How western and Chinese agribusiness are taking over the world’s grain and meat industry, while putting small farmers out of business and plundering the environment.
The Geographer and the Island | OTRFF In Competition
Iwaishima, a heart-shaped piece of confetti in the Seto Sea, is the scene of an anti-nuclear struggle and home to an environmental and societal think-tank. The geographer Philippe Pelletier comes for the ‘Dance of Gods’: a quadrennial, traditional festival celebrating man’s bond with his land and sea. The question is: how do you remain free and independent…and survive?
Der Schrei [The Scream] | OTRFF In Competition
For Niko, social rules are alien. He lets himself drift aimlessly in everyday life and distinguishes himself, not because he defies rules, but simply because he does not obey them. He is always on the search and wants to discover new things, but he does not care what.
The Observer | OTRFF In Competition
In August 2014 the 11th Beijing Independent Film Festival was shut down. The Government couldn’t tolerate the screening of some ‘sensitive’ works, particularly a historical documentary called “Spark”. ‘The Observer’ is the portrait of the extraordinary and undetected work of this Chinese dissident artist, Hu Jie. Despite making huge contributions to historical research by uncovering essential testimonies from China’s past, his body of work hasn’t been recognized and he has been long blacklisted. This film is animated by the urgency of giving him his silenced voice back.
Il flauto magico di Piazza Vittorio | Out of Competition Special Event
The first film musical sung in 8 languages. The multiethnic “Piazza Vittorio Orchestra” revisits and performs Mozart’s opera in a babel of songs and different languages, where as if by magic everyone understands each other.
Tommy Emmanuel: The Endless Road | OTRFF In Competition
From the Australian outback to Music City USA, a child guitar prodigy dedicates his life to become the world’s greatest acoustic guitarist, even as revelations of dark family secrets send him into a battle with addiction that threatens to destroy his career, his family and his life.
Shamanic Lessons for Beginners | OTRFF In Competition
It’s a story of a strange friendship between Tuvin shaman Chochagar Kes-Kem and American psychologist Alex, who came to Tuva to learn shamanic practices and to open his Inner Eye. The deeper they plunge into the World of Tuvin shamans, the more confusing and contradictory their relationships become, and things seem to go beyond control.
Family Romance, LLC by Werner Herzog | OTRFF7 Special Opening Event
Romance is a business. Family, friends, followers. All available for hire. A man is hired to impersonate the missing father of a twelve year old girl. Shot in Japan, with Japanese actors, in Japanese language, Oscar-nominated auteur Werner Herzog brings to screen a unique angle to the recurring theme of individuals chasing impossible dreams.
Werner Herzog returns to film with an unusual, experimental documentary, shot entirely in Japan, out of competition at the last Cannes Film Festival.The Award Ceremony will be held on the night of February the 23rd.
Based at the legendary DETOUR Arthouse Cinema, in the heart of Rome since 1997, ON THE ROAD FILM FESTIVAL is devoted to contemporary independent cinema – fiction, documentary and experimental – presenting travelogues, urban and waste-land wanderings, real or imaginary topographies, unexpected detours, psycho-geographical drifts, migration and nomadism.
On The Road Film Festival 7
We are delighted to announce the official selection for the ON THE ROAD FILM FESTIVAL, 7th Edition. A truly independent festival. Both feature films and shorts/medium length films in competition will be screened at Detour Arthouse Cinema within a period of two consecutive weekends, from 14 to 16 and from 21 to 23, February 2020.
The Award Ceremony will be held on the night of February the 23rd.
Based at the legendary DETOUR Arthouse Cinema, in the heart of Rome since 1997, ON THE ROAD FILM FESTIVAL is devoted to contemporary independent cinema – fiction, documentary and experimental – presenting travelogues, urban and waste-land wanderings, real or imaginary topographies, unexpected detours, psycho-geographical drifts, migration and nomadism.
NANCY starring Steve Buscemi. Best Screenplay Sundance FF
Craving connection with others, Nancy creates elaborate identities and hoaxes under pseudonyms on the internet. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing 30 years ago, fact and fiction begin to blur in Nancy’s mind, and she becomes increasingly convinced these strangers are her real parents. As their bond deepens, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief – and the power of emotion threatens to overcome all rationality.