Perugia editorial team
MONTONE (Perugia) – First announcements for the 28th edition of the Umbria Film Festival in Montone, the first with the artistic direction of Alessandro De Simone, in work in progress with a view to staging from 10 to 14 July 2024.
The festival, which remains faithful to its independent, cinephile soul and aimed at making known products of the highest level often closed to the wider public, will this year celebrate the 30th anniversary of “The Crow” by Alex Proyas, a cult and “cursed” film , on whose set the protagonist Brandon Lee, Bruce’s son, tragically lost his life, having now become part not only of the history of cinema, but of the collective imagination and pop culture.
In this key, Montone will also wink at the comics universe with another highly anticipated event: the presentation of “Maledetto poet” by Mattia Labadessa, which after four years marks the return to print of the much-loved Neapolitan artist, cartoonist, illustrator, singer-songwriter and social media star. With his new graphic novel Labadessa entrusts his now famous bird man with the themes dearest to his poetics: from the difficulty in managing personal relationships to the sense of inadequacy, from poetry and art as supports to be able to find a place in the world to the tragicomic beauty of the ordinary.
“Pop Saturday” will see the collaboration of UmbriaCon, a comic convention which saw its first edition staged last January with great public success. Also this year the president of Umbria Film Festival will be Terry Gilliam, honorary citizen of Montone since 2010.
The festival is promoted and organized with the support of the Municipality of Montone, Umbria Region Department of Tourism and Culture, Legislative Assembly of the Umbria Region, Gal Alta Umbria, MiC, General Directorate of Cinema and Audiovisual.
