Salerno Film Festival

Salerno Film Festival or The Film Festival of Salerno (in the Italian language, Festival del cinema di Salerno) has operated since 1946 in the Italian city of Salerno.

Festival del cinema di Salerno
Salerno Film Festival
The Film Festival of Salerno
The Festival takes place in Augusteo movie theater, located in the municipality of Salerno
LocationSalerno, Italy
Founded1946
Websitefestivaldelcinema.it

History

From a group of "friends for life was born in 1945, CINE CLUB SALERNO, film culture association nonprofit, which had an ambitious program to promote culture through cinema.So, in 1946, he saw the light the first NATIONAL EXHIBITION FILM PITCH REDUCED that over the years became INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CINEMA OF SALERNO.(FestivaldiSalerno)

The Film Festival of Salerno had its first event in 1946[1], when it happened to be the first festival of the so-called movement of "reduced step," that lowered all 35 mm movies to 16 mm ones, for a more comfortable spreading.

That historical edition was attended, among others, by Vittorio De Sica, Rossano Brazzi, Adriana Benetti, María Mercader, Mariella Lotti. On that occasion, the projections were held not only in Salerno but also in Cava de' Tirreni, Positano and Amalfi.

Since its first edition, the festival has been held annually (with the exception of the editions of 1953, 1957, 1959 and 1960). The location is at the cinema/theater Augusteo, located at the ground floor of the northern Palazzo di Città (The Salerno Town Hall)[2] and even sometimes at Teatro Verdi [3]

In the last edition (the 72th, done on 11/26 - 12/1, 2018) where showed 120 movies, with huge public presence[4]. Some of these movies received international recognition[5].

The president of the Salerno Festival, dr. Mario De Cesare, pinpointed in summer 2018 that this is the second "historical" Cine Festival of Italy, following the worldwide famous Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia (Venice Film Festival).

The 2019 edition started with the "Red Carpet" program, in Hollywood style[6].

See also

References
  1. Storia del Cinema Festival di Salerno (in Italian)
  2. Palazzo di Città
  3. Editions and programs — Festival del cinema Archived 26 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 72th Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno
  5. Premi del 72 Festival di Salerno
  6. 2019 Program
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