Benevento National Film and Television Festival at its third edition

A great party to celebrate the best of cinema and TV of the season, with all the most representative protagonists who will arrive from 9 to 14 July at the BCT, the National Film and Television Festival of Benevento, now in its third edition, founded and directed by Antonio Frascadore.
The packed program of meetings, TV and film previews, and events that will come to life in a week full of guests and initiatives coordinated and organized together with prestigious partners who have enthusiastically embraced the logic of the Festival. In the most representative places of the city from Piazza Roma, to the Hortus Conclusus-Arena Gaveli, from Piazza Santa Sofia to Piazza Federico Torre, from the Gardens of Santa Sofia to the Museo del Sannio, the stars of cinema and TV will arrive, among others Paola Cortellesi and Riccardo Milani, Elena Santarelli, Ivan Cotroneo, Marco Bocci, Giulia Michelini, Pietro Valsecchi, I Soldispicci, Luisa Ranieri, Massimo Boldi, Jerry Calà, Luca Argentero. And also Greta Scarano, Margherita Buy, Elena Sofia Ricci, Franca Leosini, Claudia Gerini, Sarah Felberbaum, Frank Matano, Carlo Freccero. A guest of great international appeal Liam Cunningham, who will be in Benevento thanks to the partnership with Fox Networks Group Italy, for the national preview of The Hot Zone (two episodes will be screened there), broadcast from September on National Geographic. Cunningham, beloved protagonist of the event series The Game of Thrones, will be in conversation on July 12 with journalist Martina Riva, while on the 13th he will be the protagonist of the Masterclass “The actor's profession from “Game of Thrones” to reality”. The Fox group will also be present with the Italian preview of the second season of Romolo + Giuly, The Italian World War. Vision Distribution will also be a protagonist of the BCT, which will bring (in collaboration with Indigo) the opening screening, on July 9th, of Riccardo Milani's latest success “But what does the brain tell us?”, with the presence of the director, Paola Cortellesi in Piazza Roma and Paola Minaccioni at the Hortus Conclusus-Arena Gaveli. On July 11th, again at the Hortus Conclusus-Arena Gaveli, the screening of The Children's Paranza, with the director Claudio Giovannesi who will talk with the historian and film critic Valerio Caprara. On July 13th it will be the turn of the screening of “Bentornato Presidente” which is enriched by the presence of the female protagonist Sarah Felberbaum, Paolo Calabresi, Giuseppe G.Stasi and Giancarlo Fontana. On July 14th, a national preview arrives, signed by Vision “Vita Segreta di Maria Capasso” with the beautiful Luisa Ranieri and the director Salvatore Piscicelli. The Vision group will also be the protagonist of the panel “Dal set alla sala, al telecomando. La catena del cinema italiano”, in which the themes relating to the film industry chain will be addressed (from the production, to the release in cinemas up to the arrival on TV of the films). Lucisano Media Group, a loyal partner of the Festival since the first season, will bring one of the successes of the season to the BCT on July 10th, "All we have left is crime” directed by Massimiliano Bruno. Guest star Ilenia Pastorelli. The founder Fulvio Lucisano, speaking about the festival, said: “We are pleased to participate again this year at the Benevento Festival which, as in the excellent past editions, proves to be one of the best Italian festivals, recognized by the Mibact among the top ten in the sector. It is therefore very important that the public and producers participate in large numbers to highlight our cinema and our important films”. For the third year, the collaboration with Indigo returns, with the presence of director Ivan Cotroneo on July 9, to tell the story of “La Compagnia del Cigno”, the TV series, a ratings champion on Rai Uno in the season just ended. Nicola Giuliano, founder with Francesca Cima of Indigo, describes the festival as follows: “I have been following the BCT Festival since its debut in 2017. A unique festival that brings together cinema and television at a time when any need for distinction between language and enjoyment of the two categories is lacking. I admire Antonio Frascadore's ability to set up an event with such a high number of quality events. I know with how much effort and passion he works all year with his team to build a week full of entertainment and culture and, as a Campano, I can only appreciate and be proud of this "creature" of his. The Taodue universe led by the producer Pietro Valsecchi, will be alongside the Festival, with an important evening, on July 10, which will examine the success of the fiction, from “Anti-Mafia Squad” to “Rosy Abate” with the two undisputed idols of the Italian public, Marco Bocci and Giulia Michelini, in addition to the presence of Valsecchi and Mizio Curcio, chief editor of the group. New entry in the third edition is the collaboration with the Chili group, the digital on demand platform made in Italy, which with the Hot Corn cinema magazine, will revive the legendary Eighties on Thursday 11 July with the event film “Yuppies. The successful young people”. The director of Hot Corn Andrea Morandi will be on stage with some of the protagonists, Massimo Boldi, Jerry Calà, Corinne Clery and the director Enrico Vanzina. Discovery Italia confirms its presence alongside the BCT with the event “Homemade for you. Benedetta Rossi's recipes on Real Time and Food Network, with the guest queen of the stove, much loved by housewives from all over Italy. Guests on 14 July instead, Csaba dalla Zorza, Roberto Valbuzzi and Diego Thomas, the protagonists of "Courtesies for guests”, a successful program broadcast on Real Time. Unisannio Cultura together with the University of Sannio will be the protagonists with a beautiful national premiere of a theatrical piece “Raccontami Monica Vitti”, performed by Claudia Gerini, directed by Massimo Cinque, who wrote the story with Anna Aquilone. The University of Sannio will also be the protagonist of a Masterclass on photography in cinema with the director of photography Dante Spinotti, nominated for an Oscar twice, and of the Masterclass with Cunningham who will talk with the journalist Gianmaria Tammaro and the students of the University. (admission by reservation for students). There are still many unmissable events such as the conversation on the “Masters of Cinema” with Margherita Buy (July 12), “Superheroes, cinema and TV” (July 11) with Luca Argentero, a friendly and irresistible Diana Del Bufalo (July 11) who will tell her life story as only she knows how, Greta Scarano (July 11) “From Suburra to The Name of the Rose, up to the success of Non Mentire”. The cinematic and television successes of Elena Sofia Ricci will be told by the guest actress on July 12. And then Marianna Fontana, one of the twins protagonist of Indivisibili by Edoardo De Angelis, the showman Frank Matano guest on July 13, as well as the director Saverio Costanzo who will examine his professional path between cinema and television. Elena Santarelli will have a friendly chat with Gabriele Parpiglia, from his debut until today (July 9) while on July 12 it will be the turn of Elisabetta Gregoraci, who with Sabina Donadio, will tell her professional revenge between cinema and TV. Don't miss the meeting with Franca Leosini (July 13) interviewed by Alessio Viola, the revolutionary director of Rai 2 Carlo Freccero on July 14, and the sports journalist Pierluigi Pardo (July 9) and his Tiki Taka, who changed the language of football on TV. The memory of the cult series Boris, with the event evening "How much we miss you Boris”, arrives on July 14th with the protagonists guests in Piazza Roma. There will be over 200 works in competition for the five competitions of the Festival, coming from 36 different countries in the world, many of which will be previewed, in fact there will be screenings every day from morning to evening during the Festival. An unmissable closing event of the festival on July 19th with Ezio Bosso who will conduct the Benevento Philharmonic Orchestra at the Teatro Romano. Great satisfaction for the young artistic director Antonio Frascadore, heart and soul of the BCT: "I am very happy, the Festival confirms itself once again this year as one of the most important events on the Italian scene, with more than 60 guests and more than 70 events, over 200 works in competition coming from 26 countries in the world, 3 important previews, thanks to our partners who have embraced our project. The center of Benevento will be involved in its entirety, with all the events, and I am honored to close with the concert of the great maestro Ezio Bosso. A very long work that lasted a year, with the precious support of the old and new media partners, who chose us and of all the sponsors who helped us support the event. I look forward to seeing you in Benevento to celebrate this fantastic year together.” Entrance to all evenings (except for the concert by maestro Ezio Bosso) is free, with collection of entrance tickets for the events in Piazza Roma and the Hortus Conclusus Arena Gaveli, at the Festival offices in viale Mellusi 3, or (for non-residents) bookable by sending an email to info@festivalbeneventocinematv.it 
In the program below all the detailed appointments and in the attachment the notes of the partners participating in the event.