dAfter Antrodoco and Acquapendente, now it Slow Film Fest arrives in Rome. The eighth edition of the event, in fact, will be held in SCENE (Space Cinema Event and New Arts of the Lazio Region) on 5, 6, 7 and 13 December. But it can be followed also online from 8 to 11 December at this link.
It is the first festival entirely dedicated to a “slow” cinematic vision
If it Slow Film Fest will be held in SCENA, the closing of the event will be at the Casa Internazionale delle Donne in Rome. It’s about the first festival entirely dedicated to a “slow” cinematic vision. Organized by the Muovileidee Cultural Association, with the contribution of the Lazio Region and the support of the Cinema Foundation for Rome and the CNA Rome, with the patronage of the Municipalities of Acquapendente and Antrodoco and LegaCoop Lazio, is directed by Maria Luisa Celani.
It is an experiential and traveling film festival. An event that focuses entirely on aggregation and comparison. And that, through its events, it wants to promote precisely a shared mode of participation.
As stated on the official website of the kermesse, «take some time and come and see the cinema, as we think and narrate it». The main topics? Those «of the environment, of sustainability, of human rights, of gender, of memory, of the story of the territories».
The headquarters of ‘Scena’: Space, Cinema, Events and New Arts’, in the heart of Rome, in Trastevere. Venue of the eighth edition of the Slow Film Fest. Credit: ANSA/ PRESS OFFICE
Some films of this eighth edition of the Slow Film Fest
And precisely its being a traveling festival allows this. «The SFF was born in Tolfa in 2015 and in subsequent editions he developed his own traveling nature thus building, over time, a cultural project that wants to develop the interaction between different cities, landscapes, traditions, riches, social realities and memories».
Here are some examples. The “Documenta Section” is dedicated to independent documentary films of Italian and international origin that deal with some key themes of the event. Which? «Environmental sustainability, human rights, LGBTQ+ rights, gender equality and memory». Among these titles are Italian Live largethe Argentine In the name of lithium and the Colombian Bajo Fuego.
The “Smart Section”instead, includes some Italian films how Do you have a chance?, During, Plastic house And The state of the art.
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