Engine… action! A few more days and the camera is ready to change the view of the city again. The “Spring of Italian Cinema – Federico II Award” returns to transform Cosenza into a little Venice. Or Berlin. Or Los Angeles. As you prefer. Without lions, bears, Oscars, but with the mad desire to breathe celluloid air.
The 12th edition of the Bruzia film festival, supported by the Calabria Film Commission Foundation as part of the Bella come il Cinema project, presented yesterday in Rende, will cheer people up from 2nd to 14th February. A Festival “with tennis shoes”. Those that stand out in his manifesto to indicate the fast pace of the Seventh Art. Cultural and social. Cathartic and necessary.
The program is very rich, with over 30 events in the city halls: Citrigno, San Nicola and University Campus. The opening, on February 2nd, is the national premiere of the film “Franco Battiato – The Long Journey”. The festival is then divided into different sections: from the festival for schools to “The best youth” dedicated to new talents, from “Cinema rediscovered” with restored films to “Laboratorio Calabria”. Among the events, meetings with authors stand out: on February 10th cinema embraces theater with Pippo Delbono, on the 11th it will be Paolo Calabresi’s turn and on the 12th, in a moment of strong civil commitment, Marco Risi will present his “Fortapàsc” on the 40th anniversary of Giancarlo Siani’s death.
«The event will end on Valentine’s Day, with a gala evening that will reward the best short films and young directors, in the presence of stars such as Claudia Gerini and Ricky Tognazzi – stated Pino Citrigno, creator of the Festival and president of AneC Calabria.