From 1 to 11 September 2021 yes will take place in Venice the 78esima edition of Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica. Organized by the Venice Biennale, the event, which takes place every year, provides for the awarding of various prizes, including the famous Golden Lion, to the best film in competition and the best career.
This edition will see the participation of several films and a special photographic exhibition, all made in collaboration with the Film Commission Campania region. Let's see them in detail.
The Neapolitan films competing in Venice: here are what they are
At the Venice International Film Festival Naples and Campania will be the protagonists with two films competing to win the Golden Lion.
The first film is from the director Paolo Sorrentino, or It was the hand of God whose scenes were shot in the Neapolitan neighborhoods of the historic center, Chiaia, Vomero, in the coastal areas of Cetara, Agerola, Massa Lubrense and in the Emerald Grotto of Conca dei Marini.
The other work is instead Qui laugh io di Mario Martone with Toni Servillo and dedicated to the life of the great playwright Eduardo Scarpetta. The scenes of this film were shot between Castel Capuano and the National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa in Portici.
For the other sections
In the other sections, out of competition, there will be The hidden child by Roberto Andò with scenes shot at the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory and in the Sibyl's cave in Cuma.
In the autonomous section Venice Days there will be The great silence by Alessandro Gassman who draws inspiration from the play of the same name by Maurizio de Giovanni and the documentary California.
For the section Horizons there will be the short film Il turn by Chiara Marotta and Loris Giuseppe Nese, produced with the contribution of the Campania Region.
Then again in the Biennale Collage Cinema there will be The Little Saint by the director Silvia Brunelli, a report on the traditions and superstitions of the Neapolitans, in collaboration with Nuovo Teatro Sanità, and finally the exhibition Portraits of Cinema-Antonietta De Lillo photographs the exhibition.
