Eleventh edition of “Venice to Naples. The Extended Cinema”: the film festival conceived and directed by Antonella Di Nocera, which welcomes for 6 days, from Tuesday 19th to Sunday 24th October, the new narratives coming from the 78th Venice Film Festival.
At the heart of the program: cinematographies from France, Spain, Russia, Bolivia, Romania, Syria, Ukraine, Lithuania, Taiwan and other countries with their new horizons, a particular attention to the gaze of the authors and to feminine themes, independent titles to overcome the limits of ordinary distribution and exclusive encounters capable of crossing geographical and cultural borders.
They are 7 rooms film which host screenings and meetings. Headquarters the Cinema Astra in the historic center of Naples, with events also at theInstitut Français Naples, Cinema Vittoria of Aversa, Magic vision of Casalnuovo, People's House of Ponticelli, La Perla Cinema of Bagnoli and Ricciardi Theater of Capua.
Tuesday 19th day opening from 15pm with 4 film at the Astra cinema. Official inauguration at 19 pm with greetings from Prof. Matteo Lorito, Rector of the University of Naples Federico II and Rosanna Romano, General Director for Cultural Policies and Tourism of the Campania Region, followed by the screening of the film They Carry Death, guests Spanish directors Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado, introduces the film Anna Masecchia. Special event with Mario Martone at 21 pm with the screening of Qui rido io. The director presents the film with the director of the event.
Among the protagonists of the six days of cinema, the director Audrey diwan and the actress Anamaria Vartolomei which bring the film that won the Golden Lion in Venice to Naples for the first time Anne's Choice -L'événement (Sunday 24 October at 21pm, Cinema Astra), introduced by Antonella Di Nocera and the Consul General of France in Naples Laurent Burin des Roziers.
The winners of the competition “Authors Under 40”, Award for young female talents, established this year for the first time at the Lido by “Venice in Naples” and dedicated to the director who died prematurely Valentina Pedicini.
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Wednesday 20 the awards for best director will be given ex aequo to the Russian Ekaterina Selenkina for Detours and to the Kosovar Kaltrina Krasniqi for Summer Dreams of the Sea, Friday 22 the award for best Romanian screenplay Monica Stan for the movie Immaculate (Lion of the Future in Venice) in the presence of the Pedicini family.
Among other guests with many award-winning and preview works: eric gravel Full time (Best Direction Orizzonti), Elisa Fuksas, with the director of the Venice Days, Gaia Furrer, for his documentary Endless on the life of Ornella Vanoni, The actors Massimiliano Gallo e Marina Confalone with the writer and screenwriter Maurizio de Giovanni for the movie The great silence di Alessandro Gassmann, Stefano Sardo with A relationship, Maddalena Stornaiuolo author of the short film Confetti, Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman directors of California
And again, Chiara Marotta and Loris Giuseppe Nese for the short film The shift, Andrea Segre for Welcome Venice, Ameer Fakher Eldin with the film Al Garib (Oedipus Rex Award), Ciro De Caro director of Giulia, Gianluca Matarrese and his The last session, Matteo Tortone with Mother Lode, Daniele De Michele and the documentary Sailors, Chiara Caterina author of The enchantment and Catherine McGilvray for Fellini and the shadow.
To enrich the program, the viewing of titles exclusively for "Venice in Naples", a unique opportunity to see valuable works, awarded in Venice, not distributed in theaters, such as The great move by Kiro Russo (Orizzonti Special Jury Prize) and Pilgrims by Laurynas Bareisa (Orizzonti Award for Best Film).
