Il Naples Film Festival restarts with the twenty-second edition which will be held from September 22nd to 26th at theFrench Institute of Naples, with the artistic direction of Mario Violini in collaboration with Giuseppe Borrone.
The competition has been confirmed ScreenNaples Short, reserved for 20 short films made by young authors from Campania or made in the region. Among the selected works there are many well-known actors including Rosaria De Cicco, Andy Luotto, Ludovica Nasti, Gigi Savoy, Antonella Stefanucci and many others.
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. All the works in competition will be screened from 16,30:5 pm in the Sala Dumas of the French Institute of Naples (entrance XNUMX€).
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 23, 18,30:XNUMX p.m.), “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.
French cinema will take centre stage on the opening night, when “Another World"With Vincent Lindon and Sandrine Kiberlainin the presence of the director Brizé, in competition at the latest Venice Film Festival. The event is organized in collaboration with the festival Venice in Naples, provided for by the The 19 24 October.
Completing the international previews, the Argentine film “Piazzolla, the revolution of tango”, by Daniel Rosenfeld (September 25th at 20,30 pm) and “Dovlatov – The Invisible Books”, by Aleksey German Jr., Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival (23 September at 20,30 pm).
Furthermore, in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, the restored 4K version of the masterpiece – manifesto of the Nouvelle Vague, “ will be previewed.About Souffle” by Jean-Luc Godard, with the late Jean Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg (September 24th at 20,30pm).
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The closing event at the end of the award ceremony for the winners of the Short Film Competition will always be a French film preview, “Under the stars of Paris”, by Claus Drexel with Catherine Frot who tells of an indelible encounter between a homeless woman and a non-EU child who got lost in the streets of Paris (September 26th at 18,30 pm), and the screening of the documentary “Spin Time – How hard is democracy?” presented by the author Sabina Guzzanti (September 26th at 20,30pm).
In collaboration with Comicon, the International Festival of Pop Culture, the film “Metamoebius” by Damian Pettigrew (September 22), special event of the exhibition Inside Moebius, organized at the French Institute by Paola Damiano, connected to the current exhibition at the MANN (Moebius – In Search of Time).
Homage to Campania is the world premiere of the documentary “Living Earth” directed by Nilo Sciarrone (September 24th at 18,30 pm), an on the road story about Louis Libra in search of inspiration for his new self-titled album. The film stars, among others, Peppino Di Capri, Gianni Parisi, Patrizio Rispo and other artists from the Neapolitan scene.
On the morning of Saturday 25th, at 10 am, as part of the Open Doors – Institut Français Naples event, the animated film “Josep” created by the French designer and director Aurel, dedicated to the memory of Josep Bartoli, who fled Spain during the Franco era.
Pre-opening of the festival with the preview of the film “Welcome to Casa Esposito” by Gianluca Ansanelli with Giovanni Esposito, Antonia Truppo and Francesco Di Leva, in the presence of the director and the cast, Monday 20 September at 21pm at the Metropolitan, and then in cinemas from September 23 with Vision Distribution.
For information, ticket reservations and the complete program www.napolifilmfestival.com or by sending an email to info@napolifilmfestival.com.
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