(Venice Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Marina fearful and Annamaria Stramondo- Photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) Daniele Lucchetti delude il grande pubblico, la sezione ORIZZONTI ci prepara ad un grande CINEMA Nella SERATA INAUGURALE DELLA 77. MOSTRA i direttori artistici dei principali festival cinematografici europei erano presenti alla serata inaugurale della 77. Venice International Film Festival, in rappresentanza della comunità dei festival cinematografici dell’Europa e del mondo in questo momento di pandemia. I direttori – Alberto Barbera (Venice), ThierryFremaux (Cannes film festival), Lili Hinstin
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SPECIAL # VENICE77 #3 – 2/12SETTEMBRE 2020: (DAY -1) Pre-opening
(Venice Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Marina fearful and Annamaria Stramondo- Photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) Here we are, in less than 48 hours the Venice Film Festival opens its doors at the time of COVID. There are many innovations especially the organizational ones with a reduced number of films to increase the projections of each work and respect the distancing. But let's see in detail: Anna Foglietta condurrà le serate di apertura e chiusura Anna Foglietta aprirà la 77. Venice on the evening of Wednesday, 2 September
SPECIAL # VENICE77 #2 – 2/12SETTEMBRE 2020: (DAY -3) The numbers
(Venice Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Marina fearful and Annamaria Stramondo- Photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) This year's selection is affected by the pandemic but despite the difficulties the feature films in the Official Selection are 62 divided as follows: 18 in the Venice section 77 (Competition) 22 in the Out of Competition section (of which 11 documentaries) 19 in the Horizons section 2 in the Biennale College – Cinema section 1 nella sezione Fuori Concorso – Proiezioni Speciali I cortometraggi sono 17 divided as follows: 12 in the Horizons section 2 in the Orizzonti – Fuori section
SPECIAL # VENICE77 #1 – 2/12SETTEMBRE 2020: (DAY -10) The parallel sections SIC and GdA
(Venice Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Marina fearful and Annamaria Stramondo- Photos are published courtesy of the Biennale) Tra due settimane aprirà l’edizione 2020 diretta da Alberto Barbera in un clima generale di attese per il suo svolgimento ai tempi del COVID-19. Vogliamo fare il punto sulle due sezioni parallele. 17ma Giornate degli AUTORI Come la ha definita la direttrice artistica Gaia Furrer “È una grande avventura di viaggio quella proposta quest’anno dalla selezione delle Giornate degli Autori. Un viaggio che parte dalla Cina rurale degli anni Novanta
KASSIM YASSIN SALEH with THE WIND UNDER THE FEET at the National Festival of the Videocorto di Nettuno 25th Ed.
from 21 al 23 August Neptune for three evenings will breathe the air of Italian cinema thanks to a selection that promises to be spectacular and varied like few others. The frame is the same as the last lucky edition, or the Forte Sangallo, all in total safety and compliance with anti-Covid regulations. The President of the Jury this year is Pino Quartullo, actor and director who certainly needs no introduction but with him there will be many surprises and collateral events. As always, the artistic direction are Elvio Calderoni and Giulia
Film Critics from SNCCI: “UNDINE” – A LOVE FOREVER ”by Christian Petzold
Presented at the 70th Berlinale SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS to Paula Beer and distributed by Europictures (Exit 24 September), was designated Film of the Critics by the National Union of Italian Film Critics SNCCI with the following motivation: Confirming himself among the most original and narratively daring filmmakers of the present, Christian Petzold draws on Nordic mythology to give us a new poignant love story. Against the backdrop of a constantly changing Berlin, among revisited legends, omens and obsessions, Undine and Christophe are the tragic heroes of a melò that defies destiny, suspended
Umbria Film Festival 2020 – 24but ed. – 5/9 August 2020 Montone (PG)
Among the films presented at the Umbria Film Festival chaired by Terry Gilliam, "Master Cheng", the latest feature film by Mika Kaurismaki, 'Bacurau' by Kleber Mendonca Filho and Juliano Dornelles, Jury Prize in Cannes and the Franco-Algerian "Don't know Papicha", esordio di Mounia Meddour Tra le altre iniziative i corti per bambini e il progetto Drawings 2020 by Lone Scherfig, the seminar on migrants, ma anche il Premio al Miglior Casting Italiano e i Corsi di Sceneggiatura e di Fotografia documentaria Dal 5 al 9 August if you have Montone (Perugia), the Umbria Film Festival,
SiciliAmbiente Film Festival XII edition 4 / 8 August San Vito Lo Capo (TP)
SICILIAMBIENTE IS AN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, SHORT FILMS AND ANIMATIONS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, DELLA SOSTENIBILITÀ E DEI DIRITTI UMANI Al via la XII edizione di SiciliAmbiente, to be held from 4 on 8 August in San Vito Lo Capo. The festival, directed by Antonio Bellia, with the organizational direction of Sheila Melosu at 19.30 in the Garden room with the presentation of the book by Davide Ficarra "Follow the ash" (Navarra Publisher) who will be present at the event to meet the festival audience. Set against the backdrop of the maxi-trial at Cosa Nostra, in a Palermo that
THE MAGNA GRAECIA FILM FESTIVAL XVII edition kicks off
MAGNA GRAECIA FILM FESTIVAL XVII edition - Port of CATANZARO 1 / 8 August 2020 From Saturday 1 until 8 August 2020 the seventeenth edition of the Magna Graecia Film Festival takes place at the Port of Catanzaro, conceived and directed by Gianvito Casadonte, which is confirmed as the Calabrian summer event. The edition 2020 it is dedicated to two great protagonists of Italian cinema, Federico Fellini and Alberto Sordi. Actress Barbara Chichiarelli was among the appearances at the festival, fresh winner of the Silver Ribbon - Graziella Bonacchi Award and Godmother of the festival and part of the Jury,
Film Critics from SNCCI: "EMA" by Pablo Larraín
"EMA" by Pablo Larraín, presented at the 76th Venice International Film Festival and distributed by Movies Inspired (Exit 2 September), was designated Film of the Critics by the National Union of Italian Film Critics SNCCI with the following motivation: Temporarily abandoning the re-reading of the history of his country to look at the present, Larraín tears apart the concept of family, between dancing bodies, music and night raids. Magnetic charm, anti-social nature, woman and mother according to their own rules, Ema sets fire to, but, creates and destroys. Its slender and powerful figure represents a