It will be the French director Brizé to inaugurate the twenty-second edition of the Naples Film Festival introducing on Wednesday 22nd September, at 20,30pm, the screening of his “Another World” in the Dumas Room of theFrench Institute of Naples, for an evening organized in collaboration with “Venice in Naples - extended cinema".
Presented in Competition at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, the film tells the story of a business executive, Philippe Lemesle (Vincent Lindon), who, due to his job and the strong pressures it exerts on his private life, is on the verge of separating from his wife. In this delicate situation, he will have to choose which direction his life will take from now on.
The festival, with the artistic direction of Mario Violini in collaboration with Giuseppe Borrone, sees twenty works in competition in the section ScreenNaples Courts, created by young authors from Campania or created in the region.
Grouped in groups of 5, they will be screened from 16,30pm in the Sala Dumas of the French Institute of Naples from Wednesday to Saturday (entrance €5):
On September 22, “Antonio" by Emiliano De Martino, "The invitation" by the Borruto brothers, "Visionary” by Marco Benincasa, “Pure Love” by Lorenzo Cammisa, “Fame” by Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo.
On September 23, “7 days” by Mario Cesaro, “A pair” by Davide Petrosino, “Homeless” by Luca Esposito, “locked out” by Marco Chiappetta, “Everything was fine” by Paolo Fulvio Mazzacane.
On September 25, “The seed of hope” by Nando Morra, “baby bird” by Antonio Passaro, “Goodwill” by Gianfranco Antacido, “Emma” by Andrea Bocchetti on September 24, “The usual lunch” by Andrea Valentino, “Beyond the giants” by Marco Renda, “The Hour of Clouds” by Mario Sposito, “It is not just a game” by Guglielmo Lipari, “Laura's voice” by Giuseppe Bucci.
The jury, composed of the journalist Antonio Fiore, the filmmaker Maria Di Razza and the director Francesco Prisco, will award the Vesuvius Award to the director of the best short film and a plaque for the best male and female performance.
The second day of the Naples Film Festival will feature the preview screening of the 2021 Cannes Palme d'Or “Titanium”, written and directed by Julia ducournau, a film that will be in Italian theaters from October 1st.
In collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, Friday September 24 at 20,30 pm, the restored 4K version of the masterpiece – manifesto of the New wave, "About Souffle"of Jean-Luc Godard, with the regret Jean-Paul Belmondo e Jean Seberg. Completing the international previews, the Argentine film “Piazzolla, the revolution of tango", from Daniel Rosenfeld (September 25th at 20,30 pm) and “Mother", from Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Best Actress Award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival (September 23, 18,30:XNUMX pm).
Among the most anticipated guests Jerzy skolimowski, to which a retrospective of three films is dedicated: “The Virgin”, Golden Bear in Berlin in 1967 (September 25, 14,30 pm), “Essential Killing” (September 26th at 16,30 pm) and the unreleased “11 minutes” (September 25, 18,30:25 p.m.). The great Polish director will talk about his idea of cinema, in a meeting with the Neapolitan public scheduled for Saturday, September 11,30, at XNUMX:XNUMX a.m.
The closing event at the end of the award ceremony for the winners of the Competition will always be a French film preview, “Under the stars of Paris", from Claus Drexel to Catherine Frot which tells of an indelible encounter between a homeless woman and a non-EU child who got lost in the streets of Paris (September 26, 18,30 pm), and the screening of the documentary “Spin Time – How hard is democracy?” presented by the author Sabina Guzzanti (September 26, 8:30 PM) about an occupied building transformed into an incredible social and cultural experiment. This evening was organized in collaboration with "Venice in Naples – Extended Cinema."
Among other screenings scheduled, in collaboration with the Comicon, International Festival of Pop Culture, the film “Metamoebius” by Damian Pettigrew (September 22), the absolute preview of the documentary “Living Earth” directed by Nilo Sciarrone (24 September at 18,30 pm), a story on the road with Luigi Libra, travelling around Campania, in search of inspiration for the new album of the same name, and the animated film “Josep" created by French cartoonist and director Aurel, dedicated to the memory of Josep Bartoli, who fled Spain during the Franco era (September 25, 10 am – screening for schools only). Admission for each screening is €7.
Naples: Queues of onlookers and evacuees line the Sannazaro Theater, destroyed by fire.
The day after the fire, a silence filled with disbelief reigns in front of the Sannazaro Theater. On Via Chiaia, in the heart of Naples, curious onlookers, tourists, journalists, and residents stand in a huddle, gazing at the remains of one of the city's cultural symbols, devastated by the flames.
Firefighters worked tirelessly throughout the night to quell the remaining fumaroles and secure the area. This morning, two teams are still engaged in cleanup operations, which will continue throughout the day and, most likely, into tomorrow. The goal is to eliminate any remaining sources of fire and verify the stability of the structure.
Naples, man dies after surgery: half a million in compensation for his family
Compensation exceeding €500 for the death of a patient undergoing fatal surgery was awarded by the Court of Naples, which found a facility within the Naples Local Health Authority (ASL) guilty of serious medical negligence in its handling of the case.
According to the court's findings, the man had undergone abdominal surgery that was deemed incorrectly indicated and performed with critical surgical procedures. This was compounded by post-operative management described as "severely deficient." The patient subsequently developed severe metabolic decompensation that preceded his death.
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