Nine days of screenings, meetings and insights between the thousand-seat arena of Piazza San Lorenzo (set up in front of the Palazzo dei Papi), in Viterbo, and the Sacro Bosco of Bomarzo, to present some of the most significant Italian titles of the the last film season and meet directors, actors, screenwriters and professionals. To inaugurate the exhibition Friday 12 Julythe screening of “Un mondo a parte”, directed by Riccardo Milani and starring Virginia Raffaele and Antonio Albanese.
Saturday 20 July, instead, a special closing event in the Sacred Woods of Bomarzo which will exceptionally open its doors to the public in the evening, with the celebration – ten years after its release in theaters – of “Every damned Christmas” directed by Giacomo Ciarrapico, Mattia Torre and Luca Vendruscolo and the meeting with the directors and part of the cast of the film. The trio’s second work and partly set in an imaginary Tuscia, this is a sentimental and satirical comedy on the theme of Christmas, experienced as a real nightmare: a holiday that stresses and tires people since the dawn of time.
During the day, Giacomo Ciarrapico and Luca Vendruscolo will receive the “Tuscia Terra di Cinema” Award assigned to them and (in memory) to Mattia Torre. The recognition is awarded every year to personalities of Italian cinema who, for emotional reasons or thanks to their work, have enhanced the territory of the province of Viterbo. The homage to the three directors of Boris will then continue in September in the gardens of the Palazzo Comunale of Viterbo with a three-day event dedicated to them, from Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 Septemberwhich will see the protagonists of the TV series meet and discuss with the public and the reading dedicated to Mattia Torre by his friend and colleague Valerio Aprea.
During the 21st edition there will be the presentation in Piazza San Lorenzo in Viterbo of the other two annual prizes established by the Tuscia Film Fest: the “Pipolo Tuscia Cinema” which goes to an emerging personality on the Italian cinema scene indicated by the Moccia family and the management of the festival and the “I Mestieri del Cinema” Award, assigned by a jury composed of members of the artistic and organizational direction of the Tuscia Film Fest to a professional, chosen from the various categories, who has contributed to the creation and success of one of the Italian films included in the event program.
The full program of screenings, scheduled guests and award winners will be presented and announced Friday 28 June. Starting from the same day, pre-sales for the special event will be active Saturday 20 July in the Sacred Forest of Bomarzo and of the evenings in Piazza San Lorenzo in Viterbo on the event site.
The Tuscia Film Fest is organized by the Cineclub del Genio Association of Viterbo in collaboration with the Italian Film Festival Berlin. Among the institutional and non-institutional partners of the event: MiC – Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual, Lazio Region, Municipality of Viterbo, Carivit Foundation, ANCE Viterbo, Confartigianato Imprese Viterbo, Sacro Bosco di Bomarzo, Tuscia Terra di Cinema Association.
