A touching Fellinian gaze on mental illness in “Fairy Tale”, a film by Lorenzo Giovenga and Giuliano Giacomelli who yesterday won the Rai Cinesel Channel Sorriso Award of the Jury for the short film section on the penultimate day of the eighteenth “Black silk tulips”International Festival of Social Cinematography in progress at The Space Cinema Modern in Rome. The event, promoted by University is looking for a job with Rai Cinema Channel and Rai for sustainability – conceived and directed by the biologist Reggina (of Caulonia Marina) Paola Tassone – He assigned the recognition to the winning titles for the jury and the public, who rewarded the courts with the views on www.tulipanidisetanera.rai.it.
Rai Cinello Channel Sorriso Prize for the public with 21,675 views a “The mystery of Spartivento” by Angelo Faraci, shot and set in the Messina province of Novara di Sicilia. Palermitan by birth and pattese by adoption, Faraci gives the 2021 victory with “Regenerate” by addressing the theme of rare diseases through a popular legend. Produced by Ancora Cinematographic, the film sees among the interpreters the Catania actor Turi Giuffrida (New Cinema Paradiso), narrator of the story as the local parish priest, and the Messina Italo Bartolomeo Fucile. Following “fairy tales” (second with 17,560 views) and “Ninò” by Palermo Michele Li Volsi (in third place with 14,573 views), on bullying, with the participation of the former Salvo of “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso”, the Palermo actor (of Palazzo Adriano) Salvatore “Totò” Cascio. Finally, “The elephants” of Antonio Maria Castaldo (fourth with 14,028 views), on the theme of empathy, and “rust” of the Sidernese Bruno Barbaro (fifth with 13,025 views), on the abuse. The actors Barbara De Rossi and Pino Quartullo, godmother and godfather of the festival assign the awards.
Winners of the jury prize also the musical video “Noche Que se va” by Luca Maffoni, for the cover of “Night that goes” (Pino Daniele) of Marina Puglia and Descargalab (#Socialclip), on the culture of legality, and “fires” by Ruben Gagliardini (documentaries), on the environment. Press Award to the best documentary to Jawhara Insha’Allah by Arianna Proietti Mancini and Claudia Paola Sagona, on gender stereotypes, awarded by a jury chaired by Nicola Santini (director of the weekly “True”) and formed by the Messina journalist Marco Bonardelli (Gazzetta del Sud) with Gianluca Guzzo (Mymovies), Gioia Zurlo (Taxi Drivers) and Bruno Bellini (founder and director of LifestyLeblog.it). The prizes of the cinema, show and third sector jury, made up of show journalists (including Marco Bonardelli), professionals of the seventh art and social, instead went to “elephants” (short films)the music video “Rosso”, made by Patrizia Di Martino for Rondinella (#socialclip), on gender violence; “S-Bam” by Diego Monfredini (documentaries), on the rights, and “The Meteorites” by Nadia Louis Desmarchais (Digital series), on racism. The day ended with the special evening event “#SocialClip”, section of the festival dedicated to music videos, conducted by the Syracusan singer -songwriter of Palazzolo Acreide Silvia Salemi, president of the jury, with Claudio Guerrini, rods of Rds and director of the section. Guests Jessica Morlacchi, Greta Manuzi de Le Deva and Marco Carta. Presented “On the skin and heart. Those good guys who kill” (Graus Edizioni), essay on well -known cases of femicide written by the Crotone journalist of Cirò Marina Cataldo Calabretta with Vittoriana Abate.
Grand finale today with the social gala conducted by Lorena Bianchetti, which will be broadcast on July 8 on Rai2 in the late evening.
