HIGHLIGHTS
The streaming channel of Lo schermo dell’arte, dedicated to artist cinema and documentaries on contemporary artists, is now available on MYmovies ONE.
This collection features films that successfully straddle genres, as presented in various editions of the festival, focusing on the use of moving images and urgent contemporary issues.
These films include portraits of famous figures in the art world, rediscovered personalities who are little known or have fallen into oblivion, narratives of well-known or distant events, and stories that introduce us to the thoughts and practices of artists and curators, accompanying us through the process of creation.
Italy geolocated only.
Notti di Mezza Estate, the film review on contemporary art presented by Lo schermo dell’arte, will take place again in the extraordinary setting of Piazzale degli Uffizi, as part of the program of Apriti Cinema.
The first screening is on Monday, July 1, with the film Taking Venice by Amei Wallach (2023). The 3 documentaries that received the most success at the last edition of Lo schermo dell’arte will be then presented again: Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV by Amanda Kim, Dead Dance in the presence of the author Domenico Palma and White Balls on Walls by Sarah Vos.
The programme takes place in the extraordinary setting of the Piazzale degli Uffizi and is part of the Apriti Cinema film festival organized by Quelli dell’Alfieri, with programming curated by Cinema La Compagnia – Fondazione Sistema Toscana as part of the Estate Fiorentina of the Municipality of Florence. With the support of Galleria degli Uffizi.
Florence, Cinema La Compagnia, June 6th, 2024, 9 p.m.
Latest film by the famous French artist JR, Tehachapi (USA, 2023, 92′) explores the project conceived for the homonymous maximum-security prison in the Californian desert.
13th Editiion
Florence, November 13 – 17, 2024
The open call for the 13th edition of VISIO is online: The deadline to apply is Thursday, July 9, 2024.
VISIO includes a €35,000 VISIO Production Fund. Eight artists will be selected and funds will eventually be awarded to three artists who will work with Leonardo Bigazzi and Lo schermo dell’arte team, to produce the works and premiere them at the Festival in 2025.
Project realized with the support of the Italian Council (11th edition, 2022)
Promoted and produced by Lo schermo dell’arte
With the contribution of nctm e l’art
NEWS
Razeh-del by Maryam Tafakory competing at Locarno Film Festival
We are pleased to announce that the film Razeh-del by Maryam Tafakory has been selected for the Pardi di Domani – Concorso Internazionale at the Locarno Film Festival.
Razeh-del is produced by Lo schermo dell’arte with Seven Gravity Collection and with the support of VISIO Production Fund 2022, after Maryam’s participation on the 11th edition of VISIO – European Program on Artists’ Moving Images.
Lo schermo dell'arte at Radicondoli Festival
Wednesday, July 17, 9:15 PM, Piazza Collegiata, Radicondoli
Lo schermo dell’arte is pleased to take part at the 38th edition of the Radicondoli Festival with the screening of the documentary White Cube (Netherlands, Belgium 2020, 79′) by Renzo Martens. The film tells the story of the collaboration between the Dutch artist and a cooperative of Congolese workers that enabled the construction of a contemporary art center on a former plantation in Congo.
Notti di Mezza Estate continues with Dead Dance by Domenico Palma.
Monday, July 15, 2024, at 9:45 PM, Piazzale degli Uffizi, free admission
Notte di Mezza Estate, the series of films on contemporary art presented by Lo schermo dell’arte in the extraordinary setting of Piazzale degli Uffizi, continues as part of the Apriti Cinema festival. The next event features the documentary Dead Dance (Italy, 2023, 54′) by Domenico Palma, who will be present to introduce the film.
Giulia Cenci’s large installation Dead Dance, created for the 2022 Venice Biennale, accompanied exhibition visitors to the exit of the Arsenale, and forced them to look towards the sky. Filmed in the artist’s studio in the Tuscan countryside, we follow her creative process: a detailed account of the genesis of the work and the episodes that fueled it.
The film won the Under 30 Audience Award at Lo schermo dell’arte 16th edition.
Free admission subject to availability.
The three artists awarded with the VISIO Production Fund have been announced
We are happy to announce the three artists awarded with the second edition of VISIO Production Fund: Timoteus Anggawan Kusno (1989, Indonesia) with the film After Colossus, Valentin Noujaïm (1991, France) with La Defence III – Demons to Diamonds and Andro Eradze (1993, Georgia) with Flowering and Fading.
Their new films will premiere at the 17th edition of Lo schermo dell’arte.
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Lo schermo dell'arte streaming channel is now online
Available on MYmovies ONE
The streaming channel Lo schermo dell’arte is now launching on MYmovies ONE, unique in its kind in Italy, dedicated to artist cinema and documentaries about contemporary artists.
Successfully presented in previous festival editions, these films feature portraits of renowned figures in the art world, rediscoveries of lesser-known or forgotten personalities, narratives of both familiar and distant events, stories that delve into the thoughts and practices of artists and curators, guiding us through the creative process.
Italy geolocated only.