"Beauty will save the world" is not just any appeal. The aesthetic concept applied to the arts gives strength to the representations of a world without ugliness: wars, devastation, hunger, environmental crimes, threatened territories. The Association team Articulating with the President Joanna D'Amodio also artistic director of the Festival, he must have thought of this when he decided to program the fourth edition of the “Vesuvius Film Festival”, competition for cinematographic works with the jury presided over by John Ippoliti. Arteggiando was born in 2012 to promote art and culture through visual arts, traveling exhibitions in location of historical-architectural interest. He has international events to his credit such as the “Art Itinerary along the Noble Naples", a project with the Municipality of Naples in favor of contemporary art and for the enhancement of the Neapolitan noble heritage. The "Vesuvius Film Festival" is part of this process supported by local authorities, universities and companies. In the competition with cameras, beauty is juxtaposed with the environment. ” The redevelopment and revaluation of historic centers and degraded suburbs can give a valid boost to a new ecological spirit in the new generations, avoiding phenomena of maladaptation and transgression” explains the Association. Anyone who does not deal with the issues of sustainability and social and economic transformations today, and wants to make films tomorrow, will find it difficult to interpret global phenomena that are revolutionizing society.
Naples stimulates the growth of new talent.We are faced with sudden upheavals devoid of reason that involve costs of all kinds. It is right that whoever intends to transmit epochal evolutions to others today must be able to experiment. The goal of the contest is to give visibility to works by directors and artists both independent and professional by promoting the culture of the image. It is not easy to link image-beauty-environment. We have to try, however, since failures can be repaired in a thousand ways. Since the last edition, the competition has also been extended to commercials and documentaries. Another good choice, because the dissemination of these products among young people is successful, with claim more and more captivating. From these experiences of a Naples out of the stereotypes talents, authors, storytellers and poets can emerge. In the film "It was the hand of God" the Oscar-winning director, Paolo Sorrentino he makes one of his characters say "no one really leaves this city". An autobiographical formula that represents Sorrentino himself, who became a director away from Naples.
The festival combines beauty and the environment
The theme of "Vesuvius", we said, this year is linked to the environment that is linked to beauty. The race takes place against the backdrop of a city full of charm, history and contradictions. Beauty is a universal value to be declined according to different styles and schools of thought, sometimes in clear contrast. These are the sections in competition for short films, commercials and documentaries:
SECTION I - CINEMA: Category: Filmmakers.SECTION II - EDUCATION AND SOCIETY: category: First and second grade secondary schools; category: Academies and Universities; Category: Associations. THE short filmi must be lasting up to 20 minutes, including opening and closing credits. I documentaries lasting up to 1 hour 30 minutes, including opening and closing credits. - spot lasting up to 120 seconds, including opening and closing credits. From our website https://www.vesuviusfilmfestival.it/bando-2023/ all the information is found. In June, when Naples will be talked about all over the world for the show of its art treasures in Paris, in the city there will be the grand gala of the award ceremony and the week before conferences, screenings, presentations to the public with actors and directors. An event with encouraging signs.
