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Mauro Colombis

Mauro Colombis will accompany the screenings with his own composed and improvised piano music, a blend of varying styles of classical music and jazz. Mauro is an Italian-born Sydney based pianist and composer. He has two Masters in classical piano performance (P.I. Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatorium, Russia and B. Marcello Venice Conservatorium, Italy) and a Bachelor in Drama, Arts & Music Studies (DAMS – University of Bologna). Over 20 years Mauro has specialised in silent film accompaniment regularly playing within Australia and internationally including Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, Italy, the leading silent film festival internationally.

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Production Credits

Manhatta

  • Directors: Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler
  • Based on: the poem 'Mannahatta' by Walt Whitman
  • Cinematographer: Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler
  • Editor: Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler
  • Print Source/Rights: Light Cone
  • Shooting Format: 35mm
  • Screening Format: 16mm
  • Year: 1921
  • Runtime: 12 minutes
  • Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • Sound: Mono
  • Colour: Black and White

Melbhattan

  • Director: Oslo Davis
  • Script: Oslo Davis
  • Cinematographer: Oslo Davis
  • Editor: Oslo Davis
  • Print Source/Rights: Oslo Davis
  • Year: 2012
  • Runtime: 5 minutes
  • Country: Australia
  • Language: English
  • Sound: Stereo
  • Colour: Black and White

Douro, Faina Fluvial (Labor on the Douro River)

  • Director: Manoel de Oliveira
  • Script: Manoel de Oliveira
  • Cinematographer: António Mendes
  • Editor: Manoel de Oliveira
  • Print Source/Rights: Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema, IP
  • Year: 1931
  • Runtime: 18 minutes
  • Country: Portugal
  • Language: Portuguese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Sound: Mono
  • Colour: Black and White

Rien que les heures (Nothing But Time)

  • Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
  • Script: Alberto Cavalcanti
  • Cinematographer: James E. Rogers
  • Editor: Alberto Cavalcanti
  • Print Source/Rights: Les Films du Jeudi
  • Shooting Format: 35mm
  • Screening Format: DCP
  • Year: 1926
  • Runtime: 43 minutes
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Sound: Mono
  • Colour: Black and White