The Bobbio Film Festival takes place every year in the splendid setting of Bobbio, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy.
The event started back in 1995 thanks to an idea of the director Marco Bellocchio, a native ot the Emilian village and awarded on July 2021 the Golden Palm for Lifetime Achievement during the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
In addition to the creation of the cinematographic laboratory “Fare Cinema” aimed at young and future filmakers, the well-known director offers a full calendar of films open to the public.
The element that perhaps most characterizes this important film festival is the after screening, when Bellocchio, sometimes together with a film critic, meets the director and the actors of the film in a participatory dialogue with the public, who can then ask questions to those on stage.
Increasingly important, in 2005 the event changed its name and officially became Bobbio Film Festival.
In such a long period of time, many actors and directors have decided to come to Bobbio to present their films, or to discuss some of the themes touched by the various films: from the director of the Venice Film Festival Marco Müller to the critics Morando Morandini and Tatti Sanguineti; from the directors Mario Monicelli, Abel Ferrara, Zhang Yuan, to Carlo Verdone, Paolo Sorrentino, Matteo Garrone. Among the actors stand out the names of Stefania Sandrelli, Valeria Golino, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Ferrari, Donatella Finocchiaro, Corrado Guzzanti, Elio Germano and Riccardo Scamarcio.
The film projections traditionally take place in the cloister of St. Columba’s Abbey, at 9.15 pm.
The 27th edition is entitled Plural Feminine.
Programme
Felicità
When: Saturday 27 July
Guest of the evening: the director Micaela Ramazzotti
Te l’avevo detto
When: Sunday 28 July
Guest of the evening: the director Ginevra Elkann
Gloria!
When: Monday 29 July
Guest of the evening: director Margherita Vicario
Dieci minuti
When: Tuesday, 30 July
Guests of the evening: director Maria Sole Tognazzi and actress Barbara Ronchi
La guerra del Tiburtino III
When: Wednesday, 31 July
Guests of the evening: director Luna Gualano and actor and producer Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
Before the projection: Ultima generazione – Unpublished short film. Directed by Andrea Castoldi.
Volare
When: Thursday 1 August
Guests of the evening: director Margherita Buy and producer Simone Gattoni
L’arte della gioia (1st part)
When: Friday, 2 August
Guests of the evening: screenwriters Valia Santella and Luca Infascelli
L’arte della gioia (2nd part)
When: Saturday 3 August
Guests of the evening: director Valeria Golino and screenwriters Valia Santella and Luca Infascelli
Welcome to Paradise
When: Sunday 4 August
Guests of the evening: director Leonardo Di Costanzo and the cast
To follow: Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina. Directed by Marco Bellocchio. 4k restoration by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna.
Before the screenings: Award ceremony.
Debate after the films: each evening, after the projection, the artists will converse with the audience in a debate moderated by film critic Enrico Magrelli.
