XII edition “Venice in Naples. Extended Cinema”, from 25 – 30 October 2022. Cinema from around the world arrives in Naples with an independent selection from the 79th Venice Film Festival.
30 works and 40 guests, 10 national previews including the exclusive Golden Lion “All the beauty and the bloodshed” by Laura Poitras, and the winners of the “Valentina Pedicini Under 40 Authors Award”, for a total of 50 events, including the exceptional viewings with Wiseman and Pelechian and the special event with Abel Ferrara for “Padre Pio”
10 locations in the Campania region:
Astra, French Institute, Modernissimo, Vittoria,
The Pearl, Mancini Center of Ponticelli,
Victory of Aversa, Magic Vision of Casalnuovo,
Ricciardi Theatre of Capua, Partenio of Avellino
“Venice in Naples. Extended Cinema”, now in its 12th edition, conceived and directed by Antonella Di Nocera, is the only independent film festival in collaboration with the Venice Biennale, created thanks to the support of the Ministry of Culture, the Campania Region, the Fondazione Film Commission Regione Campania and with the patronage of the Municipality of Naples.
From Tuesday 25 to Sunday 30 October 2022, a selection of films from the Festival, almost all previews or exclusives (award-winning works but not distributed in theaters), meetings with actors and directors, mornings with restored classics for schools, revealing poetics and extended narratives, to bring international cinema to the Campania territories, creating a unique moment for the public, especially for students who can request free accreditation.
The festival is the result of a broad partnership between institutions and associations, from the center to the outskirts: the Federico II University of Naples, which provides the Astra cinema, the Academy of Fine Arts with three morning events for students, the French Institute, the Cervantes, the Goethe and the Confucius, as well as associations such as Arci Movie and Zia Lidia Social Club, and the participation of film schools and local theaters.
"Cinema as sharing has always been the fulcrum of "VENICE IN NAPLES. EXTENDED CINEMA" and of what Parallelo 41 Produzioni, which this year celebrates 20 years of activity, creates and curates for the city. As always, in its extended sense, the event is the hope for culture that spreads and settles with force from the center to the outskirts and vice versa", says Antonella Di Nocera, creator and director of the event.
The six-day event will tell the story of 20 countries through independent films (including Colombia, Syria, Hungary, Israel, Greece, Burkina Faso, Indonesia and Taiwan), to go beyond the boundaries of ordinary distribution and offer exclusive meetings with the authors, with a careful eye on young people and the female universe.
Day 1 – Tuesday 25 October
Opening, in the presence of regional institutions and Federico II, with Theo Montoya, a young Colombian director and new promise of cinema, with “Anhell69”, one of the most intimate and touching films of the program that manages to blend personal and collective memory in the story of a generation living in a violent society in Medellin.
Evening tribute to Enrico Ghezzi, who, with co-director Alessandro Gagliardo, presents “Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità”, winner of the Fedic Award, and made with the support of a large group of Neapolitans through crowdfunding and productions.
Day 2 – Wednesday 26 October
Salvatore Mereu presents “Bentu”, the touching story of two Sardinian farmers who rely on the passage of the wind for their harvest, and the French Rachid Hami “Pour la France”, where he explores the contradictions of French institutions faced with the responsibility of a death. In the evening an exceptional event for enthusiasts: the latest work, 27 years after the previous one, by the great Armenian director Artavazd Pelechian, “The nature” presented exclusively after Venice.
Day 3 – Thursday 27 October
Homage to the master at Jean-Luc Godard: Cyril Leuthy will be at the French Institute and at the Astra to present “Godard seul le cinéma”. Special guests will be the winners, already announced at the Lido di Venezia, of the 40nd edition of the “Autrici Under XNUMX Valentina Pedicini” award, aimed at young female talents and dedicated to the director Valentina Pedicini who passed away prematurely. At the Astra cinema, the awards for best director will be presented to the English Georgia Oakley for “Blue Jean” and to the Romanian Cristina Groşan for “Ordinary Failures” in the presence of the jury composed of Titta Fiore (journalist and president of the Film Commission Regione Campania), Cristina Piccino (journalist), Anna Masecchia (professor at the Federico II University), Vanessa Picciarelli (screenwriter) and Antonella Di Nocera.
Day 4 – Friday 28 October
Two extraordinary previews after Venice with the Golden Lion winner “All the beauty and the bloodshed” by Laura Poitras and the work “March on Rome” by Mark Cousin for the centenary of the March on Rome. Focus on the documentary with Christian Carmosino Mereu with “Il paese delle persone integre”, the story of the recent and complex history of Burkina Faso and with Greta De Lazzaris and Jacopo Quadri who present “Siamo qui per provare”, in which a story of interferences between the real life of the actors and the shows that are taking shape emerges.
Day 5 – Saturday 29 October
Special afternoon for fans with “Un couple”, Fred Wiseman’s first fiction film after 50 documentaries. Evening dedicated to the exclusive screening in Naples of “Eismayer” by David Wagner, winner of the Grand Prize at the Venice International Critics’ Week, distributed by Minerva and previewed here, an extraordinary portrait of an Austrian army instructor who represses his homosexuality for fear of repercussions at work and in his family. It will be presented by the author and by Beatrice Fiorentino, artistic director of the International Critics’ Week.
Day 6 – Sunday 30 October
Two special guests for the final day at the Astra cinema: Vera Gemma, daughter of Giuliano Gemma, protagonist of “Vera” by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, Orizzonti award for best direction and best leading actress. Grand finale with Abel Ferrara who, together with Maurizio Braucci, will present “Padre Pio”.
Worth mentioning, in the extended vision for the review, are the events in the theaters distributed throughout the Campania region. In addition to the various screenings at the Vittoria cinema in Aversa, at the Magic Vision in Casalnuovo, beautiful extended meetings: Vincenzo Pirrotta for the film “Spaccaossa” at the La Perla cinema in Bagnoli, Corrado Ceron at the Teatro Ricciardi in Capua, which will host the only screening of “Acqua e anice”. Furthermore, at the Partenio in Avellino the presentation of “Pablo di Neanderthal” with the director Antonello Matarazzo and at the Mancini center in Ponticelli the meeting with the director Giulia Amati for “Kristos, the last child”. Finally, double screening in Capua and Avellino of the film “Princess” with the participation of the director Roberto De Paolis.
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Information
Screenings at the Astra Cinema and the French Institute* – Advance tickets on the website www.azzurroservice.net
Single ticket €3 (box office opens 30 minutes before the shows) – Season ticket €25
Free accreditations* for students (for the evenings of 21.30pm, 25th and 30th, students with accreditation can enter until all seats are taken, paying spectators will have priority)
Screenings in partner theaters – only at the box office 4-5 euros (unless otherwise communicated)
Article published on 19 October 2022 - 10:54
