If you love independent film do not miss the Salento International Film Festival!! Dedicated to independent productions from around the world. And if you want to take a break from watching film, spend some time on the brilliant beaches that the area offers! The 10th annual Salento International Film Festival will run from Saturday, September 7th through Sunday, September 15th, with a lineup of 9 narrative features in competition and 4 out of competition, 10 documentaries, 19 shorts and other special events. SIFF opened in 2004 in Tricase, Salento, the "Door to the East": a land that has always represented a melting pot of cultures and traditions from the East to the West, thanks to the different civilisations that have lived and left an influence in the culture of this region. The history and the natural beauty of Tricase and of Salento, create the wonderful frame to an event that speaks of far away worlds. All screenings will take place in the Courtyard and the Throne Room of the Prince Gallone's Palace, the most sumptuous monument in Tricase and its cultural center. The tenth edition will get under way on Saturday September 7th, with a Pre-Opening Day dedicated to the Algerian Director Rachid Benhadj with a showcase of 3 of its movies: "Dialogues between different Cultures and Religions". The showcase will start at 5pm with the movie " The tree of suspended destinies" (1997), followed by "Mirka" (2000) at 7pm, and closing at 9:15pm with the movie "The naked bread" (2005). Rachid Benhadj will meet the public after the screening ", The 9 features in competition will be screened between the 8th and the 14th September.
On Sunday September 8th , the competition will officially start off and we will also celebrate the 134th anniversary of "the Centaur of the North", Francisco (Pancho) Villa's birth, with the screening of the Mexican movie "Amorous Pancho Villa" which opens the tenth SIFF edition at 9.30pm The movie directed by Maria de Lourdes Deschamps and Andres Bueno is based on the novel "Itinerary of a Passion" and tells the love stories of General Pancho Villa, his 19 marriages and his revolutionary actions in defense of his country.
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