Fellini

January-February 2020

Enjoy the start of a two-month season on one of world cinema’s most exuberantly playful filmmakers.

Introduction by season programmer Pasquale Iannone

Re-releases and preview screenings

Walkers and Wanderers

On the road with Fellini

Society and Spectacle

Putting on a show, Fellini-style

Viva Fellini!

A special programme across Saturday 18 January and Sunday 19 Sunday to celebrate the centenary of the director’s birth (20 Jan)

Introductions, talks and events

February screenings

Part two of our season of Fellini film screenings

Episodic Fellini

Fellini embraces the short form

BFI Course

Introduction

January (Part 1)

“Realism is a bad word... I see no line between the imaginary and the real”
Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini’s career stretches from post-war neorealism to the MTV era. Although best known for his epochal early-60s films La dolce vita and 8½, he first came to international prominence as a director in the mid-50s with back-to-back Oscar® wins for La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, both featuring unforgettable central performances from his wife and muse Giulietta Masina, and the bittersweet music of Nino Rota. Fellini’s kaleidoscopic, often sharply satirical narratives draw freely from his own personal obsessions, fantasies and memories, and have gone on to influence several generations of directors including David Lynch, Pedro Almodóvar, Sofia Coppola and Paolo Sorrentino. Grouped under three main themes, this complete retrospective marks the centenary of Fellini’s birth and offers a rare opportunity to savour his extraordinary body of work on the big screen.

Pasquale Iannone

February (Part 2)

“My fantasies and obsessions are not only my reality, but the stuff of which my films are made”
Federico Fellini

We round off our two-month centenary celebration of the renowned Italian filmmaker with a special focus on aspects of his work he’s arguably most famous for – the world of dreams and autobiography. These films span almost 35 years in the director’s career and include some of his best-known pictures, including the seminal film-about-film 8½ and the Oscar®-winning Amarcord. Fellini himself is a compelling presence in front of the camera, most memorably in The Clowns, Roma and Intervista, where the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction become ever more fluid. We also include Il Bidone and a programme of the director’s contributions to anthology films – little jewels offering further proof of Fellini’s fleet-flooted imagination.

Pasquale Iannone

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Alongside the release of La dolce vita, cinemas across the UK and Ireland will screen a selection of Fellini films.

CULTURAL PARTNERS

This retrospective is the first of the Fellini 100 official international tour, coordinated by the Italian Ministry of Culture, led by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà, who have provided the films. All films have been digitally restored by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà, Cineteca di Bologna and Cineteca Nazionale.

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