Recovering the sense of narrative, offering a story that settles in the soul in favor of change, one of the objectives of «Tulipani di Seta Nera», the International Festival of Social Cinematography, scheduled for the 19th edition from 7 to 10 May at The Space Cinema Moderno in Rome. The Palermo actor Alessio Vassallo, testimonial of the event platform with Antonia Liskova, reiterated in the press conference how the art of filmmaking represents an essential tool for raising awareness in a society «where everything is aimed at news, scandal, rapid learning; where the sense of narrative has been lost.”
Promoted by Università Cerca Lavoro, conceived and directed by the Caulonia biologist Marina Paola Tassone from Reggio, the festival is chaired by Diego Righini.
Record registrations with 540 works from all over the world, on the Social and Sustainable Cinema Platform – created by Rai Cinema Channel with Rai for Esg Sustainability and Rai Public Utilities – the titles chosen for the competition can be viewed until midday on 30 April. Distributed between the “Short Film”, “Documentary” and #SocialClip categories, the works are already present at www.tulipanidisetanera.rai.it and the five most viewed titles in each section will enter the final phase for the Rai Cinema Channel Smile Award.
Also this year there are talented directors and performers from Sicily and Calabria with interesting works, starting from the “Short Films” section directed by Tassone herself. The city of Messina is the set of “The Garden of Secrets” by Giovanni Giuffrè, on the culture of memory. The Messina artist is also the protagonist with Giulia Salemi and the Palermo actress Ester Vinci. The Peloritan locations of San Marco D’Alunzio and Capri Leone are the setting for «Lena», by Alessandro Alicata from Palermo, which puts the spotlight on family dynamics and poverty. Protagonists Roberta Procida and Giorgia Corcella from Trapani, with the extraordinary participation of Giuditta Perriera. You can enjoy the beauties of the municipalities of Patti, Sinagra and Montagnareale in «Il giorno Beniamino», by Giuseppe Pizzardi from Trapani, produced and distributed by Angelo Faraci from Palermo with Ancora Cinematografica. A short film that talks about gender violence, portraying the youth of the Patte poet and playwright Beniamino Joppolo. The theme of diversity in «He touched!», by Giusi Cataldo from Palermo, and that of disability in «Ora che ci sei», by Giuseppe Sciè Brialei from Catania. Immigration and everything that revolves around it in the short film by Damiano Impiccichè from Marsala «Marrobbio», with the Catanian actress Lucia Sardo.
For Calabria, the candidates are Vincenzo Caricari from Siderno with «Disonorate», on the culture of legality, and Domenico Pisani from Serre, who in «Soot» addresses the theme of illness and treatment. One year after third place in Sanremo, the singer-songwriter from Cosenza Brunori Sas is nominated in the #SocialClip category with the video of his festival song «L’arancio delle noci» on the theme of family ties. In the same section also the video of «Sing again», a song by Arisa on fragility and acceptance, written by the Lucanian artist with Giuseppe Barbera from Messina for the acclaimed film by Margherita Ferri «The boy with pink trousers», on the true story of fifteen-year-old Andrea Spezzacatene, who committed suicide due to cyberbullying.