Gianfranco Rosi: Firmament of the Real

Among a small handful of working filmmakers to have taken home top prizes at two of the three major European film festivals, Gianfranco Rosi—who will visit Metrograph on the occasion of this complete retrospective—is among the most distinguished living practitioners of nonfiction film, a “psychogeographer” [The Guardian] whose process of embedding himself in the communities he documents renders works of rare candor and intimacy, whether their subjects are cartel killers (El Sicario, Room 164), Italian islanders experiencing the fallout of the European migrant crisis (Fire at Sea), or everyday people going about their business in the war zones of the Middle East (Notturno). A comprehensive overview of a body of work that observes and reports, with a patient, unblinking eye, on the tumultuous world we live in today.

Pompei: Below the Clouds

Introduction and Q&A with director Gianfranco Rosi on Friday, June 12th

Boatman

Sat Jun 13

India: Matri Bhumi

Sat Jun 13

Fire at Sea

Q&A with director Gianfranco Rosi on Saturday, June 13th✀ଡ
Sat Jun 13

Sacro GRA

Introduction by director Gianfranco Rosi on Saturday, June 13th
Sat Jun 13

Below Sea Level

Sat Jun 20

El Sicario, Room 164

Sat Jun 20

Notturno

Q&A with director Gianfranco Rosi moderated by writer and critic Nicolas Rapold on Sunday, June 21st
Sun Jun 21

In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis

Sun Jun 21