The preview of the South Italy International Film Fest in Trani: the program

Il South Italy International Film Festival (SIFF) is pleased to announce the pre-festival of its third edition, which will be held from 28 to 30 June 2024 at the Circolo Dino Risi in Trani (via Ciardi 27). This event will anticipate the long-awaited international short film festival, which will take place from July 19-21, 2024 a Barletta.

The founder and artistic director are enthusiastic Giuseppe Arcieri and the co-organizer, the project manager Michael Piazzolla: this pre-festival is one of the many collaborations started with the Circolo Dino Risi of Trani. They thank each other Lorenzo Procacci Lion e Mary Grace Filisio.

Prefestival programme

Friday 28th June

• ORE 19.00 – Inaugural ceremony
  • Screening of short films:
    • Ballatoio n.5 – directed by Chiara De Angelis
    • In the silence – directed by Rita Marinelli
    • 48 degrees / 118 °F – directed by Andrea Di Iorio
• ORE 21.00 – Screening of the film The start of the school year – directed by Franco Angeli
  • Guests: Rita Marinelli, Franco Angeli and Livia Bonifazi
  • Moderator: Giulia Gadaleta

Saturday 29th June

• ORE 20.30 – Book presentation Still by Sara Fiumefreddo
• Screening of short films:
  • Fifty two – directed by Andrea Bernardini and Sebastiano Casella
  • A Kid’s Story directed by Gabriele Galante
  • Special program Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival
  • One Kiss Too Many – directed by Vincenzo Lamagna
• Guests: Sara Fiumefreddo, Sebastiano Casella, Dave Given, Gelsomina Prositto and Vincenzo Lamagna (Nano Film Festival)
• Moderator: Giulia Gadaleta

Sunday 30 June

• ORE 19.00 – Institutional greetings
  • Screening of short films:
    • The conspiracy theorist barber – directed by Valerio Ferrara
    • water, our future to protect – directed by Paolo Damiano Dolce
    • Jazzo Inferno – directed by Cinzia Clemente and Gerry Ciccimarra
    • Speechless and Guinea Pig directed by Antonello De Leo
  • Guests: Antonello De Leo, Cinzia Clemente and Gerry Ciccimarra
  • Moderator: Giulia Gadaleta
  • Other short films:
    • Water – directed by Paolo Damiano Dolce

Entrance to all pre-festival evenings is free, offering the public the opportunity to experience intense moments of cinema, dialogues with the authors and presentations of works spanning different genres and styles.

The pre-festival will be a perfect preview for the South Italy International Film Festival, which will be held from July 19 to 21 in Barletta, and represents an unmissable event for all cinema and culture enthusiasts.

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