Cinemovel's Libero Cinema in Libera Terra returns for 2024 edition
The Libero Cinema in Libera Terra film festival for 2024 is scheduled from July 11 to 23, taking place in regions including Calabria, Campania, Sicily, Puglia, Marche, Liguria, Lombardy, and Tuscany. Organized by Cinemovel, the festival showcases eight films that explore themes of labor, migration, care, and environmental issues. Following a visit to Senegal featuring Matteo Garrone's 'Io Capitano', the caravan will make its way back to Italy. Co-founder Elisabetta Antognoni highlights the importance of impactful screenings, such as 'Uomini in Marcia' in Sant'Arpino and 'Io Capitano' in Castel Volturno, where Mamdou Kouassi was present. Local contributions influence the lineup, including a port screening in Catania inspired by migrant Fofana Amara, with Fabrizio Grosoli aiding in film selection.
Key facts
- Libero Cinema in Libera Terra runs from July 11 to 23, 2024.
- The festival covers 11 stops across 8 Italian regions: Calabria, Campania, Sicily, Puglia, Marche, Liguria, Lombardy, Tuscany.
- Eight films are screened, focusing on labor, migration, care, and environment.
- Cinemovel previously took the itinerant cinema to Senegal with Matteo Garrone's 'Io Capitano'.
- Co-founder Elisabetta Antognoni describes growth as the multiplication of encounters.
- In Sant'Arpino, the screening involves Terra Felix cooperative, which suffered three attacks.
- Director Peter Marcias presents 'Uomini in Marcia' at Sant'Arpino.
- At Castel Volturno's Centro Immigrati Fernandes, 'Io Capitano' is shown with Mamdou Kouassi.
- The Catania screening of 'Io Capitano' was proposed by local organizations.
- The film 'Io Capitano' is partly inspired by Fofana Amara, a 15-year-old migrant who arrived in Augusta in 2014.
- Fofana Amara was initially accused of being a smuggler, then welcomed by Prospettiva cooperative and graduated from a nautical institute.
- Film selection is aided by Fabrizio Grosoli.
- The festival emphasizes collective viewing in unconventional spaces.
Entities
Artists
- Matteo Garrone
- Peter Marcias
- Mamdou Kouassi
- Fofana Amara
- Elisabetta Antognoni
- Fabrizio Grosoli
- Margherita Bordino
Institutions
- Cinemovel
- Terra Felix
- Centro Immigrati Fernandes
- Prospettiva
- Marina Militare
- Artribune
Locations
- Italy
- Calabria
- Campania
- Sicily
- Puglia
- Marche
- Liguria
- Lombardy
- Tuscany
- Senegal
- Sant'Arpino
- Caserta
- Castel Volturno
- Catania
- Augusta
- Rome