Sixty years of new cinema festival in the year of Pesaro, Italian capital of culture. Two important goals hailed yesterday, on the eve of the start of the historic event, by the new mayor of the city on his first outing as mayor: Andrea Biancani. In fact, the International Festival of New Cinema begins today with the arrival of Sergio Castellitto and a tribute on the twentieth anniversary of one of his films: Don’t Move. Also presenting the start of an increasingly international edition were the outgoing former deputy mayor Daniele Vimini, the artistic director, Pedro Armocida and the organizational director, Cristian Della Chiara. Tomorrow there will be a round table by Cna Cinema e Audiovisivo on the crisis in theaters and the production of cinema in the Marche region and then in the evening in the square there will be a celebration of the cult film Four Weddings and a Funeral by Mike Newell.
Wednesday 19th The festival will instead dedicate a special screening to Forrest Gump, Robert Zemeckis’ global success which won six Oscars. The special event on Italian cinema instead includes a double moment: one dedicated to Ficarra and Picone (they will be present in the square on Sunday 16 June to meet the public and present L’ora legale) and one to Franco Maresco. From Friday 14th to Sunday 16th June all the films directed by Ficarra and Picone will be presented. Below is a selection of those that Franco Maresco has created outside of the couple with Daniele Ciprì. In addition to the retrospective, the exhibition will host a round table in the presence of the authors with the presentation of the two monographic volumes of Marsilio’s Nuovocinema series.
Starting from Monday 17 June here is the international competition which, always dedicated to the search for ‘new’ cinema. The cinema section in the Piazza hosts one of the most acclaimed protagonists of contemporary Italian cinema. Jasmine Trinca will be at the Mostra on Monday 17 June to present the national preview of Maria Montessori-La nouvelle femme – directed by Léa Todorov and in Italian cinemas on 26 September with Wanted – the film in which she plays the role of the pedagogue of Marche origins. On Tuesday 18 June the Piazza will be all for Valentina Lodovini, guest for the first time at the exhibition which pays homage to Carlo Mazzacurati on the tenth anniversary of his death with the viewing of one of his most significant films The Right Distance, with Lodovini as the fascinating protagonist. The eagerly awaited guest for the closing of the festival, on Saturday 22 June, will be Luca Guadagnino, to receive the special prize for the 60th edition and for Pesaro as Italian Capital of Culture 2024.
The exhibition also dedicates an important space to music with a tribute concert dedicated to Henry Mancini, again this year in collaboration with the G. Rossini Conservatory of Pesaro. Cinema on the beach will pay homage to two important centenarians: that of Marcello Mastroianni and Walter Chiari in collaboration with the Experimental Cinematography Center.
