Invitation to KARIN'S CARNIVAL, a documentary by Anny Carraro - Venice, Italy

(VENICE, ITALY) Karin is an average German woman, except for one remarkable quirk -- for the past 20 years she has stuffed her suitcase full of fanciful costumes and taken the train down to the Carnival in Venice. After slipping into one of her own marvelous creations, she transforms from workaday banker to 18th Century noblewoman, and steps out onto the streets of Venice and into another dimension.

Submitted into this year's Industry section of the International Venice Film Festival, Anny Carraro's 46-minute documentary follows Karin and her entourage through their initial encounter at the exclusive Caffè Florian, to fabulous masked balls at Venetian palaces, to a deserted Piazza San Marco where the circle of masqueraders swears a solemn oath to return the following year.

With glimpses of timeless Venetian traditions sprinkled throughout the film -- the Flight of the Angel from the Bell Tower, outdoor theatrical productions, the ancient beauty pageant, La Festa delle Marie -- Karin represents the hundreds of foreigners who descend upon Venice each Carnival and warp into another time, another dimension. Why do they come? Anny Carraro's final images let the viewer draw his own conclusion.

Studio AC
cordially invites you
to the screening of the documentary
Karin’s Carnival
(Il Carnevale di Karin)
on Saturday Aug. 30, 2008, at 5:15pm,
Sala Zorzi, Palazzo del Cinema,
Venezia-Lido Video Library: Aug. 27 - Sept. 6
Contact: phone 041 5242571 – cell 3462251747
e-mail: cartom@tin.it

I 2007, DVCAM, colour, 46 minutes
Format: 4/3 - Editing System: AVID X-Press
German, French, Italian - English subtitles
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