THE ITALIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA
presents:
2024 Cinema Italiano Contemporaneo
With an introduction by Anna Brusutti
UCSB Film and Media Dept.
FREE ADMISSION
2024 – 2 SATURDAYS
Welcome to the 2024 CINEMA ITALIANO CONTEMPORANEO!
This year’s Cinema Italiano Contemporaneo will offer an opportunity to delve into some of the social issues which define contemporary Italian life.
As in years past, Dr. Anna Brusutti, Film & Media Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, will introduce the movies.
Please join us for two evenings of fine entertainment and for the opportunity to further your knowledge of modern Italy and its culture.
Films presented by ICHF at the semi-annual Cinema Italiano Festivals is changing from 3 to 2 movies each series, effective September 2024. This is due to the recent substantial increase in costs for each event at SBCC/Fe Bland Theater.
WHERE:
Fe Bland Theater ▪ SBCC West Campus ▪
721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara CA
7:30 pm: Doors open to general public at 7:15:
Seating limited to 140 seats.
FREE ADMISSION!!!
For more information call (805) 969-1018
Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Heritage Foundation of S.B., a 501 C (3) organization
THE MOVIES:
Saturday, September 21st: “Io Capitano”
Io capitano (‘Me Captain‘ in Italian) is a 2023 drama film directed by Matteo Garrone, from a screenplay written by Garrone with Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini and Andrea Tagliaferri.
The film, an international co-production between Italy, Belgium and France, is based on an original idea by Garrone, inspired by actual stories of migrants’ African routes to Europe. Filming took place in Senegal, Morocco and Italy.
Io capitano competed for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Lion for Matteo Garrone’s direction and the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Seydou Sarr’s performance. It received critical acclaim, and winning seven awards at the 69th David di Donatello, including Best Film. The film also received nominations for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Golden Globe Awards and Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
Plot:
Seydou and Moussa, two Senegalese teenage cousins, leave their hometown Dakar to reach Italy and escape poverty…
Saturday, September 28th: “LA CHIMERA”
La chimera (Italian: “The Impossible Dream”) is a 2023 period comedy-drama film written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher. The film stars Josh O’Connor as a British looter who gets involved in an international network of stolen Etruscan artifacts during the 1980s. Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, Alba Rohrwacher and Isabella Rossellini appear in supporting roles.
La chimera was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on 26 May 2023. It was released in Italy in November 2023. It received 13 nominations at the 69th David di Donatello awards. The film received positive reviews from critics, being named one of the top 5 international films of 2023 by the National Board of Review.
Plot:
Arthur, a former British archaeologist, returns to Italy after being released from prison; he was arrested for stealing artifacts from tombs to sell to an arts dealer named Spartaco…
ARRIVEDERCI AL CINEMA!!!