From June 28th to July 5th 2014, the 12th edition of the Ischia Film Festival will take place at the Aragonese Castle in Ischia. Created and directed by Michelangelo Messina, the festival is organised under the patronage of the European Parliament, with the support of the President of the Italian Republic Hon. Giorgio Napolitano and the contribution of the Cinema General Directorate of the MiBAC (Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities) and of the Department of Culture of the Region Campania.
Every evening starting at 9 p.m., there will be open-air screenings, tributes and meetings with international guests. Eight days filled with feature films, documentaries and short films coming from over 30 different countries. 107 selected works, among which 7 world premieres and 28 national premieres. These films and documentaries have been able to promote and enhance the traditions, the historical reality, the landscapes and the peculiarities of the territories chosen as set for film narration. “Let’s talk about cinema” are meetings under the stars with directors and actors in the wonderful historical setting of the Aragonese Castle.
Among the participants Oscar-winning Bille August, Italian director Pupi Avati, president of this edition, director Amos Gitai, one of the major exponents of Israeli cinema, actor Mattia Sbragia, who will present his first directing effort, directors Ugo Gregoretti, Davide Ferrario, Alessandro Rossetto, Fabio Mollo, Edoardo Winspeare, Angelo Longoni and American actor Sean Kanan, famous for starring as Dicon in the series “Beautiful”.
The jury proclaiming the winners of this edition is composed of the director of photography Arnaldo Catinari, documentarian Roland Sejko, actor Giovanni Esposito and the scenographer of French origin Jean Manuel Martinez.
The festival also includes a market section with the “International Stock Market of Locations and Movietourism, a chance for the worlds of tourism and cinema to meet, and the “International Convention on Movietourism”, in which the major representatives of the world of cinema related to territorial marketing will participate. The photographic exhibition“Vacations and Holidays in the Italian Cinema (1949-2011)” by Antonio Maraldi completes this rich programme.