La Guarimba and its guarimberi return to make the Calabrian public dream. From 7 to 12 August in Amantea the eighth edition of the short film festival reopens its doors.
La Guarimba the possible festival
In Calabria everything is possible, so we read on the official website of the Guarimba film Festival. And also this year, in which many cinemas have not yet reopened to the public and, many are the difficulties due to the emergency, the international festival of short film, returns, to excite his loyal audience. The goal of the event is ri bring cinema to people and people to movies. It seems that their commitment has paid off.
They also accompany this dream to the promotion of the territory, participation, integration, personal care, accessibility and respect for human rights. But what does Guarimba mean. It is a word used by the Indians Venezuelan what does it mean "safe place". So the festival is a safe place, a landing place, to tend to, to get together, get excited and get to know new and different realities. For the organizers La Guarimba is a life project, not just a few days' festival. It is a path that is organized daily by creating contacts and bonds.
La Guarimba reaches its eighth edition
Thanks to the large space made available by the municipal administration of Amantea in the province of Cosenza, the festival will have a very interesting program this year as well. The eighth edition will bring people back to the cinema after the lockdowm, an initiation rite after difficult months. Thanks to important patrons, to support the MiBACT, from various international embassies, It was possible, as the organizers point out, to be able to set in motion and involve as many directors and short films as possible, also guaranteeing the remuneration for the workers, staff and cultural operators.
For the directives established for the health emergency, concerts, social lunches and meetings will not be held. The latter have been replaced by video conferences which have been staggered and scheduled since June. A return to the origins, necessary, as when in 2013, with the first edition, this great festival that is known all over the world was born.
160 short films in competition
This year's program includes a very careful selection of short films. 160 short films in competition that will be screened during the evenings of the festival. Coming from all over the globe, the courts aim to make people grasp the differences, the points of view, the multicultural heritage present in every corner of the planet. The shorts are, as always, divided into sections. Fiction, Animation, Documentary, are the historical sections, which have always been present in Guarimba. Over the years, the section has been added to these music video. 10 video clips in competition.
We will also approach unpublished and experimental languages with 5 short films related to Insomnia section. A container of courageous proposals and new languages. The festival has always had a language attentive to the major current issues. The section MigrArti, linked to emigration, especially of second generation Italians. Still we will be thrilled with Americania, section of short films shot in New York and in the world during the lockdown.
A careful look at the little ones
Special section is Karmala with which we want to give visibility to African cinema and which this year will also be a tribute to Senegalese director, composer and actor Djibril Diop Mambéty. Next to the festival dedicated to the "grown-ups", there will be the "Grotto of the Little ones", 100 animated shorts made in collaboration with UNICEF Italy. A way to bring children closer to cinema and even important topics. There are also environmentalist themed shorts dedicated to children. Lthe poster as every year is made by Mikel Murillo, following the ecological theme dear to the festival.
The guarimbera monkey, symbol and logo of the festival, saves himself from the waves by rescuing video cassettes. The image fully embodies the spirit of the festival and in such a complicated moment it could not be represented otherwise. All times, the complete program and the activities planned during the Guarimba International film festival can be found by visiting the festival website www.laguarimba.com or on the Facebook page of the festival.
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