To restart cinema, the Italian one so well known internationally, in a period as difficult as the one we are experiencing. Not only Venezia and its parade of stars. In Sicilia in one of the most fascinating seaside villages of the island, a very popular destination for thousands of tourists especially in summer, an important festival has been taking place for twenty editions. Marzamemi in the province of Syracuse with its central Piazza Regina Margherita returns this year to be the "cinema hall ”in the open air, the largest and most southerly in Europe. From the 16 to the 19 September the International Frontier Film Festival, with important numbers: 4 days, 3 screens, 40 films.
Marzamemi and its Festival full of history
Why border? Marzamemi is a beautiful location, at the extreme tip of eastern Sicily. But “frontier cinema” is not intended as marginal, but rather a cinema that questions itself, understood in its symbolic, as well as its geographical value. It's "Territorial and cultural borders, but also of the soul and languages" those on which we have been wondering for years in this place, made famous by many films such as "South" by Gabriele Salvatores. And in fact, Marzamemi owes her celebrity above all to cinema and to the great directors who have chosen her. A place discovered precisely for the suggestive images of many films, which have immortalized the beauty of a charming town.
The numbers of the 2020 edition of the Marzamemi Festival
La a manifestation has been conducted, after a year of transition and relocation to Vittoria, in the Ragusa area, he returns to Marzamemi. The inauguration of the exhibition will be Wednesday 16 September with recital by Mario Incudine and Moni Ovadia in a recital of music and poetry “Affacciabedda". "It is the necessity - explains the artistic director Nello Correale - in such a special moment for all of us, and even more so for the cinema, to see films together, on the big screen, in a room, albeit outdoors, and prepare for the return in those indoors".
I shorts five will be in competition "Papicha. You don't know Papicha”, By Mounia Meddour. "The Mattarella crime”, By Aurelio Grimaldi presented by the director himself and by the actor David Coco. "The Peanut butter falcon (Traveling to a dream)”By T. Nilson with Shia Le Beouf. "The body of the bride”By Michela Occhipinti presented by the director. "Nour”By Maurizio Zaccaro with Sergio Castellitto presented by the director and the authors of the book from which it is based (in streaming).
Where to see the screenings and the short films in competition
From Wednesday the screenings of the short films in the vicolo Santa Chiara from 21 pm. In addition, 5 out of competition will be screened and there will be a focus from Iran by Babak Karimi. The shorts are Long live Presidio! by Andrea Lazzari. The big wave by Francesco Tortorella. Roberto by Carmen Còrdoba Gonzàlez. chedly by Francesco Castellaneta e Who says love by Inés Pintor and Pablo Santidriàn. For short films out of competition following life of the Third Secret of Satire e Know how to lose by Sergio Milàn. Thursday 17 the screening of Klod by Giuseppe Marco Albano. It's still Influencers by Rubén Barbosa. The flying hands by Giovanni Meola. Tonino by Gaetano Del Mauro e underground by Antonio Abbate. Then for the short films out of competition setter by Alessio Coccia e Mr. H by Giulio Neglia.
Friday 18 the last short films Charity by Matteo Russo. About Us by Silvia Pradas. Schiavonea by Natalino Zangaro. Rumble by Alvaro Vicario e anthropocene by Michelle Kossler. For short films out of competition Display by Tito Laurenti and Roberto Calabrese. The grand finale is scheduled for Saturday, with the awards ceremony. And then a tribute to Sebastiano Gesù and the silent film "safety last (I prefer the elevator) ”directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, with Harold Lloyd (Usa 1923, 74 '), with live music by Darshan Ensemble.
In order to watch the screenings, the current rules will be respected: therefore it will be necessary to book seats online on the website www.cinefrontiera.it
A space dedicated to "Marzamemi al cinema"
Among the alleys of the village then there will be a space in piazzale Balata for the “Marzamemi al cinema” event. It will be a journey through the images between the scenes of the feature films shot in Marzamemi by “South" by Salvatores in 1993 to today. Screening also for the film "Mario and the magician " by EM Brandauer (Italian version), world premiere of the film mostly shot in Marzamemi in 1994 and never screened in Italian cinemas. Therefore a tribute to the village and a unique opportunity to see faces and places of a territory transformed by time and cinema.
The guests of the exhibition
There will be many well-known faces who will participate in the Marzamemi Festival. Some will be streamed directors Mika Kaurismaki, Lily Nagy e Maurice Zaccaro, the Turkish actress Elit Iscan, the Iranian actor and producer Babak Karimi and the doctor and writer from Lampedusa Peter Bartolo. They will be present Donatella Finocchiaro, Elise DiGod, Lucia Sardinian, the directors Agostino Ferrente, Michael Occhipinti, Diego Ronsisvalle, Pasquale Scimeca e Aurelius Grimaldi. Journalists and writers like Happy Cavallaro, Sebastiano Messina, Giorgio Ruta.
