The long journey of the Festival dei Popoli, the international documentary film festival, arrives at the 61st edition from 15 al 22 November in Florence “in the ways and in the dimensions - said Alessandro Stellino and Claudia Maci, co-directors of the festival - which we will evaluate in the coming months based on the health emergency. In any case, we will not give up on pursuing what is most important to us: the possibility of making the best cinema a place for comparison and exchange between cultures and people ". The edition officially starts 2020 with the opening of registrations
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Cinema: tribute to Ettore Scola on Più Compagnia virtual screens
Florence, 19 June 2020 - Who knows what Ettore Scola would say if he knew that a selection of his films will be "screened" in a virtual cinema on the occasion of a tribute to his cinematography? It is "Sabato Scola", the tribute organized on Più Compagnia, the virtual room of La Compagnia di Firenze, that every Saturday, from tomorrow, 20 June to 25 July (ore 21), will accompany the spectator on a journey through Ettore Scola's cinema. The director for over fifty years, he told Italy and the Italians in his cinema, with its authorial trait, his deep gaze, poetic and disenchanted. More
Biografilm celebrates World Refugee Day 2020 with an additional projection
Biografilm celebrates World Refugee Day 2020 con una proiezione aggiuntiva La prima edizione online di Biografilm Festival si è chiusa il 15 June. But on the occasion of World Refugee Day 2020 organized by the United Nations, the festival returns to propose a film from this year's program, to promote the culture of hospitality and reflect on the value of integration. For the whole day on Saturday 20 June, it will be possible to watch the film We Were Not Born Refugees online (We were not born refugees) by Claudio Zulian just presented in a world preview at Biografilm. The event is organized by Biografilm Festival in collaboration with WeWorld
The David di Donatello Awards take part in the "Making Cinema" initiative
Accademia del Cinema Italiano – Premi David di Donatello I Premi David di Donatello prendono parte all'iniziativa “Fare Cinema” I cortometraggi italiani candidati ai David di Donatello 2020 potranno essere visti sottotitolati in tutto il mondo su Rai Play dal 15 al 21 giugno Dal 15 June until 21 June, nell'ambito dell'iniziativa promossa dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione “Fare Cinema”, i cinque cortometraggi italiani candidati alla 65° edizione dei David di Donatello saranno disponibili in streaming e in versione sottotitolata in tutto il mondo attraverso la piattaforma digitale RaiPlay.
BIO TO B: the event “business” online of Biografilm Festival
BIO TO B, THE BUSINESS EVENT OF BIOGRAFILM FESTIVAL, SI TRASFORMA IN UN FORUM ONLINE PER I PROFESSIONISTI DEL CINEMA Con 14 selected projects (4 of Emilia-Romagna production, 5 of Italian production, 5 of European production), 9 female directors and 14 Countries represented, the seventh edition of Bio to B - Doc arrives online&Biopic Business Meeting, the Biografilm market aimed at professionals of the international cinema industry. «The selected projects can truly represent the world of Italian and European documentary at its best. We have very experienced filmmakers such as Sean McAllister and women directors at them
Film Critics from SNCCI: "TONY DRIVER" by Ascanio Petrini
"TONY DRIVER" by Ascanio Petrini presented at the 34th SIC in Venice 2019 has been designated Critics Film by the National Union of Italian Film Critics - SNCCI with the following Motivation:. In telling the paradoxical story of Pasquale Donatone, said Tony, born in Bari, raised in the US and "repatriated" to Italy (now a foreign land) for an illegal "passeur" activity on the Mexican border, Ascanio Petrini breaks down the concept of frontier in both geographical terms, than political and linguistic. Film about the absurdity of walls and ban, "Tony Driver" reinvents space according to new and
Cannes Docs Online 2020 hosts the first edition of Showcase Italy
CANNES DOCS ONLINE 2020 HOST THE FIRST EDITION OF THE SHOWCASE ITALY, REALIZZATI IN COLLABORAZIONE CON PIEMONTE E TOSCANA L’edizione 2020 of the Cannes Film Market, that this year will be held online from 22 al 26 June, baptizes the first edition of Showcase Italy, initiative created within Cannes Docs thanks to the collaboration between the Turin Film Festival and the Festival dei Popoli, with the support of the Turin Piedmont Film Commission and the Tuscany Film Commission. Showcase Italy will be held on Tuesday 23 June at 14:30 in the prestigious setting of Cannes Docs, the space that the Marchè du Film dedicates every year to the cinema of reality. Four documentaries
The new Sicilian movie star MIRIAM LEONE in an all-Italian comedy: Love at home by Emiliano Corapi
Miriam Leone is the absolute protagonist in this comedy, not without tragic comic ideas that reflect the evolution of Italian society from the male chauvinist stereotype to a society where the male is afraid of taking the situation in hand. Anna's gaze bewitches you, envelops you and so does Renato, played by Simone Liberati falls into the trap set by Anna (Miriam Leone). Anna is under house arrest at her mother's house but like every human being, loneliness is close to her and so she decides to take back her life. In this
Valmyn supports the reopening of the cinemas and brings LA GOMERA and MARIE CURIE back to the theater
Valmyn supports the reopening of the cinemas and brings LA GOMERA and MARIE CURIE back to the theater, two titles released just before the lockdown and finally available again on the big screen starting from 15 giugno La distribuzione Valmyn ritorna in prima linea, alongside the exhibitors, and supports the reopening of cinemas, bringing LA GOMERA and MARIE CURIE back to the room, two titles released just before the lockdown and whose path, then, it was abruptly interrupted. From 15 June, both are available again on the big screen. Defined by the New York Times as “A cinephile divertissement
XVIII edition of the # ISCHIAFILMFESTIVAL: The selected works
The eighteenth edition that will take place in a hybrid version is emerging, partly in presence and partly online, from 27 June to 4 July 2020 (www.ischiafilmfestivalonline.it). Short films between social commitment, historical revisitations and intimate reflections, and a new section dedicated to animation works for an imaginative journey that touches almost all the countries of the world, from South Korea to Brazil, from Iran to Iceland, emphasizing the link between cinema and location. In particular, the Short Films section extends to works lasting up to 52 minutes, putting together works of