“Arena”: the festival promoted and financed by the Municipality of Naples that brings auteur cinema to some of the most beautiful beaches
9 events between the Lido Mappatella, the Lido Comunale di Bagnoli and the beach of San Giovanni a Teduccio with screenings and meetings with artists and directors.
“Arena”: the festival promoted and financed by the Municipality of Naples that brings auteur cinema to some of the most beautiful beaches.
Auteur cinema arrives on the Naples beaches with “Arena”, the review promoted and financed by the Municipality of Naples, curated by Nest Napoli Est Teatro, with the artistic direction of Francesco Di Leva and Adriano Pantaleo. From 6th to 20th September, with screenings starting at 20.30pm, 9 appointments will animate from time to time the Lido Mappatella, the Lido Comunale di Bagnoli and the beach of San Giovanni a Teduccio, and will be enriched by meetings with directors and actors. Admission will be free, participants will only be asked to bring a beach towel and enjoy the events; for information you can write to info@ravellosrl.com.
“This film review – says Sergio Locoratolo, coordinator of cultural policies of the Municipality of Naples – touches the city's beaches, from Bagnoli to San Giovanni a Teduccio, and constitutes a further step in the political strategy outlined by Mayor Manfredi, aimed at the inclusion of all neighborhoods. Overcoming the traditional dichotomy between center and periphery, a dynamic and innovative interpretation of the concept of 'polycentric city' is therefore realized. Cinema thus becomes a catalyst for strengthening the network of cultural initiatives promoted by the administration. And all this is the result of a daily commitment aimed at promoting inclusive proposals that satisfy the needs of heterogeneous audiences and respect the specificities of individual territorial contexts".
“With “Arena” – declares Ferdinando Tozzi, the Mayor's delegate for audiovisual and music industry – we can breathe the poetry of open-air cinema in Naples again and reaffirm the educational role that belongs to the seventh art. The festival, through its programming and the themes it addresses, coherently embraces the cultural vision of the Manfredi Administration. Everyone will be able to enjoy watching some cult films under the stars, but also recover several recent film titles”.
“It's been since we started – explains Francesco Di Leva – that we try to broaden territorial connections, not focusing only and exclusively on the territory of San Giovanni a Teduccio. Networking three beaches that are symbols of our territory, where a purification process is starting that will be long and complex, but represents a new beginning, is a unique opportunity. We need to take back the beaches, give them back to the population through cinema, culture. They must return to being points of healthy aggregation".
We will start at Mappatella beach of Mergellina on September 6th with a tribute to the great Massimo Troisi, thirty years after his death, with the screening of his first film as director “Ricomincio da tre”. On September 7th the Four Days of Naples will be celebrated with the documentary film “4 days for freedom: Naples 1943”, directed by Massimo Ferreri and featuring Maurizio De Giovanni, Luisa Ranieri, Peppe Barra and many other protagonists of Neapolitan culture. The screenings at Lido Mappatella will end on September 8th with Nicola Prosatore's film “Piano Piano“, where the public will have the opportunity to meet the director and part of the cast to discuss the film which stars Massimiliano Caiazzo, Giuseppe Pirozzi, Antonia Truppo and many others.
The show will move from September 11th on the municipal beach of Bagnoli, starting with a tribute to Marcello Mastroianni, for the 100th anniversary of his birth, with the film “Stanno tutti bene”. It continues on September 12th with the animated documentary film “Il segreto di Liberato”, which combines real images and animation to tell the story of the evolution of an extraordinary artist: Liberato. The events at the Bagnoli municipal beach will end onSeptember 13th with the screening of Michele Riondino's award-winning film "Palazzina Laf", which tells, through the eyes of a worker, one of the most serious cases of abuse in the workplace in Italian history.
The beach of San Giovanni a Teduccio will host the last three events of the festival. It starts on September 18 with a tribute to the late Salvatore Piscicelli, with the screening of “Vita segreta di Maria Capasso”, in which Luisa Ranieri plays a young widow with three children, willing to do anything for her family. On September 19, an event for the whole family with the Disney masterpiece “WALL•E”. The festival will officially end on September 20 with Marco D'Amore's latest film “Caracas”. For the occasion, the director will meet the public, together with part of the cast.
Admission is free and open to all, just bring a beach towel to sit on.
For information and registration: info@ravellolab.it.
All screenings start at 20.30pm
Lido Mappatella
-September 6th at 20:30 pm
I'm starting over from three (Duration 1h 50m)
A tribute to the great Massimo Troisi, thirty years after his death, with the screening of his first film as director.
-September 7th at 20:30 pm
4 Days for Freedom: Naples 1943 (Duration 87m)
The Four Days of Naples are celebrated with the documentary film directed by Massimo Ferreri which sees the participation of great exponents of Neapolitan culture such as Maurizio De Giovanni, Luisa Ranieri, Peppe Barra and many others.
-September 8th at 20:30 pm
Piano Piano (Duration 84m)
Nicola Prosatore's film with Antonia Truppo, Massimiliano Caiazzo, Giuseppe Pirozzi and Giovanni Esposito, takes us to Naples in the 80s through the eyes of a young girl who begins to approach adulthood thanks to the acquaintance of two boys. Before the screening, meeting and debate with the director and part of the cast.
Bagnoli Municipal Beach
-September 11th at 20:30 pm
They're all fine (Duration 2h 5m)
A tribute to Marcello Mastroianni, for the 100th anniversary of his birth, with the film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, where the Roman actor plays Matteo Scuro, a seventy-year-old widower and completely alone, who always imagines he is talking to his wife and children, behaving as if they were present.
-September 12th at 20:30 pm
The Secret of Liberato (Duration 90m)
The documentary film that combines real images and animation to tell the evolution of an extraordinary artist: Liberato. Before the screening, meeting and debate with Francesco Lettieri.
-September 13th at 20:30 pm
Palazzina Laf (Duration 1h 39m)
Award-winning film by Michele Riondino that tells, through the eyes of a worker, one of the most serious cases of workplace abuse in Italian history.
San Giovanni a Teduccio Beach
-September 18th at 20:30 pm
The Secret Life of Maria Capasso (Duration 1h 36m)
A tribute to the late Salvatore Piscicelli with the film starring Luisa Ranieri who plays a young widow with three children, willing to do anything for her family.
-September 19th at 20:30 pm
Wall-E (Duration 1h 38h)
An appointment for the whole family with the Disney masterpiece “WALL•E”
-September 20th at 20:30 pm
Caracas (Duration 1h 50m)
The festival will close with Marco D'Amore's latest film "Caracas" starring D'Amore himself and Toni Servillo. Before the screening, Marco D'Amore and part of the cast will meet the audience in the theater.
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