The Creuza de Mà Festival returns to Cagliari with two events dedicated to the relationship between cinema and music, scheduled for Friday, November 13th and Saturday, November 14th at the Carmen Melis Theater.

Two evenings that focus on silent cinema set to live music and which mark, in particular, the official launch of the new academic year of Campus – Music and Sound for Cinema, the higher education project conceived and directed by Gianfranco Cabiddu .

The opening day of Friday, November 13th, represents a significant moment for the Campus program, promoted by the Sardinia Region and organized by Creuza de Mà together with the Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, with the management support of the Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission. This project contributes to laying the foundations for the opening of a regional branch of the National Film School in Cagliari , thanks to the collaboration with the Municipality of Cagliari and in view of the imminent completion of the restoration of Villa Muscas, in the Parco della Musica.

The Cagliari stop follows Campus' participation in the Rome Film Fest, with two evenings dedicated to silent films with live music. For the occasion, several films restored by the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Cineteca Nazionale were screened, accompanied by original music composed and performed live by young composers.

On Friday, November 13 , at 8:30 pm, the program opens with the Creuza Campus Cineconcert, featuring a screening of Come essere umani (How to Be Human) , a short film directed by Stefano Pio with music by Silvia Di Furia, who is also present. This will be followed by L'Alba del Cinema ( The Dawn of Cinema), a selection of three silent films curated by Steve Della Casa together with film archivist Maria Assunta Pimpinelli: Thaïs (AG Bragaglia, 1916), Carmela , the Seamstress of Montesanto (E. Notari, 1916, fragment), and Ferocetti Tamer (1910). The screenings will be accompanied live by former students Anna Balestrieri, Raffaello Basiglio, Francesco Di Grazia, Riccardo Ricci, Jack Scinardo, and Alice Zecchinelli.

On Saturday 14 November , at 9pm, the Carmen Melis Theatre will host a film concert dedicated to Metropolis , the visionary masterpiece directed by Fritz Lang in 1927 and set, in the film's fiction, in 2026.

The film will be accompanied by live music from four leading figures from the Italian music scene, reunited for the occasion: Karim Qqru (The Zen Circus), Roberta Sammarelli (Verdena), Xabier Iriondo (Afterhours) and Corrado Nuccini (Giardini di Mirò).

Both evenings are free. Reservations are recommended: for Friday, November 13th through Eventbrite, and for Saturday, November 14th through Boxol.

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