The Pesaro International New Cinema Exhibition reaches its sixtieth edition, which will be held from 14 to 22 June, with the artistic direction of Pedro Armocida. The first without Adriano Aprà for whom a tribute to his memory is planned. 19 works will compete in the international competition, while Federico Rossin’s History Lessons will continue. The tributes from Italian cinema will be to Luca Guadagnino, Franco Maresco, Ficarra and Picone. Also guests are Brigid McCaffrey, Júlio Bressane, Luis Miñarro and the singer and actress Myriam Mézières.
One of the cinematographic events most attentive to the avant-garde and innovation of the seventh art is reaching its sixtieth edition, namely the Pesaro International New Cinema Exhibition, which will be held in the Marche town from 14 to 22 June: one day more than usual , anticipating the opening on Friday. An important milestone for the festival which unfortunately will no longer see the presence of one of its great protagonists and animators, and not only in his years as director, from 1990 to 1998, namely Adriano Aprà, who recently passed away. A heartfelt tribute will be dedicated to him with the screening of his Rossellini seen by Rossellini And Olimpia to friends. The beating heart of the new cinema exhibition, i.e. the international competition, dedicated to new formats and languages of cinema without any limitations, will begin on Monday 17 July at the Teatro Sperimentale. 19 works will be presented, from all over the world, selected by the artistic director Pedro Armocida, supported by Paola Cassano, Cecilia Ermini, Raffaele Meale, Stefano Miraglia and Federico Rossin. Between these At Fidai Film by the Palestinian Kamal Aljafari, on the destruction of Beirut in 1982 by the Israeli army; Small Hours of the Night by Daniel Hui, after the preview in Rotterdam, which returns to dramatic episodes in Singapore’s history; Direct Action by Ben Russell and Guillaume Cailleau, on the protest actions of a historic environmentalist group. And then Spanish Drop gesture by Valentina Alvarado Matos, on industrious artisan women, the German To Brazil by Ute Aurand, a travel film in 16mm, while a Madrid in Super 8 is at the center of Mindful eyes by Elena Duque, and an unprecedented Los Angeles is that of Terminal Island by Sam Drake. Also unmissable this year will be the History Lessons curated by Federico Rossin, in the Pasolini room, this year dedicated to multiscreen films of the Sixties and Seventies.
The festival then includes tributes to Sicilian artists such as Luca Guadagnino, Franco Maresco, Ficarra and Picone. The first will be awarded the Pesaro Nuovo Cinema 60 Award and his latest film, Challengers, will be screened at the end. Ficarra and Picone and Franco Maresco, exponents of different souls of “Sicilianness” at the cinema, represent the traditional special event of the festival on Italian cinema, with retrospectives of all the films by directors of the comic duo and with a selection of those alone by Maresco, who left the partnership with Daniele Ciprì. Another strong point of the exhibition, even if it requires a long way to reach the location, but the effort will be rewarded, is The Enchanted Sailing – Cinema on the beach, in collaboration with CSC-Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Cineteca Nazionale, with 35mm screenings between the umbrellas, which pays homage to two great stars of Italian cinema, such as Marcello Mastroianni and Walter Chiari. Films such as Too bad he’s a scoundrel by Alessandro Blasetti, We won! by Robert Adolf Stemmle, The handsome Antonio by Mauro Bolognini, The reunion by Damiano Damiani, Italian wedding by Vittorio De Sica, Me, me, me…and the others by Alessandro Blasetti, Allosanfàn of the Taviani, Traces of love life by Peter Del Monte, The Sunday Woman by Luigi Comencini.
Among the other events of the exhibition is the exhibition Italian animators today by Pierpaolo Loffreda with a focus on the great Gianluigi Toccafondo who also created the theme song and poster of the Exhibition. Then there will be a focus on Brigid McCaffrey, an artist who deals with environments and people in states of change, curated by Rinaldo Censi; the homage to Júlio Bressane with two unpublished works, Critical Reports Metaphysical Murries And Leme give destiny, followed by a meeting with the author; the tribute to the Spanish underground author Luis Miñarro, with the screening of Familystrip; the one to the actress, author, director and singer Myriam Mézières of which we will see A flame in my heart by Alain Tanner. There will also be space for South Korean cinema, which the Festival has historically contributed to making known, with three dedicated days. Jasmine Trinca will be guests in the cinema in the square to present the preview of the biopic Maria Montessori – The nouvelle femme by Léa Todorov, and Valentina Lodovini for the tribute to Carlo Mazzacurati on the tenth anniversary of his death, which includes the screening of The right distance of which the actress is the protagonist. Also in the square was the entertainer Enzo D’Alò with Mary and the Midnight Spirit. And, for the series of cult films, always in the square, this year it is the turn of Four Weddings and a Funeral And Forrest Gump.
