recover or destroy Psycho Zaku datas. Audience: +12 / Language: Italian

6.15 pmINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONPULCINELLA AWARD WINNER

11.30 amINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONLEO DA VINCI – MISSIONE MONNA LISA(ITALY, 2017, 85’)Directed by: Sergio ManfioDistribution: VideaThe young Leonardo da Vinci, whose world is made of intelligent inventions, has a great dream: being able to fly. Against Leo there are a handful of fear-ful pirates whose goal is get a treasure. Thanks to his inventions, Leo finds the treasure first… but the pirates don’t just stay there and watch!Audience: +6 / Language: Italian

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4 pmINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONTHE DRAGON’S SPELL(UKRAINE, 2017, 85’)Directed by: Vasiko Bedoshvili, An-drey Kolpin, Ivan Pshonkin Little Nicky has made up his mind, that he can conquer the dragon as his father did long ago. Against pro-hibition of his father, Nicky has man-aged to get into trouble and now it depends only on his courage, wheth-er he defeats the resurgent dragon and returns home from the magic world.Audience: +8 / Language: Italian

4 pmINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONBEST SCREENPLAY WINNER

8 pmINTERNATIONALCOMPETITIONBEST DIRECTOR WINNER

8.30 pmPREVIEWATTACK ON TITAN PART 3 – THE ROAR OF AWAKENING(JAPAN, 2017, 120’)Directed by: Kou MatsuoDistribution: DynitThe second season of the series based upon Hajime Isayama’s man-ga summarized in one movie for the big screen.Audience: +14 / Language: Japanese – Italian subtitles

6 pmINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONBEST SOUNDTRACK WINNER

6 pmINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONBEST ANIMATION WINNER