78th Anniversary of Sicilian Autonomy, Wednesday 15 May 2024, celebratory event with presentation of the docufilm “I STAY HERE” – Pirandello Theater in Agrigento, Capital of Culture 2025
In the presence of the prefect Filippo Romano; the mayors of Agrigento, Palma di Montechiaro and San Cataldo, respectively Francesco Micciché, Stefano Castellino, Gioacchino Comparato, the superintendent of studies Mariella Buffa with the high school students of Agrigento and the highest authorities of the territory.
The event will be moderated by vice prefect Gabriele Barbaro.
The film, made by the Yes in Sicily production and set between the Municipalities of San Cataldo and Palma di Montechiaro, enjoys the patronage of the aforementioned Municipalities as well as the support of the Prefectures of Agrigento and Caltanissetta which shared the cultural contents, historical memory and of valorisation of the territory considering them worthy of participation in citizenship and an example for young people.
The feature film “I stay here” is a narrative documentary of Sicily in the 1980s that evokes the nostalgia of youth and recounts the close bond of Sicilians with their place of origin with the intention of showing a fascinating and authentic Sicily.
The inspector of the Salesians in Sicily, Don Giovanni D’Andrea, will also be present with the director of the oratory of San Cataldo, Don Edoardo Cutuli and Don Francesco Bontà, who, together with the prefectures of Agrigento and Caltanissetta and the municipalities of San Cataldo and Palma di Montechiaro , sponsored and supported the docufilm on cultural contents, historical memory and valorisation of the territory.
It is not just a dive into the past or a nostalgic journey through the Sicily of the 1980s, the one in which the kids wanted to be together at the oratory first and on the free radio stations afterwards.
“I stay here”, by Yes in Sicily, directed by Giuseppe Palmeri and written with Vincenzo Amico and Vitale Vancheri, wants to tell the new generations about the simplicity of the relationships of that era.
Yes in Sicily is the project born from a group of Sicilians to tell an unpublished Sicily and its stories, transforming them, through a visual and emotional journey, into visual poems.
The docufilm has the original soundtrack by Gaetano Bellomo.
The project also saw prestigious collaborations such as the friendly participation of Enrico Ruggeri with one of his songs from 1984 which meets the emotions and soul of the entire history of the docufilm and the mentoring of Patrizia Genovesi from the Free University of Cinema of Rome.
The members of the Yes in Sicily project are all Sicilian: Giuseppe Palmeri, the Production Director Vincenzo Amico, the Artistic Director Vitale Vancheri, original music by Gaetano Bellomo, with arrangements by Aldo Giordano, the protagonists Salvatore Modaffari, Andrea La Fisca, Ludovica Amico , Claudia Bellomo, Giorgio Falzone, Marta Falzone, Alice Amico, Matteo Asaro together with the other actors of the theatrical L@b’Oratorio “CGS Don Bosco” of the Salesian Oratory “San Luigi” of San Cataldo. The staff: Ilenia Amico (Yes in Sicily founder and supervisor), Massimo Palmigiano (drone and photography), Leo Dominici and Giusy Rindone (costumes and scenography), Marilena Rindone (edition secretary), Luciano Carrubba (location advisor), Luigi Benincasa ( sound engineer). The other actors involved in the docufilm: Barbara Falzone, Alda Mosca, Leo Dominici, Vincenzo Amico, Michele Celeste, Lillo Bellavia, Leo Dominici, Chiara La Fisca, Arcangelo Galanti, Erika Giordano, Isabella Fragale, Maria Orlando, Andrea Minnucci, Calogero Giordano and Elisabetta Scarlata.
Place: Pirandello Theater of Agrigento, Pirandello Theater of Agrigento, AGRIGENTO, AGRIGENTO, SICILY
