Countdown to the start of the 2024 edition of the Carbonia Film Festival, starting on Wednesday 13th and scheduled until Sunday 17th. The festival, through a look at contemporary cinema, intends to tell some key themes of our time. Organized by the Carbonia Cultural Services Center of the Società Umanitaria - La Fabbrica del Cinema and CSC Cagliari of the Società Umanitaria - Cineteca Sarda, together with the Autonomous Region of Sardinia and the Municipality of Carbonia, with the support of the Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission and with the artistic direction of Francesco Giai Via, the festival presents a rich calendar of screenings, meetings, exhibitions and activities, underlining the power of cinema as a tool for reflection on social and cultural issues .
The opening of the festival is scheduled for Wednesday, November 13, starting at 6:00 p.m. in the spaces of the Municipal Library, for the inauguration of the photographic exhibition Sguardi Plurali sull'Italia Plurale, now in its second edition . The exhibition offers a look at cultural diversity through the works of photographers Deka Mohamed Osman and Mounir Derbal, who through their works tell of an Italy seen through the eyes of young people with a migrant background.
The evening will continue at 9 pm with the screening of the film Anywhere Anytime by Milad Tangshir, in the Fabio Masala room at the Fabbrica del Cinema . The film, selected for the International Critics' Week, tells the story of Issa, an illegal immigrant in Turin who, after the theft of his bicycle, embarks on an urban journey in search of his freedom. A meeting with the director Tangshir and co-screenwriter Daniele Gaglianone will follow.
The 2024 edition of the Carbonia Film Festival continues in the following days with screenings of Italian and international works, masterclasses, events for schools and moments of discussion with directors and authors . Special meetings will be with: Rosa Palasciano who will present Taxi Monamour, a film by Ciro De Caro presented at the Venice Days in which she stars alongside Yeva Sai, on the meeting between two apparently very distant women; Majid Bita who will talk about his graphic novel Born in Iran; Mohamed Jabaly and his love letter between Gaza and Tromsø in the film Life is Beautiful (best direction at the IDFA in 2023); Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino, fresh from Locarno and the Rome Film Fest, will present their Luce, director Isabella Mari together with producer Claudia Canfora will propose the documentary Si dice di me, just presented at the Rome Film Fest, while with Francesco Costabile we will talk about the complexities of family ties marked by pain and rebirth starting from his beautiful Familia which earned the actor Francesco Gheghi the award for best male performance in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival.
Also special will be the preview of Sembra non finita mai, the film resulting from the work in residence of the Carbonia Cinema Giovani Filming Lab 2023, the project promoted by the Società Umanitaria di Carbonia, coordinated by the director Daniele Gaglianone . The film tells the story of the evolution of a country that has experienced the impetuous economic development of the 80s, the feminist struggles and the simple but safe life of the old working class. Sembra non finita mai will also be screened in preview at Modena Via Emilia Doc Fest, thanks to a collaboration between the two festivals.
On the final day (Sunday 17 November) the consolidated appointment of Spazio Sardegna returns with Pasquapomeriggio by Stefano Cau and the presentation of the teaser of the film – still in development – with the provisional title Sulcis, by Mario D'Acunto and Gabriele Pappalardo.
The closing of the festival will be entrusted to Dente, one of the most appreciated voices of contemporary Italian singer-songwriters , who together with Simone Chiarolini will bring to the stage Iperbolica - Readings and songs between the stars and the sea, a musical reading through books, images and songs that have explored two apparently distant but incredibly connected worlds, the cosmos and the depths of the oceans.
(Online Union)